Out and About

Spring is coming the hardware store has barrels out for sale. I had to take the picture of them as they were filled with rain water which settled in their overturned rims. Pricey little devils too.

The footprints in the sand were of the gulls and there was not one to be seen in or around the water. I wondered where they were and finally found them, lolling around like visitors, on the roadway leading away from the beach. There are field areas over by the river that they seem to find more pleasing than the ocean sand, maybe they are hoping people will park there and feed them people food.

The ocean was roaring so no fishing boats got out from the Port. The power and the size of the waves are mesmerizing, and the air is pure making breathing easier. There is a sense of peace and serenity as you sit and watch the change of patterns as the waves break.

We made it to the hardware store to pick up some stakes and wire to put around the new apple tree Pat planted a few weeks ago. It seems as though Emma thinks it is good eating. and has already devoured the lower branches, not to eat, but to use as a play toy. Just pick up a stick and toss it and she will bring it right back, panting, watching for you to throw it again and again. Emma brings a lot of pleasure into our lives and as the old saying goes, she's growing like a weed....big and beautiful.

The attachment to an e-mail yesterday was this picture of a tug boat leading a coal barge down a river and the boat got caught in the swiftness of the river and had to unleash the barge. It drifted into the bridge, which was not open to let it through, so the boat hit the bridge, actually went under the bridge and came up on the other side, bobbing up like it was something it always did. It was nothing short of a miracle and the pictures went on to show it rising from the river with all of the water flowing from its windows. It went on as if nothing happened and the caption had to do with the builders of this tug boat should be building big ships.


So today when you have a chance to stop, look and listen to the sights and sounds around you, slow down and take time to see what surrounds you. You may not have an ocean to visit, but you do have parks and you do have places to go where you can find 'down' time to catch up with yourselves. Be good to you . . . you deserve it. Why? Because I said so !!!