Green Club

[onedoodle3]

Kitty Hawk is beautiful! Course the last time I was there was about 25 years ago.

Have fun and don't forget to bring back some new residents for the moat!

 

[Bunnylady]

The Outer Banks are great, though I haven't been up that way in several years. They hold a special place in my memory. When I was in high school, the youth group from one of my dad's churches took a trip every summer to Nag's Head, where we climbed the dunes at Jockey's Ridge (largest dunes on the east coast), spent a bit of time on the beach and played games at a video arcade. By interesting coincidence, my husband's parents lived in Elizabeth City for a number of years. Hubby and I met in college, and when I went home with him to visit them, we occasionally would make a trip out to the Outer Banks to walk on the beach. The colorful buildings are something that only came along relatively recently. In my earliest memories, all of the houses are gray, because they were all the color of natural weathered wood. It's a very different place in winter, when all of the tourist are gone; it had a rather haunting beauty then.

 

[onedoodle3]

The last time I was at the Outer Banks, my (now ex) husband and I went to Okracoke (I know I didn't spell that right!

) Island. I was so sick!! I caught the worst summer cold I have ever had in my life. But I love that island!!

 

[sourland]

The Outer Banks are great, though I haven't been up that way in several years. They hold a special place in my memory. When I was in high school, the youth group from one of my dad's churches took a trip every summer to Nag's Head, where we climbed the dunes at Jockey's Ridge (largest dunes on the east coast), spent a bit of time on the beach and played games at a video arcade. By interesting coincidence, my husband's parents lived in Elizabeth City for a number of years. Hubby and I met in college, and when I went home with him to visit them, we occasionally would make a trip out to the Outer Banks to walk on the beach. The colorful buildings are something that only came along relatively recently. In my earliest memories, all of the houses are gray, because they were all the color of natural weathered wood. It's a very different place in winter, when all of the tourist are gone; it had a rather haunting beauty then.

Absolutely awesome dunes!

 

[sourland]

What a beautiful morning! Spent most of it at the beagle club with a group of dogs. We are rapidly entering pre-autumn a time that I think of as 'The Season of Purple and Gold.' The purple of wild asters, bull thistle, milk weed, loosestrife, butterfly weed and the gold of wild daisies and golden rod. Sheer beauty!!!

I spent a period of time watching a swallowtail as he flitted from flower to flower. He was battered and damaged - a mere shadow of his glory days, but he didn't care. He was there eating, chasing the girls and enjoying life. I felt a kinshp with that butterfly.

Enough of maudlin thoughts. I'm off to mow the lawn.

 

[onedoodle3]

Would you believe the trees are starting to turn here already!! I said yesterday, I believe we will have snow before Halloween this year and it will be a bad winter. Spring came way too early, the birds started hatching their babies too early...And the trees have started turning...started about 2 weeks ago... Yep, early snow!!

 

[bluesub]

We go to Jockey's Ridge every year. I think Nathan climbed up and down about 10 times... I made it three... There has been a lot of rain, so there was a giant puddle that had some kind of frog that made an electronic beeping noise. We looked, but couldn't find them (it was getting too dark).

 

[Bunnylady]

Did they sound anything like this guy?



Or maybe these guys?



That pool is still there? That is so cool!

 

[onedoodle3]

I love listening to the frogs down at the pond. When they start singing, you know spring has arrived. They sing all spring and summer on into the fall. The katydids have been singing since the middle of July. They are early this year. It was in the 40's this morning when I got home. Yes, I was freezing!!!

It is supposed to be down to 42 by Wednesday or Thursday. Highs here in the 70's. I'm not ready for winter!

But I think we are in for an early one! Snow by Halloween!!!

 

[Bunnylady]

My husband has a recording called "Voices in the Night," with which you can learn to identify the songs of most of the frogs and toads on the east coast (he got it when he worked as a naturalist at a state park). I love hearing the different calls when riding or driving near ponds and ditches, knowing who you're hearing makes it even more fun.