You Learn Something New Every Day!

Yesterday I posted a blog entitled “Roaming the Outer Banks” and I included some photos of my trip. One of those photos was of a “Mermaid’s Purse”, which was identified by someone who read my post. (Thank you, Joy, for identifying this photo!) I’d never heard of this before, so I “googled” it. According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_case_(Chondrichthyes): An egg case or egg capsule, colloquially known as a mermaid’s purse or devil’s purse, is a casing that surrounds the fertilized eggs of some sharks, skates, and chimaeras. They are among the common objects which are washed up by the sea. They […]

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Roaming the Outer Banks

I love the beach – the breeze coming off the water as the waves come in, the smell of sea and sand, the hunt for sea shells. Last week, I roamed a small section of the Outer Banks (North Carolina) beach, specifically behind our hotel in Kitty Hawk. The only “tourist-y” thing my husband and I did was visit the Currituck Beach Lighthouse. The base walls of the lighthouse measure over five (5) feet thick. Enjoy these photos… One evening, we ate at Pete’s Pour House & Ocean Grille. I ordered the Chicken Nachos Grande and it was definitely a […]

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