This is the place next door, where Jimmy lives. Jimmy has a flag. His flag tells me if it’s okay to go to the beach. Lemme explain.
In the lower middle/right of the picture above is the beach. Upper left with the yellow circle is my place. Between is my path to the beach, about a two-minute walk. See all that green? Up close, it looks like this.
Know what’s in there? Flies and frogs. So, let’s get back to Jimmy’s flag. It’s not a great picture of a flag, but that’s a good thing. When the flag is blowing to the left, which would look like a regular kind of flag, that’s a bad thing because left is the direction of the beach. Starting to make sense yet? Didn’t think so.
When the wind blows towards the beach, it pushes the flies out of those green stalky things and towards where I would be parking my white (for now) ass in my chair by the water. When the flag is blowing to the right, kind of like it is in the picture above, the wind is blowing from the ocean into the marshes, thus keeping the flies away from the beach.
Here’s another picture. It’s the path I walk to get to the beach and the marshes on each side. It’s a nice walk, gets the blood flowing. Not sure why that’s necessary, but it doesn’t hurt to mention it. If you’re at the beach when the wind is blowing out, you’re not going to like it. You’ll get bit up something nasty. Bug spray helps, but it’s not fool proof. On those days, I stay home and put my chair on the deck, trying my best to erase the “white” that I mentioned before. Yeah, like that.
Coming soon: a post on beach etiquette, what to do or not to do, especially if me and my sister are nearby. I wouldn’t mess with her if I were you. Meanwhile, here’s a view of the Atlantic City casinos from my beach. Coming soon: a post about beach etiquette. What to do, or what not to do on the beach, especially if my sister is visiting. You do NOT wanna mess with her. She’s got a doctorate.
brainsnorts inc. 
This is wonderful. Entertaining and I sympathize with your suffering, LOL Photos are very nice also. I will be back tomorrow.
Well thanks very much.
Wow. I love your beach – to heck with the bugs – I need to be there building a sand castle. I bet your sister is lovely….
She’s very street smart and book smart. Math teacher. Writes state tests. Can be found screaming at the TV when the Yankees are losing.
A family of teachers! That’s awesome. Are you little brother?
2nd of 5 total. She’s older
Dad was a teacher too, as well as dozens of aunts, uncles, cousins, and a brother too.
Oh you are so lucky to have a house so near to such a big empty beach 🙂
Lots of public open space. Beach is never crowded. Up coming post will have more.
I hope you don’t have a stalker because they will be able to pinpoint where you live from that map and come and pay you a visit!
Now let’s see…Atlantic City you say…flights from London…connections…transfers…see you sometime tomorrow! I’ll bring bug spray and sandwiches 🙂
Door is open. And I had one stalker who might have lost interest, but I have found cigarette burns in deck furniture.
Enjoy the stay … and someone is standing in for Soledad all this week.
Alison kossick?
I could just torture you and simply say, tune it at 7 am … but I’ll be nice .. Brooke Baldwin is subbing for Soledad this week.
Nice! No surprise why piers Morgan took her to cover the queens birthday
I also like the one with short blonde hair and glasses. Pretty but annoying when doing news.
Ashley Banfield?
Yup.
See .. I know my CNN anchors. 🙂 … I usually tune into to see A to Z before Soledad’s show.
I like soledad, but I’m annoyed by that guy with the greasy hair look and the overly spunky blonde who doesn’t listen when others talk. I like Roland martin.
I think Soledad is a very good journalist. Will Cain (the Texan) seems to be on the most. He’s very conservative, but he makes me think. Same with Margaret Hoover, the one the camera man and/or producer likes watching her walk onto the set each day.
Yes. I noticed how they keep her strut on camera. Cain is pushy but finds alternate angles of approach, which is always good. What do you think of the playlist thing? I hope it’s genuine and not a ploy for “street cred.”
Play list is ok – just shows the human side of everyone, well, assuming its real. Nonetheless, they have good conversation on panel.
Lol…funny. I like this. So is today a beach day?
Today and this week is Florida and Disney. Back to the beach on Friday.
I hope that the flag flies in the right direction today. 🙂
You are pretty emphatic about beach etiquette. I take it thong swim suits and blaring dubstep doesn’t fly with your sister….don’t worry, I’ll stay tuned.
And I’ll finish about July 5 or 6. Thanks. Thongs are fine when carefully selected.
And I would think it would depend on who selected them….
That too.
It’s a Wonderful Life Mr
I got no complaints.
Wishing you a wonderful vacation. You’re very entertaining, and this was a pleasure to read.
Terrific. Thanks very much.
Good problems to have. Enjoy!
Thanks. And yes. Good problems.
Flies and frogs? Nope! For the beach though, I may think about it at this point.
You’re smart. You’ll make a good choice.
Ah thank you, but those two do not necessarily facilitate each other.
No, but they give you good reason and potential to wake up and wonder “where the hell am I and who’s that next to me?”
Re: What to do, or what not to do on the beach, especially if my sister is visiting. You do NOT wanna mess with her. She’s got a doctorate.
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LOL Any woman that messes with me ends up over my knee. NO EXCEPTIONS! Doctorate or not. 🙂
Atta boy.
That doesn’t look like your beach. There’s no hotties in bikini’s out there 😉
That’s because you’re late getting here.
🙂
It’s a great story and I feel your pain when it comes to the flies. They hurt when they bite. I have them here too with so much sea grass. Only suggestion I have is to include photo of you being white lounging in your beach chair. Inquiring minds want to see such things and a little eye candy never hurts a good story.
Ah even the Jersey Shore is fickle..to bite or not to bite…
Does look like a lovely walk to he beach though!!
That’s funny. Bite or not to bite.
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I admire your scientific approach to deciding if it’s a beach day or not.
Thanks much miss.
Ok so I’m going to steal your house…
Go riiiight ahead. Whenever you’re ready.
you said yes 😮 right now I just need to build that plane…where’s my wrench?
Or swim. Your room is waiting.
hahaha that would be an epic swim
Damn yeah.
Love it!
Thanks miss.
lmao – I love the way your mind works!
And I love what an excellent judge of people you are.
-grin- I think I’d better quit while I’m ahead.
Nah. Keep going til spent and exhausted.
lol – I think that’s about now. Night night 🙂
Zzzzzz
I need Jimmy’s flag near me!
Especially on days like today. 97°
You are so funny Rich !
and you are so smart.