tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1774841410292762252024-02-19T01:08:28.906-05:00Old Mill Point NewsWhat's going on in our neighborhood, all year 'roundKatie O'Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17295418503546522882noreply@blogger.comBlogger327125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177484141029276225.post-82616405178450836082015-05-27T15:19:00.002-04:002015-05-27T15:19:58.970-04:00Cape Cod Day Trips<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My neighbor and I took a few hours this week to visit the local
Heritage Museums and Gardens, located in Sandwich, Massachusetts. It's
on Cape Cod but it's also a totally different face of Cape Cod than we
usually see. No lighthouses or beaches, but beautiful flowers, shrubs,
sweeping meadows, paths around the lake, art exhibits and herb gardens.
I've visited many times with my children and with my Girl Scout troop,
but never on my own or with only adults. What fun!<br />
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There's something for everyone - Hidden Hollow is filled with great hands-on stuff for young kids, the antique car museum is a hit with men (especially older men - the cars are incredible!) And the foliage is unbeatable. The Andrew Wyeth exhibit opens June 6th and should be really interesting. And for those with teens, the Heritage now boasts an adventure course complete with ziplining through the trees!<br />
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And don't forget the antique carousel - fun for all ages and much closer than the one on Martha's VIneyard! <br />
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For more information visit their website at <a href="http://heritagemuseumsandgardens.org/">http://heritagemuseumsandgardens.org/</a><br />
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Katie O'Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17295418503546522882noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177484141029276225.post-27915213563056163842015-03-06T09:48:00.002-05:002015-03-06T09:48:30.242-05:00In Like a Lion.........<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The
first week of March brought another foot of snow to the Old Mill Point
neighborhood. Sunny weekend in store, but with temperatures hovering in
the low teens, maybe not so much melting. Yet.<br />
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Beautiful
dusting on everything making the world sparkling and white, but looking
forward to warmer breezes melting away the remnents of winter.<br />
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Fingers crossed. No more snow, okay? Let's make good on the adage, in like a lion and out like a lamb. By the end of the month I want warmth. Flowers. Budding trees. And no more snow. (Hope Mother Nature is listening!)Katie O'Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17295418503546522882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177484141029276225.post-38911655413535978902015-02-19T09:02:00.001-05:002015-02-19T09:02:39.136-05:00Sunshine on the Snowy Point<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You can see in this shot that the river is frozen... </div>
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Many of the homes in the neighborhood have drifts making access hard or impossible at the moment. Not unusual - we only have access to one of our doors at the moment, the other being drifted closed until the weather thaws. As crazy as it all looks here, there's more snow in Boston. We visited Cambridge yesterday, and driving through the area was incredible. </div>
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Came home and thought, ah, this is nothing.</div>
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Heavy wet snow blanketed the Cape last night, making roads pretty slippery as we made our way home from a Valentine Day dinner and movie. Apparently it took a break in the middle of the night, and at about 7 a.m. this morning, the heavy snow was falling again - I took the above two photos then, showing how thick it was on the branches.<br />
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The roaring winds began mid morning, and are still raging as I type at lunchtime. You can see in the most recent photo that the clouds have thinned and the sun is trying to shine through - reminds me of being at the top of Killington on a blowy but good conditions kind of ski day.<br />
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Last night you could hear the surf pounding from our house, through the quiet blanket of falling snow. Right now, the wind is so loud you can't even hear a snowplow coming, you can only see the blinking lights. Not that I've seen a plow in a while.<br />
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Hope wherever you are, you're staying warm and enjoying a lazy Sunday.Katie O'Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17295418503546522882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177484141029276225.post-38304367654079922152015-02-14T16:48:00.000-05:002015-02-14T16:48:04.011-05:00Winter Storm Neptune on its Way<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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...and another round of blizzarding begins...</div>
