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Beach Time

April 24, 2008 By Rhoda 28 Comments

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There’s nothing like bare feet on the beach, so take your shoes off and go with me for a stroll….
We didn’t have a whole lot of time for the beach this time around, but did manage to spend a couple of hours walking and shelling. I had forgotten how pretty the sand is in the Clearwater area and wow, has that area changed since I’ve been down there too. Me and my girlfriends from college used to head over to Clearwater many Saturdays for some beach time and I was pleasantly surprised at how it’s grown and how pretty the whole area is now.
White sand. We needed to do some walking after eating all week. We did manage to go walking twice around Kim’s beautiful lake in Lakeland that I shared with you a couple weeks ago. Cuban sandwiches, grouper sandwiches, strawberry shortcake and lots of cookies later, I need the exercise. Thanks to one of my blog readers, Laura in Clearwater, who told me about Frenchy’s on the beach for grouper sandwiches. We didn’t have a lot of time to do much restaurant hopping, but we stopped by 2 days for grouper sandwiches at Frenchy’s before we hit the jazz festival. Oh my gosh were they great!! We also had a wonderful steak dinner in Lakeland one night at the Texas Cattle restaurant…one of the best steaks I’ve ever had.
After reading about Honeymoon Island, we decided to check it out and it is a beautiful state park, a nice spot to spend some time. Not being on the main drag, it’s very peaceful and uncrowded and of course, no hotels around.
We took a ferry over to Caladesi Island from Honeymoon Island, a pretty place with sugar white sands, perfect for shelling for a couple of hours. That’s always been a fun thing for me to do. I love walking along looking for shells to add to the collection.

There’s nothing prettier than sand and shells and there’s nothing better than walking on the beach. Talk about peaceful, forgetting your troubles and enjoying the moment, the beach is the place to go for that.
Long stretches of pretty beach and green/blue water.

There was a nice display of all the shells in this area. I managed to pick up 11 different varieties, so it was fun matching them up to their names.

And me with my cup of shells.
One cluster of shells on the sand.

Nothing mor relaxing than the sounds and sights of the beach.
I caught a largebird in flight.
Love these sea oats.
Boardwalk to the beach looks inviting.
Boat marina…we noticed that lots of folks dock their boats here and enjoy the day. What a life that would be!

This is my seashell finds for the day. I was happy! I just love all the colors found in seashells. More boats
Traveling by ferry, these are mangrove trees. They have the most interesting root system, very thick.

A pelican and another bird sharing a piling. They were fun to watch. So I hope you enjoyed strolling the beach with me, even if you are still stuck in cold weather. Just close your eyes and pretend for a minute you are enjoying some warm white sand between your toes.

We have a real beach vacation coming up in May, just a few weeks from now and will be going back to Seagrove Beach, Florida, for a week where we went last year. I can’t wait! We both love the beach and enjoy just chilling out and doing nothing but relax in the surf, sand, and sunshine.

I’m working all day today with my designer friend. I think we’ll be painting furniture and doing all sorts of stuff. I’ll see if I can take some pics to share later!

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  1. justabeachkat says

    April 24, 2008 at 10:42 pm

    Beautiful photos! Can’t wait for your visit here. Maybe we can get in a beach walk together.

    Hugs!
    Kat

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  2. PamperingBeki says

    April 24, 2008 at 10:53 pm

    Pretty please take me with you next time!! *sigh* It looks beautiful.

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  3. Donna Lynn says

    April 25, 2008 at 12:45 am

    Rhoda you blessed woman!!! I am so envious I may cry, we need some of your weather, could you send some our way? Thanks so much! Loved your post and you look cute as always! Blessings, Donna Lynn

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  4. Painted Pink Pot says

    April 25, 2008 at 6:04 am

    Wow looks so beautiful there. I am jealous…….the weather has been goodhere but not that good.

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  5. Susie Q says

    April 25, 2008 at 10:38 pm

    Oh how I love a walk on the sand…and I LOVE seashells too. I have a small collection of them from each *by the ocean* spot we have lived in or traveled to. Love pelicans too!
    Your photos were so much fun to view…you are having a super time aren’t you!
    Love,
    Sue

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  6. Sandi @the WhistleStop Cafe says

    April 26, 2008 at 9:08 am

    I NeeeeeeD a beach get-away. It leaves me recharged.
    Thanks for the little boost.

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  7. Rue says

    April 26, 2008 at 4:28 pm

    Hi Rhoda 🙂

    You’re making me miss the beach something awful! It looks beautiful there 🙂

    My name is hthrrue on RMS. I loaded all my rooms into one post because it was too hard to keep up with more than that now that I’ve found blogging. Here’s the link:

    http://ratemyspace.hgtv.com/SNC/GroupSearch.aspx?pguid=6db6be3f-1720-4ba3-a081-999042c09b6b&username=hthrrue

    Thank you for your support about the farmhouse 🙂

    Off to read your other post…
    rue

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  8. Jo Fesler says

    October 1, 2011 at 10:06 pm

    I just came across our website and enjoyed the information about finding shells in FL. I leave about 5 min. from the beach in Myrtle and often find very pretty shells. I was referred to check out these pages by “Andrea”

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