When friends talk of going to the beach for a little fun and a picnic lunch, we take things serious.

My little tote held my packed lunch on the inside complete with ice to keep things chilled.  And the pocket on the front held my sunscreen, phone and everything else I needed.

I arrived a bit earlier than my friend.  The sun was working hard on the coast to burn off the haze.  It was so crazy as it was beautiful sunny skies just miles from here.

This is the spot where I landed.

Dominique is his name, we became really good buddies.  He came up to me saying “off”.  He wanted help taking off his little jacket.  He was such a little cutie pie.

Soon my friend arrived and we were in the full swing of beach mode.  Our little picnic lunch was enjoyed around 11:30.  There was a little catching up to be done, mags to look at and visits in-between.  I think the pounding of the surf was one of our favorite things about today.  It was soothing, which made for one of those nice relaxing kind of days.

What not to do at the beach.  Do not leave your belongings and food hanging out unattended.  These guys will rob you before you have a chance to shoo them away.  In the end, the girls had no food left and their drinks were all knocked over.  At least they came back to this spot laughing at the mess left behind.

Yup – he’s looking pretty guilty to me.  We even saw one of these guys take a sandwich that was in a ziplock bag from a couple who were right there with their belongings.  They were not paying attention and the little rascal reached right into their beach bag and stole the whole sandwich.  The guy was too slow, but he did get to witness the birds feast on his lunch.  Oh, he did yell too, but by then, it was a little too late.  And I don’t think he hurt the birds feelings either.

Before we knew it, it was 3 o’clock, the time for us to wrap it up and call it a day.  It was one of those moments where we just wanted to hit the snooze button on the time and hunker there a little longer.

What makes it all better, is the fact that we’ve already scheduled our next day at the beach.

Blessings – Debbie