Cherokee Sage Woman

We are staying at a condo on Siesta Beach this week, due to the largess of friends. It's amazing how going only 15 minutes away from home can feel like a real vacation spot!
The condo lies between the water channel, where one can fish, boat, or just sit a spell & watch the world go by. That's what I did yesterday afternoon. The water was teeming with life.. and death. I watched jelly fish feed on minnow (did you know the jelly fish have no brains & the fish that they eat liquify very quickly, having been stung by tentacles that must release some powerful enzyme for the whole process) Then I watched some jelly fish being eliminated by blue crabs. Very rapid munchers as well. Then 'in-coming!' some seagulls made away with the blue crabs. We all recycle, eh?
We arrive, we eat, we are eaten. That about sums up life on the sleepy Sunday.
At the condo is a pristine pool which I may make some use of today. It begs a long cool drink & a Shirley Jackson book. I will provide both.
Walking the beach last evening, was another study in earth sciences & bio 101. It was low tide, so lots of skittering creatures, wishing they could burrow deeper, faster.. than 5 yr old hands can dig. Few were successful. The beach was adorned with what seemed like 1000's of sand dollars. At 1st I thought 'eureka! I can send unbroken ones to the grandkids'. Then I was informed 'they aint dead yet!' Shame on me.. I put them back. Lots of leopard crabs with their lovely markings, ambling sideways down the sands, hoping not to attract the attention of the shorebirds, or kids with buckets.
The skies were overcast, so no flaming sunset to write home about. Just the peaceful easy feeling that is Siesta in the Summer. Like Martha's Vineyard in the winter, the beaches of summer here are pretty barren of people. Perhaps that's why the sand dollar make their way more easily for propagating during the off-season. And the rates are a lot better..
Today I'm going to try my hand at fishing! I can't say that I've ever tried it. And it will definitely be a catch & release type effort. So pray for the safety of my partner, as I fling that hook in god-knows-what direction.
Have a blessed Sunday..