Today I saw my first live muskrat. He was less than amused with me than I was with him.
His loss. The wildlife in the area is coming out of their hiding from winter. There was a button
buck, a doe, and a great blue heron in the park today. The tide was wayyyy in, the bay calm
as a pond, and no shipping traffic to be found. Imagine three hundred years ago when the first
explorers saw the Chesapeake Bay. It must have been awesome. I wonder who said " hmm, an
oyster, let me open it up and slurp it down." No thanks. Too bad most of the oysters and their
prowess for filtering the water of the Chesapeake are gone. Several years ago the Magothy River had a large population of false mussels. The water was incredibly clear thanks to their effort.
A visiting mechanic asked if the neon sign in my office was real. Please. What would life be without neon? I've flown half way round the world to see neon. There is a guy in the town I
live in that "rescues" old signs and restores them. Gotta respect a fellow for that. He must
spend a fortune on some of them.
I look and feel old today. Oh well!
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