Appreciating Mom and Dryer Sheets
Greetings from the island everyone. I hope all of you are doing well and enjoyed a wonderful Mother’s Day with your mom this past Sunday. Whether visiting with her in a heavenly way, or blessed to still have her in person, our moms deserve and have earned all the love and appreciation that we can give them on their special day. I was blessed to be able to attend church and visit and have lunch with my mom, Leona, and family, and I thank God for every opportunity to be with her. I love you, Mom.
I attended the dedication of the new POC Library a few weeks ago, and this is going to be a beautiful building and great library to enjoy. The project is not yet completed, but everyone attending was given a walk-thru, and it’s gonna be nice. Please support your new POC Library by purchasing a permanently laid paver with your name inscribed. . this is a great cause. Contact Friends of the POC Library, 512-567-1464, for info.
I walked outside on the porch a few weeks ago, right at dark, and saw a huge fire in the middle of the bay near POC. The flames were very high and lit up the sky. I called my friends, Britton and Susan, and they drove down to Front Beach to determine what happened, and they could see the sky glowing from the flames well before getting there. The source of the fire was a dredging barge that had caught fire after rupturing an abandoned underwater natural gas pipeline during their dredging, about one mile off Front Beach. Thankfully the crewmen were able to escape the barge and no one was injured.
On a very positive note about the dredging, the spoils from that channel project have been used to create a beautiful wide beach area for POC Front Beach. There is now an amazing and relaxing expanded beach area for everyone, especially kids, to play and enjoy. I walked the entire new beach area recently, and was very impressed. This is a great addition for POC. Thank you to everyone responsible.
I attended the Crawfish Festival this month and had a great time. I was told that 5,000 people paid at the front gate, not counting vendors, cookers and volunteers, so there were a lot of people there. The arrangement and setup of the festival was perfect, and the bands played great music. Thank you to the POC Chamber of Commerce for organizing a very successful Crawfish Festival.
I ventured across to the mainland and spent a few days house/dog sitting for good friends, Karen and Leroy, earlier this month. Corky enjoyed playing with their Rottweiler, Zoe, who I leave him to play with on some of my mainland trips. I had forgotten how nice it was to have a clothes dryer and use those little scented sheets, making laundry smell very nice. Those things are great! On the island I only have a solar powered dryer (clothes line), which works great, but doesn’t add that nice scent.
I recently submitted the paperwork to do some volunteer work at the POC Elementary School. I had read that a gardening area project had been established for the students, and I am excited about helping out and donating seed grown island tomato plants for the kids to grow. The idea of kids learning to be self-sufficient in this way is a wonderful thing, and a positive testament to POC Elementary’s desire to teach. Speaking of gardening, my tomato plants are doing pretty well, I just wish that the skies would open up and deliver a few inches of much needed rain. The watermelon and cantaloupe plants have kicked in and are doing good as well.
As with anything mechanical out here in this corrosive island environment, I’ve been having issues with my old truck. Over time, the evil foe we islanders call rust, takes its toll on all metal parts, it is simply part of island life.
I continue to be humbled by the kind words of strangers that I meet in town, that enjoy the Island Life articles. Thank you, Lauren Martin from Richmond, Tx. for your appreciation of the articles. I’ll continue to write them as long as they are enjoyed.
Well that’s it from the island for now, everyone take care and have a great day.
