Hello from the Palmetto State and my patio door. 🙂
We’re settled into a very comfortable condo in Murrells Inlet and enjoying the view and sounds of the ocean even on a gray and foggy day.
Did I mention it is 70°F? So, although I can’t see very far in the distance, I can still get in my daily walk to the jetty and be amazed by Mother Nature’s creatures that I run across.
My sewing machine is set up in a perfect little spot, I enjoyed lunch out with friends yesterday, and I’m anticipating my first walk at Brookgreen Gardens.
Life is good this first week of 2019 with special thanks to a Mainer who is renting us her very nice condo. 🙂
Linked to Norm Frampton’s Thursday Doors, January 3, 2019
NewEnglandGardenAndThread 
I will not envy Judy. Envy is a sin.
I will not envy Judy. Envy is really a sin.
I will not en… well, maybe it could be seen as just a small sin?
Tee hee — very happy for you, Judy. Where are you enjoying such temperate climes, my blogger friend?
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Murrells Inlet, South Caroline, and it is warmer than it has been in years. Yesterday, it was 70ish and they said a year ago it had been 9. I am enjoying every warm moment but keep thinking if it is 70 in SC the first week in January what will the summer weather bring to all of us. Oh well, I’ll push that aside for now and just enjoy wearing a t-shirt. 🙂
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Although this weirdo Mainer loves winter, the condo on the beach looks lovely. Enjoy your stay. Looking forward to pictures.
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I must admit it is pretty darn lovely here wearing a t-shirt and sandals. And, I feel a special connection since the owner is from Maine. 🙂
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A respite from winter in 70F temperatures sounds really good to me. Enjoy!!
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There are a lot of your country men and women down here with us. 🙂
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Oh yes – there is a mad exodus here in the winter, including many of my family and friends. Sometimes I feel abandoned 😏
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The South Carolina coast is one of my happy places! Enjoy your stay!
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Congrats on your getaway! You may well have escaped the NE just in time.. Enjoy your 70deg days! We’re taking (God willing) a Caribbean cruise in Feb to escape the winter.
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I hope that cruise works out perfectly for both of you and that you have plenty of sunshine to enjoy from that deck. 🙂
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I certainly understand where you are coming from, it has been lovely here in Florida. Enjoy your time in the warmth, those walks on the beach and new discoveries to make.
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I know you understand more than most. 🙂 Once you stop winter sports, the only thing left is shoveling and that gets more of a challenge and less interesting with each year. 🙂
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Oh so very true. 😀
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Enjoy!
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Looking forward to seeing you in SC for some fun. Claudette
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Well, I certainly hope so! What’s the backseat of Sue’s car without you and me in it. 🙂
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So happy you’re enjoying yourselves! I’d much rather be there than here😊
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That snow gets old and more of a challenge each year. I tip my hat to you for your generosity. I’m taking good care of it for you. 🙂
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The patio doors are perfect for those warm weather days ahead and watching beautiful sunrises and sunsets. Enjoy your walks with Mother Nature while I try to scrub the ‘green with envy’ off of me! Lol.
🐾Ginger 🐾
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Friend, you have a way with words that always cracks me up. 🙂
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It looks lovely. Enjoy your walks to the jetty, and I look forward to seeing what you make at the sewing table.
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I’ve got two baby quilts to work on. Fun stuff. 🙂
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I admit to loving winter for the most part (but not the part where it rains rather than snows), but I’m thrilled to read that you’re back on the warmth. How long will you be there? I hope it’s for a good long time. Soon I’ll be headed to Arizona to visit my parents for ten days, so I’ll get to enjoy a bit of warmth or “warmth” (certainly relative warmth) and sunshine.
janet
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We’re staying three months and hope to enjoy every warm day. 🙂 Hope you have a great visit with your parents and plenty of sun while you are there. 🙂
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Guess you know we awoke to a white landscape in New Hampshire this morning. Ahhh…. to be somewhere where it is 70° sounds heavenly.
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I’ve been in shirt sleeves since we got here and enjoying every minute of it. 🙂 But, I sincerely hope the winter is a light one for you.
