It happened in a blink of the eye but, Old Barney is shining bright! Ok, maybe not so bright. It is a dimmer light than the normal lighthouse beacon. Don't want to blind the locals you know! All and all the small but might little band of plovers braved the wind and bitter cold to witness history then quickly scurried back to their nest for dinner and libations.


The Prez

Plovers to the wind

JP and Lulu are off to a family gathering this afternoon. The Pres is off to a lecture at the lighthouse. Foxy is at work again today. Sally and JH are having lunch with his sister and then off to the South end of the island for a little sightseeing. Might stop at the maritime museum with the the Pres for a bit. May have to do a little shopping as well if anything is open.

Think it will be leftovers for dinner and football on the tube tonight.

Later,
JH

A quiet day

A pretty quiet day except for the shooting. Guess it must be duck season. Been hearing shots all day long from a small island just out in the bay from the house.

Sally and Lulu plover went to the spa for some massages and nail stuff. Me and JP took a little walk on the beach. Foxy went to work and the Pres went grocery shopping.

Coach Ray and miss Stephanie had to cancel, too many things going on.

Now we are getting dinner organized which is a couple of beer can chickens. Sally is making popovers for the crew.

Tonight might be some game playing and probably watching more football.

Later,
JH

Drunko Bloggo Dos

Well, a couple or more plovers are horizontal at this point. We had a nice dinner, played a game and now I think it is bed time.

Watching a little TV and finish the beer, then off to bed.

More hungovero bloggo tomorrow morning. Some pork products and french toast. Lots of coffee. Wee Wee says the Pres or is that oui oui? Don't know, never get those foreign language things right. Been lots of Canadian spoken tonight between Sally plover and the Bridgeman plovers.

Lulu is hanging in there and even ate some dinner. No yakking has occurred but there is always tomorrow.

Coach Ray and Miss Stephanie make an appearance tomorrow. Watch out for those Egyptians pretending to be Italians in Advance, NC! Somebody call the FBI.

Later,
JH

Donde esto drunko blogo?

Aqui! Donde esto la Presidenta? Aqui! Le hurta plover. La Presidenta rallyio y drinko Jacko Daniels.

Okay, enough with that. We have lost a plover for the night, Lulu not feeling well at this point. But we have added to the nest as Pat and Bob Bridgeman have arrived. Gonna have a nice dinner of a 10 lb filet mignon, baked potatoes, salad and Sally's popovers. Still have at least 8 bottles of red wine.

Mucho drunko bloggo latero.

JHo

Old Barny is lit!

So, not a great picture but it is 25 degrees and I may have been shivering. Had to walk about 1/2 mile from the car to this spot. Who knew that there would be thousands of people there to watch this. It was a complete madhouse. But it is now lit and everybody had a good time watching it.

A quiet plover morning

Some of the plovers got a bit into their cups last night. This morning there are some hurtin' plovers. The nest has thinned a bit as we have lost five to various locations. Topper is off to the mummers parade and my return on Saturday. A couple of new plovers are arriving tonight.

Tonight at dusk is the relighting of Old Barny. We can see the lighthouse from here by walking to the end of the driveway and looking down the boulevard. It will be a bit cold out there tonight.

Several plovers currently napping, me I am enjoying a malted beverage.

Later,
JH