Happy Fall, y'all!

Don't have a lot of time to devote to a full entry - but wanted to give you a taste of this year's Flaming Ship of Ocracoke gathering - which had to be held in Anne Marie's living room rather than on Ocracoke for any number of reasons.

(Oddly enough - no one we talked to on Ocracoke seemed to know anything about the ship...but recognized the book right off....)

Anyway - each year the gathering gets larger. In 2001, it was Jeff, Anne Marie and me. Jim came along in 2002 bringing the total to four. 2003 had a big hurricane in the middle of it so we had to wait to 2004 before we became five with Miss Sara. Can a gathering of Burning Man proportions be far off?

Anyway - true to its ghostly origins, the flaming ship did not dissapoint. That could be due - in part - to the fact that we have a designated ship that has appeared each year without fail. This year, it had pink polka-dot sails.

Also this year, thanks to the magic of digital photography, a skeletal arm reached out to light the ship unbeknownst to us until we downloaded the photo...

Eek!

Or is it a trick of the light?

Anyway - much fun and shrimp was had by all.