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The Onancock Chronicles the Eastern shore

134,436 views·1205 replies·by Capt13·First Post·Latest
longcast

stopped by the Wharf earlier today - really nice day wanted to see the water

What I saw were "swirls". Lots of "swirls".
Then fish began breaking the surface.

Ran home & grabbed my St. Croix surf rod & a small Deadly Dick lure.

4 stripers from 18 to nearly 30 inches.

Didnt quite exected that.

All released.

That is awesome!!!

AdmiralOriginal Crew20,417 postsSince 2019
wader
waderFREE2021#1102

Wow,that’s pretty far from the bay..

5 miles or so - I've seen them in there before

"Well, it's alright.
.............even if you're old and gray."
"Well, it's alright.
............you still got something to say."
AdmiralOriginal Crew20,900 postsSince 2018
M
MacksFREE2021#1103

5 miles or so - I've seen them in there before

Surprised Johnny Moe wasn’t fishing right next to you..lol

First MateOriginal Crew641 postsSince 2019
longcast

5 miles or so - I've seen them in there before

Hope you are going back tomorrow!

AdmiralOriginal Crew20,417 postsSince 2019
Sandspinner

They trucked the boxes down Thursday morning and were done setting by Friday afternoon.

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MateOriginal Crew189 postsSince 2019
Chinacat

WOW
Thanks for sharing
Thats cool and if you only saw the final picture you’d think it was built in place?
Good luck!

At least I'm enjoyin' the ride.....
CommodoreOriginal Crew7,065 postsSince 2018
longcast

They trucked the boxes down Thursday morning and were done setting by Friday afternoon.

Congratulations!

Looks great. Wishing you all the best!!! Keep us updated.

AdmiralOriginal Crew20,417 postsSince 2019
Sandspinner

WOW
Thanks for sharing
Thats cool and if you only saw the final picture you’d think it was built in place?
Good luck!

Did you notice my log pile in the back right corner?:)

MateOriginal Crew189 postsSince 2019
Chinacat

Did you notice my log pile in the back right corner?:)

?

At least I'm enjoyin' the ride.....
CommodoreOriginal Crew7,065 postsSince 2018
Chevy1
Chevy1FREE2022#1110

Did you notice my log pile in the back right corner?:)

That’s a lot of wood

M.H.
AdmiralOriginal Crew25,798 postsSince 2018
M
MacksFREE2022#1111

That’s awesome,where are you building at?

First MateOriginal Crew641 postsSince 2019
Sandspinner

That’s awesome,where are you building at?

Onancock Proper off of Badger Ln.

MateOriginal Crew189 postsSince 2019
M
MacksFREE2022#1113

Onancock Proper off of Badger Ln.

Ok,very nice area,good luck..

First MateOriginal Crew641 postsSince 2019
wader
waderFREE2022#1114

Onancock Proper off of Badger Ln.

I think I know where you are.........

Looks good. How long to move in?
:)

"Well, it's alright.
.............even if you're old and gray."
"Well, it's alright.
............you still got something to say."
AdmiralOriginal Crew20,900 postsSince 2018
Sandspinner

I think I know where you are.........

Looks good. How long to move in?
:)

The end of May. Can't wait to be in a nice new house. Will be first time with central air and of course I'll have a wood stove for the chilly months.

MateOriginal Crew189 postsSince 2019
wader
waderFREE2022#1116

Onancock Creek after the last storm taken by drone:

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"Well, it's alright.
.............even if you're old and gray."
"Well, it's alright.
............you still got something to say."
AdmiralOriginal Crew20,900 postsSince 2018
wader
waderFREE2022#1117

I love this woman's writing. She & her husband operate Perennial Roots Farm out here on the Eastern Shore. The lambs she references were only days old when she found them being savaged & killed by eagles.

These were the folks I bought my recent supply of ground goat from at the Onancock Market.
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Death and birth weaving themselves together with the threads of all the tiny particulars that make up a life. In the span of twenty odd hours, less than a day, the farm and by proxy, I; held life in one palm and death in the other. Lambs were savaged and sacrificed to the eagles and carrion gods and I cried out only to discover a wee joyful goat born hours later. Every tragedy starts with happiness and health, but the funny thing about life is that give each story long enough and you will always seesaw back and forth between so many extremes: life and death, joy and sorrow, loathing and love. The secret to it all? Learn to dance and spin between the two, keeping your balance as you go.

When you farm or work with nature, you are not given the luxury of being spared from extremes. Initially the learning curve is brutal. You will curse and rage against the gods as they slaughter your chickens, sacrifice your lambs and dance on the graves of your good intentions. Driven mad by your own naivete, at first you will despair, before laughing until you weep and then crying laughing you cannot quite remember how it all began. And so you begin again, anew and raise more chicks and sow more seeds and pray to the nature gods for a bit of luck and rain.

It is then you realize that in an age of sterility and detachment, you would choose the blood and guts, the savage gods of nature again and again. A cry of rebellion in a world gone mad, an act of retribution in a society that fears death, a prayer made of soil, soul, mushrooms, starlight and wildflowers. An act of grace and a little baby goat born just when you need it. [IMG alt="?"]https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t68/1/16/1f495.png[/IMG]
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"Well, it's alright.
.............even if you're old and gray."
"Well, it's alright.
............you still got something to say."
AdmiralOriginal Crew20,900 postsSince 2018
wader
waderFREE2022#1118

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*It was then I remembered love is not sought out or found, it is a memory. Like the seed that forces its way out of utter darkness only to discover that it was the sun pulling them upward all along or the birds that fly south every winter, only to be pulled back again in the spring. That impulse, that striving toward what? Not an idea, not a goal, but something deeper that calls to them, compelling us to obey. Some call it biology, others a miracle. What I know for certain is this: each of us gaze upon that miraculous first flower in the midst of winter and pause with gratitude at the wonder, at the audacity, yes at the miracle of that glorious burst of life that decided to emerge just when we need her most. Just when winter is too much, she arrives and her simple presence accompanying the warm sunshine is enough.

Why did she do it? This memory, this impulse to rise will outlive us all. An outpouring of love incarnate that drives you forward and back until you too remember that all along we do it for love.*

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"Well, it's alright.
.............even if you're old and gray."
"Well, it's alright.
............you still got something to say."
AdmiralOriginal Crew20,900 postsSince 2018
Sandspinner

Went to our first rocket launch from Wallops Isl. Was pretty cool. Found a spot about a mile away across the bay to watch.

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MateOriginal Crew189 postsSince 2019
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waderFREE2022#1120

Went to our first rocket launch from Wallops Isl. Was pretty cool. Found a spot about a mile away across the bay to watch.

I didn't know they had a launch scheduled but I heard the roar yesterday & was wondering if a launch had taken place. Sounded too loud & "deep throated" to be one of the Navy's craft flying overhead.

"Well, it's alright.
.............even if you're old and gray."
"Well, it's alright.
............you still got something to say."
AdmiralOriginal Crew20,900 postsSince 2018

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