HUGE EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT - Coming later this week! For all of you that love the Outer Banks, and/or my photography, this is for you. Please watch for my announcement this week, or send me a private message with your email address, and I'll make sure you receive it via email so you don't miss it.

My family and I are back home and I'm not sure I've ever been so glad to be home! We spent the week up in Arlington, near DC, and got to see some of our family, visit the National Museum of African American History and Culture (my husband and daughter went and loved it), shopped at Tyson's Corner, watched a lot of tv and movies, and played a lot of video games. My daughter, who was born in New York City, said yes mam (not so much because we've taught her to, but because she knows it makes people here happy), asked for sweet tea, and got some crazy looks. I'm so happy to be back in the Outer Banks where both are common. I went out to take a few photos of the ocean last night. As soon as the salt air breeze hit me, I put my toes in the sand and the warm ocean, instantly I felt better and decompressed.

We were so lucky - Hurricane Florence missed the northern Outer Banks and we had no damage. Our prayers are with our neighbors to the south and west who got hit so hard. There are donation sites all over town, as our community gathers supplies to take to those in need. We all know it could have easily been us, and they will need everyone's support to rebuild.