Tetraopes tetraophthalmus - Sister Something-something, Catholic all girls high school Latin. We hated every moment….someone whispered “lesbian”….not enough of a whisper I guess. We were all punished in a way only a nun could. We never ratted out the girl who said it.
It’s been some time since I have posted but the pictures are taken and stored and ready. Faulty connections, bad cables, hailstorms and knocked out WiFi have all conspired to make this last month not happen….bare with me as I attempt to post and complete the year.
Last night’s dinner was Southern style prepared by the man who taught me how to fall back and let the universe catch me because it did indeed have my back. Thank you, Joe.
“A weed is a plant out of place.” ~Donald Culross Peatti
May you enjoy living your life as a weed….I think I have.
My beach……was Nixon’s beach and now they tell me it is Obama’s beach…..small world….ya’ think?
Dedicated to all the ospreys in my life and you know who and where you are, but you will never know how you have changed me.
Two days at Forsyth Bird Sanctuary and I am never tired. There is a peace here that is trapped in this spot so I keep returning to get some of that good stuff.
“Don’t threaten me with love, baby. Let’s just go walking in the rain.” ~
Billie Holiday….’cause after the rain everyone’s got beach front property.
I am closer to the things I need to be close to when I am at the shore….peace.
Bar hopping on LBI with a good friend…this is my view from the Sand Bar bar….thank goodness for auto focus ‘cause some days you just need it.
I have put 4,500 miles on my Jeep this summer and never left New Jersey….”Oh’ the Places You’ll Go!” ~ Dr. Suess
Doris Lessing was an Iranian-born British writer back when Iran was still Persia and we didn’t hate the country. I read all of her books when I was younger and stopped to take this picture when I saw it through my Jeep windshield because it reminded me of the Rhodesia of which she wrote.
I thought of her writing, I thought of Africa, where she placed her writing. I looked her up on Wikipedia and found this quote: “For a long time I felt I had done a very brave thing.(leaving her young children with her father when she fled Africa) There is nothing more boring for an intelligent woman than to spend endless amounts of time with small children. I felt I wasn’t the best person to bring them up. I would have ended up an alcoholic or a frustrated intellectual like my mother.”…….Hmmmmm! I have learned my best lessons from my children.
Okay….I am not particularly proud of this, but it was fun. I do, in spite of the way this may look, feel confident and capable of handling any grievances you may have….true!
LBIF Meatball Throw-Down……good times……lol. No shortage of vegetarians at this event…go figure!
One thing I have learned over the years is that you can never eat raw clams on the half shell with someone who does not eat raw clams on the half shell. I am thankful for those people in my life who do…..this one is for Sharon.
LBI Clam Trail….I love these trails, but by far this is my favorite….maybe because this is my favorite place in the world right now or maybe because it is some kind of cross between a cherrystone and a steamer….mmmmm….good!
