Yes. I am taking you back to Cape May Point. There are so many interesting sights to see. The ocean waves are always different, but so relaxing. The sunset's are spectacular. The park itself always holds something new. And yes, the best part, weight loss.

Swans, ducks and seagulls.

We have a couple of Whale Watcher boats that take people out in the hopes of seeing a whale. More times than not, they see dolphins. Whenever they are close to shore, I am on the look-out. I know that there are dolphins. This was the case the other day. There were several pods in the area. The next two pictures are my attempt at taking their picture.

Sorry. This was the best I could do with my camera.

Thursday and Friday was very hot. This surprised me because there is always an ocean breeze and quite comfortable. One thing I noticed is the sky is even more beautiful.

(lifeguard stand)

(just the view down the beach)

After I left the Point, I drove around Lily Lake and came across a group of Canadian Geese.

Of course I took many pictures, but I liked this one because he seemed so proud and protective of the others.

I have know idea what this thing is, but the waves kept hitting it and creating a beautiful spray.

(I just think this is awesome)

How can you not enjoy this. The wave was receding and it looked like diamonds shimmering on the sand.

I have discovered that they have a water fountain there to wash sand off your feet and legs. After, I walked up toward the museum and the butterfly garden.

This is only a small portion of their butterfly garden. It is quite large and beautiful, but I love these little ponds.

Yesterday I had some errands to run in the morning. On my way back by the airport, I looked up because there is usually some interesting birds flying around. Guess what was flying around? A Bald Eagle.

Yes I know. This is a bad picture, but I promise you it is a Bald Eagle. Can you see the white tail?

I went for my walk and the current was kind of scary. As you can see, the ocean was flat, but the swells and waves on shore were powerful. A couple of times the waves would just crash and be up to my knees, which I generally like, but not yesterday. The current was so strong if felt like it would pull me out. I guess the strong currents are from hurricane Bertha.

As I was walking back, I noticed a disturbance in the ocean. I kept walking and watching. Next thing a dolphin comes flying out of the water. Unfortunately, it was to far away for me to get a picture. What was really fun is there were two pods doing the same thing. Me and several others just stood there for about a half hour watching.

As I was walking back and over the dune I noticed a familiar car. Turned out Bobbie had come down. It was good to see her. I am always asking her if she would like to go down with me, but I am usually there for a couple hours and she goes to bed early. I sometimes think I get on her nerves asking so much, but I just want to share the experience. So yesterday was my lucky day.

On the way home, the sunset was just gorgeous.

(This is Lily Lake)

I have many more pictures of the Point and sunsets on my flickr site. So if you get bored, hop on over, my URL is on my sidebar.

I went food shopping this morning. Not one of my favorite things to do. Hell I don't like shopping in general. Well anyway, I bought a roast. Cut it up into four sections and while washing the knife managed to put a 1/2 slice in my thumb. Did anyone hear me yelling, shit-damn-fuck? It looked worst then what it really was, but it hurt like hell when I did it. Don't know why I brought it up really. Just me rambling.

My foot isn't any better or worse. Most days it hurts and other not so much. I dread the thought of going to the doctor's and him telling me I must rest it. I am having to much fun with my walks. And let me just mention that I have lost two more pounds for a total of 18 pounds. Yippee. I think when I hit the 25 pound mark, I am going to blow the diet and have me a slice of Chocolate Lovin' Spoon cake. Yum.

Sky Watch

This week's Sky Watch is a couple of pictures of the Cape May Lighthouse. The lighthouse is located in Cape May Point, NJ, but actually is situated in Lower Township, the municipality where I live. Cape May Point is a nice little town. Lily Lake is located in Cape May Point, which I try to visit as often as I can. The people at the Point are very friendly and always there with a "Hello. How are you today?"

I have never really been a big fan of lighthouses, but they are very photogenic. I have many more pictures of this lighthouse that I will post at a future time.

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I haven't talked about the swallows for a while so here is an update. There were four in the first nest, but only three survived. They grew so fast and over one weekend left the nest. When I would go out for a smoke, one would swoop in really close to me and then verve off. I told Bobbie that it was one of the babies paying me back for always having my camera in their face. The second nest only produce one chick and soon left that nest. The third nest, which I thought did not produce a viable egg, has produce three.

(Here is momma and one of the babies.)

On Friday I was going into my laundry room and my cat was in the window. I couldn't resist taking a picture.

(I always keep my blinds closed in the summer.)
(Her paw.)

This walking things has become very addicting for me. I went to Cape May Point again yesterday. When I went to park, there was a little boy sitting on a parking bumper holding a toy fishing rod. He got up and started reeling in the line. Intrigued I watch. Here he had a small plastic basket, held up by a stick and the fishing line was tied to the stick. Get this, there was a carrot in there. He was hoping to catch one of the bunnies. He did not succeed, but he had fun.

Yesterday was another hazy day and there was that smell. I don't know if the wildfires are still burning in North Carolina or not, but it sure did look and smell that way.

One the way to the beach, I past a lake and this Egret struck a pose.

I love the reflection.

(Cape May Lighthouse from a path.)

(Cape May Lighthouse from the beach.)


(I think these are red honeysuckle, but I'm not sure.)

(Baby bunny.)

(Is anyone coming? I hear the grass is greener on the other side.)

(Ready. Set. Cross.)

