Del, we are going to get pounded all winter out here!!! We had a couple of days' intermittent sunshine at the beginning of the week, but now a very strong storm seems to be brewing. I have tied all my tiny, fragile plants to their bamboo stakes with green plastic tape, and am very happy at the moment because I saw two little green shoots, at opposite sides of the garden, where I planted bulbs. That means the raccoons didn't get all of them!!!
I think one of the most special things about living near the ocean is watching enormous waves pound the rocks and shore during wintery weather. Do you do that, too? What happens to those stupid flounder--do they flounder around, or have the few you didn't catch migrated somewhere?
One of the really sad affects of El Nino is that the seals and sea lions out here are running out of food sources, as the fish they usually eat have fled to colder climes. The mothers go out hunting, but have to stay out longer because they don't catch as much, and their infants are found starving on shore. There are a lot of volunteers here who take care of them, making fish milkshakes in huge blenders because they are too small to eat solid food, but the film clips of two babies in the same cage trying to nurse at each other's fur, missing their mommies, was really touching. |
