I leave my island home today where I grew up, headed back to my home in middle Georgia. I chose the sea holly watercolor I painted back in April to share today. I was blessed to grow up on an island that so many love to visit for vacation and bask in the sunshine and relaxed pace of its beaches and massive oaks. These are all part of my roots, and I’ll never forget the days I spent here. But my roots have extended, and it’s time to release this place, keeping the strength and love I came to know here. And so the Sea Holly captures the essence of this day.
Goodbye, St. Simons Island, Georgia ~ the house is cleaned, ready like a hermit crab’s shell to house another family that will fit inside this place that will protect it from storms and dangers. I pray blessings over its future, that just the right buyer will come along and take up residence here.
Leaving the Island
Sea Holly blossoms ~
drought-tolerant, sun-loving
like most strong women
Common Threads 
Oh, Kim, I’m glad I stopped by today. What a milestone to have completed the transformation of your childhood home into a future home for a new family. I hope all is well and you are feeling pride in the job well done. You are drought-tolerant, like the Sea Holly. I’m enjoying your water colors.
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Thank you, Denise. It has mostly been my brother and sister-in-law there doing the lion’s share of the transforming, but we were happy to be able to sneak away for the weekend and feel productive. There’s a great sense of satisfaction of actually seeing something accomplished, even just changing a toilet seat. Thanks so much for reading and commenting – – and thank you. so much for the sweet card in the loss of our Fitz. Briar says thank you too. He remembers having breakfast in Boston.
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I’ve drawn lots of flowers but never a Sea Holly. Now, I’m curious to learn more about this flower.
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