Staying Busy On The Island
Greetings from the island everyone. I hope that all of you are doing well and had a great Mother’s Day with mom, either being able to visit with her in person, or enjoying a heavenly visit. Corky and I went across the bay that early Sunday morning, and Mom had her kids with her in church, including my sister, Darla, who made the trip from California. We all had a nice lunch together and visited, and then the next day we celebrated the birthday of my sister, Sherry. It was a very nice Mother’s Day.
A few weeks ago I braved the onslaught of people and ventured in to attend the POC 7th Annual Crawfish Festival. It was fun seeing all the decorated crawfish boiling team booths and how much work and passion they put into this event. There was a great crowd there with lots of good food and drinks, and of course delicious crawfish. The POC Chamber of Commerce does a wonderful job organizing this event, and it continues to grow every year.
I also went across the bay very early Easter Sunday morning to attend the Sunrise Service on Front Beach. There was a great turnout and the weather was nice, making for a very beautiful sunrise over Matagorda Bay.
My Spring cleaning around the yard is just about done, just a few more odd and ends to gather and haul to the dump. In a very painful way, I was reminded that you should always wear closed toe footwear when cleaning and hauling things outside. While throwing an old section of fencing onto my little trailer to haul off, the fencing caught under my big right toenail, ripping the toenail upwards and separating it from my toe. . . ouch! Thank goodness I keep plenty of peroxide, neosporin and large heavy duty bandaids on hand. Just one of those things that you gotta be careful about.
My tomato plants are finally in the ground and hopefully enjoying all of this rain we have been having lately. I’m looking forward to fried green ones and vine ripened red ones in a few months. Not much better than a homegrown tomato on a BLT.
The chickens and guineas are doing just fine. After their winter layoff, the 15 hens are laying 12-14 eggs every day, and I’m getting three guinea eggs just about every day as well.
My boxer, Corky, is also doing great. He will be 3 years old next month, and he is such great company for me out here, and my cat, Jetty, has learned to tolerate him. Corky loves this lifestyle, running on the beach and chasing the seagulls and playing in the surf. I could not have asked for a better disposition in an island dog out here with me. I truly believe that Barnacle guided me to find Corky, knowing that he would bring me happiness.
Well that’s it from the island for now, everyone take care and have a great day.
