Hi everyone. Happy new month to everyone. We're into the second half of 2024-wow! And it 's July, which means (at least here in New Hampshire) summer is really here. And happy T day to everyone who stops by with their drink related photos at Bleubeard’s and Elizabeth’s blog.
June was another fun and busy month for me. Besides my usual keep-me-busy activities, I had a few fun adventures last month too.
I went to the beach one morning before my dentist appointment. (My dentist is about 10 minutes away from the beach.) I went early in the day, took a beach walk and sat and read for a while.
It still wasn't super crowded when I left for an 11 AM teeth cleaning, but a couple of hours on the beach is all I need.
This (above) is not a very good photo, but I only had my phone with me. While walking and reading on the beach I was watching a couple of badly eagles feeding and then chilling out on these rocks just offshore. No one else seemed to notice them. The week I went to the beach I saw bald eagles on 4 different days. It was pretty awesome to see so many eagles.👍
We finally put my husband's boat into the water last month too. On our first trip out we went fishing. We started fishing for mackerel which we put into the live-well in my husband's boat. The live well fills with water and pumps oxygen to the fish to keep them alive. We used a couple of these fish for bait, and after we finished for the day we released the others back into the ocean.
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We then went striped bass fishing. I skunked my husband. 😀 ❤👍 Grin. This guy is just a juvenile; the adults can grow as tall as me (60 inches or 152 cm), or since I'm pretty short, even taller. He went back into the water because in New Hampshire (I believe all of New England) you can only keep fish who are 28-31 inches (71-78 cm) in size. It's part of the conservation program to protect the population. I probably would have released him anyhow, even though they are very tasty to eat. And by the way, of all our mackerel, the one on my line was the only one to lose his life because this guy had him for dinner.
One Saturday morning I dragged my husband strawberry picking. Not his favorite thing, but he does love fresh strawberries,
We weren't even close to finish our picking when I took this photo. And below, part of the field we were picking in. I will say it was pricey this year to go picking, but these strawberries are way better than the grocery store variety.
This next picture is the photo I almost forgot to take. One Sunday for a late lunch I took my husband to Pop's. It wasn't very wonderful weather (but not raining), so we ate in his truck. But the weather meant there weren't any lines, plus it was like 2 in the afternoon so it was past the lunch crowd and before the dinner crowd. And no, my Diet Coke was not floating, I was holding it next to what's left of my lobster roll, the first of the season. They're still pricey this year although even grocery store whole lobsters are pricey this year so-far too. We brought our own drinks.
That's all for me today. I hope everyone has a lovely T day. If you're in the US., I'll wish you a happy early July 4th. And since I missed posting on Monday I hope my Canadian friends had a lovely Canada Day. And everyone, I hope you have a super week ahead.
Just an FYI- I might get a bit behind commenting this week since my husband is on vacation. We're not going away anywhere, but I know he wants to go boating and do some other things, so therefore I might not have much computer time.