Showing posts with label beach. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beach. Show all posts

Saturday, June 1, 2019

Summertime Link Party

It's June 1st, I turn Level 63 on 6/3 and let's party!
I got this "Level" thing from a funny Instagram post:

I'm looking forward to a trip east in 11 days (but who's counting? Haha).
I'm still trying to figure out how to get from Providence RI to Vermont. (Renting a car).
I'm also supposed to finish an oil painting that I haven't started. (Sigh).
Nope. My recipient made the fatal mistake of saying "don't worry about finishing the painting".
Does doing a Waterlogue count? No.
Fripp Island Beach, South Carolina
Get out your summertime gear and get linking!
(not just outfits -- anything summery is encouraged)

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!
Click here to enter



Linking up with
Shelbee's Spread the Kindness
Catherine's #shareAllLinkup

Saturday, March 24, 2018

A Cloudy Day at the Beach, Hunting Island, SC

Last week Severo and I flew East to visit my mom on Fripp Island in South Carolina.
Despite my clumsy falling-and-spraining-my-knee episode, we had a great time.
[I think I have eaten my fill of shrimp for a few months!]

Here is our visit to Hunting Island, the next Island north of Fripp (which is a gated, private resort).
Hunting Island is one of the few South Carolina State Parks with beach access and camping.
It was hard hit by Hurricane Matthew in 2016, and the park was closed for a long time, much to the consternation of all who like to visit. There are still a lot of fallen trees and riff-raff on the beach and throughout the island. Slowly, the state is getting it cleaned up, and rebuilding demolished structures.
Severo, me, Mom
Mom and Severo survey the beach.
Beach vista. The "foam" on the sand is soap suds. I don't know why.
Beach feet.
How to dress in an uncoordinated manner, plus cane.
A non-fashion comfort statement!
Driving around to the lagoon, rustic road!
At the lagoon, with tilting palms -- result of the hurricane.
Waterlogue (digital watercolor) of the lagoon.
The Hunting Island lighthouse, as seen through one of the display shed's windows.
The lighthouse, which one can climb for a $2 admission fee. We didn't.
Unintentional selfie outtake, as one does when everyone is 60+.
The tilted horizon adds to the whole effect.
Linking up with
Patti's Visible Monday
Catherine's #iwillwearwhatilike
Shelbee's Spread the Kindness
Judith's (April) Hat Attack

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

52 Pick-me-up: Closet Orphans | Ending 2013 at the Beach

PURCHASED/ PURLOINED/ GIFTED/ PRESS SAMPLES*/
Happy 2014, everyone!
Start the new year with a 52 Pick-me-up challenge. It's a weekly series that I started last June.
You can see all the prompts if you click on the menu bar tab up top.

This week, it's time to wear something old, something that you haven't worn for a year (also known as a closet orphan). You know you have such items. I do, in spades. I've got the "too small but still like" box.
I've got the "needs repair or revamp it" boxes.
I KNOW those boxes are full of things I haven't worn for a while, if ever.
Here's the one I dug around in:
I threw the contenders in a pile (yes, on the floor):
Hmmmm, that floral-paisley skirt might work
I bought this skirt at Savers in Austin in March 2012.
It was too small, but I got it anyway for the print, which I adore.
Look! If I wear it under my extremely huge turtleneck, no one can tell that it's riding up on my ribs!
(Please ignore the fact that I didn't press it and it's a wrinkled mess.)
All ready for work.
*little pink tuft necklace c/o Capwell & Co.
Ah, work on New Year's Eve. We were let out early.
Co-workers rejoice. Me, on the time clock, not so happy.
2.5 days of working will NOT pay the rent. So I didn't clock out. Maybe they'll pay me for a full day.

ANYWAY

Through forces beyond my control (OK, in the wrong lane on the 605),
I ended up going a different way home (105 vs 60/10 through dtLA).
So I thought, why not go to the beach and do some sort of end-of-year ritual?

GOOD IDEA!

I always gravitate to the Playa Del Rey beach. Easy to park is reason #1.
I wanted to find a rock, write 2013 in Sharpie, and hurl it into the Pacific.
No rocks, but this piece of "beach plastic" served well:

My one-take video:


Beachy glamor shot:
*sunglasses frames c/o Ditto
Do you perform any year end rituals? (Aside from NYE parties) Do tell!

Now, back to my challenge. What can you find that you haven't worn for a year?




Friday, March 23, 2012

Fashion Challenge - Stripes: From Artesia to the Ocean

what I wore to meet up with Deborah in Artesia:
the skirt has vertical zig-zag stripes and
small horizontal stripes behind them
I bought this skirt in Artesia at Cottage Art
lunch at Jay Bharat!
I love this sweet
Then, as I was driving home,
I heard the call of the ocean...
"take me to the end...
there...
the Pacific"
It was only 56º at the beach
I improvised with the smiley blanket that lives in the car
here's the whole beach look -- pattern max
Are you wearing stripes today? 
It's not too late to join in!

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

FTF: The Beach

I want a vacation! I want to go to the beach!

The Atlantic: Napatree Point, 1993
the southern-most point in RI
this acrylic painting of mine has sold
The Caribbean: Tulum, Mexico, 1982
this pastel is available
Sea of Cortez: Bahia de los Angeles, 1982
The Pacific: Playa del Rey Beach

Here's me in one month:
Martha's Vineyard, MA
Full Time Fabulous: Beach Theme - read other responses
Created by Kristy
Read more about FTF here