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My One Little Word for 2018 is Explore! I’ve decided to thoroughly embrace this word this summer. I am currently on an exploratory adventure at the beach. My daughter is an account executive for an advertising agency, so she had some meetings here and invited me to tag along. What a treat! Our first day we ventured out to an inlet lake that is surrounded by sand dunes. We did stand up paddleboarding. The day was hot and sunny, but we did it. I felt a sense of pride that I was actually able to make the paddleboard move in a somewhat straight line. On Wednesday, I’m going to try paddleboard yoga.
This morning while she was in meetings, I ventured out to Grayton Beach State Park. Even in the rain, this was a beautiful area. I was alone on the trail of crystal sand dunes, of bending sand live oaks, and of tall pines that look like tall umbrellas. The dunes set off a lake (Western Lake where we went paddleboarding.) that is a unique salt water/ fresh water ecosystem. The dunes themselves are preserved. Here are a few of my pictures.
Grayton Beach sand dunes
Sand live oaks grow in sculpted shapes.
The sky itself looks like an ocean.
Hanging out with women in the advertising business has taught me some new terms to add to my lexicon:
- cranking: This is another word for getting on the computer and getting work done. Best done when it’s raining and you can’t go “content gathering.”
- content gathering: This is a term for going out and taking pictures so that you can post them on social media to show others how fun it is to be here.
- content: a picture that could be used to promote a place. One of my pictures was used on Instagram as “content.” Follow @Southwalton
And the best way to have a team meeting is when everyone is in PJs and passing around a bottle of wine. (I think I may have gotten into the wrong profession.) In addition to being a relaxing trip to the beach, I have enjoyed time alone with daughter number 2 and learning about the work she does everyday. It’s not always at the beach, though.
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