If you are on the island for your New Year's festivities, the annual Books to be Red "No Football Zone" open house and sale is scheduled for tomorrow (1/1) from 1 to 4 PM. Wine and snacks will be available, and there will be items on sale throughout the store. I'm planning to stop by and spend a gift certificate I got for Christmas (plus, most likely, more!)
Thanks for reading the blog! Although I was slow, and some months were low and others high, I somehow managed to do 365 posts this year...making it truly Island Daily, again. Whether I can pull it off for a third year in a row remains to be seen, but something about just having the record is habit-forming and motivating.
Wishing you many blessings and much joy in 2010, wherever you are...
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Moony
The last couple of nights, as I have let Jamie (the cat) either out of or into the house around 11 PM, I noticed a gorgeous silver glow outside. One nice thing about clear, cold weather is that the moon and stars are so much more visible since there isn't much cloud cover to block the view. I also noticed that the moon has been nearly full.
Then today I saw this article which confirms that the moon will be full tomorrow night for New Year's Eve celebrations, and that it will be the second full moon in December (popularly called a "blue moon"). A blue moon on New Year's is a somewhat rare occurrence, and the next one won't be until 2028.
Hope you have fun, whatever your plans are for ringing in 2010. If you can, make part of your celebration a quick trip outside, and look up!
Then today I saw this article which confirms that the moon will be full tomorrow night for New Year's Eve celebrations, and that it will be the second full moon in December (popularly called a "blue moon"). A blue moon on New Year's is a somewhat rare occurrence, and the next one won't be until 2028.
Hope you have fun, whatever your plans are for ringing in 2010. If you can, make part of your celebration a quick trip outside, and look up!
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Oyster roast
Today was the fourth annual Ocracoke Working Watermen's Association Oyster Roast. It was delicious, as usual (this year they added fish stew to the steamed oysters and shrimp), but apparently our luck with weather finally ran out. It has been unseasonably, wonderfully warm (like in the 60s and one year the 70s!) every year except for this one. It was about 41 this time! We still had fun, but bare hands which are getting wet from shucking oysters and eating juicy shrimmp get REALLY cold REALLY fast at that temperature!
It was a sunny day and the light on the harbor was lovely.
The crowd seemed slightly smaller than usual, probably because some people took the food home with them to eat it someplace warmer! There was still a good number of folks who did stay outside, braving the weather and enjoying the camaraderie that is part of what makes an event like this fun.
Delicious desserts were available at the Working Watermen's Exhibit building (just down the street at the Community Square, in the old Jack's store location).
I went in for a few minutes, to warm up and see a sneak preview of the exhibits. I plan to go back another day and do a longer blog about this new location where you can learn more about Ocracoke's history.
It was a sunny day and the light on the harbor was lovely.
The crowd seemed slightly smaller than usual, probably because some people took the food home with them to eat it someplace warmer! There was still a good number of folks who did stay outside, braving the weather and enjoying the camaraderie that is part of what makes an event like this fun.
Delicious desserts were available at the Working Watermen's Exhibit building (just down the street at the Community Square, in the old Jack's store location).
I went in for a few minutes, to warm up and see a sneak preview of the exhibits. I plan to go back another day and do a longer blog about this new location where you can learn more about Ocracoke's history.
Monday, December 28, 2009
A quiet night out
John and I got to spend a night away a couple of days ago, since we had plenty of extra people available to take care of Connor. We didn't go far...just to The Cove B&B. Yes, the one we ran for slightly over 2 years. I won a free night there during a fundraiser for the Child Care, and was happy to use it, since I got to be on the receiving - rather than the serving - end of breakfast! (Which, incidentally, was delicious - baked apples and eggs benedict. Yum.)
This room - the Plover Suite - used to be our living room! (What is now the bathroom is the area where our dining table and my work desk were.) When Chad and Erin (the current innkeepers) took over the B&B, the owners decided to let them live in the cottage next door (which they had purchased after we started running the B&B and moved in), meaning they could renovate the space that was our apartment into an additional suite.
The Plover Suite has a private entrance and screened porch, with a swing in it that I just had to swing in even though it was chilly. On windy mornings (like this was), you can hear the waters of the sound crashing onto the beach at Springer's Point from there. Ah...I miss that screened porch. (Not the work of running the B&B, just the porch!)
If you're interested in staying at The Cove (I highly recommend it!), check out their website.
This room - the Plover Suite - used to be our living room! (What is now the bathroom is the area where our dining table and my work desk were.) When Chad and Erin (the current innkeepers) took over the B&B, the owners decided to let them live in the cottage next door (which they had purchased after we started running the B&B and moved in), meaning they could renovate the space that was our apartment into an additional suite.
The Plover Suite has a private entrance and screened porch, with a swing in it that I just had to swing in even though it was chilly. On windy mornings (like this was), you can hear the waters of the sound crashing onto the beach at Springer's Point from there. Ah...I miss that screened porch. (Not the work of running the B&B, just the porch!)
If you're interested in staying at The Cove (I highly recommend it!), check out their website.
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Tea time
Yesterday morning, I was incredibly blessed to have my sister, my mom, and several of my friends come to my house for a Ladies Christmas Tea. We had croissants with chicken salad, cucumber sandwiches, petit fours, shortbread cookies, baked brie, scones with fig preserves, and several flavors of tea. The food and drinks were delicious, but the best part was definitely the company! Let's do it again next year, ladies...
The desire to use my Christmas tea set was what led to this event!
The set table was really pretty.
Let's eat!
The best part - several of my favorite ladies on the planet, all in the same place.
The desire to use my Christmas tea set was what led to this event!
The set table was really pretty.
Let's eat!
The best part - several of my favorite ladies on the planet, all in the same place.
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Migration
I went to the beach recently and saw what must have been hundreds, if not over a thousand, migrating birds. The line of them coming by the spot where I was standing lasted for several minutes. It was awe-inspiring to watch.
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