Road-trip!

What a whirlwind of energy and emotion. Wednesday I said good-bye to Natalie who leaves for Africa in a few days and will be moving into her college dorm when I get back from this escapade/ adventure, and to my sweet son James who was a major cheerleader in my having the courage to set off into the unknown of becoming artist-in-residence. I forgot to say good-bye to the dogs, but they won't end up in therapy over it, I hope.

We arrived at Ann Marie on Friday after a night on the road in Rocky Mount, home of the Eastern Carolina Barbecue that I have been eating since I was a kid. We got an early start and arrived at Solomons Island around noon.  John does what we affectionately call " the geography thing" where he takes a drive to survey the environs. (That didn't take long as the island is not very big.) We stopped for lunch and shared the biggest crab cake I have ever seen. It was the size of a tennis ball.                                                                                                   I will keep you in suspense about my accommodations at Ann Marie as I am

waiting for the video to process.  Until then, CHEERS. (How could anyone resist this cutie.)