Books by Patti Liszkay available on Amazon: "Equal And Opposite Reactions" http://amzn.to/2xvcgRa "Hail Mary" https://www.amzn.com/1684334888 "Tropical Depression" https://www.amzn.com/B0BTPN7NYY St. Simons Island: Shrimp Boats, Live Oaks, And A Bird Convention...Continued from yesterday: Soon after our friends picked us up from The Golden Isles airport in Brunswick Georgia, an airport so small and bright and cute it almost looks like a toy airport (see post from 2/14/2024, https://www.ailantha.com/blog/the-cutest-airport-in-the-whole-usa), ...we were on our way across the spectacular, mile-and-a-half long, 480 foot high Sidney Lanier Bridge that joins the mainland to the Golden Isles, as the four barrier islands off the coast of Georgia are called. On the other side of the bridge we had our first view of beautiful Jekyll Island. This was also the first time I ever saw Spanish moss hanging from the trees, as it does in this part of the world. I was quite enchanted. Our friends Dayna and Mike, ...live on a street lined with palm trees and live oaks, ...in a cozy beach house. ...with balconies that look over the ocean. Our guest room. That evening we went to a local eatery called the Beach House, ...where the ambiance was quite beachy, ...and the food oh, so good. Tom ordered the gnocchi with garlic bread, ...Dayna had the pulled pork, ...and Mike the breaded fish fillets. I requested a mushroom and Swiss burger cooked as rare as was legally allowed, and was pleased that whoever cooked my burger probably cooked it to just that legal limit (I love me some rare meat!) The crispy, curvy fries were also very good. The following morning I hoped to get up early enough to catch a magnificent sunrise over the ocean. However I arrived on the balcony just as the colors were fading into the day. Then, in spite of the chilly wind that was blowing, I decided to take a walk along the beach. St. Simons Island off in the distance. Our hosts took us for a visit St. Simons, the next island over, where we had a yummy breakfast at a little spot called Palmer's Village Cafe. After breakfast we walked through the town, ...down to the pier, ...from where we saw ships, ...shrimp boats, which I found captivating, ...an intriguing bird convention, ...and, off in the distance, the Sidney Lanier bridge. From the pier we walked for a while along the margin of the water, ...to the lighthouse, ...which was attached to the house where the lighthouse keeper at one time lived. We then strolled around the town. I was entranced by the live oaks that grew everywhere, ...with their snaky, spreading limbs, ...that sometimes grew into the ground then back out again, ...hung with Spanish moss, ...and provider for other plant life. I asked Dayna why these trees were called "live oaks;" aren't all oaks "live?" She explained that these were called "live" because they didn't lose their leaves in the winter. I commented that in these parts it didn't look like any of the trees lost their leaves. We were in the first week of February and everything appeared to be live and blooming. She then ventured that, well, there are dozens of different kinds of oak trees: red oaks, pin oaks, burr oaks...they must have just decided to name this one a "live oak." Sounds kind of like a participation award to me. To be continued...
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"Tropical Depression"
by Patti Liszkay Buy it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BTPN7NYY "Equal And Opposite Reactions"
by Patti Liszkay Buy it on Amazon: http://amzn.to/2xvcgRa or from The Book Loft of German Village, Columbus, Ohio Or check it out at the Columbus Metropolitan Library
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