Cooler Weather and Holiday Time

Greetings from Matagorda Peninsula Island, on this cold and blustery Nov. 10 morning. I think that we can safely say that Fall is now in full swing, as far as the weather goes. The days of temps in the 90’s with super high humidity, have thankfully faded away, and more enjoyable cool and pleasant days and nights are with us. . . until the cold days of winter arrive anyway. I honestly don’t mind the cold weather at all, it’s just when rain and 25 mph north winds are added to it, is what I don’t particularly care for
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Corky and I have been taking the occasional golf cart beach ride lately, and the beach has been pretty clean and not a lot of washed ashore treasures to be found. Late Fall and early Winter are great times to beach comb, as the tides are usually much lower and anything that does come in with the waves can be easily seen. The lower tides also reveal any type of seashells that would normally stay in the first gut of the surf, but are now visible and can be picked up. I never keep any seashell that still has the original mollusk or hermit crab inside, but instead leave these in their found spot.

This normally begins the time of year that fewer and fewer weekend islanders are coming out. The weather starts becoming nastier with the cold strong north winds, which sometimes makes for a rough boat ride coming and going across Matagorda Bay. Deer season is also underway and takes the place of weekend island time for most. And of course the holiday season is upon us, so many families spend this time together celebrating with one another.

Well that’s it from the island for now. I want to wish everyone a wonderful and Happy Thanksgiving this next week! Please enjoy all of the delicious food, and more importantly, your time with family and friends. And please try to say a kind word to a stranger, or do a small act of kindness… we never know what others might be going through, and your thoughtful act could make a positive difference for them. Thank you!