My Birthday

My birthday was Saturday....I turned 28. The Dock of the Bay turned 9, I think. It was a decent birthday for the both of us. Eastern 4-H Center staff are dragging this morning, but a daylight to midnight sojourn (as was the case on Saturday), can leave a dude, or dudette, tired for days. Not me...

This week, the Kentucky 4-H Ambassadors are gonna come in and experience the coastal life...and I'm the unofficial tour guide. I'm lookin' forward to their visit...we'll do Forestry, Canoeing, and Challenge Course (plus a few more things), and they'll also head to the beach because, well, the Eastern 4-H Center does not have a beach...yet.

Out of my Top 10 Favorite people, 8 wished me a happy birthday. Shame on the other two. I'll protect their identity, but they'll know who they are if they read this paragraph.

Here's hoping the fire in southeast Dare County only has a few more hours to burn. Thankfully, the fire is southeast of us, and rarely do we get a breeze from that direction - so I don't have to smell like a chimney. I still easily remember the smoke plumes from the Evans Road fire of 2008...40,000 acres of burning trees and earth can leave smoke and ashes everywhere. The fire also banked all of the yellow flies and mosquitoes in our direction.

Enjoy the day...