Looking Forward To Fall Weather Greetings from the island everyone, hope all of you are doing well and staying cool in this typical south Texas summer heat. There were actually a few mornings several weeks ago that had a nice cool Fall feeling to them. An unusual mid-summer norther drifted down far enough south to […]

  It’s Shade And Iced Tea Time Greetings from the island everyone. Hope all of you are doing well and enjoyed your July 4th long weekend. As usual, Barnacle and I stayed put on the island, having no desire at all to tackle the crowds and misfits around the dock and mainland. I enjoyed watching […]

Gardening Is Good, Snakes Are Bad Greetings from the island everyone. Hope all of you are doing well and enjoyed a great Father’s Day with dad this past Sunday. I called my dad, Henry, in Brazoria and had a nice conversation with him, the talk as usual turning to gardening and whatever planting/growing advice that […]

  Drought And Seaweed Visit The Island Greetings from the island everyone. Hope all of you are doing well and enjoyed a nice Mother’s Day with Mom last Sunday. Barnacle and I normally would have gone in and spent the day with Mom, but a few days earlier Mr. Dog was at the vets office […]

Island Springing To Life Greetings from the island everyone. Hope all of you are doing well, and remembered to get your taxes taken care of this past week. Oh the joys of taxes – of course living on a retired cops pension (I’m sure equal to or below the normal poverty level), the threat of […]