But the first place we headed was The Family Circle Tennis Cup on Daniel Island in Charleston, South Carolina. What a beatiful island this is! (See link!) Our family enjoys playing tennis and we play all summer. What better way to start our vacation than to watch the quarter and semifinals of this women’s clay competition? This cup is the precursor to the French Open and many of the top seeded women players were there. Here is Serena Williams pulling up...
We usually play on clay so it was exciting to watch all the players, particularly doubles…
My eldest daughter is a die hard fan and since the arena is smaller the players were accessible for autographs. My youngest had no idea what she was doing but enjoyed getting the signatures anyway!
We saw Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Serena Williams (the big winner!), Jelena Jankovic…I was thrilled for them but had a hard time keeping my nose out of the endless blooms surrounding me!
Finally, the girls pulled me aside and told me, “Stop smelling all those flowers and watch the tennis, Mom!”
PS> Thanks for all the good karma you sent my way for a great vacation--it worked!
21 comments:
Tara, I'm glad you had a great time. It sounds so fun! I've got a huge house project going on, so though I'm posting each day I haven't gotten to read other blogs much. It was great to catch up with you again. Love, RAchel
Sounds like a great start to your vacay-looking forward to hearing more!
Looks like you had a great trip, Tara! Love the flower photos!
Hugs,
Donna
What a great start to your holidays. Beautiful flowers. I'd probably spend more time looking at them too.
Welcome back! What a lot of fun -- I used to love playing tennis when I was younger. It sounds like a great vacation!
xoxo,
Mary
Welcome back! I'm glad you had a good time away. I loved the pictures, even the flowers. I would have been smelling them, too. ~Adrienne~
Hi Tara!
What fun! It must have been such a thrill for your daughters to get autographs from such famous tennis players!
The flower are all gorgeous...I would have been looking at them too! I love poppies!
Hugs, Pat
Hi Tara!
Sounds like your vacation was off to a grand start! It's so much fun to see famous people and watch them perform. You had the best of both worlds, tennis AND flowers!!
Hugs, Sherry
Glad you had such a wonderful time:-). Isn't Charleston just grand? I lived there for a couple of years when I was younger.. We try to get over there as often as we can..No other place like it:-)..
Great to have you back, Tara! Glad you all had a wonderful time! And all those tennis star--fab!! Happy Days are you settle back home again ((HUGS))
Oh wow Tara! It sounds like you had a fantastic time away! I'm happy to hear that it all went well and that you're back home safe & sound sweetie!
Amanda (aka Cottage Contessa)
what a trip!! welcome back :)
Hi Tara! I gave you an award on my blog! Please accept it if you wish -- no rush or obligations!
Hugs, Pat
Oh! This looks like so much fun! I am glad that you had a great trip! I can't wait to hear more about it!
we are glad you are back, especially for all the positive vibes that flow our way.
Spot and the Orchard House gang
So please you had such a great trip Tara..I love the flowers but would have been fixated on the tennis..I am a huge fan and very envious you all got to see such legends of the game!!
Have a good week! Gxx
Hi Tara,
It sounds like you had fun. I love to watch people watching people play tennis. It's kind of got its own gentle rythem (?) to it.
Welcome back Tara, thanks for sharing the fun... :) and the flowers :)
Jeannie
What pretty pictures. Welcome back. I'm glad you enjoyed your trip.
Kathi
Glad you had such a great time, Tara! Thanks for all the beautiful photos. Those flowers are gorgeous!
Love to see your pictures of "brushes with fame"!
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