Dennis the Manatee update.

Dennis the Manatee was captured on Saturday and loaded into a truck to go "home" to Florida (Sea World). Unfortunately, he died about one hour before reaching Orlando. It was neat to see this animal here, but if one comes back I hope it leaves before the water gets too cold.

just visiting

Sorry this picture is out of order......if you look closely you can make out the nose of the mammal mentioned a few pictures down.......it is under the shadow of the boards making a criss-cross.

Jadzia and I went to visit Nana yesterday...she was happy to see us as always.
Jadzia actually took this picture of us.........she did a pretty good job, she has been practicing.
For the past couple of weeks the Cape has had a Southern visitor. A Manatee. These slow moving creatures usually don't come this far. The water on the Cape is getting too cold for it now (Jenn in North Carolina would argue that the water on the Cape is too cold period, for any creature, at any time), so the wildlife people are making plans to move it back to Florida. The harbor master and staff have been told to feed it so it doesn't leave while the plans are being made........the public is NOT allowed to feed it though.
Hard to make out, the picture is sideways. The piece of wood over the manatee is perpendicular to the manatees body. Nose at the top of the picture, near two rocks, and then it gets fatter and fatter as you look toward the bottom of the picture. The green is seaweed that is growing on its back.

Here is a glimpse of the life of a manatee.......he moves his head up.......takes a breath.......and moves his head down)....this is as exciting as it gets! The voice you hear with the heavy accent is one of the marine wildlife people.

not much going on.....

No pictures to post..........worked all weekend!
However, I did just here my little 4 year old say (after dropping something while she was getting the soy sauce) "Oops......My Bad!" It is so easy for kids to pick things up!
Hope everyone is doing well..........I'll try to take some pictures this week.

painting, veggies and Clydesdales

Not much going on today......Jadzia, Cassidy and her friend Becky are doing some painting.
Jadzia and I picked the remaining veggies in the garden......some potatoes, egg plant, and we also picked a tomato.

The Budweiser Clydesdales are in town.......Jadzia and Joe went to see them one day and then took Cassidy with them the next day. I didn't get a chance to go, but had them take some pictures for me. I can't believe how big they are! The stalls they are in when they travel don't look very big.........but I guess it gets them where they need to go.
Well, that's it! I will be working all weekend, so not too much will be happening......thanks for checking in!

Exciting stuff!!

Ok........so why a picture of running water? The plumbers are done in our addition, that's why! I am so excited.....we now have two working bathrooms. I still have some tiling to do.....but I have water..........

And electricity...........(and a lot of painting/sanding to do) The heat/AC is rady to go too!
And MORE exciting news..........Cassidy comes home today! This was her "seashore" field trip week - I can't wait to hear about the adventures her and the class had!

Farewell to a friend.

This week I will be attending the funeral of one of my co-workers. Her name is Krit (Kristin), she died at the end of last week. On Sept. 12 she lost control of her bicycle and she was riding home, and fell. She was one of the clinical assistants at Childrens Hospital in Boston, she was so much fun to work with.....so nice........I can't believe this has happened. Please, Please, PLEASE.....wear a helmet when ever you are on a bike (or scooter, or skateboard, or skates). No matter how old you are...........even if you are "only riding around the neighborhood"........Krit was not wearing a helmet, and it was a head injury that killed her.

http://www.myfoxboston.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7482202&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.1.1

this is the link to the fox news story about her.

God Bless.............tell the people you care about how important they are to you.........and "Dance like no one is watching" (which, by the way, was also a favorite quote of my brother that passed away last year)

The week in review.........

Jadzia was in a no picture mood this day........too bad it was the first day back to school. This is her last year of preschool, she is in the "kindergarten readiness room" this year. She was very happy to see all of her friends from last year and her favorite teacher, Miss Judy.
Savannah playing field hockey.....she loves this sport. She is number 18, back to the camera. This was their first game and they won 2-1.

In other news.........Joe's surgery (Monday) went well and he is home recovering! Hopefully this will be the last hip surgery he needs for a while. He still has quite a bit of pain, but that should start to improve!

Today Savannah and I volunteered at a bone marrow donor testing drive. I did the medical screening and Savannah initially helped to make sure people followed the flow of things and went to the station they were supposed to go to. After a short time of that the coordinator realized that they needed more people actually collecting the swabs.........so Savannah was recruited for that job. The drive was for my sisters nephew that is in need of a bone marrow transplant. He was at the drive today and looks well........ very cute kiddo! A lot of people showed up for testing so hopefully a match will be found!

That's all I can think of for now................thanks for checking in.