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Just to confirm that you made the right decision, we woke up to -23 Celsius here this morning.
Enjoy 🙂
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🙂
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I wish we were next door to you;)
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That would be good because one can never have too many friends nearby. 🙂
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I miss the beach. It’s been awhile.
Cold here. Course, I just had ice cream and I’m drinkin iced tea, I don’t know what’s wrong with me. lol Looks like everything’s right with you 🙂
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I think a sociologist could write an interesting paper about folks like you and I who gravitate towards the cold or the heat, but I’m not sure we’re ready to read the results. 🙂
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It looks very comfortable. How nice to be able to stay there.
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So nice to see you enjoying that little piece of paradise again! The condo is beautiful and so is your weather. It’s unseasonably warm here so far – 35 – 40-ish with very little snow.
Looking forward to seeing more of your nature shots, especially the turtles lined up on the branch, sunning their pointy little noses without a care in the world!
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I do love those turtles so I’m sure they’ll make there way here again. Glad you’re not having to shovel much and enjoying warmer temps. I think I am anyway because then I stop and wonder what the summer temps will bring if the winter is this warm. 🙂
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It sounds completely lovely. It hasn’t been terribly cold here, either, actually — not yet, anyway. But it’s early. There’s plenty of time for it to get wicked out there.
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Here’s hoping ‘wicked’ weather doesn’t stop by too often this winter. 🙂
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Amazing, Judy – enjoy it fully!
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So bright there! Nice spot to sew.
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70 degrees? Ocean sounds? Ahhh, winter. You know how to do it, right down to the corner for the sewing machine. It looks wonderful and I do believe I can hear that shush of the ocean in that photo with the footprints. So far Indiana has had an oddly warm but very wet season. It’s far from over, though, and I hear rumors of some rude arctic air headed our way, so I look forward to warming up in your photos! I hope you have a great time there!
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I am drinking coffee, watching the local news and just heard that this weekend is the very totally dry weekend since the first of November. They have standing water everywhere here. Mother Nature has sure shaken up the weather for all of us. 🙂
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Yikes. I bet everyone is grateful to you for bringing the dry weekend with you. You got that right about Mother Nature — a year ago we were at 13 or something like that and this year tickling 50. Goofy. Sipping coffee by the ocean sounds like a very good way to cope!
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Enjoy your change of scenery Judy, …and isn’t it lovely to wear cool clothes..🌞🌞
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Oh my, yes, it is. 🙂
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Oh, you snowbird, you! How long will you be staying?
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We’re planning to stay until the end of March. 🙂
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We spent one Christmas at Edisto Beach. Enjoy!
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It’s hard to believe that it’s Saturday and I’m just getting to your Thursday Doors post. It’s also hard to believe that you aren’t :”enjoying” the cold drenching rain we’re getting today.
I’m happy for you, Judy. The option to open a patio door and feel 70 degrees is perhaps too tempting to pass up. Enjoy your stay. We’ll try to keep the roads clear, if this rain ever turns to snow.
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I appreciate your efforts on keeping the roads clear. On the way down, we breezed through Hartford on Saturday morning and were excited until we hit the backup outside of New Haven. Oh well, a mere 45 minute opportunity to admire CT’s highway system. 🙂
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I take no responsibility for New Haven snd beyond. That’s the scary part of CT.
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70 degrees sounds heavenly. That view of the beach looks gorgeous. I hope you’re having an amazing time!
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Thank you, I’m soaking in every good weather moment. 🙂
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You are not very far from me Judy and Brookgreen Gardens is truly wonderful. You should try to make a day trip to Magnolia Plantation outside of Charleston. The blue herons are beginning to nest as we speak! This time last year we had a rate ice storm and 20 degrees for a week! What a difference a year makes!
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A few of the ladies were talking about taking a trip to Magnolia Plantation. Nice to have confirmation, it would be worth the trip. 🙂
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I was hoping you went south to S. Carolina! And warm temps to boot!
Nice place to be in and a lovely view! But what was that on the beach?
Happy New Year and Happy Week!
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The folks who have been here for many years say it is a jellyfish of some variety.
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Thank you! I was wondering!
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