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I Love It {52 Photos}

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Week 48 Photo Gallery Prompt  


The first beach outing of the season (and my red Rimmel nail polish!) is what I am loving these days.  If you're like me, you'd prefer to keep this mild, not-too-hot-not-too-cold weather all summer long.  Alas, it will not last and soon even a trip like this to the ocean will leave me sweaty, sunburned and sleepy.  


For now, though, nothing beats an isolated afternoon visit to the sun-warmed sand, the water yet too sharp to swim in, watching little boys fling shovels-full into the air and seeing sea birds nosedive for unseen snacks underwater.  It may even induce some trashy novel reading (not by me of course) but I may have seen other women paging eagerly through historical romance novels such as Outlander by Diana Gabaldon for the tenth time...  


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  1. lovely . . . wish I was there!

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  2. Oh! Did you know that the Outlander series was one of my favorites, too? My friend Danine introduced me to it, and she called it "mind candy". Perfect, right? And I love, love, love the picture with the boys.

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    1. Yay! Another Jamie and Claire fan! See - we really are kindreds. :)

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  3. I would *so* love this too!
    Beautiful!

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