heading to the beach

thursday was a designated beach day.
meems and i were headed off to anna maria island.
mr. meems let us use his very cool convertible.
the sun was shining but it was not too warm.


as soon as we were down the road a bit...the sky looked a little threatening.
very quickly out we pulled over and put the lid back up on the car.
what we had in mind was a beautiful day at the beach!


instead of sunshine we saw fog...fog so deep and thick the moisture
was lingering in the air...making everything very
damp...and visibility very limited.



so we decided to go to a quaint little eating/antique/
florist/bakery/library/wifi/coffee house/cafe' called ginny's.
it was so cute. the table and chairs literally strewn thru out
the place. it was such a unique establishment to have lunch/shop.

our table was near the florist. her tropical flowers were beautiful.

she was making simple arrangements with the cymbidium orchid.

i love green flowers.

her other tropicals enchanted me.

ginny's had a little bit of everything in it.

from shells encrusted with more shells...

...to wreaths with tropical blooms and starfish...


...vintage linens...mosaic tables...

(the top vintage linen is for meems and the bottom one for marmee)



...to fresh baked yummy carrot cake...after all i am on vacation.

after many hours of chatting/eating/shopping at ginny's

we head to the still very foggy beach.

one thing i needed was a beach fix on this visit.

i needed to feel the sand between my toes...hear the ocean's

thunderous roar and smell the salt water...i am a florida born girl after all.

this is really the way things looked...you could barely

see a hundred yards in front of you.

still the smell...the sound...the sights of gulls and pelicans.

my heart was happy.
we met this handsome fellow right away and he was very friendly.

there were plenty of gulls hanging around close by.

it wasn't sunny but it was beautiful.

we took a nice long stroll down the beach.

taking photos at our leisure.

although the fog never lifted while on the beach we

thoroughly enjoyed our time there.

sea grapes and their leaves have always fascinated me.

these got burned by the frost.

it is very rare for that to happen.

this is what sea grape leaves mostly look like.

it was a good day...it was a beautiful day to spend time together.