Happy Sunday! :) Road Trip Adventure! :) Rhode Island, CT, Barn Island :) Sunny Greetings! :)

Happy Road Trip Adventure Sunday! :) Sunny smiles and iced coffee cheers!!! :) We're enjoying a great day, and an awesome weekend! :) there's a hint of summer season in the air, and the nature is glowing all around :) We're enjoying some gardening ,nature walks, and a spontaneous Road Trip Adventure today! :) my mom, dad, Holly, and i enjoyed an awesome road trip adventure today, we traveled to Rhode Island, Barn Island in Stonington, CT, Mystic, CT, and cruised all around :) We got some donuts,and iced coffees at Bess Eaton's :) we saw some fishing boats, lots of awesome sights all around : )we were out for a few hours :) it was such a wonderful adventure :)i took lots of pictures to share with everyone :) spirit soaring adventure! :) we're enjoying the weekend, so very much :) it's a beautifully sunny day :) Holly and i blossomed into some gardening too, we tended our plants, and getting ready for a whole new week of gardening and nature adventures :) We have lots of string beans sprouts :) The adventures are spirit soaring, as the golden days of spring are here :) we're very happy and excited! :) we're going to be transplanting our popcorn plants into planters this upcoming week :) We're ready for another full week of gardening ,it's gonna be awesome! :) We're pacing ourselves with the gardening :) keeping hydrated :) it got up to the upper 80's here today. We've been having plenty of water, and gatorade :) it feels like summer season is on it's way :) our plants, and garden are doing great :) We've been giving them extra water :) We hope for some rainfall soon, to replenish the nature, and to help wash the pollen out of the air. We're loving the gardening season, and all of the great memories being made :) We look forward to sharing in all of the joys of the upcoming week, with our daily festivities, weekly traditions :) i've been browsing online, and going to place some online orders this upcoming week :) There's so much more to look forward too :) Enjoying a great day ,and an awesome weekend, with family, friends, nature, gardening, road trip adventure, and the wonderful spirit of spring time :) We look forward to blossoming into the new week with everyone :) sunny greetings! :)



Spirit Soaring Birds, and Sunflowers Spirit Dancing in the sunshine!!! :) we love it!!! :) Happy golden days of spring time! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly,and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy,and enjoying a peaceful day and a great weekend :) We hope everyone is keeping cool, and hydrated, it's feeling like summer weather. We're having lots of water, and gatorade :) We had an awesome road trip adventure today! :) Sight seeing adventure :) We're loving the glowing nature, gardening, and all of the spirit soaring nature moments as the gardening season continues to shine :) We're so happy and excited for all of the great things going on, our garden is coming along, and we're seeing lots of beautiful nature sights each day :) We enjoyed some gardening today, tending our plants, and getting ready to blossom into another awesome week of gardening and nature adventures :) The sunflowers are growing, and we have lots more sprouts :) We're getting ready to plant our popcorn plants into planters :) it's a very exciting, and joyful time in the gardening season :) Road trip adventure greetings on this beautiful day! :)



We're enjoying the sunshine, and weekend, so very much! :) an awesome popcorn movies party day yesterday, and blossoming into some sunny adventures today :) We love these sweet classic, and golden days of spring time, with a hint of summer in the air :) it got up into the upper 80's here today, as the day went on. We're drinking plenty of water, gatorade, keeping hydrated, and enjoying some iced coffees too :) Cheers! to the spirit of the season :) This morning, we had a beautiful new day, rising and shining :) i was up early, enjoying some nice time here on DS, writing to friends, and getting ready for my early morning nature walk :) it's been very nature active all around, with many nature friends visiting our yard, and neighborhood :) They love gathering the goodies, and all of the bird seeds, and peanuts :) as the season has been going on, we've been seeing more and more nature friends, including the return of the hummingbirds :)



