Nov. 25, 2007 - Seals, sun, surf...summer is here!
The last four days have been hot, hot, hot! Summer has arrived sooner than we expected, but just in time for my husband who bought an old Toyota 4-Runner so he can drive us across all the beautiful beaches that scatter our southern coastline. But more about that later...
Last Thursday daughter and I went for a long beach walk and came across a large male sea lion, resting under the jetty. At first we thought he was injured as the 'local' seal, Sammy, was sporting a large gash across his back, and figuring it to be a shark attack wound we thought this beached sea lion may have suffered a worse fate. We rang CALM to ask them to come check him out and once they arrived they assured us he was just having a snooze. Whew!
Lizzie took some great shots. The first is of Sammy - he is an Australian Sea Lion, a territorial creature, and most days you can watch him playing up to the locals who toss fish carcasses from the jetty. He did not stray far from our sleeping friend, the wildlife ranger informing us that this was *his* beach and he would stand guard until the visitor left.
These next photos are of our beached sea lion...can you see the blob of seal poo behind him?? I stood in it. Yep, I slid and slipped in it, *just* stopping myself from falling flat on my rear in the middle of it! It took plenty of scrubbing in seaweed to get it off my thongs (flip-flops) and it smells worse than I can describe. The kids found this to be highly amusing, as teenagers do...
Back to hubby's desire to take us beach driving. This is his new toy, and the beach we drove to today - Wylie Bay. We're so excited about the summer ahead and are already arming ourselves with maps to out-of-the-way places.
God has given us so much in our marriage, our children being top of the list. Because the years left to us all living together under the one roof is rapidly ticking down (to my mother heart it is racing away!) we want these teenage years to be extra special...filled with family memories that will live on in their hearts always. Making life choices that build on that dream is a priority to us, always asking before we choose an activity "Is this beneficial for the family as a unit?", finding out what the kids would like to do and seeing if we can.
I relish every moment with these beloved beings God gave me. Like Sammy the sea lion I think I am quite territorial when it comes to family.
God bless you immensely today!
Jenny
Comments
Nov. 26, 2007 - Sea Lion
Posted by Anonymous
Jenny
The children and I were fascinated to see your photos of the sea lion.
Wow a 4wheel drive, you're getting into the beach lifestyle;)
I know what you mean about the years racing by, I'm pretty sad about it here:(
BTW I notice your book pics are from photo bucket. Are you taking the pics yourself? I have found a way to link to Australian books if you want link the Amazon thing. Go to fishpond, http://wwwfishpond.com.au
and click on join affiliate on the left sidebar, then click on your book, copy the number in the url, then click on build a link in the left sidebar, then paste in the number then you copy the html code and paste that into your sidebar pages. Clear???;) Ring me if you want/need help.
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Erin
Nov. 26, 2007 - Beautiful piccies!!
Posted by JocelynJames
Your Lizzie looks so grown up now!
Lovely photos, Jenny.
I do enjoy catching up with your blog, even if I don't comment every time.
Blessings
P.S. I was Mudcake on that Pie - thing.
Nov. 30, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by naturalpaths
What a wonderful experience for you to get so close to those gorgeous creatures!
