Tybee Island, Georgia USA 🇺🇸

Hello and a big howdy ho for a Happy Thursday! What it seems this week has actually moved super quickly for a time just a few days ago I told you that time had hit pause. Well thanks to sunshine and these beautiful pictures of my daughter and her lovely family time has unpaused. I wonder was unpaused a word back in the past say 50 years ago……hold up let’s look…….no unpausing I will BRB. 

Unpaused became a word in the 1970s it was added to the 1977 Oxford English Dictionary. I knew it had to be around then as we had 8 tracks. I can remember always trying to get to my favorite track and having a time and half. I had so many different tracks. Well now let’s get to the fun!!! Alexis and her family are in Tybee Georgia that sweeeeet van has arrived in Tybee Island, Georgia. I know Tybee from books and artist's from the area. Here is a link to the books https://www.google.com/search?q=tybee+georgia+books+about&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#lfId=ChxjMe

I have seen them beforehand. I have also seen some of the YouTube videos about Tybee Island. 

Those local books are my favorites to read. One of my very favorites was the Della Gaskill book from Ocracoke Island. I have a signed copy. 

We have been to Savannah as a Girl Scout trip around the 2003. It was great fun. Plus who doesn’t love eating the pecan pralines. I actually have to recipe on the blog.  http://creationsbydawn.blogspot.com/2010/12/necklace-and-recipe-1-pecan-pralines.html

They had coffee 

There is my beautiful daughter and sweet grandsons Ledger and Riggs. 

Walks on the beach and the pier will have you so relaxed enjoying the sounds of the ocean, the seagulls. The wind on your face with the sunshine just filling you will joy and Vitamin D. A great place to stop and enjoy some sketching or a painting of Plein  air. 

Cool hats and glasses for a comfortable day in the sun. ☀️ 

The food at the pier 16 was delicious. A great way to celebrate and enjoy yourselves. A great place to eat https://share.google/yldxE5prlrW4an58M

The wait wasn’t long at all and with a lot of children in tow it was a smooth special treat. https://share.google/yldxE5prlrW4an58M

Waving at you guys 👋

Garebear and Alexis 

Beach time 

Build us a castle Theo 

Hello, I love smell of the ocean and the crashing of waves. Thanks mom for keeping bundled this is a great view and nice place to visit. ❤️

Everyone enjoyed themselves. A nice place to spend quality time with the family relaxing and viewing the beautiful seascape. 

 They stayed at the Hotel Tybee https://www.reservationdesk.com/hotel/5fe19ac/hotel-tybee

It was a nice family place, one of the rooms they rented didn’t have a shower curtain. I am thinking that perhaps it was changed and whoever was working forgot to put one back up. That has happened to me before. We all worked together cleaning cottages at the beaches in The Outerbanks of NC. Wonderful place to visit! Bruce and I grew up there so it will always hold a special place in our hearts. 💞 I can write a book on what happened while we were cleaning cottages. I’m seriously having a huge smile on my face thinking of the times. Perhaps another story for another day. The whole thing I have forgotten to clean an oven or something silly like that before. Usually the supervisor would have checked behind us or even whomever forgot the shower curtain. Hey they are people too and it happens. Bruce and I had the same thing happen to us on a motel they were remodeling on our way to Florida last summer. It was in Tennessee close to the Lodge Museum. Here is the link to the museum http://creationsbydawn.blogspot.com/2026/01/january-13-2026-cast-iron-lodge-museum.html 

It was good times. I definitely would recommend Tybee Island make sure you visit the book store and the art galleries. Even the Little Free Library’s. There’s so much incredible art and culture there it’s one to add to the list. 

Here is a link to Tybee Island 🏝️ https://visittybee.com/attractions-entertainment

I love going to lighthouses I have read so many books on them. I am always intrigued by the lighthouse keeper. We are living in a state where there are 129 lighthouses….that’s a lot of stories. As always I love bringing you more adventures and happiness for you to explore. 

I had a quick funny for you…..Colby comes out and tells me he is going to go to Japan to see Mt. Fuji. I say no we are going to climb Mt. Fuji. He looks at me….. when I was in the third grade I had a quarter and I put that shiny new coin right in a gum ball machine (it was full of different things) well I am thinking I am going to get the gum. No……. I got a magnet that said “ I climbed Mt. Fuji” lmao 😂 he brought up that memory from deep in the vault. So now I have a feeling I might just be able to say I did climb Mt. Fuji. #GOALS Good vibes and positive energy from me to you!!! ✌🏻

Mush love 🍄‍🟫, 

Dawn Gallop 

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Chattanooga, Tennessee USA

Hello and a warm welcome. We are still stranded in this deep snowfall.  It snowed again last night, it was just a dusting by at this point it just adds to the depth of this vast white snowfall of 39 inches. Perhaps 40 now. Who’s counting now? Bruce and Dusty did get the driveway cleared which was a huge undertaking. Since the John Deere gator broke the CV joint he was just using the Bobcat or the skid steer. He had to siphon the diesel fuel from the gator to use in the bobcat since we couldn’t leave as the snow was so deep and where he had cleared it while it was snowing it was piled so high in the side of the driveway it looked like a snow tunnel. Finally the driveway was cleared enough to get out. He had to pull Colby’s truck out of the path as it seems to get stuck everywhere it goes, no joking! I thought it was because he needed tires for long, but once’s he got the new tires it still stays stuck. Anywho I have digressed again! 

