Late Morning Rain....

I landed in Carolina Beach today

around 10:45ish am.....over cast but

the rain never lasts long at the beach,

seemingly, so I plopped down and

waited it out.....it came and went a

few times, keeping it cool, which was

nice seeing as to how it's been hotter

than hell lately. I caught the pictures

below between downpours (as not to

get my camera wet...).....

Click to enlarge and enjoy....

New pictures......

The first few pictures were taken...well...a few

days ago. Not sure exactly when. These were

taken on Carolina Beach. I was surprised at

how close the boats were to the shore...there

seemed to be (and I am NO expert) a few

shrimp boats that went back and forth and

a few 'fishin' boats....hell, for all I know, they

were looking for tar balls...

Click to enlarge....

.....and then onto today.

Beautiful day. Short day at work, packed up and

went to the beach. Clouds were wild....

.....there was a 'rip current' advisory....

really wasn't that bad......

....rain was looming on the horizon.....

...rain did not come...just a wild sky.

Enjoy the pictures......until next time.

Day off.....

Latest.....

Angry Top Sail surf......

Return to Topsail.....

After a very long and rough weekend

(Fourth of July weekend is absolute HELL

in a grocery store....), we finally had Monday

off after working everyday since Thursday.

Seeing as to how the last trip to

Topsail was so nice and I figured Carolina

and the other places here would be crowded

beyond belief, we hit the road northward.

After about 35 mintues (give or take...), we

landed in Topsail. It was crowded as hell too

but we did find a good parking spot (..a

FREE parking spot....). The water was

the cleaniest and clearist I've seen in years.

Perfect day for the beach....around the low to

mid 80's...both water and air. We stayed

for at least 4 hours or so, maybe longer...

wasn't paying attention to time.....below

are some pictures.....click to enlarge and

enjoy.....

Oh yeah, believe it or not, another

Sand God made an appearance....same

spiel.....'Beach House Fund'....blah, blah....

....silence again.....

......'beer..beer'......

And this one looked a bit like the

"Welcome Back Cotter' dude....a bit

less threatening than the other one....

or it could that bastard 'Oates', back

for revenge....

.....I hope the waves took care of him.

Anyways, great day at the beach....Topsail

is pretty kick ass, don't let anyone tell you

otherwise.....

Obligitory Cat Picture

....someone smells food.

Until next time.......

And up from the sands, burst the Sand God.....

....and he beckoned to all to

donate to the 'Buy Randy Suits

a Beach House Fund'......

....then there was silence..... ....after a moment or two, he started to rumble again....

....."and furthermore" he continued,

"...thou shalt buy him beer, too."

Ya'll better listen to him....he kinda

looks like a cross between Rush Limbaugh

and George Bush Jr...and THAT can NOT

be good...for ya'll......

Until next time.....

Topsail Island

Today, we took a quick trip up to

Topsail Island....we've never been

during beach season and I wanted to

try something different. We loaded

up the car and headed up 17 North....

First thing I noticed....FREE PARKING.

Love it already. Beautiful day, water was

great. The waves were great, they just

roll in long barrels...or whatever you

call it.....shells everywhere. I even

found a star fish but let it go when I

discovered it was still alive....no picture

though. We ate at this ocean front

place called 'Buddy's' (I believe that

was the name...). Good food but over

priced....but the view was great....it

overlooks the ocean and neighbors

a pier.....

I loved it, I will go back the next

chance I get. I just can't beilieve it

took us sooo long to finally go....

Click the images to enlarge...

....until next time....

June 10th.....

A few things.....

Caught some cool pictures today on the

back deck of a storm system rolling

in......check 'em out below and click to

enlarge.......

.....I forgot to mention that Bat Man

was present and helped out....

....and lastly, below are pictures of

my latest project in the backyard. So far,

3 ponds (each with pumps and a feature),

a buttload of river pebbles, a few palms,

and a new free standing deck/platform

to look at it all......the cats dig it, too.

This has been my first update

since upgrading to the new laptop.

I've uploaded with imaging stuff and am

still getting used to it..so far, so good.

Until next time....a lot of new stuff

to look at.....