The next series of pictures is from my walk on the beach.

(The ocean seems calmer tonight.)

(but it had it's moment's.)

(This seagull looked so lonely. It was almost like he was waiting for his true love to come home.)

While I was walking back, there was a man and his son surf fishing. The little boy of about three or four was holding the fishing rod. I got my camera ready to take the picture, but then thought differently. I didn't feel right taking this picture. As I got closer the dad started to hoop and holler. Here the little boy caught a sand shark. The dad was alive with excitement and the little boy could have cared less. The dad was yelling to his wife to get the camera and take the picture. I was laughing. What a picture that would be.

I decided to just stand there on the beach and watch the ocean and let the waves crash over my legs. It felt good. There was a couple, which the wife looked to be about eight month pregnant and looking uncomfortable. The husband decided that it would be cool to have his picture taken in the surf. Well it was all I could do not to laugh. He was so worried that a big wave would come along and get him or get his pants wet, that I don't think the wife was able to get a good shot. I have to say that the people on the beach there are not as friendly as they are at the ferry, but they are funnier to watch. People watching in another hobby of mine.

Like I said before, I am enjoying these walks, but a problem is starting to arise. There feels like there is a rock in the ball of my left foot and causing some discomfort. I am thinking that it may be getting time to have it looked at. I'm not one for doctors, not that anyone is really, but it just seems like when you go and they find out how old you are, they want to do this and that. If I wanted this and that done, I would have gone there and asked. All I want is for the doctor to look and fix what I went there for. I guess for now I'll do what I normally do. Ignore it and hope it will go away.

On that note I will leave you with this. I was reading a Woman's World magazine this afternoon and in the "A Moment for You" was this:

"You're "just right" just the way you are!"

"So many of us think we need fixing. But there's so much about you that doesn't! In fact, self-acceptance will bring you more love, happiness and success than self-improvement! So forgive your "flaws", move past any missteps, look at mistakes as life's bloopers and take pride in your strengths. You're already special-----no makeover required!" (Author unknown)

When I was a little girl, my dad, mom and I would sometimes go to the ferry. The ferry is basically an area by the mouth of the canal and Delaware Bay where the ferry does dock, but this is also an area where people gathered and just bullshit or fish from the rock pile. We never fished from the rock pile, but one of my favorite things to do was walk to the end.

This rock always amazed me. It looked like someone poured gas on it and set it on fire. Last week I decided to go to the ferry and walk the rocks and this rock continues to amazes me.

A couple of week's ago I started to notice that my work shirts were a little looser then before. I decided to weigh myself. This is something that does not happened often. I looked at the scale in disbelief. I got off and readjusted the scale and got back on. Well I be damned. I had lost weight. Trying to think back to what I weighed when I last weighed myself, I had lost about ten pounds. I was trying to think how this could be. I haven't really changed my food intake and the only exercise was when I was out taking pictures. So I decided that I would continue the picture taking and incorporate some exercise into it. So I have been going to the ferry and taking walks on the beach and to the end of the rock pile. The following are some of the pictures from these walks.

To my surprise, there were two ducks in the bay.

Very relaxing listening to the surf.

Last week at our airport they had an acrobatic plane show. These guys were amazing the aerial maneuver's that they could do. The guy in this plane, Wes, was nice enough to answer some questions for me.

I love bi-planes.

I had went to the airport the night before. The security guard was nice enough to let me and several other people into the hanger where they kept some of the planes. There must have been 25 to 30 planes in this hanger. It was amazing how they were just all crammed in there.

This is the cockpit of a bi-plane. You have to be a pretty small person to fit in there.

This guy was pretty funny. When I first notices him I was like, "What the hell is he doing?" Then I realized that he was imagining his flight. I watched him a bit longer before turning my attention back to the show.

I still continued with my walks on the bay, but the tides were turning. What I mean is the tide was extremely high and there was very little beach to walk on. When I got back I didn't walk on the rocks. There were a lot of people on the rock pile fishing, but for me the tide was to high.

I couldn't resist taking this picture. This boy just cracked me up the way he was standing there.

This is one picture to show how high the tide was.

You can bearly make out the rock pile on the other side of the canal.

I started checking out the tide chart for high tide. As it turned out, high tide would be when I would get there, so I decided to go to Cape May Point. As soon as I got out of my car I could not believe how loud the ocean was. The surf was just pounding on the beach. The next couple of pictures are of the ocean.

After this walk on the beach, I took some trails. At one of the lakes there were a lot of geese. Then came the ducks.

I love this picture. I call it "following the leader".

There were a lot of bunnies just grazing on the grass. I guess they are used to people because that didn't shy away to easily. When I was walking back to the car, there was a frog. A tiny little thing. I had my camera away already and by the time I got it out, the frog and hopped in the grass. All I can say is I have never seen a frog so small.

By the way, my weight loss is now 15 pounds. I have realized that I am not eating as much starchy foods. So I am going to continue on the way that I have been and see what happens.

Sky Watch - Independence Day

(Taken at Sunset Beach)

(Taken at Sunset Beach)

(Taken at Sunset Beach)

(Taken at Hereford Inlet Gardens)

(Taken at Cape May Point on Memorial Day)

Happy Independence Day (aka Fourth of July). I am sure that there will be a lot of celebrating by all. For my Sky Watch today I chose to celebrate the Flag of the United States of America.

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