
I thought it was snowing on the way to Rockport, Texas. That was very unlikely given the 100 F temperature. To my intense excitement, it was little bits of cotton in the air. The fields were full of cotton crop or wrapped bales. The pink wrapper is in honor of a cotton farmer’s wife who died of breast cancer.

This is the sky at sunrise over the bay. The dark clouds just disappeared even though they briefly promised water in a drought…

An almost empty beach at Mustang Island State Park. Even though it was early in the morning, it was too hot, with warnings to stay inside because of the high UV.

Sunrise sparkling on the dock in Fulton. The sentinels are brown pelicans, getting in some early fishing before the dolphins arrived.
A fishing chair outside our hotel at Port Lavaca, looking onto Matagorda Bay. I lived dangerously and went beyond the sign – nothing happened. When I looked at the sign later, I noted the last sentence. Alligators, methinks! There was also an oyster bed to the left of the chair.
Happy memories of summer although it is still 98 F here – longing for a real Fall.
Looks great but sounds very hot!!
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It was unseasonably hot – usually there would be a nice breeze off the Gulf.
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Yes, without a sea breeze, I imagine it was like opening an oven door there!
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It felt like a warm hair dryer to me. 😉
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Haha, you have been away from those cold Atlantic blasts too long! 😉
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I only long for them in the summer…😉
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Great pictures, Kerry. Our favourite place on the coast is Port Aransas.
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We went there, too, and it is lovely.
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Nice photos, you daredevil.
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Beautiful pics – I’ve actually never seen cotton bails before!
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Thank you, MB. I haven’t seen cotton bales either – rarely go south in the growing season.
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Too hot to trot ❤
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We kinda shuffled between air conditioned buildings. No trotting! 😍
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We’re the opposite. I’m waiting for some summer heat in Australia.
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It is so strange thinking about the other hemisphere. Wishing you a much less hot summer than ours!
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I would have ignored the sign as well. Great photos 🙂
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Thank you! I couldn’t quite figure out how the bay was private but perhaps it was to protect the oyster beds.
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or just selfish keep people off my place types
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I Googled it and it is a fisheries protection zone. So, good fish protecting people!
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Great photos. Watch out for the alligators! The cotton makes a change from bales of hay.
It sounds a bit hot for me.
Good to travel❤️
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It’s a bit too hot for Lucifer himself. Dang that climate change! On the other hand it was 10 degrees hotter at home… There are alligators in our local creek. The sign says, “DO NOT MOLEST THE ALLIGATORS”. A common sight around these parts.
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All this beauty, yet the forbidden temperatures make it hard to enjoy it. I second your wish for a real Fall.
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It was 10 degrees hotter at home – just looking at the sea was enough to cool me down. I couldn’t believe the idiots that were sunbathing at the hotel’s swimming pool which didn’t even have a view of the ocean. Hope they know a good dermatologist…
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I wonder if the Alligators know which side of the sign to stay on. HA!
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They do not and are a common sight in south Texas. I don’t think we taste as good as redfish! A couple of 11 footers have been found chillin’ in the suburbs and relocated to the nearest bayou.
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You went beyond that sign??? I bet you’re the same kind of outlaw that tears those warning tags off of mattresses and pillows.
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Curiously, I don’t – LOL! More frightened of ripping off labels than being arrested. 😂
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Beautiful shots, love the puffy clouds!
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Thank you so much, Brian!
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HI Kerry,
I love the pictures! It looks so lovely and peaceful!
Wishing you a blessed week!
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It truly was – thank you, Ana. Happy Monday!
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Beautiful and cotton and bails is new to me. What a beautiful tribute to his wife.
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It was a heartfelt tribute – I had to Google to find out why some bales were pink. Thank you!
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Yes this is so sweet. Thank you for sharing this.
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Top photos Kerry, loving the hay bales.
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Thank you, Roy. They were cotton not hay bales…🤠
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Ah yes, not so familiar with cotton bales here 🙂
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LOL!
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The cotton bales looked so festive, until I read the reason. I think I would be more cautious around the gators!
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It was very open, so they couldn’t sneak up on you. For the most part, they keep themselves to themselves. I don’t think human tastes good…😋
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Hi there,
Great pictures, thanks you for sharing
Kisses
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Merci Beaucoup, Anita!
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