Mother's Day

My daddy took the picture of Mama with my brother and me on the beach in Gulf Shores in 1964 or therabouts. Mama was always the happiest when she was at the beach. During the 1940s she lived with her sister in Foley and we loved to hear her tell stories of riding on the beach in a WWII surplus Jeep and going to the old casino near where the State Park pier is now.

This is our first Mother's Day without Mama. She passed away last January after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.

I think I'll go to the beach on the Mother's Day and look for sand dollars like she always did.

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It's been cold and windy at the beach for the last two days. I got some interesting shots before my hands were too cold to hold the camera. On Wednesday, Dec 26th, the surf was very rough and the north wind was blowing the spray backwards as the waves broke. Today, Dec 27th, the Gulf was dead calm and the sky was beautiful.

Ta-Da!

Part of the ongoing beach renourishment flotilla

Get him - he's got a cracker!

French fries!

This looks photoshopped but I swear it's not

Sunset in Gulf Shores Dec 27, 2012

Almost below the horizon

Rough surf kicked up by the Christmas Day storms

North wind blowing the spray backwards

Looks like crackled glass

What?

I'm too sexy