My daughter Alexis and her family and her sister in laws family have rented a van and have drove to Florida. One the way they have stopped at Chattanooga. This will be the first stop I talk about. As there are many many more. 

Chattanooga is a beautiful place to visit and live. It’s a known for the vibrant “Scenic City” a little big town vibe. Revitalizing and refreshing. A cultural hub. Many places to visit and enjoy. Hiking is a definite must. Rock climbing and a visit to the Bessie Smith Cultural Museum. You will leave there with a blues vibe just dancing in your head. 🎶 The book I been reading is https://a.co/d/09ppkMXR Joyful, it is all about simple things that can bring joy to your life. Facts and scientific evidence of how it works. Being in community and music can bring us 12% closer. I should finish that book today. It is a great read. 

Playful walks around the town will have you inspired and happy. 

Be on the lookout for art everywhere to brighten your mood 

The van ride was spacious and comfortable a great experience for two families. 

You can see how spacious and roomy the van is. All the windows to bring in sunshine and play road games. Like punch buggy, or looking for license plates of different places. All the kinds of games I definitely played as a child. That was a time before any tablets, iPads or phones. 

The walk by the river is so inviting and memorable. 

The children were having a blast. Expressions of all the energies and emotions. They laughed and jumped constantly. The vibe was so warming and joyfully. 

Esme has a look of surprise! She is verbal and expressive in her words. I love it! 

They ate at Pucketts. Puckett's Restaurant the food is delicious and very southern. The children had pancakes and Garrett had chicken and gravy. Everyone enjoyed their meal together. A great place to eat whilst in Chattanooga. Highly recommended!!! 
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Riggs was excellent at jumping back and forth. His new glasses from a post way back have been extremely helpful. They look so good on him and he really reminds me of Garebear in them. 

Theo was letting everyone know he gets the back. I’m smiling! 😊 my kids always did that too. 

The van is really nice. Hello cutie. All the pictures were provided to me by my daughter Alexis. Stay tuned for tomorrow’s visit in Georgia. A lovely way to spend time together. Now make sure you put Chattanooga on the list for a must see city. Check out some of the great places to visit while you’re there. https://www.visitchattanooga.com/things-to-do/attractions/

Well this trip ride has come to stop for the day. See you tomorrow. Have a wonderful day. Good vibes and warm energy. 

Mush love 🍄, 

Dawn Gallop 
 

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day ☘️ 2026

Hello and welcome I hope you had an amazing St. Patrick’s Day. ☘️ I have always been a huge fan of this day. The green gets me every time. Never really knowing the true meaning of the day. It is when the Saint brought Christianity to Ireland. Bruce and I have always enjoyed the day for the beer and the color green. Being spiritual and my love of Mother Earth. I have always dressed my kids and made corned beef, sauerkraut, cabbage, potatoes and Irish Soda Bread. 

One of the clovers from my micro lens days 

One year I created clothing for my grandchildren and my own children 

The corned beef 

The cabbage 

The cute outfit I had got Skylar while her mom was in Germany on deployment 

This was the tshirt I had made Dusty 

One of my huge cabbages 

YouTube videos for you to watch for some of my St. Patrick’s Days 

Hello guys this is one of the recipes I have been making for many years it is a huge favorite at our house. When I make it the boys “says oh soda bread” 

So here is the recipe 

Irish Soda Bread 

4 cups of all purpose flour 

1/4 cup of sugar 

1 TBSP of baking soda 

1 tsp of salt 

1 TBSP of caraway seeds (optional) 

1 cup of raisins or cranberries or currents 

1 egg 

1 3/4 cups of buttermilk (or milk) 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit 

Combine dry ingredients then add the liquids mix together put in a greased pan 

This is Bruce 

I aways decorate 

The soda bread 

I had bought Bruce these one year 

One year I had Ledger and Riggs 

This was in front of Chik fil A in 2019 

One of the shows we did at a school on St. Patrick’s Day 

Boomer abs Skylar 

Skybear and Dusty 

Cooper and Dusty 

Samantha on the day we found out Kim was having Dakota. We had doughnuts from Krispy Kreme. 

Dusty 

Today even though we are still snowed in with 39 inches of snow I still participated even if no one else knows, well maybe you! 

Dusty 

Skylar 

Dusty 

This is one of my favorites all the younger boys 

Skybear 

 Well guys I just wanted to wish you a Happy St. Patrick’s Day ☘️ 

I still made the cabbage, potatoes, soda bread gluten free and a leg of lamb. I had bought three of them for $12 each back in November. They were originally over $50 each. It was so delicious. Low and slow. 

Mush love 🍄‍🟫

Dawn Gallop ☘️🍄🍀

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