i gathered a big bowl of goodies, and went outside for my first nature walk of the day :) it was in the upper 60's here already this early morning, it felt like one of those early summer mornings :) i put lots of goodies in our backyard, for our nature friends :) i saw some birds spirit soaring over, and all of our plants ready for a day of sunny sunshine and spirit dancing in the garden :) We love this time of the year, so very much :) our plants, flower bushes, fruit trees, grapevines, and raspberry bushes are doing great :) We love seeing the growing progress of the plants :) we have lots of new sprouts, including banana peppers :) Last year, we had one banana pepper plant that produced about 12 banana peppers : )Holly and i enjoyed making pickled banana peppers, with water, vinegar,and onion, in the jar of banana peppers, and would love to make some more :) we get lots of canning/jarring inspiration, from our dear friends Debbie (Sunsetyellow2) and her husband John, who do lots of canning, and jarring :) it's so much fun, the gardening season, and thinking of all of the harvesting :)



We're enjoying our spring time flowers, lots of new marigolds blossoms growing, along with our azalea bush, and our rose bushes doing very well :) We have lots of morning glory sprouts growing in a few areas of our yard :) They grow wild, and plentiful :) We've been continuing with our yard work also, with trimming back the vine plants that grow wild. our lilac bush has grown so much more ,since we trimmed back the vine plants that grew around there. We're so happy and excited for our upcoming planting of our popcorn plants :) We have 23 popcorn plants in our greenhouse :) Holly and i are going to transplant them into planters, in our front yard :) We'll plant 2 rows of popcorn plants :) We hope for lots of nice popcorn cobs to grow :) The season is very fresh, and our plants have been needing us, as it's been very dry weather. We're very hopeful for a good raining or two, to help replenish all of the nature. We've been watering our grass too, to help keep the soil moist as we can. We love getting into these awesome days of the gardening season :) it's a spirit soaring feeling, and so much fun to be gardening :) it was so nice enjoying a nice blossoming into the day, nature walk this morning :)



It was a sweet morning :) We enjoyed our breakfast, and having some water, tea, and iced coffee :) We also made some bottles of gatorade, we put the bottles into the freezer to chill, we love gatorade, it's a great treat, especially after gardening :) We did some early organizing as the morning was going on, i've been enjoying some nice writing time this weekend, and so excited to blossom into more writings this upcoming week :) i have some nice collectibles that will be arriving, and also gonna order another collectible or two this upcoming week :) i've been browsing online at some gift ideas too, and going to place some orders on amazon, this early upcoming week too :) i look forward to taking some new pictures of my collectibles when they arrive :)



ROAD TRIP ADVENTURE!!! :) my mom and dad asked Holly and if we'd like to go for a car ride adventure, to Westerly, Rhode Island,and Barn Island :) We were so excited, and said "Sure!" :) We got ready for our adventure after 10am :) We packed a small bag, and were ready for a spirit soaring adventure! :) We love car ride adventures, road trips :) We enjoyed driving past lots of cool sights, as we cruised to Westerly, Rhode Island : )You all were right there with us in spirit :) We saw lots of countryside, and waterside sights :) We went to Bess Eaton's donuts shop :) We bought some donuts, my mom got an iced tea, and my dad, Holly, and i got iced coffees "the tank iced coffees" :) We saw some birds near Bess Eaton's, including a bluejay, a robin, and other birds :) We then drove back into CT, to Barn Island, in Stonington, CT :) We saw the sign, where it said, "Barn Island" :) We use too go blueshell crabbing here, and would love to go there again :) they have a bird sanctuary area too :)



We drove past this cool Castle House, where this person has built a really neat castle scene home, that has these cool statues :) We drove really slow past the house, so we could take some cool pictures :) We then drove down to the boat launch area at Barn Island :) There were lots of people there, putting their boats and water jets/skis into the water :) it's an amazing view there, of the waterside, with Watch Hill Rhode Island right across from Barn Island :) The sunshine shining on the water, it looks so neat, and spirit soaring :) We took some pictures at Barn Island :) We then cruised deeper into the Stonington, CT area, where there's lots of waterside destinations :)



