Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Thin on the ground

Lately my posts have more photos than content and there is a reason for that. I've not been in town much, due to rain, haven't been on the streets much, due to dinghying, so what you get from me is pretty insular to my yard, my water roads to town and this side of the hill. It's about to get a whole new shift as I start housesitting for a friend I've never housesat for, for the next couple of weeks. Her description of the critters has me a little nervous, including dogs, cats, chickens and visiting bats. Not visiting inside, I was assured. Yes, yes, I know, they eat mosquitoes. I'm delighted, truly. So life should get interesting in new ways, starting tomorrow.



But since I'm still working on yesterday, here is some of that. I wish I could have gotten a photo of the sardines jumping into my dinghy and leaping over the dock, but I'm not that fast. It was pretty strange and funny though. Like an idiot, I threw them back in instead of keeping them for bait...I know, I wasn't thinking. They just looked so...well, if you've ever had a goldfish, I need say no more. If you've never had a goldfish and plan on having one, don't give your heart away to it or them, like I did with Simon and Garfunkel, lo those many years ago. Trust me, it will only end in tears.



The sardines were driving the pelicans crazy. It was a beautiful thing.











A ship that is a better fit for Culebra - the Westward, one of the semester at sea ships

7 comments:

  1. I know the rain has been destructive, but the low slate cloudbank is spectacular. Wow.

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  2. so far, Rumi, Yogi and Goldy are keepers and not floaters....Phil and I have been proud parents for about 2 months now. someday i'll take a picture.

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  3. It's been pretty dramatic around here, absolutely. Have to see the beauty in it...being the yin/yang cynical Pollyanna that I am!

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  4. Lordamercy, when you blog about critters, your Google ads (that I so like to click on) get really freaky. Awesome shots, especially the cloud cover.

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  5. What...you have problems with such helpful things as how to control your voles? You just want your voles to run FREE? Maybe they should have a SUPPORT group or something? You freaking hippie!

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  6. oh wow you really got me with that bat at the hummingbird feeder. Too beautiful

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  7. Not my photo obviously, but I'd never seen anything like it - cool article too, if you do the click...yes, bat beautiful.

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