We went from high temperatures in the 40’s to the 70’s yesterday and today. The tide is high and just a slight breeze, not enough to properly cool us on the way back when Izzy and I are the warmest.
Small patches of an excelsior-looking stuff is strung along the water line. It began showing up about ten days ago and may be decaying water weed. The last couple days a few mustard colored patches have also appeared. It looks a little like pollen except for being the wrong time of year. Lots of tulip tree seeds are still strung along the beach, too.
The water is quite clear compared with muddy days. That’s due to the lack of wind to stir up bottom mud and rain running off farm fields.
A brown plastic teacup style coffee cup washed up close to the beach yesterday and hasn’t moved today, just floating there right-side up. Another glove, black rubber with yellow cuff, for the right hand has appeared, too. The biggest find is what looks like an arrow head or spear head. It’s a couple inches long and the tip seems to be missing. A neighbor thinks it might be a scraping tool.
Another slab of blue clay has detached from the bank near the turnaround point. It looks to be about the same size as the last.
Older blocks of this stuff that’s submerged along the shore releases little bits under water that wash into small windrows just like the sand and shell pieces. The difference is that the these innocent rows of blue clay are very sticky and cling like glue if you step in any.
Dew has moistened a thin layer of sand this morning. As you walk the damp sand clings to your soles and sprays off the heels with each step.
The oyster tongers are out in force, twelve boats this morning. The small single dredger is also at his usual place, only one operator this morning and no visible dog. It never met Daisy and she is now being kept close to home due to complaints from a neighbor.
Yesterday a larger dredger accompanied the smaller for the first time. It’s surprising to see one so close to the shore.
Jet contrails have been visible most mornings for the last week. One morning twelve active trails were visible. Today only three are present. The many old trails are scattered across the sky looking like thinly spread pickup sticks.
