[caption id="attachment_11077" align="alignnone" width="300"]<a href="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/?attachment_id=11077" rel="attachment wp-att-11077"><img class="size-medium wp-image-11077 " title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" src="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/P8170001-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a> Me and Nana*[/caption]

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There's no place like home.

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I have been to beaches up the West Coast, down the East Coast, across the Gulf, and over to Hawaii, the Bahamas, British Columbia and Italia.  I love them all.

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(Well....I'm not particularly fond of the Gulf of Mexico.  Especially the tar-filled Texas Gulf beaches.  Bleck.)

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But none of these beaches stir my soul like the beautiful beaches of Long Island.

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Within seconds of stepping onto these beaches, I am 5 again.  I am at complete peace.

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[caption id="attachment_11080" align="alignnone" width="300"]<a href="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/?attachment_id=11080" rel="attachment wp-att-11080"><img class="size-medium wp-image-11080" title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" src="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/P8170010-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a> Nana*, Auntie I and Uncle John (who is known to fall asleep ANYWHERE, including an impromptu visit to the ocean) (And yes, he really does smile in his sleep!)[/caption]

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*  Nana just celebrated her birthday.  How old do you think she looks?  Guess in the comments section below.  You're not going to believe it!

** P.S.  She started her birthday with a Zumba class in the morning.  ZUMBA!!!  :-D