Oh, shame on me!! It has been about six weeks since I last posted! But here is why: WE MOVED!! I am still unpacking boxes and still have some furniture in storage and still don't know where a lot of things are!
We finally finished building our dream house in Santa Rosa Beach. For those of you who don't know where that is, it's about 30 minutes or so east of Destin, past Sandestin. We live off 30A, which is a county road that runs through the beach communities of Dune Allen, Santa Rosa, Blue Mountain, Grayton, Watercolor, Seaside, Seagrove, Seacrest, Alys Beach, Rosemary Beach--parallel to Hwy 98.
It definitely is a different life out here. We moved from Fort Walton Beach, and prior to that, I had lived in Destin since 1993.
We live in a two-story house built on stilts...we describe it as a "rivercamp" house. It's not really like the beach houses out his way, like at Seaside and some others. Behind our lot is a state forest that encompasses thousands of miles. People mountain bike, hike and hunt out there. And yes, there's bears in them thar woods! And coyotes!!
Our carpenter is still with us, working upstairs to finish that out, so we can finally move the rest of our furniture out of storage into where it belongs! He had to finish laying the hardwood floors and trim, and now is working to complete our bathrooms. We wanted to go ahead and move it once the downstairs was complete, so we didn't have to wait any longer.
All during this time, I still have had weddings and portrait sessions to focus on. So while I have been shooting and editing and unpacking, I have let my blogging go to the wayside.
But now, I will play catch up.
In the meantime, I try to get in my exercise along 30A. This is a very active community. There is a wonderful bike path that invites joggers and cyclists every morning and evening; and it is very pet friendly with doggies on the bike paths with their owners and also on the beach. Property owners out here in Walton County can pay to have beach permits for their dogs. Just this morning Marley and I went for a bike ride to the beach, which takes 5 minutes. And then we went for a jog on the beach for about 30 minutes or so. By the way, I sure can tell summer is almost here...it is HOT!!!
At night my husband, Craig, and I like to sit out on our porch (his man cave) and watch tv and listen to the frogs and sometimes, whiporwills. And if it's really windy out at night, we can even hear the waves crashing at the beach 7 blocks away.
Life is good.
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