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While much of the Boston area got 2 more feet of snow yesterday, the Cape had slush falling from the sky. Plenty of pretty white flakes, but enough sleet and rain that it didn't accumulate any more than we already had on the ground. The roads this morning are black, albeit slick with slush.<br />
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The dogs and I went to check the beach, using the Seaway entrance. Which is there, behind the mound of plowed snow. The stairs were invisible and treacherous since you couldn't see where they were under deep drifts. Knee deep drifts over both staircases, which I've never seen before.<br />
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The beach was empty (shocker) and beautiful despite the dark grey sky. Or maybe because of it. The temps are in the low to mid 30s, with no wind. Nice day for a walk.<br />
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But I'm still dreaming of summer...<br /><br />
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I took shots of some of the bigger drifts, against houses and in driveways, so you can see some of the crazy snow we got in the neighborhood from this storm named Juno.<br />
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(No there is not a car under that drift. It's all snow.)</div>
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This is a giant drift that ran down the beach access path between Connelly's and Baseman's homes. My son is there for proportion... remember that this is usually just a flat grassy area. No bushes. No ridge of any kind. That's all snow.<br />
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This is the middle of the road on Strandway on Wednesday afternoon... the middle of the road. Up to my son's knees.<br />
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...and then the plow finally came after 3:00 p.m. And it still hasn't done the end of the road leading down to the dock. The Highway Department said they have to come back with smaller equipment.<br /><br />Katie O'Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17295418503546522882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177484141029276225.post-58265146412935823692015-01-28T15:31:00.000-05:002015-01-28T15:31:29.583-05:00Snowpocolypse Update: 2:30 p.m. Wednesday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We walked through the neighborhood on snow drifted, unplowed streets to get to the beach. The storm was a Nor'easter, and looks like it was kind to our shoreline, but we couldn't make it down there as the staircase was under a huge drift.<br />
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It's still flurrying here, but no wind and no real accumulation. The snow plows haven't been through the neighborhood yet, although a few private trucks have come in and out. Lower County (and of course Route 28) plowed, but side streets are not as of yet.<br />
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The total accumulation is 2 feet plus, but many of the drifts are much higher.<br />
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Yep, that's my minivan under the snow drift. Heading out again soon to shovel more.<br />
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Wherever you are, stay warm and stay safe. And if you're in Florida, don't gloat too much, it's just not healthy.<br />
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We took a walk around the neighborhood at 4 p.m., just before it started getting dark. Yes, the wind is still howling even now as I type this at 6:40 p.m. Not much of an ocean view for high tide as you can see in the first two shots - not much visibility at all, actually.<br />
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The lights flickered when we came back in at 4 p.m., and I've heard that the power was out at a few homes. We didn't see any downed power lines or trees, although a section of fence is down along Riverway.<br />
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The wind is supposed to die down in a few hours, but the snow is supposed to continue through the night. Hoping for calmer skies tomorrow. Quite the blizzardy day!<br />
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<br />Katie O'Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17295418503546522882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177484141029276225.post-41265550703624250722015-01-27T12:17:00.000-05:002015-01-27T12:17:11.873-05:00Snow-pocolyse Report: Noon on Tuesday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Winds are blowing wickedly... snow still falling... plows in and out of the neighborhood every few hours to pile snow along the sides of the road.<br />
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Some of the drifts are thigh high, other spots are swept almost bare... the snow is wet and good for snowmen, but not sticking to the branches because of the high wind gusts. We still have power, but reports are trickling in of outages elsewhere on the Cape.<br />
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...getting the snowshoes out to go explore...Katie O'Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17295418503546522882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177484141029276225.post-26466938907120028672015-01-26T12:16:00.000-05:002015-01-26T12:16:07.633-05:00Snow-pocolyse is on its way...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You may have heard the weathermen and women getting a little overexcited about the coming storm... The flakes have already begun to fall in Old Mill Point. This photo is from last year's largest storm (which was nuthin') but I'll try to get some good photos of the Blizzard of 2015...<br />
