surf breaking on offshore sandbar |
Blustery would be too gentle a description as the wind howls straight through our condo and we can hardly get the front door open. Hum looking at the grey skies, have I moved back to Britain I wonder? Check it out for yourself on this short video shot this morning.
Mad Beach nest (note stakes) being washed by surf |
'cliff' at sunrise |
Balanced view of Civil War |
Send up the wine! |
It was an interesting time to travel through the Old Confederacy as South Carolina at long last took down the bar and stars -- the old battlefield flag from the Civil War. We visited family, attended a family wedding in Williamsburg at the College of William and Mary (a University to my British friends), traveled the Skyline Drive in the Shenandoah Valley (in the mist!), inspected Monticello -- the home of Thomas Jefferson (author of the Declaration of Independence and incongruously a slave owner) -- visited a number of Civil War (1861-1865) sites and learnt about tobacco. Native Americans taught colonists about tobacco, so they Europeans back for colonization! One of my favourites is Jefferson's ingenious wine dumbwaiter - no electricity required!
hatchlings seen by our turtle tracking colleagues |
Tuesday night (28th), our nest sitting was 1/2 successful. No hatchlings and the lightning was so strong/frequent/near we couldn't sit on the beach (not to mention the rain). We sat in the car and ran out to check the nest every 20-30 minutes looking for the 'hole drop.' But it didn't happen.
Hole Drop |
However, a mama turtle was spotted down the beach nesting so off we went to watch her for about 1 hour from midnight. What a treat! Back to nest sitting tonight and it looks like another wet one.
From Beach Beacon July 30, 2015 page 10A |
Yum, Yum Lionfish; A Little Info on Our Invasive Species
Some are a bit more orange/red and remind me of clown fish. |
They are beautiful, even if the spines are poisonous!
Haven't posted one of these pictures for awhile - mini me must have thousands of beautiful sunset pictures now (and some sunrises too), especially with the summer thunderstorms that create colourful images off the clouds. It is from a few weeks back . . .