The Braves are playing Tball

Today was the first day the gulf was angry. Lots of waves, rough waves of hot water. There were no cold spots at all. Swimming was less refreshing and more just wet. We have had two really warm days in a row, but I suppose we are in the month of July. The water seemed almost frantic.  A lot of churning and currents running back and forth and against each other. Standing up was a challenge while in the water. As the kids were wearing floats, they stayed on top of most of the action, but it still tossed them around quite a bit. The water was full of tiny fish swimming in large schools. They were agitated. They would swim this way and then that way and then suddenly half of the fish would throw themselves up and their tiny silver bodies would shine quickly in the sunlight. This was more than the birds could handle. They ate and they ate well while we were there today. The smaller birds ate the tiny fish. There were also fish feeding on the tiny fish and those larger fish looked especially good to the pelicans. We watched a feast today from the beach. The water was hot and frantic. The fish were agitated and almost looked panicked. It was a very interesting thing to watch, a bit unnerving with all the elements coming together, but a fun day was had by all.
Some good friends came to visit. We stayed on the beach until the heat drove us back under the house. A supper of steamed shrimp, potato salad, and squash tonight. Braves are on now (playing tball in the words of Stephen)  and the fish are calling us. I think mostly the fish are teasing us, but you never know, right?
Happy 4th of July Weekend, everyone