At least for the next couple of weeks.
Westmoreland Parish offers a lot and we're going to spend some quality time here!
Complete relaxation and close to everything we want to see/do.
Tour of the Inn
https://youtu.be/lBmilLAy080?si=-dYfhPic5bgZr3Gt
I'm thinking The Almond Suite!
See everyone tomorrow!
Dropping down to a much more manageable 75-85 degrees...and maybe even some rain tonight.
The pink morning glories are blooming again.
The hummingbirds are thrilled!
Caught up with my boys this weekend.
Chris with big plans for the coming year...and Lachlan who is increasing his vocabulary and even using some ASL, now.
Lennon who has also survived the heat...and only got a backwash of rain from Bertha.
James, whose new album dropped on Friday...and is actively recruiting a sax player into the band.
Spent Saturday's Sister Day with Tina...chat and pizza and a whole pan of brownies!
I've been pretty useless today. Recovering. Finished some laundry...fixed some food...and not a lot else.
The bears have exploded this year and I've lost count of new cubs. They're everywhere!
Four sets of triplets!!!
Many twins and singles...and a single white cub.
An amazing amount of salmon and bears...very little fighting...Bucky #164 has stepped into the Alpha Position 💗
And running rampant in Seattle...
Soon to be available in a plushie.
The little raccoon that is short on body...but huge on personality!
Back to exploring Jamaica tomorrow...
The most Florida Man story ever!
Started by the son of a veterinarian it is still tiny (...think those roadside attraction zoos of the 1960s and 70's...) but slowly expanding...every time they have enough money to obtain a new animal.
Zoo Tour
https://youtu.be/IGOdg0TOvsI?si=lN9yjY_nK5QcUVGb
They have an interactive show, and a petting area with horses, a cow, goats, a donkey you can ride.
All in all...a nice way to end a great parish!
Found this yesterday at Jake's.
Next week, we'll head to Westmoreland.
Looking down, I have to admit I have been in love several times in my life...and I am sure this is a level of commitment I do not (nor have ever) possessed.
Love story or tourist attraction tale?
Lover's Leap
https://youtu.be/1KSR3_qHjpY?si=YHDHoXNKxOel1LPA
https://youtu.be/PxOWTCCoAXE?si=Y9DAh2eX0rrGL3f4
Whether real or made for tourism...a small industry has formed around the story...including photography at the point...a restaurant...and the lighthouse, standing over 100 feet tall.
Until next time...
So...there is that.
And we are on week 21 of Trump Watch.
This month we have seen:
...gas and grocery prices rise, again...17 servicemen now dead from the war...okay it isn't a war...okay...it is a war...declaring a ceasefire to the ceasefire...Schrodinger's Senator...is he alive...is he dead...no one knows...the death of Lindsey Graham (and his ladybugs)...the draining of the reflection pool...again...no gash...just shoddy application...
and it goes on...and on.
At this point I think we all are chanting the mantra
"It's all temporary."
and seriously, as long as Mitch (...who I believe is dead...) doesn't vote...I don't care if they ever find him.
Only 30 months to go...
The salmon run is picking up...and so are the bears!
Almost every-bear is back. So many that I don't know...and many of the usual suspects...Grazer, Gully, Chunk, Scuba Steve, Bucky, Bean and Bead, Backpack, Wayne's Brother, 151 Walker, Studious and Social, Holly, Jolly and her Jolly Beans, 132 and her triplets, Electra and her twins, 806 and 806 jr and Biggie.
Conspicuous in their absence: 856 and 747...but they may show up later.
And cubs.
We are positively inundated with cubs this year.
I've counted 25 already!
We lost one to the river...but the rest are doing fine!
Bucky is still the sheriff, for now...but there are many of the male sub-adults who are coming into their own.
Walker had a run-in with some-bear and has scars, now.
And Scuba Steve (...admittedly obnoxious with his belly-flop fishing technique and no sense of personal space...) has now been scarred up and bit in the butt pretty badly.
...he has not recognized the correlation and continues to flop...
The BEST news of the week....is JOHN!!!
Hitting all PT/OT goals they will soon discharge him to aftercare...and he is now 175 pounds...eating really well...driving short distances...and even having a Euchre Game today!!!!
...still completely cancer-free...
Making arrangement for The State Fair in August with Eric and Melissa!
And planning our own get together, soon!
Life is slowly getting back to normal.
Except for Jimothy.
The Seattle Racoon who has short spine syndrome and looks a bit like a child's drawing come-to-life.
The neighborhood loves him...he seems to be doing fine, not in pain, thriving...and just so Seattle.
Wishing Everyone a Wonderful Weekend!
Love,
Carla
Stay Safe...Eat A Doughnut!
Not a bad way to start the day.
I could live like this forever...or at least until the money ran out.
Home to many things...Great Wharf and Fishing...The Reef...The Fish and Wildlife Preserve...and of course, World renowned Floyd's Pelican Bar!
Great Bay'
https://youtu.be/XAoGPm2LdcM?si=_LL_kbLLyX0V4Qbj
Wildlife Center
https://youtu.be/Uwx_zvIvzxY?si=qjqHXbS0jecF701a
Pelicans
https://youtube.com/shorts/G1pSlxP-KXM?si=jJ1Jtpa1Qh5OlPqc
Bay
https://youtu.be/WkZJFWxCKKI?si=5sqa7vj5tDbuE3YP
Panorama of Great Bay
https://youtu.be/WnghjqnQlDo?si=hmORo7YfBLeT08EB
The reef provides an up close and personal view of colorful fish and corals...as well as the occasional shark!
and after fish and chips for lunch...
We head to Floyd's Pelican Bar.
This is Floyd.
About a mile and a half from the mainland...accessible only by boat...people come from all over the world to see it...and Floyd.
Inside
https://youtu.be/FsDYCrCg8z8?si=bNwdOoZ8xmFuJPUb
They even have a gift shop online
https://www.greenapples.store/shop/
Back now to The Seaweed Cottage.
Until next time...