Views of the Neighborhood

~ John W. Howell

 

This week saw the annual Animal Rehabilitation Keep sale and auction. This event is always well received since the items offered for sale are those that have washed up on the beach throughout the year. It is hard to believe that these items were at one time floating in the Gulf. Just looking at them brings up stories in the mind. (Well, at least to a fiction writer.) I have selected some photos of the more unusual items.

This first picture will give you an idea of the interest in the sale

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This is a shot of some of the buoys that have been found. There is also some electric lights that have fallen off oil rigs.

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No one should be surprised by a kayak getting free but a boat ladder? Also, notice the old dugout canoe remnant.

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Some more floats, buoys and an ice chest.

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Here is a photo of a beautiful piece of rope. Those colorful balls in the background are floats.

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I had to laugh at the shovel collection and imagined some guy somewhere pitching his shovel into the Gulf claiming accident.

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Here in Texas, we get a lot of dross from Louisiana. Looks like a fence got washed away for the bayou.

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Life preservers are a big item. One hopes they were not on someone at one time but just floated free.

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Of course, balls get away and make their way to land. Can you say, Wilson?

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The last is a photo of the chief scientist at the Animal Rehabilitation Keep, Tony Amos. He is a treasure and is decked out in red and a black hat.

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I hope you enjoyed the tour.

39 thoughts on “Views of the Neighborhood”

  3. Great tour this week, John… reminds me of the news story from New Zealand this morning about the mass beaching of whales. Thanks for the interesting look at stuff that washes ashore!

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  5. I’m with you, John. I hope these things just fell off of something and people had the good sense to let them go. On the other hand, I can’t help thinking about a guy in Louisiana, trying to shovel the tide and giving up in frustration.

    Have a great Sunday.

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  7. Applesauce! That rope is huge! I wonder how that happened.
    I’ve fallen into a strange self analysis… I could have looked at 100 of these photos, John, and still been fascinated. I’m just not sure why. I suppose (for me) it’s as you said — all the stories. Hmph…
    What a wonderful neighborhood you have. Have a sublime Sunday. Mega hugs!

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    1. Thank you, Teagan. There are so many things to wonder about when you see what has washed up. The photo of the Louisiana signs also has a pair of oars that were hand made and attached o a handmade boat the washed up onto a nearby island. The theory is someone made a boat to escape from somewhere and probably did not make it. This is the kind of thing that these artifacts bring to mind. Scrumptious Sunday to you. Hugs.

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      1. I expect the handmade oars and boat were snapped right up. If the condition was poor, it just added to the story.
        Scrumptious Sunday… I was just thinking about lunch… Busy Sunday for sure. I do a lot of multi-tasking on Mondays, as that’s my 1 telework day. I accomplish a lot more at work, and a bit of chores too. But I lose that this week. (Meetings with a boss who can’t use modern technology — like the telephone.) So I’m rushing around.
        I think there must be a scrumptious Stouffer’s in the freezer. 😉

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