Fall color

We see very little in the way of changing leaves around here (the mountains of NC have the corner on that particular natural phenomenon). But there are a few plants on the island whose leaves do turn red, most notably poison ivy. I don't think this is poison ivy (I'm not sure what it is), but it is sporting some lovely fall color.

Birds, birds and more birds

This morning at the beach there were several huge flocks of birds flying northeast just off the edge of the island. It looked to me like several hundred birds. Not sure if this is just the normal time of year for this kind of migration, or if perhaps it has something to do with the storm headed this way. Either way, here are some photos.

Boats

I rarely see boats out on the ocean even though I go to the beach nearly every day. I am not sure what the reason for this is. Maybe the boats are usually there earlier in the day, before I get there, or perhaps they are usually further out and therefore not visible. Or it could be that most of the fishing happens in the sound (I see boats in the sound quite frequently).

Anyway, this morning I saw not one, but three boats out on the ocean. It seemed photo- and blog-worthy to me, so here it is!


These two were pretty close to shore.


This one was further out.

Better

I finally got a better picture of low flying pelicans than the last time I tried, so I thought I would share and redeem myself.

November moon

My friend "not so anonymous" asked me to try to take a picture of the moon recently. It took me a few tries to get even a halfway decent one, but I liked the way this one turned out, so here it is.

Yard sales galore!

There were several yard sales on the island today: one at Village Thrift, one at the Methodist Church, and one at Barefoot Bohemian (which is closing). There may well have been others that I didn't know about, too. It was a perfect day for a walk, so I headed out on a mission to shop and managed to make it to two of the three sales.

The Village Thrift sale had lots of clothing, and several tables of Christmas items. I love Christmas, so I spent most of my money there. I did buy one item of clothing, but it's actually for Christmas, too!





I didn't end up buying anything - except lunch - at the Methodist Church yard sale. Lunch was traditional Ocracoke clam chowder and sandwiches, both of which were delicious.

Ripples

I love when the sand on the beach near the water dries in such a way that the water's ripple patterns are beautifully visible.