I did do some stitching while we were at the beach …

although an explanation of where it’s all headed will have to wait.

Meantime, I just went through my photos from our Florida sojourn and Deb Lacativa was right when she said we’d love the Gulf beaches …

The kiddos loved it, too …

Including the art supplies that we brought with us and the class they took at The Shard Shop …

Of course there was so so much food, including shrimp pasta, redfish tacos, crab cakes, tuna ceviche, shrimp and grits … not to mention amazing cakes baked by Jackson and Griffin, along with traditional peach cobbler and cookie dough indulgences … all of which was so good that I didn’t have the least inclination to stop eating in order to take pictures, except for these before-and-after shots at Grayton Seafood …

It was all capped by the end-of-week slide show put together by PopPop …

And while the time flew, the memories (and many more pictures) remain of our golden days at Grayton Beach.

P.S. I almost forgot … there’s a fascinating phenomenon at Grayton Beach caused by lakes behind the dunes that occasionally release tannins into the Gulf, tinting the water an awe-inspiring (and safe) red, which I suppose you could call pine cone tea …