August
- September 2003 at the Beach Club,
It has been a LONG TIME since Mr.
Bill updated our web-site and there's really no 'excuse', he's just been
lazy and good for nothing - especially since he returned from Vancouver
on 11 June and Ms. May arrived back on 14 July. He was here alone
for almost a month - he SHOULD HAVE updated the web-site, but, of
course, didn't...
one of our many gorgeous (19Aug) sunrises - click for larger
and another gorgeous (17Aug)
sunrise click for larger
We had a very unusual morning on Sunday,
10th August... - Went to the beach at about 06:30a.m.
and what did we find but a Momma Turtle, about 2 1/2 feet long, laying
her eggs. VERY unusual at this time of day (during daylight hours)
and year (late summer). It's 'normal' for a group of volunteers
called the "Turtle Rescue" group to come out and stake-out turtle
nests. However, this Momma turtle was still digging when we
got there. Since we didn't know the number of 'Turtle Rescue' we
called 911, and they sent the Turtle Rescue people out, later.
turtle tracks (comming from ocean on left, going back on right
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Momma Turtle digging (click for larger image)
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Momma returns to the sea
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and - here's what it looks like after the 'Turtle Rescue' team has
'staked' a turtle nest...
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So - that was our great 'Turtle Adventure' - we'd definately seen these
nests staked-out all over the beach(es) around here and other parts of
the state. There are, too, white PVC pipes on some beaches where
the nests are closer to the waterline. So we knew there were lots
of turtles around and turtle nests, but we'd never actually seen one
digging, and crawling and so-forth, so this was a really big thing for
us...
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our "House" at 8 Perriwinkle Circle:
We spent a while during late-July, early August 'sprucing-up' the house
so that we can SELL IT! We hope to move-onto something smaller,
less expensive, less upkeep, and less other things (to give us MORE TIME
to "play" and "be retired"...
- We have 'deliniated' the driveway, click here for north_side, south_side and center-tree.
- We have cleaned-up the yard and done a LOT of 'weeding' (mostly
by 'hand' for the driveway project noted in the above bullet)....
There's still MORE weeding to do, though!
- We have put-in some paving-stones click here for patio, and click here for walkway
- We have done this, that, and the other...
We have re-listed our house for sale, - see these listing-places:
And we are offering 3% to 'agents / brokers' - hoping that will
'entice' someone to come along and help us sell IT!
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Other
subjects of interest, though are annotated here...
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A (little-tiny) friend of ours - he / she / it comes to visit
whenever there's 'squirrel food' around
(this is obtained in the grocery store by buying something called 'bird
food')
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May's pottery:
May took a course in "Metchosin"(http://www.missa.ca)
(28June - 12 July) on Vancouver Island with Robin Hopper, the glaze
guru.
Here's some photos.
If you're interested in glazing, here's May's site : http://www.wingwong.ws
And - here's a picture of Ms. Lily's pot she made while here last
Christmas (2002)...
Lily's Pot picture
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Cats and Cat-activities:
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Our two cats, Mr. HG, and Ms. SM, continue to be the light of our
lives, and we enjoy them greatly always and all-ways.
Additionally, for this weekend we're 'cat-sitting' for our friend's two
cats, Possum and ???, this is always a great treat to learn about / meet
and greet other cats.
AND _ Ms. SM was helping Ms. May "herd" the beach-birds during this
photo-shoot.
Check out the Herding Cat and the Beach-Birds: picture1
and picture2.
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the Weather:
Fortunately we got some 'wind' on this past Wednesday,
(13th), and it were GOOD for 3 separate sessions kiteboarding (about 4
hours total). It was the first time in 5 weeks (since I blew-out
my 3 year old 9.5 kite on 12 July) that I'd been able to go
kiteboarding. It was a great thrill!
Boat-Ship-Yacht Design:
Yes - Mr. Bill continues to pursue his 'dream' of learning more
about boat-yacht-ship design. And he has now turned-in his 'Final
Lines' drawing for his Module 1 (of four Modules) for his Westlawn
program. (http://www.westlawn.org).
In the process of pursuing the Westlawn program I'm learning a LOT
about AutoCAD, having just finished-up (with yet another "A" (have a
perfect 4.0 GPA)) another AutoCAD (http://www.autodesk.com)
course, this one on "Civil Engineering-Land Development". Like
others it was at IRCC - (http://www.ircc.edu)
the local Community College. They are, by and large, quite
good courses... I'm also attempting to learn the ins and
outs of another CAD tool: "Graphite". It's a general purpose
CAD tool. (see http://www.ashlar.com
for more details).
Today is Saturday, 16th of August:
We went to the beach today, and realized the latest storm had
kicked up the sand and made it quite hard for a ways,and it might be
'just right' for 'land-sailing'. Mr. Bill 'thought' that all
the 'parts and pieces' were here, but - unfortunately the wheels were in
Jacksonville at his Mom's so we couldn't go landsailing on the beach -
(which would have been "Much Fun"...) So - this is yet another
case of Mr. Bill's memory failing him, - having forgotten he'd taken the
landsailer wheels to Jacksonville. Soon as Mr Bill gets this
all organized, Ms. May will, I'm sure, take some digital pictures of Mr.
Bill exceeding the beach-speed-limit and of his extensive
'road-rash'!... - (Stay Tuned!)...
Another member of the "Perriwinkle (free) Zoo"... - click here
AND _ a 'Little Known Fact' (LKF)
about a well known subject: The "Dewey Decimal System" - that
set of digits and letters one sees in a Library, on the books... - This
'system' (Dewey Decimal Classification System) is the purview of
something called the "Online Computer Library Center"
(http://www.oclc.org).
ANYWAY _ there's a definite meaning to each of the 'decimal' numbers -
and some numbers, (like the one in my AutoCAD 3D modeling book (620'.0042'02844369 -- dc21 <==
this is what you find in the front of your
book (assuming it has USA-base LCC (Library of Congress Cataloging)
information))... here's an explanation:
- 620 is the 'basic - engineering - category'
- the ' is a 'you can end your Dewey classification
here, if you want (a message to Library staff)
- the .0042 is a further categorization
- the ' is, again, a place to end
- the 02855369 is a further categorization
- the --dc21 means the '21st edition' of the Dewey
Classification system
SO - that's about all, for now
(19th August) - maybe more later, soon as something 'newsworthy'
develops... keep in touch -
write us: bill@vikingasia.org sailormayw@vikingasia.org
last update: 19Aug03; revID: 2g
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