My new adventure as the caretaker here on Protection Island is shaping up quite nicely. Yes, it has been quite a change going from being the caretaker on the spit. There, they have approximately 80,000 to 100,000 visitors a year. Here, it is just me. I would say that is quite a change. I went … Continue reading All is Well!
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I Had a Staredown With a Hummingbird
Yesterday I took the day off. Well, for the most part I did (I thought it would be wise to go check on my boat). I got some things done - pictures set out, things put away, tossed a few things away - that I had not gotten done yet but needed to do. At … Continue reading I Had a Staredown With a Hummingbird
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Remember When…
...before microwaves were all the rage and "T.V. Dinners" were in foil pans and they were 45 minutes in the oven? Well one other thing I did not mention is that there is no microwave out here where I am now. Nope, not a microwave oven. Some of you reading this never knew a time … Continue reading Remember When…
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A Step Into the Past
Well, I have been on the island about three days now. Being the only one here makes it rather interesting to say the least. The cabin sits in the middle of a giant gull colony. No the gulls are not giant, the colony is. There are several hundred just around the cabin alone. By the … Continue reading A Step Into the Past
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And So It Begins…
A little over two years ago I was... oh never mind. That was then, and this is now. Now is MUCH better. Then sucked in MANY ways. With just a few days left here at The Spit, I started to move some of my belongings out of my cabin. Some is going into storage, and … Continue reading And So It Begins…
Journey and Destination 