Saturday, October 31, 2009

Happy Halloween 10 '09


Happy Halloween everyone.

Black Cat Candelabras on the table

 The holiday is one of my favorite times of year

Rats in a fruit cage on the Breakfast  Bar
It gives me an excuse to decorate the house 
Bats  hang from the Chandelier
In a really playful 

Rats and gourds on the Hall tree
 and colorful way

Halloween at the Hammock Shops 10 "09

I was working this afternoon at the Hammock shops when I noticed a flurry of glitter.
 
 What to my wondering eyes did appear, but a princess
followed by a pink bunny in a ballerina tutu

Followed by a peacock
followed by a cow???
Trick or treat. This was definitely at Treat for me.

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Sandcastle Building at PI Oct 09

Its a fine  Indian Summer kind of day to take a walk on the beach at Pawleys Island


or looking for shells
or building a sandcastle
or enjoying the sound of the sea oats rustling in the wind

Friday, October 9, 2009

HBSP Spoonbills 10 '09

Bruce and I decided to walk off lunch along the freshwater marsh at Huntington Beach State Park.  I don’t know what angel was guiding us, but it definitely was a day to remember for bird-watching.  In addition to the regular summer flocks of Woodstork, Ibis, Egrets, Moorhens,  etc, we spotted three rare bird sightings

Driving in across the causeway, I  told Bruce” look theirs some Ibis  right by the road … PINK ibis??? (my voice rising )  Those are Spoonbills”   Bruce slammed on the brakes so I could hop out with my camera to grab some shots while he parked the car.  Sure enough there were two juvenile Roseated Spoonbills feeding in the mudflats.  We watched them for a long time.  They are beautiful birds with strange wide bills that they sweep rapidly back and forth through the pluff mud seeking small crabs and shrimp.  Normally these beautiful birds are found in the marshes of Florida and the Gulf coast.  I don’t know what brought them so far north, but there they were posing for my camera. (An hour later, when we drove back out of the park they were no where to be seen)

Continuing on our walk, we walked out onto the observation deck over the fresh water march.  There almost at out feet was a Red Necked Egret ( a Dark Morph).  Again it hung around long enough for me to admire its beautiful coloring, swift hunting action, and beautiful colors, and again it was no where to be seen when we drove out.