~ Got the backyard edged and mowed, while Bud was doing the same in the front yard. We both got up and out at first light for the day to get it done while the temp was tolerable. By lunch time it was already 94 degrees! We mowed and edged lawn at 7 am....it was 82 degrees. It's done for the week. We need some rain and some cloud cover for a few days...this white hot sky in the morning is becoming depressing. While I was sitting in the shade of the pecan tree, waiting for Bud to finish HIS job of work, I took a photo of the Strawberries and Cream Crepe Myrtle bush...
~ I entered a contest for a magazine I get delivered to the house. I was allowed three images... of the one limit for each category. I chose a flower, a butterfly, and a bird. I'm sure that my bird entry will be disqualified from the get go...it IS a photo ...but, a photo of one of my paintings. Oh well. The contest entries are due by August 2019.
~ I started reading a different book....first person, and a debut novel by Sarah Schmidt. So far, not bad. Of course it's of a subject I've always been intrigued by....another unsolved murder case. Well, she did get away with murder in my opinion; acquitted...but, it's still a mystery, and with so much written about Lizzie Borden, I'm not the only one that thinks on those terms!!!
~ I went to the Corpus Christi Trade Center [an indoor flea market] in search for some new earring studs...or perhaps a neat windchime. I found neither. But, I got my daily steps in....indoors, where the air conditioned huge building was an oasis to me on such a hot, humid day! I did find, however, something for Bud and bought five of them for him. He has always liked anything native american. And I found a bin full of polished buffalo teeth! He has thoughts of making an ornament for his cellphone carrier. That remains to be seen tho.
~ Monday, I drove to the islands....didn't get too much walking in...only 7500 steps on my fitness app. But, at least I wasn't sitting at home, idle. Other than the normal water fowl and land birds, this is what I saw...I first decided to take a trail I've never used before, an unpaved, primitive path that meanders around and through some of what is called Charlie's Pasture..it's land given to the town of Port A for nature trails and boardwalks. Since the boardwalk is no longer accessible, I opted to the nature trail:
~ After completing this leg of the walk, seeing many many silver leafed sunflowers [and an immature mocking bird in photo], I took off toward my favorite area...a cargo ship was seen above the cliffs and pasture, heading out to sea [you can barely see the white conning tower of the ship; pointed out with a black arrow],
...so I was hoping to watch the dolphins [tho one image has the dolphins cropped off through my viewfinder, I was going to just delete it...but, I thought better...a better way of showing you how close to the ships they are...they are right under the bow anchor!!!
~ Before I left for home, a Coast Guard Ship cruised by... I bid them farewell!!
