long time no see

 over to the beach once again by the Pier and Gazebo looking for that elusive Comet before Sunrise--an hour before sunrise.. too may low clouds.. decided to stop on up at the Pier..paid my $1 buck walking fee to some guy with a beacrd..  out on da' Pier.. snapped some nice shots of the sunrise..  

wait a minue-- as I was leaving  'the guy with the beard was once again inside the Pierhouse-- we started laughing like heck havin not recognized ewach other.. it was Lee Hall who just retired from the local Sunset Beach Police Department.. fished with him up on da' Pier when he was just a kid when I first moved back in 1991  here along with his Dad and Mom.. I fished the pier for 17 years.. we talked for a long while laughing over some good old times..

a late sunrise.. and plenty of little buggers

a warmer than usual 78* early Sunday morning with no breeze at all as I arrived at the beach before sunrise.. those 'no-see-ums' had everyone on the beach swatting away at them.. the familiar low clouds once again made for a 'late sunrise'.. temps up to 84* .. off and on clouds thruout the afternoon but it stayed hot all day

plenty of peeps out walking

'billions of 'no-see-ums'--check them out on this sign

'no-see-ums' were all over..

it's bigger than a peanut-- in my front yard