Dear Reader:

You know it’s Fall…when you start dreaming of breakfast for supper! It’s something about the cooler weather that brings back an appetite for a cool night, hot meal…and there is nothing better to fulfill that desire… than a big, hearty breakfast to satisfy the soul of Fall.

Wednesday night, after tramping around in the beauty of Fall at Edisto most of the afternoon….breakfast was what we wanted! *The Ya’s can attest to the fact that Brookie makes the best grits east of the Mississippi River. You have to wait on them…she cooks them slow and low…but they are well worth the wait!

Come along with us on a visual tour of Edisto under the veil of soft gray clouds with highs only in the seventies…Peeks of Autumn kept calling and luring us to piers, marshes, trees, beaches, and little chapels.

Initially we were disappointed because our favorite place, Botany Bay,was closed Wednesday for a deer hunt. We didn’t give up…but went on to Steamboat Landing and Cypress Trees Plantation (where Mandy and John were married.)

What wonderful memories came rushing back at the site of Mandy and John’s wedding….it was just beautiful…May 3, 2008….cool weather, no bugs….a magical night for the ages.

Then we were on to Steamboat Landing…where we saw dolphins, posing seagulls, and amazing shrimp casters among the marshes of Edisto Island. The Goldenrod in the marshes told us Fall was on its way. Dead tree limbs showed us that there is beauty beyond life…

Brooke then wanted to go to the little Chapel of Prayer at the Presbyterian church…the room is so tiny and cute with two pews lining each side wall- eight feet apart. As the story goes….the session meetings, a long time ago, once got so heated they had to take the meeting place out of the House of God (the church) and put it in a separate building with eight feet separating the elders from fighting. Sound familiar?

We stopped to look at Mr. Alligator and Mr. Rabbit carved into two trees off Highway 176 heading off Edisto Island….time has not been kind to either but especially Mr. Alligator who lost his snout when the branch broke.

We decided to head to the beach and walk a little before heading home…the view there was spectacular! I even walked close to the jetties again where my dolphin appeared with the message of life for me.

Once again…the idea of beauty being something active and not abstract was driven home with all the beauty lying in wait for us to discover .

Brooke and I just had two days together at Edisto  but it felt like old Erskine College roommate days…laughing together and making plans for more adventures.

When I got home yesterday afternoon…I was so excited! My last new window had been installed while I was gone…the window by my computer. As I was typing away last evening…the window was open allowing a mellow, cool breeze to float across me….happiness is.

Gin-g had called right before I left Edisto and invited me to have supper with her and Fred last night after I got in…it was delicious with apple pie a-la mode for dessert. (I was so full as I was typing these words my eyelids were drooping… but such delicious culinary memories and fun conversations!) Love those Edwards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*Thank you Gin-g for all the cute (early) birthday presents….the beautiful bracelet is on my hand as I finish this blog post.

Safe travels to North Carolina this weekend.

Both Lassie and I experienced a beautiful ending to the evening last night…Lassie was walking and saw this rainbow over town…what a way to end the day!!!! (An early birthday present I believe!)

I walked out to the garden  (very quickly) after coming home from Gin-g and Fred’s home…. something white caught my attention on the hanging green chair….it looked like a beam of light suspended in mid-air….just breath-taking. (And can you see the bud to the left of the moon flower…looks like I will have another one tomorrow night!)

So until tomorrow…Let us greet the seasonal change …making a change ourselves… by finding Fall in  new and different places.

“Today is my favorite day”  Winnie the Pooh

*Yesterday was baby Lachlan’s six months birthday….1/2 a year and soon his cousin Jakie will be 12 months old…his first year….Stop little grandsons….stay babies a little longer for Boo!

• If you have a minute to vote for Rudy and his bro’s Kaitlyn, Tommy and family would appreciate the vote….Kaitlyn entered the boys in Garden & Gun magazine….which includes a dog contest. Here is the link….
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