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Wellot a lot happened while at Deal Island. We did have a bunch of people staying at the in-laws and had a great time. Some drama surfaced but fizzled out pretty quickly.. Sometimes can happen when you get all the Harp/Byrd women in one house đ
I did get to meet the owner of Historic Holland Island. Mr Steve. Sharonâs pops sold him some land on which to build a house on and he stopped by for a chat one day. He is 78 and healthy as a horse, he barely looks 50! He was aice and interesting guy, I wish I had more time to pick his brain. Holland Island is a small island in the Chesapeake Bay that at one time was home to a thriving community but after economic hardship and motherature taking away pieces of the island, it is barely a mass of land anymore with just one lone house still standing. Steve is trying to save the historic island from eroding toothing buteeds the governmentâs help. There has been an emmy-award-winning documentary done about him and the plight of Holland Island. It can be viewed on YouTube via this link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlzgA2RtT9I
Speaking of impressive older men, Captain Art Daniels recaptured his title by winning the Skipjack race in typical fashion. He had a perfect start fell back when he made a long run out wide, but ended up being the winning move as he didot have to tack and came around the inside of the leader to recapture the lead as they turned for home andever looked back. Nice work. There is a lot more info about Capt Art in last yearâs blog, GO >>
It is always a great time when we all get together, we had the pleasure of having Donnie (Rachieâs hubby) come up this year. Made itice to have another guy around.
The festival was a little disappointing, there were too many photographers set up this time and I didot sell as much as I usually do đ But I did get an interesting story to tell about it. I guess over the course of speaking with people on that Sunday a couple overheard me speaking about my fascination with old cameras. And that the yard sales on the island would be great places to find some but I had to work the show so i couldot get out and find any. Well come to find out, they decided that theext morning they would go around for me and buy all the cameras they could find, 6 in all. They stopped by and gave me the cameras, I was so shocked. Total strangers just went out and bought me cameras like I was family. It was one of theicest things that has ever happened to me in a long time. Thanks you so much for the cameras, but even more for the renewed faith in the kindness of strangers. Although some people say I haveever met a stranger. I talk to anybody đ