CharBinks had her first Tball game this evening! To say she loved it would be an understatement. Her big brother Luke plays baseball, and came to see his sister play her first Tball game before he had to go to practice. Been awhile since I have seen a Tball game. Luke is 6 years older than Char… so I had forgotten how fun and funny they are! She gave it her all and after getting the ball and running ½ way to first then throwing it, people in the bleachers and by the fence were yelling “ good job” and “ good play” she trotted toward the rest of her team and turned to wave at the people in the stands that told her she did a good job, with a smile on her face! Stay spunky Binks and remember your fans! :D

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Took some time on Saturday to drop off a LARGE Blue Agave plant and her babies to the local green house/ Nursery....I had 2 and needed to move one out of the yard. They kindly gave me a credit for a plant that I might want, so I chose a Mandevilla Vine in bright red for luring some Hummingbirds! While there I played around with my Macro lens to capture the beauty growing in the green houses and on the property,
Sadly my Bougainvillea that was almost 3 years old died this past winter and so my wish for Mother's Day this year would be a new one in this lovely color! (even if I need to buy it myself!!)

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Yes, I have a cat on Prozac. He has lost his mind having a 3rd cat in the household and began random sneak attacks on poor Rascal, to instigate fights. The fights never got out of control … they were skippity-bap slap fights and lots of theatrical noise. (They were, however making Rascal a bit nervous to walk thru the house.). Then when I would yell for them to stop it, and tell Rebel to leave Rascal alone, the little bugger would leave a pea spot on my bed. I was waaaaaaay less than happy about this and began covering my bed like I lived in a gypsy camp, and doing lots of Natures Miracle laundry. The vet determined that Rebel is an over anxious cat and should be used to Rascal’s presence since it had been 10 months. She recommended Prozac to take it down another notch, since I had been using pheromone diffusers that had been doing a decent job, until they weren’t!Pleased to say things have been much better, other than finding and catching Rebel when he least suspects to get the transdermal medicine in his ear!He fell asleep here after one of his doses last week!

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We are having another deluge kind of day here on the island with flood watches up for 12 South and low lying areas along the sound. I suppose it is mostly just an inconvenience for most folks here as it usually cuts off Hatteras from the northern beach towns.
I do wonder how they deal with medical emergencies when this happens, because our only local hospital is a stones throw from my house. It is tiny...I think a whopping 26 beds! Mostly what you would call a triage hospital until you dan be stabilized and moved if you need critical care. I wonder if they have to use a helicopter if it is a severe emergency, when 12 South is impassable with over wash from the sound and the ocean...perhaps, they just go straight to Greenville in that case.
Storms are expected through dinner time when I have to head back to Manteo to dog sit overnight. Not an outdoor, sunset kind of day!

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Italy's Amalfi Coast...A Christmas gift from my daughter, was a HUGE surprise! She gave us tickets to Rome, Italy with a side trip to the Amalfi Coast and to Pompeii ( THAT was a bucket list item for me!). I have a thing for REALLY old history...and ruins, archeological digs and decrepitude! This was my favorite trip outside the USA, tied with Egypt!
We stayed the weekend on the coast and visited Pompeii toward the end of the trip before heading back to Rome to fly home. While here I was able to search for sea glass (I have a collection) and was surprised to find that they have more sea tile and sea pottery than glass. I managed to bring home so much to use in my art work! The locals were watching us on the beach like 2 crazy women acting like we had found gold! I had my entire little backpack crammed full of sea tile, and we pictured the people saying "Why are they cleaning up the beach and taking that trash!!!??" This is one of the places I would like to return to...I need more time in Pompeii and the ruins in Italy, I have two more bucket list places ...I want to see the countries of my heritage, Poland and Ireland. I have bucket list places here in the US as well so I truly need to live a while yet!

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