So here's Shawna smell'in the flowers at Port City Java. Or PCJ as we call it. This is our usual hangout for tea and chatt'in. If ya wanna join us, your more then welcome. Shawna just back from Denmark and Sweden gave me the scoop on her adventures. She had a great time and I got a really cool eco friendly food shopping bag with multicoloured reindeer on it and some wash cloths with fancy Swedish designs. Thanks Shawna I love them.

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to wake up really early and go to Wrightsville Beach to see The Saurus Dance Festival opening ceremonies at sunrise on the beach. Well lets just say I was on the fence about the whole idea. Yes, I would love to see the sun rise over the ocean.
But really, I have to leave before 5:45 am. Well, I'm wasn't to sure about that.
But I bit the bullit, also my friend Dixon did a little coaxing with "come on, it's gonna be so fun".
So I did.

Wow, was I ever glad I did. What a gloriously spectacular morning. The sunrise was awesome.
But the dancers combined with the ocean and the beautiful morning sunlight was heavenly.
I took the most amazing pictures that I do not take any credit for. It was the beauty of the morning. The place, the subject and the light all came together and simply made magic.

Our friend Sylvia has returned to Iceland. She had been living here for over a year working as a Chaplin at the local hospital.
So we had a girls night out to say Bon Voyage to our Icelandic friend. The girls, Me, Shawna, Sylvia, Alison, Anna and Emily went to Indochine. Which is one of the best restaurants in Wilmington. It is a Thai/Indonesian Restaurant. Let's just say it is yummy, yummy, yummy!!!
Indochine is one of our favorite restaurants and we find ourselves going there for all special occasions. Birthdays, anniversaries etc. We had a great night. I brought my camera and got to take lovely photos of the gardens and patios surrounding the restaurant. We sat outside on a side patio that had this amazing Buddha shrine behind us. There are Buddhas all around hidden in the gardens. I had fun trolling around with my camera photographing them all.