I have a feeling that a lot of people have taken this same photo and turned it into a black and white. There really isn’t anything new under the sun.

And after we had been walking for an hour on the beach in the sun, it was time for one of the best things—an ice cold Coke!

A favorite thing to do on St. Simons Island is to go to the village pier at sunset and watch the fishermen pull in Whiting and other fish.

The guy on the right asked the fisherman, “What are you catching?” The answer was “Whiting,” to which the guy asked again, “Okay. So,what are you catching?” There was a slight pause and the fisherman said, “Whiting. It’s not a color; it’s a type of fish.”

It is always so much fun to be around a tourist, who is visiting the island for the first time.

This is how I felt on Saturday evening, and it is still how I feel today! (smile)

A quiet peace always surrounds the King and Prince Hotel on St. Simons. For years, it has been a special place of rest and retreat on the island.

In this photo, our boat is preparing to leave the dock for Sapelo Island. I met another photographer on the way over to the island, and we shadowed one another pretty much the entire time we were there. Even though I had been to Sapelo before, I enjoyed seeing Yvonne Grovner (dark jacket in this photo) again and talking with her. She lives in Hog Hammock (the home of the last intact Geechee/Gullah community) and is a direct descendant of the island’s original freed slaves, who worked on the sugar, cotton, and rice plantations. She’s a master artist when it comes to making grass baskets and is somewhat of a resident historian. In fact, she is helping to keep the black culture alive on this barrier island. She conducts tours of the island. You just need to check the Sapelo Web site for dates and times. Sapelo Island

The locals have been talking about the full moon all week. Then on Saturday the moon rose, and we learned that it would not be this close to the earth for another 18 years. The lighthouse on St. Simons Island is one of the sweetest on the Georgia coast.