A major accomplishment! I finished the top of a Christmas quilt I've been working on for what seems like years! Now to get it ready for quilting and binding.
Yesterday morning we left Dallas early to take a load of belongings to Galveston for Janelle. College starts on Monday morning and she was moving into her apartment for the year. Here are some highlights of the trip. The day was wonderful. We left about 6:30 a.m and returned this morning about 2:00 a.m. A long day... but an adventure.
Houston skyline:
The architecture along The Strand on Galveston Island is exquisite. Charming and quaint. Every year toward Christmas there is a Dickens festival on The Strand. I can picture the Dickensonian costumes to perfection in this setting.
This is an offshore drilling platform in dry dock... perhaps it is being repaired or dismantled.
Some of my favorite "people"... of the two-legged and four-legged variety!
The beach is a sight to behold. The deafening sound of the waves is calming despite the enormous power being generated as they crash upon the land. God does such good work!
We watched the huge freighters as they passed in the ship lane, headed up to Houston in the ship channel or out to sea.
A sampling of island wildlife. Fiddler crabs and hermit crabs are abundant in the tidal pools we investigated. It is difficult to photograph hermit crabs since they hide in shells. You never see the creature inhabiting the shell vacated by snails and the like. But you can be sure when you see a snail shell scurrying along at breakneck speed there is a hermit crab inside!
Barnacles are beautiful in my opinion.
I stood watching this crane as he "fished" for his evening meal.
Until the next adventure...
1 comment:
Enjoyed the pictures! You didn't mention if the beach was full of the stuff that always washes up on it and smells to high heavens. Maybe it wasn't around now? There is a good quilt store in Galveston that is open on Sunday. Next time you go.
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