Monkey Island - Fact or Urban Myth?

Yes there are monkeys in the low country! On Morgan's Island, SC, the corporation known as Alpha Genesis raises monkeys for research. These monkeys have the run of the island. While you can see them from your boat, you cannot gain access to the island. There are no trespassing signs and signs asking you not to feed the monkeys. You never know what you will find in the low country!

Envirolink.org
http://lists.envirolink.org/pipermail/ar-news/Week-of-Mon-20040216/019564.html

Alpha Genesis
http://www.alphagenesisinc.com/?gclid=CP39h-Sx8JUCFQOWHgod5AWifw

Hey Papa What's for Supper?

Because K and I cook at home a lot, people are constantly asking us,

What did you cook for supper?

Well I thought I would occasionally post meals that we prepare at home.

So for those of you who are interested here is our menu for tonight.

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Friday, September 19, 2008

Fish Packets

(cooked in aluminum foil packets in the oven)

with asparagus, zucchini, yellow squash, onion and tilapia

Brown Rice

Pinto Beans

(slow cooked in a crock pot with bacon and onions)

Corn Bread

"My Daddy's Pound Cake"

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Until next post, good eat'n y'all!

More Beautiful Sunsets!

From the Ocean Creek Golf Course

Sunset from the Wardle's Landing Crab Pier

The Rookery

Shedding of the velvet

This time of year on Fripp the buck deer shed the velvet covering on their antlers which signals the beginning of mating season.

One Beautiful Arachnoid!

This arachnoid lives just outside our screen porch. This one's for you Ab!

Lyd's B-Day Rapidly Approaching!

Our granddaughter Lyd will celebrate her first birthday on September 25th and K is desperately trying to finish her crocheted blanket!

Another Beautiful Veranda Beach Sunset!

All is quiet on Fripp Island

The tourist season is over and all is quiet on the southern end of the island. All summer long we share our "little piece of heaven" with the rest of the world. After Labor Day an initial unsettling quiet returns to Fripp Island. It takes us all a little while to get used not to seeing happy families on golf carts heading to the beach loaded down with all their beach paraphernalia looking like the Beverly Hillbillies. It is amazing how much and how many people folks try to fit on one golf cart! Every season more people are injured on the island from golf cart accidents than any other accident.

October can be one of the most beautiful months on Fripp Island. The daytime temperatures moderate and the evenings cool to sweater weather. On weekends island residents gather on the beach to catch up after a busy summer of travel and visiting family and friends. Ab's parents Deb and Dur are coming to visit Fripp for the first time in early October. K and I are excited to have them visit and to share Fripp, low country history, beauty, and cuisine!

Last weekend we were all braced for Hurricane Hannah which miraculously veered to the right ever so slightly sparing us a direct hit. The island received heavy but much needed rain. K and I went back to Atlanta to escape the storm only to come back on Friday when it was obvious Fripp was going to be spared. Just across the bridge on Hunting Island two ocean front cottages were damaged to the point that they had to be torn down. One of the cabin access roads was swept away as well.

K and I went to the Dawtaw Island Club for their first Sunday brunch with our friends Rick and Irene. It was nice to have someone else cook for us! After brunch and returning to Fripp we agreed to meet on the beach. We finally got there around 3pm and enjoyed a very pleasant afternoon and stayed until around 7pm. We hadn't stayed out on the beach that late in a long time. There was a steady northerly breeze that none of us wanted to give up to go home and face a rapidly approaching Monday.

Feels Like Fall

K and I are waiting out Hannah in our Atlanta home this week. This morning the weather in beautiful downtown Norcross is incredible. The current temperature at 9 am is 66 degrees. Sixty-six! I took the opportunity to enjoy my first cup of coffee in my rocking chair on the front porch. I hope the day where you are is equally as pleasant!

M&A, I hope you guys can get outside this afternoon with Lyd. It is going to be a beautiful day.

Look Out NC!

It looks like South Carolina will be spared a direct hit from Hannah. This hurricane is following a typical pattern. It makes landfall around Wilmington, NC and bears down on the outer banks of North Carolina. Coastal Carolina residents are saying many prayers of thanks this morning.

Sweet Tea Never Tasted So Good!

Something amazing has happened to that most legendary of southern drinks. That nectar of angels, the brew of slow southern afternoons. Yes, I am talking about Sweet Tea. On Wadmalaw Island which is located north of Beaufort and south of Charleston a group of good old folk have infused vodka with American grown tea and sweetened it to levels only found in the south! It is the hottest thing since "moonshine"! It is currently only available GA, FL, SC, NC, VA, NV, KY and NY. Here is the link to their website.

http://fireflyvodka.com/home.cfm

My drink consists of Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka over crushed ice topped with Simply Lemonade. Amazing! It make those hot summer days a heck of a lot more tolerable. Shucks, maybe even pleasant! If you can find it you've got to try it! If you find yourself in Beaufort on your way to Fripp, you have to stop at Bill's and pick up a few bottles.

Latest Hannah Track!

WOW! It looks like we are going to dodge the bullet or the hurricane! It looks like it is going to make landfall somewhere between Charleston, SC and Wilmington, NC which would be around Myrtle Beach. Amazing! Fripp hasn't sustained a direct hit by a hurricane since 1893.

Hurricane Hannah!

We left Fripp today to return to Atlanta in anticipation of a possible mandatory evacuation on Thursday. The latest storm track now shows that the storm will pass to the right of Beaufort Co and Fripp Island around midday Friday. The problem with the timing is that it will be during high tide. We decided to move our golf cart further inland to John and Teresa's house as our house is so close to the shore. We hope to return on Sunday to clean up any damage. Since the storm is still in the Bahamas the track could still change direction. We hope it continues to move further to the east.