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SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY







A KOKOPELLI
(pronounced coke-ah-PELL-ee)
Bud made from
scrap fence lumber
and
1x2 pieces [for feathers]

Read more on Kokopelli HERE













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SUNDAY'S SUMMARY


This past week, it's been way too hot and humid to do much outdoors except for the early morning. And I think it's kinda odd that the air can be so filled with moisture, and the skies oftentimes show a threat of rain...but nothing, nada. We are once again in a drought!! By midday, it's too hot for this ol' lady and I'm in where the air conditioning is on. Anyway, one morning walking along the Shoreline Blvd, where the downtown yacht club and marina is, we timed it as two shrimp boats were coming in. [I'm only sharing the one boat tho. Will show the other one at another time.] I love the activity that surrounds the boats...the birds! The pelicans and the seagulls go absolutely berserk in anticipation of the shrimpers' castaway catch. So, I took some photos. We had gone out to breakfast, and we were walking off our meal. In the car was the camera. I grabbed it and we just stood on the boardwalk and watched it all. From the arrival to the seawall, to docking at the pier...







. . .to selling their catch. Large shrimp [as seen in the photo] were going for the price of $8.00 a pound. Trust me, it didn't take long to sell...people are always waiting for them to arrive daily. I ask, how can anything so ugly taste soooo good?!!! For me, personally, I'd much prefer they come off the boat, breaded, butterflied and deep fat fried to a rich golden brown with marinara sauce or tartar sauce...I'm not picky or choosy; as long as I have some dipping sauce. When I look at the closeup photo I've added, it reminds me of lungers with eyeballs staring at me. No way. Gimme cooked shrimp any ol' day.



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On another day this past week, we took a jaunt over the harbor bridge on the north part of town and drove over to Portland, Texas. While perusing the aisles at one store Bud found a treasure. Something we've been tempted to order online before, but we both are sticklers on keeping the local economy going if at all possible and buy locally. He found me in the clothes section and came up to me and said "I found the DVD package we've been wanting!". He was thrilled. It was the 1st mini series of all the episodes of ROOTS! It was fairly inexpensive, considering all the episodes from Kunta Kinte to the Civil War breaking out...so, we bought it. So far we've only watched episodes one and two, but we finally have it. We're still looking for two others and will find 'em....Rich Man Poor Man and Backstairs at the White House. Some day. Let's see, what else this week? Took Bud to Blackbeard's Seafood for his birthday. And believe it or not, he ordered a burger of all things! Me? I ordered those delicious COOKED shrimp in a basket. I also made a favorite dish for him that he asked for...goulash. And a blueberry pie. Neither one of us is much on birthday cakes, so pie it was. And blueberry is his favorite. We also have waited patiently for some of our hibiscus to return from the ice storm back in Winter. Most are now coming up from the root systems, but two just broke off and we figured they were not going to come back, so Bud dug 'em up [shown in the Kokopelli shadow photo - on each side of him, above, and since the legend is a native American fertility god...guess the 'fertility' of it all isn't working! LOL] and I planted "Hot Lips" Sage to take their place. As I read the tags on the pots at the plant nursery, they will withstand down to ZERO degrees and are also drought resistant. And a big plus is they attract hummingbirds. The photo on the container shows some dainty white flowers with red 'lips'. Oh, and to conclude my week, I purchased three small geranium plants the same day and put all three together in a large hanging pot that is now hanging from the eave of the house in the back yard off the patio. One more thing, then, I'll let you go....while spending so much time during the afternoon indoors, I finished putting the edging and the closures for our lightweight binoculars' crocheted case! It took me only a few weeks to actually get it completed. LOL It's very nifty...especially being able to carry our bird book in the same case. That, alone, is a brain fart I had that paid off!!


If you're one to celebrate Easter...have a super, wonderful and very peaceful holiday. Egg salad tomorrow?