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Hope everyone is safe and warm, with hot chocolate at the ready...<br />
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Let the storm begin!<br />
<br />Katie O'Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17295418503546522882noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177484141029276225.post-36431118257759313792014-10-18T11:32:00.001-04:002014-10-18T11:32:09.060-04:00SO happy to know this about the Horseshoe Crabs...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So I know I posted that article from Jim Scaia recently about Horseshoe Crab molting - but I have to admit it's so great to actually go to the beach and see it for myself - that the shells come apart in the back, where the crab backed his way out of the old shell.<br />
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And I've been busy showing this "trick" to everyone I walk with. My husband. My kids. My friends. Even my dogs, although they don't seem as impressed. Maybe they already knew there wasn't any crab meat left in those discarded shells.<br />
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And yes, most of the shells are refilled with sand, making them heavy so they seem to be full.<br />
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Remember this trick to try next time you're at the beach. And smile to know that those crabs aren't dead, but rather have moved on to bigger and better things. Or at least bigger and better shells.<br />
<br />Katie O'Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17295418503546522882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177484141029276225.post-49739762511232672532014-10-08T12:00:00.000-04:002014-10-08T12:00:03.639-04:00A "King Tide" is Coming mid-day on Thursday, October 9th!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Monday afternoon, I hit the beach later in the day and enjoyed the beauty of low tide and sparkling sunshine. </div>
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Tuesday when we walked the beach at noon, we were surprised at how high the tide had come in, nearly blocking access to parts of the walk down by the Strandway staircase. We blamed it on the full moon. But then I got an email from the APCC (the Association to Preserve Cape Cod) proclaiming that the twice-yearly "King Tide" was on it's way.</div>
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being the highest of high tides and only occurring twice a year. With
sea level rise this may become the new norm. This fall a king tide is
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and now and we'd like your help capturing it. Please send us any
pictures of beaches, piers, salt marshes, bridges or other coastal
scenes documenting this astronomical high tide event. You can post them
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So I guess I'll be headed up on Thursday to take photos (if it's not raining.) Thought I'd share, since I'd never heard of this phenomenon before. This seems to be my week to learn new Cape Cod trivia! Katie O'Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17295418503546522882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177484141029276225.post-37663937153891891252014-10-05T13:53:00.000-04:002014-10-18T11:27:51.746-04:00Why so many "Dead" Horseshoe Crabs on the Beach?<div id="main" role="tabpanel">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Jim Scaia sent me an article today talking about the number of "dead" horseshoe crabs washing up along Atlantic Coast shorelines.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">It's funny because my husband and I just got back from a walk along Old Mill Point's beaches and were discussing the same thing. </span>
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Without question, there seem to be more this year than previous years washing ashore, but not sure what exactly that indicates. Or how many of these crabs are really "dead" and how many are "molts" - horseshoe crabs shed their entire exoskeleton, legs, lung coverings and all.<br />
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I've included excerpts of the article he sent.<br />
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Hope this helps some people feel better about the sheer volume of crab shells we have on our beaches.<br />
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1412531305403_2723" style="font-size: small;">Without a doubt the number one nature question concerned
people ask during September - what's up with all the dead crabs on the
beach? A disturbing sight to see dozens or sometimes hundreds of unmoving
creatures. <br />
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Thankfully, the answer has nothing to do with a loss of life. Quite the
opposite, it's all about a continuation of life. <br />
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Most of the "dead" Horseshoe Crabs that people see on beaches
this time of year... are probably not dead at all, but actually empty shells.
