As some of you know I tend to love my sunsets but I don’t always get that perfect photo I am looking for. Over the years I think that I have gotten better at the job. After living in Key West for 3 years and taking thousands of photos these are some of my favorites.
The one thing that I have always tried to capture was after the sun has set and it looks like the sky is on fire. Its always on the horizon and just a little bit of color back lighting the clouds.
I am so excited that I just booked my Spring Fling trip. I can’t say that I came up with the name but it works for me! I will be going to the King and Prince resort on St. Simons Island. If you are not familiar St. Simons is a small island off the coast of Georgia. I have been there many times before but never in the spring time.
“The community and the island are interchangeable, known simply as “St. Simons Island”, or locally as “The Island”. St. Simons is part of the Brunswick, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area, and according to the 2010 census, the island had a population of 12,743.
Located on the southeast Georgia coast, midway between Savannah and Jacksonville, St. Simons Island is both a seaside resort and residential community. It is the largest of Georgia’s renowned Golden Isles (along with Sea Island, Jekyll Island, and privately owned Little St. Simons Island). Visitors are drawn to the Island for its warm climate, beaches, variety of outdoor activities, shops and restaurants, historical sites, and its natural environment.
Originally inhabited by tribes of the Creek Nation, the area of South Georgia that includes St. Simons Island was contested by the Spaniards, English and French. After securing the Georgia colony, the English cultivated the land for rice and cotton plantations worked by large numbers of African slaves, who created the unique Gullah culture that survives to this day.” via Wikipedia
These are just a few of the things that I will be doing on my trip!
This afternoon I went to my local Great Clips to get my hair cut. More importantly I was getting my hair cut to donate 9 inches to Beautiful Lengths by Pantene. I have been wanting to cut my hair for awhile, after some measuring I discovered I had enough hair to donate. This program only requires 8 inches vs. Locks of Love that requires 10 inches. I posted what I wanted to do on Facebook and had a lot of support and comments from my friends. The biggest thing that everyone kept saying was that Locks of Love is not a good company and they charge the patients for the wigs. I did a little research and discovered that Beautiful Lengths by Pantene doesn’t charge for the wig and they also make them for women not just kids.
When I was at Great Clips after the cut I was told that it was free of charge since I was donating my hair. I thought this was really nice and wanted to get a little bit more information to see if it was a national program. Turns out that the stores are a franchise and the owner can decide this. I would tell you check with your local store to see if they offer that service near you.
If you are looking for something good to do or just have a few inches to spare this was an interesting experience that I will never forget.
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