What a Site!

What a Site 

“But the Dove could find no place to set its feet . . . so it returned to Noah in the ark. . . He waited seven more days and again sent out the Dove from the ark. When the Dove returned to him in the evening,  there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf” Genesis 8:9-11                  

It was a very nice morning on the sixth day at our new house on Castnet Rd on Johns Island.  We were just sitting down for breakfast when all of the sudden there seamed to be a pair of almost every kind of animal in the creek.  The fish were already there when the sea birds started fishing.  Pelicans, hooded mergansers, cormorants, blue and green herons, great egrets, and marsh wrens flocked like children at a birthday party.  Out of no where, a pair of dolphins wizzed in and astonishingly beached schools of fish along the banks to devour.

My brother and I excitedly hopped into our pants and raced to the cock to see the site.  As we got out to the dock, two playful otters came around a bend and looked at Peter John and me.  I was amazed because I had never seen them that close before.  Peter John hurried back to tell our parents.  The otters climbed onto a floating dock.

Then two bald eagles  soared overhead to hunt for prey below.  And that was when Mom quoted Genesis 8:9-11 in her daily devotion and found the new name for our house, “The Ark.”      

My Visit to the Turtle Hospital

At the Turtle Hospital at the South Carolina Aquarium in
Charleston, turtles from all over the East Coast including the Gulf of
Mexico are picked up to be rehabilitated.

The types of turtles the Hospital takes in are Leather Backs,
Logger Heads, and Kinseys. The Logger Head is the most common sea
turtle they rescue. Amazingly, the Hospital has restored and released
100 sea turtles in the year 2012. In fact, some sea turtles were actually
born at the Aquarium and taken out of their exhibits so that they aren’t
eaten by other animals.

The Turtle Hospital is not only for turtles, but also a sick bay for
fish and other aquatic animals from the Aquarium as well.

When I lived at Camp St. Christopher, I was on Turtle Patrol. I
rescued and watched over the eggs until they hatched, so I wouldn’t
be surprised if some of the hatchlings I had rescued were some of the
Logger Heads at the Turtle Hospital. You should visit the Turtle Hospital in a sheltered area under the Aquarium.

A Joyful Thing

A

Lovely thing,

 The bells will ring,

What's on it?

Oh, yes you will see,

Lights, tinsel, and ornaments to behold.

It is great because it celebrates our Savior's dear birth,

On Christmas Eve the big man comes,

The children awake,

To open presents stacked up high,

There's wrapping stashed everywhere,

It's time for the big feast we've all been waiting for,

After grace in the family place,

The whole clan is together now as happy as can be, 

The children try their brand new toys, and oh, the ringing sound of joy!

 I'll tell you now,

What the Joyful thing is,

It's a Christmas tree!