August updates

 Unpacking, visitors and lots of time spent enjoying summer and the view from the deck "at the edge".

Watching

marine

traffic,

the sky, the water

and the wildlife; a young Orchard Oriole

and the star of the show.

Sometimes, when the wind and waves are really strong, parts of the marsh get dislodged and float across the bay like little islands.

Nicola visited and kindly let Rasta help with her quilting,

while I finished a small mat that I had started about 4 years ago at the McGown teacher training.

Christine visited and we walked a trail by Silver Lake, which is mostly marsh now,

and Hay Creek

with it's questionable toilets,

easy trails

and closed footbridge.

I took my bike out for the first ride of the season, towards Nanticoke

and found where New Lakeshore meets Old Lakeshore. Originally Old Lakeshore ran right along the shore at the bottom of the bluff at my property but high water levels and erosion destroyed it long ago. Just a bit left.