New work

I was inspired to work from the moment I opened the door. A whale was slapping about in the cove before I even unpacked my bags. I think that is a very good sign. I also found a mermaid's purse first time I slipped along the cliff down to the little stone beach. Its funny the whole mermaid's purse search. I was coming up empty for days then found six all at once. I guess it is just the luck of the tides. I am up to eight now. They are fast becoming the local fascination as most people have never noticed them before I started collecting them. Granted they are wonderfully disguised the same color as the kelp, and when they was in they blend in perfectly.

I have been in a writing frenzy even though my thoughts escape me at the present time. I managed to begin with the slow process of viewing and making an event log for my videos. Something I was dreading is actually now a great task. I am viewing them all at half or even quarter speed and I am finding all kinds of creatures making brief cameos. Cherry red thimble jellyfish and bubble gum pink ones as well. Zoo plankton with their long floatation strands trailing behind. The sea butterfly (a highly disputed name as it is called something different in different parts of the world) is a polar dweller mainly so I am very fortunate that I found it this far south. It is also supposed to be nocturnal and living at depth most of the time...so very lucky that it was in fifteen feet of water in the evening light.

I wait it out for the replacement part to come for the ice camera. Replacing the frayed wired that no repairman wanted to touch. Think they were just giving me the run around as I made a map of the circuit and which wire was which, but I think that made matters worse. Got the woman treatment, I am sorry to report. Really was a quick soder job. But instead I must wait a few weeks. One week to go, so they say. Cod open season is upon us in the morning, and the boats are at the ready. Even have a chance to start going out on the sea myself...working with a line in hand...we will see what the days bring.

I did work like mad with the silk thread and fish bones. Part of my initial work spurt this week. Spent yesterday being rewarded with a jar of strawberry rhubarb jam, then delivering photos to my former landlords, and today Sunday dinner... Makes you feel like you are right at home.