2025 A Year of Calm Progress

 “The most precious jewels you’ll ever have around your neck are the arms of your daughter.” – Cardinal Mermillod

We might have started here

January

Oversized plastic lids, a hilly golf course and no school.

February

March

Table Rock

April

Edisto

May

June

Jekyll Island

July

High School

(LDC pictured with her homeroom teacher...and biology teacher)

Whew, September was a busy one

Happy 15th 

October

Ellicott Rock where SC, NC, and GA meet

(October Bonus)

November into December

But we ended here.

LDC,

Thanks for painting my nails.  

On our kitchen top counter, they look especially perfect.

 Love you.

14th

Pink and Orange 

This year LDC wanted to plan her 14th birthday party alllllll on her own.

Sigh.

Yes, excited for her independence.

Tug on my heartstring though, all the mama' planning is now officially out the window.

(Her pulling together last minute touches)

Tote bags with puffy letters welcomed guests as they arrived

a picnic dinner

and plenty of minute-to-win-it games along with loads of pool fun.

Happy 14th  LDC

Before you even do anything, you already slay.

tripling

First week in the books.

What made the Fri-yay even better was knowing friends were on their way from Charlotte, ready to wind down and play by the pool.

Ahhhhhhhhhh.

Delicious drinks and indulgent sweets were gifted.

AND tripling wearing during the weekend was in full effect.

crumblcookie

athletic brewing

(we even indulged on Crumbl cookies during breakfast.....shhhhhh)

 

Yep, threeling outfits continued.

"Distance means so little, when someone means so much.”

Tom McNeal

Summer Week Five and Six

 

Dear Under The Oaks and Jekyll Island,

    You were the perfect way to wrap up my entirely too short summer. 

Thank you for the calm of a backporch and the early morning hint if mosquitoes would be on the prowl, based on the sway (or lack of sway) of your beautifully draped Spanish Moss.

Thank you for your "honey hole" that allowed frequent spottings of 

Roseate Spoonbills and Mr. Crunch, the raccoon.

Thank you for your island visitors, aka Parental Unit, that made the daily deer count more competitive and all around made Happy Hour more happy (Kingston Trio!).

Thank you for opening your shores to the excitement of LDC's first salt water open cast reel.

(my most favorite pic from the trip)

(second most favorite pic from the trip)

"The fishing was good; it was the catching that was bad."

 - A.K. Best

Thank you for allowing us to feed Puddles the Terrapin and learning that alligators loose stripes after five years of age...and they are the only reptile that provides protection to their young.

Thank you for the time and stillness to be able to enjoy the slow reveal of an unfurling frond.

Sincerely,

Pass the Sunscreen Lisa

Dear LDC,

You're the piña to my colada.

Thanks for an amazing Summer 2024

"Sittin' in the mornin' sun / I'll be sittin' when the evenin' comes." 

— Otis Redding (and your mama)

Summer Week 4 birdie, par and bogey

If you could crawl into this picture you would experience 101 degrees.

"How would you rate Golf Camp?"- me

"It was a 5 out of 10 experience"- LDC

"Why that rating?"- me

"I liked hanging out with my friends, learning about golf, and getting yummy lunches but I didn't like it happened during summer because it was too hot."-LDC

Roger that.