Oysters and Memories

“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.”

Hemingway

~ from "A Moveable Feast"

Hemingway says it best! I would have loved to have had fresh oysters from the half shell yesterday.  One has to be quite picky, I think, to find the freshest and best oysters such as Hemingway has described above from "A Moveable Feast". Second best was us finding some fresh oysters yesterday at a supermarket, some for frying. We had hash browns, salad and an order of hush puppies from the nearby Cracker Barrel.

The guy in the seafood department was telling us that "the guys from the boats tell us they use "House Autry" for breading their seafood.  If the breading is the favorite of "the guys on the boats" then it is good enough for us!  I loved that expression about the guys on the boats but it made me think sometimes I watch too many reality TV shows about the "guys on the boats"

The fried oysters were absolutely delicious!  We loved the House Autry and Clint looked them up on their website this morning.  They have a great website and the coating was light with the perfect amount of seasoning..

We really loved this seafood breader!

Yesterday morning as we headed out very early
to walk on the beach.

Clint walking on the beach. yesterday.

 



Looking back at the condo yesterday
before dawn on our walk.



A sturdy sand castle lit by
the golden light of the rising sun.

No caption needed.

Love these impressive Northern Plantation condos next door.
Beautiful building.

 

Heading to the beach yesterday in the early dawn.

Talking about brisk walkers, their little
toothpick legs are a blur!

Odd footprints in the sand yesteray morning.  There was
such a long stride, Clint could barely match
it when he tried. 

Our final day at the beach.  Another year of beach memories

will soon draw to a close.  Here on our "digital scrapbook", called

my blog, we can look back and relive some

of the memories with these photos and remembrances.

Thanks again to my readers.

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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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October People, Places, Things and Thoughts




Yesterday Canyon sung with Clint and he is here showing him
his 12-string guitar.  Canyon has an interest in learning
to play the guitar. 

Please ignore unmade daybed in background ;-/

 



Recently I bought this candle and loved the scent
description on the candle:


Golden nectar, juicy mandarin and red delicious apple blend
with toasted cinnamon,  mulled cider and freshly harvested berries.


Oh, by the way ... it smells heavenly!



 

A rainbow this week.  My daughter called me to
inform me of it and I was able to tell her I had already
made  photos of it.


We think alike.

Spanish moss that to me appears as a ghostly
apparition on the morning we left North Myrtle Beach.


I didn't want to come back home.  We had such a wonderful time.  Next year I had
thought of renting a  place on the beach for an entire month.  I wonder if we could
pull this off?  :~D

Fall scents and smells from Starbucks.

A picturesque little scene when we stopped for gas in Chandler, NC.

A little treat Canyon picked out  yesterday.  He announced he did not
like the "white stuff" but said he liked its brains ... the cake inside
the top.


(I don't want him to eat junk like this often and he doesn't)

One of those moments when several weather conditions come
together with that dramatic lighting.

Clint and I have begun to watch Breaking Bad.   We started with this
DVD of the first episodes.  I had not expected to like it but
it has captured my attention.  Bryan Cranston has won the Emmy
Award three consecutive times for Lead Actor in a Dramatic Series.

Hard as I may try, I can't stop taking photos of some of these sunsets!

Canyon presented me this drawing.  I think it's very good.  He
informed me he did not know until he finished that it was heart shaped.

Yesterday morning I was hearing loud male voices yelling outside.  The driver of
this truck was delivering the home (double wide) of our new neighbors that will be right behind us.


We aren't exactly happy about it.   I just hope they aren't loud, have the "Redneck
Yard of the Week" recognition or target practice at home.  The "hedgy" growth
 back there is thick but we may plant some kind of evergreen trees along the fence.

This sky reminds me of the background of "Gone With the Wind" when
Rhett and Scarlett are fleeing a burning Atlanta.

Clint and I got new phones a couple of days ago.  Oh my goodness ...
so much to learn, it is almost comical.



Tuesday my son-in-law drove himself to the ER.  Canyon is sitting here
in the waiting room at the hospital.  There is something wrong with this
picture.  My son-in-law was at another hospital known as St. Mary's.

How confusing!  The guy behind the ER desk seemed bewildered that
there could be a mix up.   One is called St. Mary's North and the other St. Mary's in
North Knoxville.

My son-in-law had emergency appendectomy surgery on Tuesday.  He had to return to the
hospital yesterday afternoon.  I am hoping and praying he gets to come
home sometime soon.  He's on our minds today.



Beach Fun & Games

My family arrived yesterday!  They plan on
riding the new SkyWheel ferris wheel today.  I may pass on this.  ☺

This morning's sunrise.

Yesterday's waves.

Day Two at Myrtle Beach

Even small farm animals are not immune ...

(even with a missing ear)

Enjoyed seeing these 8 by 10s at breakfast yesterday
at Akels Family Restaurant on Highway 17.

Scene from the grounds ...



Yikes, a sandwoman ... my husband can't be far away!  :~O



Look out women!

No brain, no head ... does not matter to him!

(Well, let me clarify that ... except for his wife!)

Clint likes a little shrimp and hashbrowns with
his cocktail sauce and ketchup.

Hard to believe it is a day in October.