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Category Archives: The Garden
The Tao of Staying Home
And here I thought Corona Virus was what you got when you drank too much Mexican beer! Not to be confused with Montezuma’s Revenge, which is a water-based bacteria, not a virus, but certainly another reason to stay home. Seriously, … Continue reading
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In the Garden
Hope springs eternal, I guess. Inspired by the spontaneous appearance of several lettuce plants down in the garden, we are going to give the spring garden another try. We let last year’s lettuce crop go to seed, and this appears … Continue reading
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Scorcher
A real scorcher on Skinny Island today, 92 degrees by 11 a.m. and inching up through early afternoon, humidity close to that, just little zephyr winds. Too hot for the beach even, a day to move very little. Just sit under … Continue reading
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Good Company, Good Food, Good Surf
Truly summer weather now, hot and humid, with stunning blue skies, just the way we like it. Perfect beach weather. We are fortunate to have as our guest for a few days, all the way from Portland, a Librarian of … Continue reading
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Egrets, Starfish, and Summer Squash
Love to see this in the morning. A Great Egret (Common Egret) stalking small fish in the shallows. This one took off when I asked him to pose. They are never on the beach in great numbers, but we see … Continue reading
Sea Snails, Sand Dollars, and Ukuleles
Pretty hot here on Skinny Island today until a nice sea breeze kicked in around mid-day. Substantial humidity accompanying. Not complaining, mind you, just reporting. We’re thinking summer weather is officially here. Slow start to turtle season. I spoke with … Continue reading
Mullet, Paintings, and Peppers
Strong west wind all day. When this occurs it drives a lot of insects from the uninhabited spoil islands of the Tomoka Basin over to the beach, and following them are usually a great many dragonflies, and in the evening, … Continue reading
Dog Days of April
Can’t remember a warmer April here on Skinny Island. We normally would have two or three nice days, say topping out in the mid-seventies, then cool and windy for a week, a little rain, cycling like that. This year we’ve … Continue reading
A Quiet Expansive Stillness
It’s way too soon, but it feels like summer already here on Skinny Island. Eighty degrees at 11:00 a.m., and will hit ninety on the mainland. Our water temperature still hovering at 69, so we’ll have that moderating effect and … Continue reading
Mornings
We are morning people. We figure we’ve seen just about every sunrise of our fifteen years here. What was born out of necessity a long time ago, getting to work, has become habit, with a little pathology thrown in. I … Continue reading
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