The shells are molts. Horseshoe crabs grow by molting. <br />
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As a Horseshoe Crab matures and increases in size, it will shed its old
exoskeleton (outer shell or skeleton) and form a new, bigger one, leaving
its old shell behind on the bottom of the bay. The animals increase in
size by 25-30% with each molt.<br />
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It doesn't take long for the old exoskeleton, including tail, legs, abdomen,
gill coverings, eye coverings, and everything else, to wash ashore for
curious people to stumble upon. Although some crabs might be dead and in
the mix within a wrack line, most of the time people are coming across
a molt of a juvenile. Horseshoe Crabs need to shed at least once a year
as they grow to adulthood. <br />
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For most folks, it's a difficult task to tell an empty molt from a lifeless
crab. A molt is often one intact piece of shell appearing just like a complete
crab. Some of the molts may even fill up with sand or water to make the
empty shell weigh about the same as a whole crab. It's surprisingly easy
to mistake a molt for a dead Horseshoe Crab.<br />
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With careful observation, though, it can become easy to find the truth.
Pick up the shell and look for an opening or split along the front ridge
of the shell. If the seam is broken, then in all likelihood it's a molt.
Unlike a true crab, like a Blue-claw Crab, which will back out of its old
exoskeleton, a Horseshoe Crab will thrust forward to divide the upper shell
with the bottom half. <br />
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Also, the color of the shell is going to be pale and in some cases nearly
translucent. In contrast, a dead crab is going be dark in color and have
a strong saltwater-stench with many flies or gulls being attracted around
the poor creature.<br />
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While there is still a lot of mystery about the juvenile life stage of
Horseshoe Crabs, scientists are pretty sure that many young animals tend
to stay near where they hatched for their first two years and then gradually
move to deeper waters of the bay as they mature. Scientists are also pretty
confident that many crabs of the same age molt at the same time of the
year. According to wildlife biologist, Robert E. Loveland in the book,
Limulus in the Limelight: A species 350 million years in the making and
in Peril?, "there is evidence that a particular size class of crabs
will all undergo simultaneous molting." Former Horseshoe Crabs shells
often wash up on beaches at the same time and at the same size. <br />
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The sun is shining and the water is beautiful ~ grab onto these last few days of summer!</div>
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Happy Back-to-School time to all!</div>
Katie O'Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17295418503546522882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177484141029276225.post-22904251662892884132014-08-27T08:56:00.001-04:002014-08-27T08:57:53.748-04:00Katie will be at he Brewster Book Store TODAY - Wednesday 8/27 from 10-noon!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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at The Brewster Book Store today from 10-12pm, signing books with a few
other local authors! We're celebrating these last few beautiful days of
summer - and urge you to grab a new book to read on your last beach
day! </span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The store is located at 2648 Main Street in Brewster - that's historic Route 6A to most of us.</span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I'll
have copies of SON OF A MERMAID, BLOOD OF A MERMAID and MY KIND OF
CRAZY available for purchase and personalization - perfect summer reads
or perfect back-to-school gifts for that special kid (or mom!)</span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">See you there!</span></i></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">~ * ~ * ~ * ~ </span></i></span></span></h1>
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<i><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">About the Store (from their <a href="http://www.brewsterbookstore.com/about.shtml" target="_blank">website</a>):</span></span></b></i></h1>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Owners John and Nancy Landon opened the Brewster Book Store in a Spring
blizzard in 1982, in one room, with 3,000 books and three customers, all family
members. In the past 26 years, the store has grown to 30,000 books, and now
includes the original front room for adult & children's fiction, the
spacious middle room for biography, non-fiction, young adult books, the very
special back room full of science and nature books for children, and last, but
not least, the tiny "womb" room with books for the littlest ones.</span></span></h1>
With its original owners & managers, plus its knowledgeable staff,
the book store has become a favorite summer and year-round destination, hosting
signings with fledgling authors as well as with such luminaries as Jane
Goodall, Tomie dePaola and Rosemary Wells, and pleasing families with the
appearances of popular storybook characters. Katie O'Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17295418503546522882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177484141029276225.post-18649940805550528762014-08-25T16:07:00.006-04:002014-08-25T16:07:47.852-04:00August in Old Mill Point<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thanks to John Sugden, Jr. for sending along these gorgeous, dramatic images from the rain storm the other day. He captured the light so beautifully!<br />
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Only a week left of summer... Enjoy!Katie O'Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17295418503546522882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177484141029276225.post-9337198130563444252014-08-17T09:06:00.002-04:002014-08-17T09:06:43.880-04:00More Sandcastle Photos from the 4th Annual OMP Contest!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Old Mill Point Windmill</div>
