the roof! the roof! the roof is free of snow!

"Most excellent! So glad to see that most of the front yard is also devoid of the white stuff! But where's the blue car?"

 

I took the photo from my car! We had been out and about today. Hooray!!! We took a nice, leisurely, stroll down to Tybee Beach, basking in the sun along the way.

 

"Look at her shine! So, the weather song hit some higher notes?"

That it did, reaching for the upper 50's this time. Tuesday and Wednesday should be great!

"So I see. And those lows aren't nearly as horrific as they've been. I did notice in the top photo that the street seems dry now."

 

You're correct! Not that there aren't patches of snow runoff to cause alarm, but I took my time driving. Fortunately, not many folks were on Highway 80. There were just the bridges to give me pause, but they were pretty dry, too. Plus, I was home from the Tybee Post Theatre well before dark, before the colder temps returned.

 

"I'm so happy for you! I know you had a crazy case of FOMO cabin fever going on. It seems that four days is pretty much your limit for stuck at home due to weather."

 

I did, and, having missed out on events yesterday, I was determined not to forego this lecture. As I told Wesley Pridgen, I've had my ticket for "On The Wings Of Shorebirds: Building Connections For Coastal Protection" ever since November 14th. Remember, this was the lecture that had to be rescheduled last fall because of Hurricane Helene. So, as soon as I saw it back on the TyPostTh roster, I signed up for it again!

And I sat in my favorite seat: I-18, which felt good, even though the chairs are new.

(smile!)

That's Allie Hayser giving us the scoop of Red Knots. Really cool birds that fly from the southern tip of Chile, South America, all the way to a marshland in Alaska, USA, in North America, stopping off for fuel at some favorite watering holes along the way. Here, they come for the protein-rich eggs of Horseshoe Crabs.

 

"That sounds familiar. Have you heard about this before?" 

Actually, I have! And from this young woman, Abby Sterling! She was part of the One Hundred Miles lecture in 2019. I had a lovely chat with her today before they started, and she said she remembered me from that day! How about that!!!"

She and Allie are both with Manomet Conservation Sciences. Their goal is to get beach goers and boaters more interested in the birds so they will care what happens to them. To that end, there will be the first-ever Shorebird Festival in February, at the Tybee Marine Science Center and the pavilion. I'm looking forward to that! 

I'm so glad I was able to go to this today!

i thank You, God!