Book 7

I'm happy to report that book 7 is coming along nicely and should be available for the holiday season. It's titled "Captain Calliope and the Great Goateenies" and wait until you learn about the goateenies. Bailey and her friends are having lots of fun with them. There are also some scary parts involving Sparrow, and even Bailey when she goes to a slumber party.

I'm giving a talk tomorrow at the Louisa Historical Society, 10:30 a.m. See you there.

Manatee Cow Grass and Loggerhead

Bailey, Sugar, and I are enjoying our morning walks on Sanibel beach. We've had several surprises, as always. A few days ago the warm Gulf washed up mounds of something called Manatee Cow sea grass, which looks like little pieces of pasta. So far it doesn't smell bad. Then, this morning, we saw that a sea turtle had come ashore during the night, dragged herself over the sand, sea grass and up a ledge to dig an hole and lay her eggs. Won't hatch until September if they survive the waves and weather. But it was exciting to see. Bailey picked up a lot of goldies to take back to Virginia to show Noah and Fred what the goldies look like. We're staying longer, but they fly home on Friday.

Every day the beach is different. New types of shells. The waves come from from a different direction. The tide is farther in or out. It's wonderful.