We saw lots of beautiful sights, of the waterside, and restaurants :) we drove down to the seaside, a place called "Dubois beach", we saw people having picnics, and people down by the beach area :) We opened our door windows, and could smell the sea, and seaweed :) We were having so much fun, traveling around :) We drove down to another area, and saw these huge houses, and also a lighthouse thremed house too :) We saw some boats out on the water, sailboats :)



One area, had these cool fishing/lobster boats :) oh wow! :) We were super close to this area, and so neat to see the boats :) We saw some seagulls soaring over :) this was such an awesome and amazing area to see too, as we were right near the water, and saw lobster pots, where the boats pick up the lobster pots :) We cruised through the rest of the area, and then drove to Mystic, Connecticut :) We drove past the drawbridge area, and the historic Mystic River :) my mom, dad, Holly, and i were talking about all of the sights we were seeing :) i was thinking of you all, our dear angel firends, and taking lots of pictures to share :) We were so very into our adventure :)



As we began to make our way back home, we drove through New London, CT, into Groton CT where the Sub Marine Base is :) Holly was so excited, as many of these areas are first time she's seen these places, and it was such a joy, her excited reaction :) we drove back to Norwich, including driving past the Norwich State hospital property sights, where they filmed an episode of ghost hunters back in 2010 in season 6 :) We drove deep into our city, to see if a seafood place had any fritters, as we were looking for fritters, and all the places we checked today, didn't have any fritters, but we hope to find some soon :) We got home shortly after 2pm, we're so happy and excited we got to enjoy a wonderful car ride adventure :) i'm so happy and thrilled to share my new pictures with everyone :) We look forward to many more car ride adventures :) There were so many sights to see :) a wonderful car ride adventure, on this beautiful day, with lots of great memories made :)



We're enjoying a great day, and an awesome weekend :) Gardening, nature, Road trip adventure!!! :) We love it!! :) my family, Holly, and i are doing well, in good health, and in great spirits :) We're enjoying the weekend very much :) Awesome gardening weekend, as we continue to fill our garden in more and more and so nice enjoying a road trip adventure today :) We're so excited for more gardening this upcoming week too :) i've been enjoying some writing this weekend :) enjoying some foods, snacks, and drinks :) Cheers! to the golden days of spring time! :) i'm so excited for my new collectibles arriving this upcoming week :) we're looking forward to blossoming into the upcoming week, with our nature walks, gardening, writings, we also have sweet treats tuesday, super wednesday mailing envelopes here from home, ghost hunters party, and lots more, leading us into another super fun baking friday adventure :) i look forward to sharing our weekly traditions, adventures, and pictures with everyone in my daily journals :) keep healthy, safe, and strong everyone :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for all that you do for us, and for the very special heart warming joy you all bring to our days, our hearts, and our lives :) You all are wonderfully nice, sweet, and very caring :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) big group warm caring happy sunny sunflower friendship hug and blueberry iced coffee cheers! :) You all give us strength, hope, inspiring us to enjoy each day to the fullest <3 We're with you all, and will always be here anytime you all need us :) Thank you all, for brightening our days and making each day very special :) We're so happy, thankful, and blessed to have you all in our lives :) We look forward to sharing in many more very special times, adventures, birthday's, holiday's, and all of the seasonal traditions and festivities with family, friends, nature walks, the wonderful spirit of the season, the beautiful month of May, and blossoming more and more into the gardening season :)



-never lose hope :)



