taking care of business

Two big issues have been settled. One is my hair.
Back when I was a teenager and came from Charlotte to visit my grandparents here, I couldn't do a thing with my hair. Due to the hard water and high humidity, it just hung lifeless and limp. Jump to 2013. Same thing. But I think I finally have a handle on it.  Desperate times call for desperate measures, so I invested in a bottle of Biotin, a fancy new roller blower, and some Sally products for "aging" hair. So far, so good.
The other issue was where I will go to church. My visit Sunday to the old downtown First Baptist settled it. Church is important not just for worshiping with like minded believers but also for connecting with others and being a part of the community. I am relieved to have found a church home.

update

A month in the new house, and though there is much left to do, it is beginning to feel like home. The warm and fuzzy connection and the feeling of comfort seem to be doing it. I am delighted to be here, in this home and in this town, and I am surprised that I like it even more than I had thought I would.

Though rugs need to be bought and laid down and pictures need to be hung, the downstairs is usable. The upstairs is another story. A walk begins with a single step taken in faith, a book begins with a single word written in anticipation, and step by step, word by word, the attic, where all the leftover stuff is stashed for now will, I say will, turn into a nice space. I am beginning to see the possibilities.

I am also glad to live at a cool destination spot, and I've loved having some visitors. Last week Wyatt came. The day we went surf fishing, the weather had turned cool, but we were not deterred by it or the light rain. It was too beautiful a day. Here he is casting a net for minnows.

Another picture comes from Saturday. It was taken at the corner of Market and Water Streets, under the tall sculpture of the Venus Fly Traps where there were lots of noisy little brown birds in the bushes. (I should know what kind and will find out.) I cropped out one bird and made an oval pic.

There are so many pretty things to photograph.

Love those shore birds!

Ibis on the loose

I was surprised to see a flock of at least fifteen ibis, both white and brown, digging in the sand at the apartment complex. They didn't seem at all afraid of the human activity.

We are here!

It has been two weeks today that we spent the first night in our new home. I love it, but since "Overwhelmed" is my middle name, I have much to do. In order to move those shrimp down the line, I will post an average picture of a pretty flower that was blooming in the backyard about the time we moved in. Someone said it is a variety of wild orchid. I hope that is true.

Shrimp

Freshly caught shrimp from a truck by the road for five bucks a pound. 

for now

No computer, no blogging. A girl can do only so much with an iPhone. Though many topics have flitted through the old noggin, none have been been written, at least not by me. This evening, with the closing scheduled for tomorrow, I am on the threshold of moving to my next home. Like the night before a wedding, the thought brings happiness and anticipation, as well so a bit of wonder in how everything has worked together for good. It is funny how you know. From my first entrance through the Chinese red front door, I felt that I was home. Since we have the apartment for another month, the transition can be a slow one. We, or someone, can clean and paint, and pretty up the place to enjoy for the next decade or so. When I get my computer set up, I will tell more.