RIP Ms. Kat

Our beloved Ms. Kat passed over the rainbow  bridge today, and out heart is filled with memories.

For 15 years you have been our constant loving companion

You  gave up your home in California to make a home with us in South Carolina .

where you endured snow

and wind  storms

and hurricane evacuations.

You helped us  while we worked

and  kept us company  while we rested

You were the most adventurousness cat I have ever know.

You trustingly followed us on every trail we took

Even  on paths where none had gone before.

and  willingly climbed in the RV

to visit  over half the states in our nation.

Your curiosity was boundless.

When we arrived at a new destination  you check every window.

and use all your senses 

before giving approval  as a safe haven for us all.

You loved life and lived it to its fullest
and though life goes on without you

It will never be the same.

RIP MS KAT  
2004 - 5/282019/19

Memorial Day Preparations: 5 '19

To entertain myself, I dug out all my red, white, and blue trimmings, and decorated the house and yard for memorial day.

Bruce awoke from a nap at 2 pm, started down stairs, spotted all the red, white, and blue on the table, rubbed his eyes, and went back to  bed.  An hour later he awoke started down stairs, saw the table and got the same confused look on his face.  Then he saw me; the relief he felt was visible.  

Apparently he thought he was dreaming, and kept waking up in the wrong house.  I guess I am going to have to warn him next time, before I decide to redecorate the house.

Couples Golf game at Tupelo Bay 5 '19

It's been a long time since Bruce and I have play a golf together. The weather was perfect today so we decided to take advantage of the extra energy we both feel in the morning play a round of nine holes at one of our local par three courses. We booked the earliest opening available at Tupelo Bay (9 am). It's a fun little course, that we both like to play, because it has lots of challenging holes, and the starters never crowd the course, so we never feel rushed between holes.  The weather was perfect, warm ( 85 F) with a light breeze, and not a lot of players on the back nine. Bruce did great. My drives have been better, but they weren't out of control. And best of all we both had fun, so we will probably be doing this again.

Pawley's Road Hazards: 5'19

Some folks worry about  deer  unexpectedly crossing the street in front of their car in wooded areas.

Here in Pawleys Plantation, we have to contend with a  different kind of wildlife hazard.

Big Al decided to cross the main street  into the plantation directly in front of us at high noon

 stopping traffic in both directions.

Apparently, he thought the fish in the retaining pond on the north side of Pawleys Plantation Way, might taste better today,  than the fish in the pond on the south side of  PP Way.

Needless to say, we don't go out for walks after dark.

Breakfast on the Beach 5 ' 19

We awoke to picture perfect beach weather today, so we picked up a  breakfast burrito and some coffee from the Golden Arches drive through, and headed down to the North-end of PI while there was still some beach left to picnic on. (The tide was incoming, and within a couple of hours the entire beach would be underwater all the way to the dunes.)  

 

At that end of the beach just getting through the dunes  can be  a bit of a trek, so we parked our beach chairs on the hard pack sand  directly in front of the path we took to the beach.  The breeze was cool, the skies clear.  

Having time to sit, eat, and rest for awhile, refreshed Bruce enough that he was able to walk all the way to the North End Inlet and back without any problems.   

He even found some Pawley's Island shells along the way for luck.