FWIW, we are experiencing winter today. 47 degrees outside. My bare hands were quite cold on the dog walk this AM. Won't be anyone in the pool today. Last night the wind redecorated out deck. I didn't like the look, so I put everything back the way it was.
I feed the fish and turtles every day. For the past 2 weeks, the turtles won't come out of the water. Before I'd have them come right up to my feet and grab little morsels of hot dogs. I could have reached out and caught them if I wanted to. My goal is to have them eat out of my hand.
Out of the 3 things I feed them, hot dogs seem to be the preferred food item. I also chuck out a handful of dry dog food and a fish food pellet. I've never seen the bass eat the fish pellets. Even though right on the bag it lists bass as the first fish that will eat this product.
Campground construction is ongoing. Last week they hit the water pipe again while digging. Then we lose water until they fix it. This makes 4 or 5 times this has happened. I bet the crew is just trying to milk working here. I'll be glad when they are finished. The park seems to be spending money to make this place more enjoyable. They put up all new signs. Our speed limit has dropped from 10 to 5 1/2. I think the signs are too big. The home number sign on our street has the arrows pointing the wrong way. New isn't always better.
It appears our neighbor's house is under contract. This place has been on and off the market since we moved in. More on that off. The owners showed up a few weeks ago. They had piles of trash at the curb. It was shocking how much trash they had in that small space. Fingers crossed that we get nice neighbors. There is a good chance that they will only be here occasionally. That seems to be the norm around here. Maybe 30% are here full time like us.
I've been on a charcuterie kick the last 2 weeks. We got 1 when we ate out and I forgot how much I like to eat a bunch of small, different things at the same time. Here's 1 of my creations.
I did the peppers and mushrooms myself. The artichoke hearts and olives were from a jar.
Later today the plan is to take a drive down front beach road. Check out if there is any wind damage since if it's blowing bad here, it's got to be really dicey on the beach.
Speaking of the beach. They are replenishing the sand by dredging. There is a facebook group of shell collectors. It seems the company dredging the sand is sifting out the shells. The shells are placed in a big pile on the beach. The area of the shell pile is roped off. People can't go and take the shells. They even have 24 hour a day guards watching over the pile. When the shell collectors asked the guards, they are told the shells contain bacteria. But everything contains some bacteria. ANyway the collectors are like alien abduction fans coming up will all sorts of conspiracy theories on why they can't access the mountain of shells. So, if you are a shell collector, I know where there is a huge pile.
Anyhow, stay warm y'all.
