Kyle, Meera, Owen – Harbor Island, Summer 2013
Over the past five weeks I’ve taken hundreds of photos that never showed up on the blog. I don’t want to just toss them all, or have them get lost in the nether-land of the computer hard drive — so many of them are family-photo-album-worthy, and each one represents a memory I want to try to keep. At the same time, I am feeling self-conscious about the blogosphere seeing all these pictures and hearing me go on and on and on about how wonderful our summer has been. The problem is that we don’t have any other way that we’re documenting our lives or saving our pictures — this blog is it (unlike many bloggers who blog primarily for their audience, I am blogging primarily for me and my most inner circle). So, please, those of you bored to tears from all my South Carolina posts, and/or those of you who are sick and tired of seeing photo after photo of all this… just disregard this little series of posts. These are for our family-memory-keeping. If you’re interested, go ahead and take a look. Otherwise, go ahead and skip it. Many of these were taken with my iPhone, and I’m posting them mainly unedited.
K, O, and M — this one’s for you! We have had a GREAT summer so far. The best summer of my life (and I am pretty sure the best summer of your lives too). Some memories to keep:
sunrise from the back deck of the beach house
Harbor Island Beach
Kyle in front of the Gantt Cottage, at the Penn Center (this is where Martin Luther King, Jr. would stay when he’d come to the Penn Center with other activists to plan their strategies for the Civil Rights Movement)
iced coffee on the beach
the back seat of the car, on the 5-minute-drive to Hunting Island beach
Meera at the pool — she made new friends almost daily
Kyle and Owen at the pool — they made new friends almost daily too
Owen and Meera on the dock at Port Royal (although the bambinos make friends everywhere they go, they are still each other’s first and foremost; and this summer was a summer of bonding for this fierce threesome)
Owen and one of his many favorite Lowcountry treats: stone crab claws
I sometimes got up early and went walking/jogging on the beach by myself. Those were amazing mornings for me. Spectacular beauty. Photos above, and several below, were taken with my iPhone during those times.
late nights watching Red Sox games
K & O at the pool
Meera’s artwork was hanging everywhere, all over the beach house
fruit on the beach
lazy mornings, playing
beauty everywhere
5 beach chairs and an umbrella
Really awesome photos.
As a native South Carolinian, I have LOVED reading your posts and seeing your pictures for the past few weeks. It’s really neat to see an area I’m so familiar with through someone else’s perspective. I live in the upstate, but we spend time at the beach every year and have every year of my life. We were actually in Pawley’s Island one of the weeks you were here. I have a friend with a condo on Fripp Island, so I’m familiar with the area y’all were in. The Shrimp Shack is amazing isn’t it? Did you try the shrimpburger? So good! I’m glad that y’all had such a great time in SC. I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else!
As a native South Carolinian, I have LOVED reading your posts and seeing your pictures for the past few weeks. It’s really neat to see an area I’m so familiar with through someone else’s perspective. I live in the upstate, but we spend time at the beach every year and have every year of my life. We were actually in Pawley’s Island one of the weeks you were here. I have a friend with a condo on Fripp Island, so I’m familiar with the area y’all were in. The Shrimp Shack is amazing isn’t it?! Did you try the Shrimpburger? So good! I’m glad that y’all had such a great time in SC. I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else!
Thanks for sharing your summer with us, Heather! I love all the photos and we were just recently dreaming/scheming up a plan to take our own 4-6 week summer trip next year – I may need to call on you for advice!