Catchup

First we had heavy rain and a limb from the clothesline tree came down in the road. Could'a been worse. Yardman cleaned it up yesterday when he came to mow.

Henry is happy now sitting with his friends on the porch. My daughter brought him a tuberous begonia (after the storm) and I'll watch it grow larger and more beautiful.

I managed to grab my cane and pick some Lily of the Valley, which grows everywhere around the cabin. It was my mother's favorite fragrant flower and I love it too.

Now please understand that the following images are not creations of iris beauty but of colorful joy for me. They are hodge-podge photos. The rain event had them bending over and I was compelled to bring them in. I talk to them too!

Actually purple is my least favorite color but I do enjoy the company of these, especially since my mother planted them years ago and they still bloom every spring. 

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Natural Beach Erosion

These pictures were on the local TV news station Last night. It is an area that I have walked along for many many years and is devastating to me.  The natural destruction of a natural area - erosion of the sand and dunes and raping of our protective sea oats. The good part is that there was not more damage. Glad I can no longer walk that far to see it in person.

This is an area where I found so many shark's teeth in the past 25 years.