Cindy’s Beach Getaway

12/26/2025

And make it pink!

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12/24/2025

Yes, Charlotte flamingos can fly and there is a Santa.

12/24/2025

I dew and glisten because I’m a Southern Belle.

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12/04/2025

🚨 It’s happening again! 👇🏻

A large and active sunspot has fired a cloud of charged particles toward Earth, setting up conditions for a moderate geomagnetic storm. A G2 storm watch is in effect for 3–4 December (UTC) after a coronal mass ejection (CME) blasted out of solar Region 4299. The eruption was tied to an intense X1.9-class solar flare that peaked at 02:49 UTC on 1 December—one of the stronger flares of this solar cycle.

Solar observatories captured the flare and CME in X-ray and coronagraph data, helping scientists measure its power and trajectory. Based on those observations, NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center issued the G2 alert. Storms of this level can trigger vivid auroras and cause minor disruptions to satellites and electrical infrastructure.

12/03/2025

🌕 December 4: The Cold Moon rises — the final, brightest supermoon of 2025.

The last time the sky looked like this… most of us were still in summer.
Now winter is settling in, the nights are quieter, and suddenly the moon shows up like it has something to say.

When it climbs over the U.S. horizon — from the forests of Oregon to the snowy fields of Minnesota to the wide-open plains of Texas — it’ll look huge.
Golden at first, then turning icy white as it rises higher… bright enough to paint shadows on sidewalks, light up empty backroads, and make the whole night feel softer than it should in December.

And there’s a different kind of mood with this one.
Not dramatic. Not loud.
More like a quiet reminder that even in the coldest weeks of the year, the world can still surprise us.

So if you can: step outside.
Zip up your coat.
Look up for a moment.

This is the moon 2025 saved for last —
and it’s the one you’ll remember.

08/02/2025

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06/12/2025

Throwback Thursday - remember all the fun we had at the Temple drive-in. There was the Tem-Bel on IH 35 where we went as a family and the other one on 31st from high schools days. Great fun. Great memories.

In 1921, the small town of Comanche, Texas, made entertainment history by becoming home to what is believed to be the first drive-in theater in the United States. Known as the “Drive-In Theater,” it was created by Claude Caver, a local oilman and entrepreneur who used a makeshift screen on the side of a building and invited patrons to park their cars and watch silent films from the comfort of their vehicles. Though rudimentary by modern standards—with no sound system and little infrastructure—it laid the groundwork for a uniquely American tradition that would boom in the decades to come. Comanche’s early innovation marked the beginning of an era where cinema and the open road came together under the stars.

04/19/2025

Amazing detailed sand art.

Pic credit: Cape Hatteras Beach Days