Jul. 4, 2006
Happy Birthday, America & One Year of Blogging!
Happy 4th of July, Y'all! Happy Birthday, America!
Today is my one year anniversary of blogging! I can't believe it.
One year ago today, I found HSB and started South of Gnat Line. I had kinda, sorta tinkered around at Blogger or Blogspot (?) - or one of those - but I had a difficult time working with the posting and configuration. I was scared to death to write a whole lot - I have no idea why..can you? (hee hee) Me intimidated by the Internet........one year later seems very strange that I would even pause for thought about publishing my opinion.........perhaps I've morphed into a blog-a-zoid of some type........
I still have no idea how I stumbled upon Homeschoolblogger.com except to say that I must have been random blogging or web surfing and came across someone's blog here. The ad bar at the top caught my attention and I clicked here and there and, "Voila!" I've been here ever since! Both of our sons have their own blogs, too (not that either have been blogging much lately....ahem....). The community here has been something I was unprepared for and delightfully surprised by - and I have made great blog friends - some I hope to finally meet in September. I hope TOS knows how wonderful these two blog worlds are (HSB1 & HSB2) - the vision they've held and communities they've created are unsurpassed; thank you, TOS!
I hope everyone has a wonderful and SAFE 4th of July holiday and celebration. We have much to be thankful for - so, so many freedoms.
In preparation for our 4th of July family celebration, we spent all day yesterday at Tybee Island and had a blast!
"Tom and Huck" were out of the surf maybe 30 minutes for the whole day; the waves were really great for those into boogey boarding (uh, I don't do waves.....maybe about hip deep, unless I'm snorkling for shells....now that's a whole 'nother very BIG deal......). Here are the guys doing the waves:
Son #1 after being delivered to shore by the Atlantic's great day of waves
Son #2 - being all that he is! This is a view of the Atlantic from the southern/southeastern end of the island; from here - it goes on to Africa....
We all had a great time at the beach - can you tell?
But I forgot to mention - we were surrounded by pirates the whole time we were at the beach!
Blackbeard the Pirate, known mostly for his ties to North Carolina, loved the barrier islands of Georgia. Georgia's coast has Blackbeard Island - obviously named after the notorious pirate - as legend has held that he buried his treasure there! Tybee Island has an annual Pirate Festival - so the locals obviously consider themselves the current day resident pirates!
We all walked to the pier and back - which was no big deal - the entire island is only 2 miles long! Later in the afternoon, I walked to the southern end of the beach - it's more residential and less crowded. The island winds around to tidal creeks and more barrier islands south of it. I love the wildlife associated with the beach and the sea gulls always entertain me - here they are each one claiming a post along this beach front fenceline:
Nice view from the screened porch, huh?
We stopped at the Island's Welcome Center to pick up recent info on upcoming events and a good map of the area. Look who was greeting everyone who stopped by:
This is Bert the Sea Turtle ~ he is one of 10 sea turtles scattered throughout the island. Tybee has an official "Turtle Search and Tour" for families to find all the different sea turtles. Check out Georgia's Sea Turtle Project here. See the worldwide tracking of sea turtles on Google here.
No matter how often I see this, I never seem to tire of the charismatic lure of Georgia's Live Oaks draped with its ever mysterious Spanish Moss.
It was only a three hour drive home from the beach to our Farm here on the Dirt Road.
How I love the beach, love my Georgia, and love my dirt road.
Happy 4th! Happy Blogging!
.....I'm thinking we may need an end of summer - back to school homeschool picnic day at the beach.........hee hee............
Jul. 4, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Posted by spunkyhomeschool
Happy 4th and Happy Blog Birthday!
I'm glad your blogging here.
Blessings
Spunky
Jul. 4, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Posted by mrskbrook
I just loooove Spanish Moss covered Oaks, I never tire of the view. Albeit, mine are located in Florida, but I love them! My mom commented the first time she visited why all the trees were "dead", she thought the moss was a bad sign. To me, it's a sign I'm home!
Jul. 5, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Posted by mrskbrook
Thanks for your comment! I wish I was a GRITS, but unfortunately I'm a GWWIWAGRITS (Girl Who Wished I WAs A GRITS). I grew up in Iowa. Lord willing I'll have a girl someday who can be a GRITS.
