I wanted to stay

I walked on the beach every morning and lived the week in shorts.  It was a cruel awakening to come home to Michigan and winter.  I took my camera with me but hardly took any pictures.  Usually, I take a bunch of photos of the sunrises but it was cloudy every morning so the gorgeous sunrises didn't happen.  Still, walking on the beach is fabulous even without a good sunrise.  There was a full moon last week so we had some fabulous low tides.  Sadly, the shelling wasn't very good but we had a great time anyway.  We visited some new beaches which was lots of fun.

I brought two knitting projects with me, mittens and socks.  The mittens I finished and they're great:

They were used today and worked beautifully.  I reknitted the first finger 4 times before I get it right.  Thanks, Gayle, for the direction to cast on some extra stitches for the finger.  I wouldn't have figured that out on my own.  I love how they came out.

The other project I worked on was a shell mirror.  My mom brings her hot glue gun with her every year so I had a ready source of glue.  Part of the shells I glued to the mirror were found on the beach, some I bought in the local shell stores and some I got from my sister.  Here's what I made:

That pretty shell flower at the top was made by my mom.  (Yes, that's the TARDIS on my shirt.) 

We had a great time.  My sisters and I are trying to find a way to buy a house on Sanibel and live there year round.  At this point, though, it's just a really nice dream.  None of us can move to Sanibel for quite a few years.  Anyone want to donate to the Sanibel fund?

Comments

[gayle]

You're welcome!
Glad you had fun, even if the shelling wasn't as good as it could have been. But you've got a lovely souvenir to remind you of sunny days and warm beaches.