Fall is here!

Red and Blue Originally uploaded by Lane Overstreet. Yesterday was pretty warm. Warm enough for me to sweat while I was painting in the garage. But this morning when I woke up shivering in my bed, I knew fall was here. Does anyone else like waking up with a cold nose or is that just [...]

A snack perhaps?

Kyla says she would eat it, but a shark got to it first and she doesn’t like sloppy seconds for her sushi. I’m guessing there ARE sharks in the bay (this was down at Ocean View near Jimmy’s apartment)! I also saw a dinner plate-sized jellyfish washed up on the beach. Good times!

Harbor

Harbor at Norfolk Waterside (Elizabeth River). I wish I were on one of those boats right now instead of sitting in the office. It is a perfect day.

Norfolk Botanical Gardens

In all the years I’ve lived in this area, I’d never gone to the Norfolk Botanical Gardens. Saturday was a peach of a day, so I talked Jimmy into making a trip over there. I enjoyed myself, but I definitely want to visit later this spring. None of the roses in their huge rose garden [...]

Norfolk’s DooDah Parade

Just yesterday someone told me that today was the Doo Dah Parade in downtown Norfolk. The Doo Dah Parade is held in celebration of mankind’s right to harmless lunacy in broad daylight. Kind of like Norfolk’s Mardi Gras? It was a hoot. We took an early lunch and headed down Main Street to check it [...]