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Rockport Twilight

7/17/2014

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I've always been a sky freak.  I relish a great sunrise; interesting clouds cause those nearby to cringe at my unrelenting comments; a striking sunset makes me embarrassingly giddy.

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And I ain't gonna apologize; a decorated sky is the teacher's pet of the atmospheric classroom.

So when I find myself on the Texas Gulf Coast in my genetic hometown of Rockport -- a special place I've been coming for family time since I was conceived -- it's a looked forward to pleasure to grab a little exercise via a walk from my parents' home to the nearby beach road as the sun lowers over Aransas Bay.

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This particular visit found me here unplanned due to some ongoing, unresolved health issues with my sweet momma. We're in the early throes of generational hand-off where adult child and aging parent begin to trade roles.
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Inevitable if you're blessed to have your folks live into old age, but I speculate that I'm not the only one that entered that emotional door kicking and screaming in fine 2 year old fashion. Not because I don't want to return the favor of having fed, clothed, and put up with me for 19 years, but simply because I don't like seeing my parents become elderly. Can we push the rewind button, please and thank you?

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With things in order enough to leave the house for a walk, I set out to absorb some of my favorite time of day.
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The rewards were plentiful: aquamarine back-lit skies, fragrant sea breeze laced with Live Oak perfume, bay water tickling a shelled beach, seagulls mocking me from above, beds of scrappy Texas wildflowers.

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A sweet twilight trek ( okay...some wine, too) was a good ending to a couple of days of little sleep, and I reveled in the comforting,familiar sights of this old town.

Hope you enjoy them, too.

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    • 2014 - Sicily
    • 2014 - Bloggers' Tour
    • 2014 - Tuscan Adventures
    • 2014 - Italian Language School
    • 2012 - A month in Italy
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    • Puerto Rico 2015 >
      • December 14th - Lighthouses and more
      • Monday
      • Coffee Done Right - The story of Hacienda Tres Angeles
    • 2014 - East Texas
    • 2014 -Puerto Rico
    • Marathon-2-Marathon
  • Considerations >>
    • On Life > >
      • Losing a Pet
      • Rockport Twilight
      • There Could be Rattlesnakes
    • On Fitness > >
      • So You Want to be a Zumba Instructor?
    • On Music > >
      • Blues Magic - Fabrizio Poggi
    • On Poetry and Prose > >
      • Ode to the Flight from Hell
      • Fall
    • On Recipes > >
      • Chicken Roti
      • Authentic Limoncello Recipe
    • On Travel > >
      • First Time Flying International? 7 Helpful Hints...
      • When Traveling in Italy...
    • On DIY >
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