What have I done over the past year? As we say hello to a new year, I’m viewing photos to remind myself. In Spring we visited St. Augustine when my son’s girlfriend came to visit.

My two sons and I went down to Merritt Island to watch the SpaceX rocket launch.

We headed to Merritt Island to watch a rocket launch.

We ate at our favorite local restaurants that have water views.

Breakers Beachside at the end of Flagler Ave.

We went boating, fishing, and swimming along the ICW / Indian River, with a stop off at Disappearing Island to float a bit.

A view of the Ponce Lighthouse from sea level

And of course I collected bunches of shells and took many photos of my favorite islands.

Knobbed Whelk

I took a few trips to Smyrna Dunes Park to get exercise and search the beaches for new seashells.

Smyrna Dunes Park

We even took the boat inland to the St. John’s River for a ride to Blue Springs.

A visit from a friend bought us a gift from the sea. He found this huge horse conch while boating.

A friend of my sons found this huge horse conch

For the first time, my boys went out shrimping and we were loaded with shrimp!

The shrimp haul when the boys went shrimping

My walk in the Mosquito Lagoon where apparently there were alligators! What was I thinking????

Aligator skull!

I met some fellow walkers along the beaches and received this sand dollar gift.

Sand dollar gift, which I placed in the sand to get this photo

So here’s to more time to walk the beaches and enjoy life – wherever you live. Thank you to my loyal and occasional readers, and

Happy New Year!