The waterfront market, at the Garrison House lawn, which overlooks the Cape Fear River on West Bay Street will be open on Wednesday, June 24th, from 8am until 1pm. I'm looking forward to buying local produce and home baked goods. This is just one of the many projects, successful ones, that Downtown Southport, Inc., has initiated. A lot of volunteer energy has been expended to share the assets of our small town of Southport with visitors and locals alike.
Shrimp for dinner on Father's Day just seemed like a natural. It made me think of Forest Gump's partner in the shrimping business. Shrimp is just a wonderful versatile seafood and its easy on the diet unless you get it fried, which tastes wonderful but isn't as good for you. I bought these from the organizer of our ski club kayaking outing since we didn't eat all of them at her house yesterday. She managed to get them from a seafood dealer in Pender County about noon Saturday. Which makes for a wonderful summer evening meal!
When we invite new friends to join our Cape Fear Ski (snow) and Outing Club they are usually amazed that a snow skiing crowd has a club in the Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender County area. We also have members in Florida, and in the past, from Raleigh, NC. Being a member of a club makes ski trips much more reasonably priced, because of group purchasing power. We we able to get lift tickets at 1/2 the price for a week at Steamboat Springs, because another Crescent Ski Club was there the same week and we were able to purchase our tickets through them at the group rate.
What does this have to do with our kayaking today? This is another ski club activity. We have 43 members and guests who are taking part in this activity today, based at the home of one of the members! What fun!
I have just referred myself to a "new" dermatologist, for me, since my old dermatologist office informed me that since I hadn't seen him in 5 years that I would be classified as a "new" patient. I decided if I have to be new I would be new with someone else! I talked with my friend Sue Franks and asked her how she liked her Dr. since I knew she was seeing him next week for some skin care. She said that she liked him fine and he has an office in Supply, near where we live in Brunswick County, but that he couldn't see her there until much later in the year. When I called for an appointment they asked me if I had ever seen Dr. Huppman before, and I said no, but that I had referred business to him because his patient Sue Franks and I used to get sunburned together as kids. This of course, gave me VIP status and I'm now lined up to see him although not at the Supply office, but in Wilmington.
The point of all this is that we all need to be more careful in our sun exposure. The old hours of hottest sunshine between 10am and 2pm need to be adjusted by daylight savings time, so now you should avoid overexposure between 11am and 3pm. Use sunblock, wear a hat with a brim, being careful not to just rely on a visor and burn any "weak" (balding) spots on your head. When you are swimming you should re-apply sunblock every hour or so. When you are swimming during the peak sunburn hours consider wearing a tee shirt or other skin covering in the water. On the beach, reflected sun can be a problem don't think you can avoid using sunblock just because you are sitting under an umbrella.
So, take these preparations and then you are prepared to take advantage of our wonderful beaches!
An article in the Wilmington Star-News, Brunswick Edition, stated that a Manatee, also known as a Sea Cow, had strayed a bit north of their normal waters, and was lounging around in the South Harbor Marina. This Marina fronts directly on the Intracoastal Waterway. Our Manatee was estimated to be about 9' long, and an advisory was issued to boaters to be on the lookout for and avoid any contact with this docile Mammal. I rode over early this morning but either the Manatee had moved on or it wasn't an early riser. Sunday on the beach I saw a great school of dolphin and I'll keep my eyes open in search of the Manatee.
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