February 15, 2007

I think Richard may be putting in adoption papers on me. I have been here so long but it is still to cold to go north. Tonight the cold air has finally caught up with me down here. They have been forecasting it. It has been showering off and on during the day. It feels like the wind has turned to the North after dark and it is chilly enough I may have to turn on the heater. I have now gone to diesel and the heater works fine and it seems to have a unique way of doing away with the smell though I am not positive I know how it does it.

I went to the grocery store today with Richard and Mary to get a few things. I am now stocked up pretty well on everything and when the front passes I think I will start north. I was joined tonight by a trawler which came from the St. John’s river area and he said that it is a good place to go and either anchor out or use city marina’s this time of year and that it is really more like old Florida country used to be.. By that he meant not all the flash and dash and more like it is here at the Joneses dock. Very quiet and a nice more rural atmosphere so I think I am going to go up and check it out on my way to Georgia. I am a mangrove type of person. I enjoy sitting here watching the wildlife carry on each day. Today, I think Lucy was trying to put me on. She lit right next to the boat and just paddled about merely ten feet away. I think she knew the camera was on the table and not in my pocket. I slowly got up and walked inside the cabin and got the camera and sat back down. Slowly I brought it up to eye level and got ready to snap her picture and there she went, just flew off. Oh Well maybe she will try again. I know she knew I didn’t have it on me, what do you think? There was a group of birds I think were crows in the grove near me. They seemed to be talking to one another. But one raucous one seemed to have a cold or something because it was saying something like, “Aw thit” to the others when they were talking. I thought first it might be a parrot talking about the coming weather cause that’s what I thought too, gray day and showering rain off and on. I know that you are probably wondering what I am drinking when the birds began to talk. I am off of coffee and drinking water so blame it on the Florida water.

Other than talking birds there has not been much going on here today and I don’t blame anybody for not traveling. The only boats that went by today seemed like they were in cocoons and wishing that the sun would come out. The sailors looked like they had all the clothes they could find on today on the open sailboats and the powerboats had everything closed up unlike a day or so ago when all was open and they were in short sleeves. But the grey day should give way tomorrow to cold but sunshiny weather or at least one can hope it will. The sleeping bag will feel good tonight. The best part of today was the mosquitoes and no-see-ums also took the day off as well. Always a silver lining if you dig deep enough.