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After Vacation<\/h3>\n

If you’re like me, returning from vacation and going “back-to-school” this week is HARD! ;(<\/p>\n

I so want the beach-living-life and living-in-the-moment with little to do to continue. If only I didn’t have to work….<\/p>\n

Although our vacation was cut short by tropical storm Hermine, we had the most glorious weather for a 2 week getaway. I can’t complain that we were evacuated and caught one of the last ferries to Hatteras during the only day of rain.<\/p>\n

\"Beach<\/p>\n

Pics Appear as Paintings<\/h3>\n

Upon returning, I have tons of photos to organize and delete from my phone due to lack of storage. Yes, I cursed Apple and thought of that new Google phone advertisement that uses other phones’ “storage full” alerts just as you’re trying to get that single moment captured. It’s happened to me more than once! Just like the yeti crossing the forest, I almost didn’t get this picture of the Pamlico Sound on the most calm and perfect-beach-day, right before the storm and look what showed up!<\/p>\n

\"Dolphin
A shark in the water!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Actually, it’s a bottle-nosed dolphin, and not a shark but sure spooked me at first, especially after thinking about the many shark bites that have occurred in the Outerbanks in waist deep water, as I’m fishing in waist deep water. I’m used to seeing dolphin in the ocean, beyond the surf but still in moving water with waves. This is why I was surprised to see this one swimming with its mate in great arks while blowing water out their spouts, as they serenely swam from the sound at North Point, where the calm waters meet the rough Atlantic waves. I tried to capture this but alas, I really needed something better than an iPhone. If you look beyond the waves, you can see how calm the water was in the sound.<\/p>\n

\"North<\/p>\n

What I really wished I had was one of these fairly new photo apps that adds filters to your photos to make your pics appear as paintings. NPR questions whether it is “art”<\/a>? Photography is an art form and choosing how to display one’s photograph adds to that description. They are not real paintings however and should not be misrepresented as such.<\/p>\n

I personally don’t think anyone is doing that but instead sharing on various social media networks, for which they are meant.<\/p>\n

Prisma <\/a>translates your photos into various styles and those used by famous artists and Artisto<\/a> works similarly for videos.<\/p>\n

I loved these two examples, one of Venice, my favorite Italian city, and the NPR building, in DC, using Prisma’s appropriately named “wave” app for this post.<\/p>\n

\"Venice<\/p>\n

\"NPR<\/p>\n

I have a lot more photos to share but want to try these apps first.<\/p>\n

\"Kayaks
We kayaked to Teach’s Cove where Blackbeard hid but was caught and supposedly beheaded at this Springer’s Point Beach. The pathway through the woods is beautiful and creepy — what I call American Gothic and very True Detective<\/em>-like.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Kayaks
Kayaks with the “Running the Storm” filter using the Prisma app<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the meantime, I’ve spread out all my collected shell treasures<\/a> so I can make a wreath or something to visually enjoy rather than just adding them to storage.<\/p>\n

\"Beautiful
Beautiful White Shells via Dinner en Blanc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Finally, I’ll end this post by relaying a funny story about one of our last nights in Ocracoke when we closed down Zillies<\/a> while waiting in between bands of rain from the first tropical depression that threatened to evacuate us but fortunately, petered out. It was a good excuse, however, for more rounds. We met two NOAH researchers, who were there working on excavating the many shipwrecks off the coast. They recently discovered a German U-boat<\/a> that they had been searching for for 8 years! I asked them when is the PBS documentary going to be aired? They weren’t too sure on that but did mention a story that was due to publish in the Washington Post the Sunday after we returned. Then they asked us, “What does one do for 2 weeks on Ocracoke?” That was an easy answer, “live in the moment” and enjoy the many different surprises this island always delights us with. This year it was Dajio’s<\/a> for breakfast, shrimp fest and pizza and ghosts! (another story), as well as listening to new live music, like Barefoot Wade<\/a>. He can do a mean island-man Led Zepplin and Red Hot Chili Peppers acoustic all with guitar and steel drums! Who knew? Here’s his Lets Slowdown as reminder to the hectic fall ahead. (Ocracoke is so hippy, but I love it!) \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n