Well, ladies and gentlemen, it’s time. It’s time to announce the winner of the Get-Ready-for-Summer-Sweet-Mercy-Will-It-Ever-Get-Here giveaway. (I may have adjusted the title of the giveaway a little because seriously, where is the warm weather already?) Anyhow, it’s time to announce the winner. And the winner is… Holly Dry! Congratulations, Holly! You’ve won the beach bag! […]
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A Carolina Island Life: How It Came To Pass, Part XII
If you’re new to this story, you may want to start here: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII, Part IX, Part X, and Part XI. I put the baby down, sat down, and cried while I told LCB my sorry tale. (I may have also […]
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Castles by the Sea
Some days are just meant for building castles by the sea. The small people recently found themselves with two such days, back to back. Here’s what they did. Day One: The name of this day’s game was to build the castles as close to the water as possible. The tide charts were not consulted prior […]
Afternoon Changes in the Atlantic
I just wanted to share with you a few pictures of the Atlantic taken over the course of a recent afternoon. As you can see, the colors of the sand, the sky, and the sea change from hour to hour. In case you are wondering, it does this all the time. *** Don’t forget to […]
A Get-Ready-for-Summer Giveaway!!!
Just because I love all y’all so much, we’re having another giveaway here on An Island Mom! On this quest some call blogging (or as my spell check suggests: bogging, logging, flogging, clogging, or slogging), I’m starting to discover that I like to host giveaways. That way, I don’t have to win to win, you […]
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Clash of Clans, Island Style
Sand is to my kids what play dough was to me growing up. Well, except I don’t recall actually sitting in my play dough, nor do I remember using my derrière to sculpt it. Most recently, for my sons, it was fertile ground for a 3-D version of their Clash of Clans villages. What one […]