Greetings from the sunny Emerald Coast! I love being on a beach and will snag any excuse to head to one.
We arrived yesterday evening, still in the "at home" flutter and flurry. All the usual stirring and fussing occurred when first, Tony's cellphone would not pick up a signal, then I had problems getting a connection on my poor old *Runt* lappie. You would think we wouldn't give a flip about these things when at the beach, but oh no, we have *business* to tend...from the beach. There is something wrong with this picture. lol
All is well now. Tony is up and running...just not inside the hotel room. Has to step out on the balcony. As do many others from what I can see when spying on the other guests with cell to ear [or glaring at it] on other balconies. And I have a whopping 28.8k max connection...but it will do. As soon as I knew it was working properly this morning and not charging me outrageous hotel long distance rates to use it, I was such a happy camper, I shut the thing down and ignored it and the things I had needed to do. Went for a walk on the beach and a dip in the pool followed by flapping out with a junk book under the semi-shade of a palm tree on the pool deck. Ahhhh, that's more like it.
The first night we were here, we saw two types of critters I had never seen in the flesh before. Baby Manta Rays [these were only about 2 feet in "wing span" and may actually be a different variety, but they certainly look like mini-mantas] which seem to be migrating in mass through the area, and a hummingbird moth which I had never even heard of until recently when I was checking for information on real hummingbirds and ran across a comment about them A moth that looks much like a mini-hummer. Kewl! And the baby Mantas a so sleek and elegant in their manner of stealth swimming. [No, they are not the kind that sting....those are sting rays and we have seen a couple of those in the area in the past.]
I have now gotten so laid back that the camera has not even come out of it's case.
If you are interested, here is a link to some photos someone else has of full grown Manta Rays and a photo of a hummingbird moth. [Hope that monster link for the little moth works....]
I may try to catch one or both in a photo of my own, but since they are creatures of the evening, and I am [as some of you know] not at my best with night shots, the prospects are not great that there will be interesting results. But I am ever hopeful. [smile]
Ahhh, and you should see Mars & the full, golden Moon over the Gulf of Mexico. What a beautiful sight!!!
Sweet dreams,
Farron
[at the beach while THE Cat is trapped in vet boarding...oh dear, punishment is sure to follow]
I'm soooooo jealous! LOL You have a wonderful time and get that camera out even if its only to take a picture of that sky!
Hugs,
Vikki
Hello Farron. I love getting lazy and not even bothering with the camera. Sometimes you just gotta relax!
deb
Hey there, lazy beach bum! ;)
Come back here and do your Unix assignments! LOL
Have a great time ... I'm dreaming of summer.
Posted by: Britta at September 11, 2003 05:19 PM