Life abounds even in December

Beach Lady has been on patrol throughout this Post Christmas/Pre New Year’s week off. Every day I go for a four mile trek on the beach (still looking for that suitcase full of money) and take in all that’s new, changed or unusual. Yesterday Beach Lady was almost blown off her feet by the stiff winds blowing from off the Sound. (No small feat since I have never been referred to as “petite”). I found several crabs that had been stranded by the high tide and I saved all of them, telling them how lucky they were to be found by me, a vegetarian, and not by some famished sea gull. Today I found four horse shoe crabs STILL ALIVE on the beach. This is very unusual at this time of year. I threw them back into the water and instructed them to “do whatever you guys do during the winter.” This evening I watched the sunset and got more than I hoped for when four deer walked right in front of me. Only the largest deer knew I was there spying on them. The other smaller ones were oblivious.

Usually the deer have a deal that they don't come come out until sunset, but they were early this evening.

You just have to look for it

There is beauty every where here, even on a rainy day. Sometimes you just have to look a little harder for it. The Smithtown Bay is calm as a lake today and ducks are hanging out waiting for the fog to lift or hunters' guns to stop going off. I'd keep my head down, too. These bittersweet were still holding tight

to some raindrops.