Looking Ahead

Looking Ahead

Full moon over Windy Hill last night...clear...and cold!  This was early morning looking West with the thermo at a numbing 14 degrees.  That is the full moon getting ready to sink out of sight.

And this was the View over my coffee cup a few minutes later looking East.

I love sunrises...maybe even more than sunsets, as they provide a promise of the day ahead and confirmation that you didn't die in your sleep!

But 14 degrees...not so much!!!

Being able to see sunrises and sunsets was our #1 and #2 requirements for our property.  We've lived too long without being able to see them with trees blocking the views.

Maybe that's why we love the Outer Banks so much.  And we Thank Gary and Bern for clearing the trail through the swamp and over the pass so we could follow their footsteps and visit OBX the first time.

We like it in December...laid back, no people, no traffic, miles of beach, no people, and still warm enough for the brave to get wet and no people!




And there is something special about flying kites at OBX.  It is magical!

It's a sure path to being in the moment...to be in the present...where everything in your head goes quiet...and nothing exists other than making a quad line kite sing and dance over the dunes.  And the wind is so steady and consistent on the beach.  It is perfect!

We've not yet had a kite up at Windy Hill.  It will happen - Look for that post!

And even more spectacular than flying kites at OBX is to get up very, very early - well before dawn, to head to the beach and catch the first blush of red and pink.

Then watch as the sky transforms moment by moment into the most awesome of sunrises.

And then the crescendo - with the first rays of sunlight glinting off dolphin dorsals as they surface...then surface...then surface again just beyond the breakers.

Maybe early December - our first real foray with the RV...stay tuned!



Between now and then, Clyde is packed for an early start tomorrow for a quick run to visit Arden and her 'rents (we really love seeing both of you guys, too!)

Then back to Windy Hill for a short period before joining Jens and Stephen for Thanksgiving.

To boldly go...