To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, we're enjoying a great day, and an awesome weekend :) mom, dad, Holly, and i enjoyed going on a road trip adventure today, to Westerly, Rhode Island, and also visited Barn Island :) it was so much fun! :) We got treats at Bess Eaton's donuts :) We saw lots of wonderful seaside sights :) Holly and i tended our plants :) We're so happy and excited to see our garden coming along really well :) We've been resting up after gardening, enjoying our show, and i've been enjoying some writing time :) We're very excited to blossom into the upcoming week, with more gardening, nature, writing, and all of our weekly festivities, and traditions :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)



my mom says hi :) She says, "i hope everyone is doing well, healthy,and enjoying a nice day,and a really good weekend" :) Awww! :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a peaceful day, and a great weekend :) it feels like summer season is on it's way :) We're so happy and excited to see our plants, and garden doing well, and all of the awesome nature glowing all around :) it's a spirit soaring tme in the season, with so much more to look forward too :)



Road Trip Adventure Greetings!!! :) Hi angel friends,my mom, dad, Holly ,and i enjoyed a great road trip adventure earlier today :) We travled to Westerly, Rhode Island, Bess Eaton donuts to get iced coffees, donuts, and also traveled to Stonington, CT, Barn Island :) We saw Watch Hill Rhode island across the way, along with many other sights :) We drove all around Stonington, and into Mystic, Groton, New London, and back home :) there was so many sights to see :) We're so happy we got a chance to go for a car ride :) You all were right there with us in spirit :) i took some awesome road trip adventure pictures to share :) We look forward to many more car ride adventures :)



Barn Island :) This is where we go blueshell crabbing :) 
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When we go blueshell crabbing, we walk amongst the docks, and see lots of blueshell crabs :) 


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Dubois Beach :) we had some amazing views of the seaside, Atlantic Ocean :)
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Castle House by Barn Island! :)
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Fishing and lobster boats :) 


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Lobster pots by the boats :)


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Lighthouse shaped house! :) 


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We saw so many cool sights! :) 


Bird sanctuary on both sides of the road/path to Barn Island :) 


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Happy Robin bird over by bess eaton's shop :) 


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little waterfall display near a gas station :) 


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Hi angel friends! :) Holly and i watered our plants this afternoon :) we've got some big gardening plans for tomorrow, including planting more snap peas, carrots, transplanting some sunflowers,and also marigolds into our garden :) We're gonna get in 2 gardening adventures tomorrow :) i'll be taking lots and lots of gardening,  and nature pictures :) 

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CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad you and your family are doing well and enjoying the day with a car ride. I enjoyed all of your photos Its nice by the water and the beach. So nice that you saw some birds and nature Very nice weather for a ride, Its great you're looking forward to a new week tending the garden Your weekly activities Marathons movies and shows Hope you enjoy browsing for your favorite collectibles too Thanks for all my nice hugs today Have a good night hugs to everybody-Stephanie
JeanCarlin
JeanCarlin

OMG sounds like such a fun day...I love all the pics but that castle house is awesome!! I'm glad that you got to take a nice long drive and see the ocean too, I wish I was there, lol I bet you eenjyed thse treats too, ;-)
I'm so happy for you all that you had such a nice day and hope you also enjoyed some TWD episodes too
Have anice day today and a great week ahead!!
Hugs for all, Jeannie
sunsetyellow2
sunsetyellow2

Hi Chris and Holly. So happy you had such a fun time on your car ride. The sights were phenomenal but have to say the castle house was really neat. Those donuts sound really good.

Glad that your garden is doing so well. It won't be long before canning season will begin. I can't wait. That is one of my favorite hobbies.

Have a great Monday.

Hugs
John and Debbie
Lilysawyer
Lilysawyer

Wow it looks like you had a fantastic time I love how you went to the water. I love being by the water. I loved the road pic and the little waterfall by the gas station. And the robin and Barn Island. The castle house looks like a place I'd like to live in. Are there tours inside? I hope you have more road trips. I have a road trip coming up in June ,out to Harper's Ferry.
Squarley
Squarley

Hi Chris so enjoyed your journal and your pictures some wonderful pictures especially the castle house I love that love being by the beach in the water it’s so peaceful have a wonderful day my friend we send you love and hugs!