Wild Blue Wonders

Yesterday we left Knoxville for North Myrtle Beach.  Driving through the mountains, near Asheville, North Carolina, we encountered fog and smoke illuminated by the rising sun.

It makes for treacherous driving. The smell of smoke was strong, we didn't know the source of the smoke.

This eerie lake scene was shot from the car.  Such

odd colors to have come straight off my camera,

"as is."

More eeriness ...

and more.

The beautiful scene yesterday from our 11th floor condo.

 

The same scene with the hues of the setting sun.  We love

nothing more than sitting out on our balcony.  Wrap

around balcony I might add. :-)

Early to bed, early to rise ...

We were up at 4:20 AM, making our special

blend of coffee.  This "blending" is a blog

in itself.

Wild Blue Wonders ... mountains, sky and sea.  I was

thinking of us driving into the wild blue yonder but actually we

were driving into the wild blue wonders. 

  

Today we will be in search of fresh succulent jumbo (Clint's words here :-)) shrimp, inquiring about deep sea fishing, hitting Wally World for a few items, walking, thinking

about the "fresh succulent jumbo" shrimp, making the homemade

cocktail sauce for the fresh succulent jumbo shrimp, thinking some more about the fresh succulent jumbo shrimp ...

EATING THE FRESH SUCCULENT JUMBO SHRIMP!

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My Year With Edgar

(All the photos of vignettes were made by me.)

 

The first time I was introduced to the poem, Annabel Lee, I remember it like it was yesterday. My aunt had just received her latest "Book of the Month Club" selection and she had chosen The Best Loved Poems of the American People. She began telling me a little about Edgar Allan Poe and then read me his poem, Annabel Lee, from her new book. I remember where I was standing when she read it, I had never heard anything as beautiful. My love affair with Edgar Allan Poe began that day, I was probably about ten years old.

My dear Edgar ...

My treasured photo of Edgar with
a special inscription for me.

Detail from the above photo.

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Complete and Unabridged.

Clint's copy, a birthday gift from his mom and dad, 1984.

Okay, back to reality and my "year" spent with Edgar Allan Poe. In reality I spent a year reading

Kenneth Silverman's, Edgar A. Poe, Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance. Referred to as a

"biography that will be a lasting monument among Poe studies." This book made me more

aware of Poe's association with other early American poets. One favorite quote about the book is

"A book that is as readable as any fiction published this year... ~Houston Chronicle



Clint also shares a love of Edgar Allan Poe.  In 2002,  we visited the


Edgar Allan Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia.



We visited Poe's grave and had our photographs made by the monument. Unfortunately


those photos remain on a floppy disk :-(

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I became insane, with long intervals of horrible reality.

~Edgar Allan Poe

 
 
 
 
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Thank you, dear readers, for your time playing along with me.  I had originally
posted this blog in January of 2011.  Today I thought I would repost it. My,
how easily I can entertain myself. ;~)
 
 
Cindy