Sandy Beach Girl

That Melinda really knows how to decorate and the cake itself is something else, too! This one is her traditional Boston Cream. Guess studyi...

Maybe these are shore bird eggs since I found them and this nest snuggled inside our bag where we store our masks and snorkles. Lydia wanted...

Lydia is two today. Here she is wearing my flower girl dress which I wore in both my aunt's weddings. I was two years old in the first w...

Martin walks the beach with his boogie board. Actually this is Lewis' board from when he was little. We have a picture of Lewis carrying...

Lydia having fun in the tide pool.

Kenny & Penny visit the beach and welcome us home from Paris!

Here is the famous grave of Jim Morrison in Pere Lachaise. Some hippie girls had just left the sunflower flopped over in the foreground. The...

Goodbye Paris until the next time. August maybe! The Eiffel Tower was sparkling with thousands of white lights in this picture. Au revoir!

Donny has picked out our apartment building in Paris. It is at the corner of rue des Irlandais and rue de l'Estrapade in the 5th between...

Donny's favorite spot in Luxembourg Garden. He thinks it should be in the tour books, except for the fact that it would not be a quiet p...

Folks stroll along the Seine, take boat rides, all in view of Notre Dame.

Monet's waterlily pond. In the distance is the Japanese bridge. Ignore the people, they are not really there.

Donald, Dad & Mom having a cafe moment after a morning visiting dead people in Pere Lachaise including the infamous Jim Morrison.

Here we are in the gardens at Versailles.

Ever wonder what lifeguards do on their day off? A lot of R&R. This moment brought to you by the Kill Devil Hills Beach Rescue Services...

One thing about wild growth on your property, everything takes off. In good time the volunteer greenery will be curbed and we will be left w...

Picking strawberries fresh from the field is so rewarding. Pick one, eat one, pick one, eat one, until your bucket is full. This year the pi...

A picture of me taken by Lydia, 22 months. The girl's got talent.

Gale came to town yesterday and made life miserable for lots of folks. We almost did not go to a very cool party last night because she was ...

Haley & Katelyn pay homage to the queen in their dance recital at the Elizabethan Gardens on Roanoke Island. Virginia Dare would be prou...