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"Friends from the Sea" - baby seal </div>
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(look closely to the left, to see the face and whiskers)</div>
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"Friends from the Sea" - smiling sea turtle</div>
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(love the shell pattern!)</div>
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"Friends from the Sea" - friendly shark</div>
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(Mike, aren't the kids supposed to be building that?)</div>
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A super huge giant octopus! Hugely awesome!</div>
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Frantically finishing a traditional sandcastle with elaborate moat system...</div>
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FROZEN-themed sculptures ruled one end of the beach, with a ginormous Olaf,</div>
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and an awesome mountain range complete with trees and all...</div>
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my camera started glitching, but not before I got a shot of the stairs down...</div>
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Big kudos to all the creative kids! (and parent helpers!)</div>
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A fun way to spend a Saturday afternoon for sure!</div>
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Of course there were mermaids at the Old Mill Point contest! Claire and her friend created a cute couple of merfolk, complete with six-pack abs for him and awesome seaweedy tails on both!<br />
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You might know I'm partial to mermaids, having written a few books featuring our neighbors who live below the surface, and visit "Windmill Point Beach"... It was cool to see them represented!Katie O'Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17295418503546522882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177484141029276225.post-51429796624543577892014-08-17T08:10:00.004-04:002014-08-17T08:12:32.884-04:004th Annual Sandcastle Contest!<div style="text-align: center;">
The fourth annual Old Mill Point Sandcastle Contest took place yesterday on Sea Way Beach!</div>
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Teams of eager builders created some wonderful castles and creatures! </div>
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Here are the first few photos, courtesy of Carol Volpe. More coming soon!</div>
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<br />Katie O'Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17295418503546522882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177484141029276225.post-62202433224659269492014-08-11T11:35:00.001-04:002014-08-11T11:35:48.501-04:00Shark Week at Old Mill Point!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Thresher sharks</b></span> are generally shy, not aggressive, and not usually dangerous to humans. They're also considered a delicacy and a "prize catch." Here's some info from Wikepedia...<br />
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Threshers have a low <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fecundity" title="Fecundity">fecundity</a>, like all large sharks, and are highly vulnerable to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overfishing" title="Overfishing">overfishing</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;"><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="reliable source needed for the whole sentence (December 2013)"></span></a></i></sup>Besides being hunted for their meat, threshers are also hunted for their <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark_liver_oil" title="Shark liver oil">liver oil</a>, skin (for leather), and their fins, for use in <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark-fin_soup" title="Shark-fin soup">shark-fin soup</a>. </blockquote>
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They do not appear to be a threat to humans, although some divers
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<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thresher_shark#cite_note-8"><span></span><span></span></a></sup><br />
Thresher sharks are classified as prized <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_fish" title="Game fish">game fish</a>
in the United States and South Africa. Common thresher sharks are the
target of a popular recreational fishery off Baja, Mexico. Thresher
sharks are farmed in some areas for their value as both a recreational
sport fish and for commercial products derived from their flesh.</blockquote>
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All three thresher shark species have been recently listed as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulnerable_species" title="Vulnerable species">vulnerable to extinction</a> by the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Conservation_Union" title="World Conservation Union">World Conservation Union</a> (IUCN) </blockquote>
Katie O'Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17295418503546522882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177484141029276225.post-37295148114613228112014-08-08T14:30:00.001-04:002014-08-08T14:30:22.914-04:00Old Mill Point got Snow in August?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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...except for the calendar which clearly says August!</div>
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Yesterday's massive thunderstorm brought hail to Old Mill Point that covered the ground. Individual pieces were as large as quarters as the air temperature dipped to 55 degrees... </div>
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Crazy weather for August!</div>
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