A SHORT TRIP

The much anticipated "Fall Break" for school children early on after the school year begins just concluded.  The Girl, The Son-in-Law, and The Grandbaby took a long planned beach trip.  The Husband and I decided to join them for a short time toward the end of the trip.  It was a nice time and since I'm not a Facebooker, I thought you all might enjoy a visual.

Even though we had a somewhat late arrival, we managed to grab our new flashlights and do some crabbing.  It was my first ever crabbing experience.

 The next day brought some rain so we did a short ride to a sea animal venue and shows there.  Masked, of course.  

The Grandbaby's favorite thing there--popcorn!

There were lots of "sea" creatures and even tropical birds and slimy long reptiles.  I got no photos of the slimy long reptiles nor did I take a glance at such.

The Grandbaby had her first experience with putt putt golf.  She liked it so much she wanted to play again the next night.

In case you wondered, the leg decor are bandaids, not tattoos.  Just sayin'.....

There were beach times, reading times, and pier walking times.

There was a sunset captured by The Girl and her camera.

We took cameras and a tripod to the beach at sunset for some family shots....

And then...."Can we be goofy, Neema?"  And you blog readers know what my answer was.  Of course...

The Neema has not had nearly as much experience at "goofy" as The Grandbaby has.   Obviously.  My goofy is not nearly as well done.

So yes, it was a great time of making memories.....

"The Lord hath done great things for us, whereof we are glad."   Psalm 126:3

GOOEYS

 Most likely when you hear the word "gooey", your mind goes to sticky marshmallows, caramel brownies straight from the oven, or some other delicious delectable something that goes in your mouth and tastes wonderful.  

When my family hears "gooey", we immediately think "mushroom".  You see, The Grandbaby has always called mushrooms "gooeys".

This morning I looked out in my yard and thought there were mounds of leaves piled together.  Sort of odd, though, as I considered usually that happens when one rakes and we don't rake.  On closer look, I realized these were mounds of mushrooms....mushrooms growing into beautiful dome like shapes.  Hundreds of them and not too very far apart from each other.

I did find myself wondering if Smurfs might be living there.  :)  Being un-scientific, I could find no reason for this strange growth.  The Husband said later they were growing where a very large tree had been cut down.  Still that didn't tell me much.  I will say that I have quite enjoyed the grossly interesting aspect of the mounds.  Here's a few up close and personal photos as I know my three blog readers will enjoy!

There are three more mounds beginning to accumulate near these three.  Just amazing to me.

What do you think?  Gooey, aren't they?