Sunday, October 25, 2009

Our Neighbors and Then Some

Remember the neighbors that had their driveway redone? Well, it's not doing very well. A lot of it has washed out and there are weeds growing up in the middle of it. But that's not really why I'm writing this. The neighbors always have a rather large vegetable garden. This year they planted pumpkins, but evidently they planted them too early as they had dozens of pumpkins by the beginning of September. They lined the driveway with them, had one at the mailbox, several up the front steps and a lot on the deck railing. Well, there are still a few sitting around. Those that haven't rotted...or been eaten. Chip evidently enjoys his vegetables, rotting or not.It was a day filled with wildlife. The Bubbas had a feeding frenzy this morning, hopping around, chasing each other off, even looking in the window for more peanuts (no beak knocks yet). In the afternoon, after a final lunch at Ellen's Harborside (they closed for the season today), 'A' and I decided to do some beach walking. First we tried Cape Hedge Beach. We walked about half the length before turning back. The tide was about at half tide and that made walking too difficult with all the popples. We drove to Pebble Beach. Pebble Beach is totally covered in popples but we were more interested in the pond directly across the dirt road from the beach.There we talked to one of the swans who was, for a few moments, quite cooperative about picture taking. After a bit I think he got annoyed and decided to be aggressive about us leaving. Fortunately, he moved rather slowly so he wasn't very much of a threat. Our next stop was Land's End where we climbed around the rock ledge at the ocean's edge. That sort of tired us out so we headed for home...the long-ish way along Eden Road...a mistake. My goodness, the road is worse than I've seen it - ever! Potholes large enough to swallow my little truck! It was like bumper cars in slow motion trying to miss the worst of them.

7 comments:

elizabeth down the street said...

Wow, your pictures of the swan are awesome! And thanks for the head's up about Eden Road... That's always a nice little side venture when we're out with guests... But don't want to jar their teeth loose!

deb said...

Took a lot more pictures of the swan (the benefits of digital freedom, lol), some of them quite close...but then it's just the swan with no concept of the pond...well, anyway, didn't want to get too boring.

Kath said...

Talking of drives...years ago, I was told of a man who paid an extra £50 for attractive white "chips" in his tarmac drive. With the first rainfall, they dissapeared, having been crushed "Polo mints".....

deb said...

A cool, refreshing end of the story...sorry, couldn't resist.

Kath said...

hee hee hee...

Annette said...

Are they growing pumpkins for halloween?
Why so many?
Sounds a bit strange to me!!
LOL

deb said...

Hmmm, could be for Halloween. I think they didn't realize just how MANY pumpkins you can end up with from just a few plants! Maybe they just thought it would be fun (two very young grandchildren). Like most of their endeavors, it starts out one way and quickly becomes something entirely different.