Crab

This is the third type of crab that I've seen, and only rarely at evening and night.

Scouts Marching on Veteran's Day

This march ended in a very scenic spot, eh?

And the scout neckerchiefs have very cool colors.

Baking Cookies

You know it's something special when we use the oven: the kitchen is hot enough, so we rarely use it.  Good thing a dozen oatmeal-chocolate-chip cookies are a special occasion all by themselves.

... make that 11 cookies.  (That's Ella being sneaky.)

Da plane!

This is the seaplane we often see overhead as it goes between airports and docks.  These pictures don't do it justice: it's very low and large as it flies over, and it's a bit surprising to see it so close when driving down the road.

Sunset Silhouettes

Those Darn Bachelors

A few weeks ago, The Bachelor reality show filmed here, disrupting all our parking for the day.  Dancers and moko-jumbies did a special performance, so here is some of the result for you.

Beach Wildlife

Cool, huh?

Cleaning Up Trash

The boys and I worked with the Honest Intentions group last weekend picking up trash at the boardwalk... and beyond.

Halloween & Pumpkins

I'm pretty proud of the work the kids did on their pumpkins this year.

But we definitely had a St Croix experience: after one day in the house they started to go rotten, so I had to move them outside quick.  Can't keep fruit and veggies sitting around for long!

Another quirk here is that, being so rural, we're not close to any subdivisions with dense housing, so there wasn't much in the way of trick-or-treating.  I felt bad for the boys.

Be careful about giving your phone to a mischievous teen, especially when near a pool.

We now have a great little video of Lynnette's reaction to finding some bugs in her appliances.  We cannot release that film.  But now, at only moderate risk to our safety, we can show your her reaction when she found out Ella was taking a video.  Obviously bugs, Lynnette, a phone, and a pool are a volatile combination.

Don't worry: no Lynnettes were filmed during the harming of this video.

Fish on the boardwalk

We're at the boardwalk with the boys for a trash cleaning event, so I gotta get a pick of the fish and the boys watching... or, in Thomas' case, pretending to spear-fish with a bungee cord.