I love that Facebook posts a daily memory on my feed. Sometimes it’s a photo I shared last year, sometimes a silly meme from way back.
Today, it was a post from three years ago on this date. I wasn’t blogging back then and the name Studly Doright hadn’t yet occurred to me–he was still David. Likewise our home hadn’t yet been dubbed Doright Manor. How boring, right? Yet somehow we still existed. Here’s what was going on four years ago:
We had torrential rains all night Thursday and woke up to a steady drizzle yesterday. I had to work for a couple of hours on Friday morning, but coaxed David to take a drive to St. George Island in the afternoon.
Of course he grumbled about the rain, but I promised to take him to an outstanding burger place if he’d just take me to the beach. I might’ve made other promises, but I’m not telling those.
We took the scenic route and soon enough were rewarded by the sight of waves crashing against the shore and the “stork” houses as I call them, raised on pillars to allow the water to flow around and through with minimal consequence. Even the ugliest, plainest of these homes on stilts fascinates me. I think I need one.
We found Bayside Burgers at Eastpoint just in time for a late lunch, then took the bridge over to the island. I could visit every day. Tide was high when we got there, but it wasn’t raining; although, we could see areas of precipitation all along the beach.
The clouds were so low that the differences between heaven, earth, and the gulf were difficult to discern. Who could imagine the beauty in the different shades of grey?
Note: Bayside Burgers is no longer in business! I was so disappointed on my last visit to discover it had been torn down and a Mexican food restaurant put up in its place.
The picture below is not one I took, but I found it on Pinterest when I searched “Eastpoint.” Likewise, the featured image of the bridge is from Pinterest. Eastpoint and St. George Island are must see places on Florida’s Forgotten Coast.
Beautiful! Glad you decided to join the blogging world and share these treasures.
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Thank you! Once I got over my fear of sharing my random thoughts with complete strangers it became fun. The best part, though, is meeting other bloggers.
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Meeting others is the best part!
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Lovey lost, I also love the memories and old photos that pop up! Xx
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Most of the time my facebook memories are some snarky anti-trump memes. I love it when they’re actual memories.
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Oh I just saw my comment lol I meant to type lovely post not lovely lost 😂
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I don’t know how many times I’ve wanted to edit a reply I’ve written on here! I knew what you meant! Thank you!
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Yes we should be able to edit our own comments or even delete them if we wanted to!
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Agreed!
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You take the most amazing pictures!
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Oh, those aren’t mine! I found them in Pinterest! Generally the only photos I take are my numbered Snapshot posts.
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Oh my, ok. I’ve also very much enjoyed the #’d snapshot posts, as well.
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