FRIDAY FLOWERS: AT THE BEACH

By |2016-08-11T20:42:58-04:00August 11, 2016|Travel|

We took another short road trip; this time to Virginia Beach.
Oh, the beach. There is nothing like it, right?

We stayed with a very dear friend in one of those older, really classic and classy houses.

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It actually was not stormy as it appears here, just a perfect overcast to cut the intense sun.

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Dinner is served. Fresh, local crabmeat salad, corn and butter beans: what could be better?

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A visit to Fort Story:

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And, of course, the post would not be complete without some flowers!
Trumpet Vine was everywhere.

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And the beautiful and colorful Rosa Rugosa

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In addition to staying with our friend, we had dinner with a cousin of mine and her husband. It had been….are you ready… 40 years since we saw each other. Yes indeed, time flies. I had never met her husband. And oh, what fun we had. It was one of those joyous tell-me-everything-about-you evenings! […]