September 4, 2020 - September 12, 2020
The weather for the Labor Day weekend was perfect. The bright sun and cool breeze reminded me of the weather in the Bahamas this winter. Unfortunately, Baltimore Harbor doesn’t have the turquoise crystal clear water we enjoyed in the Bahamas. My birthday (September 7th) was on Labor Day this year. We didn’t do anything special as I wanted to have steamed crabs for my birthday treat and the restaurants nearby either weren’t open or only had crabs for take-out. We decided to postpone my birthday meal until we could get to Cantler’s in Annapolis. The D dock group had a get together in the evening which is always fun. The birthday cupcakes I shared with everyone were a big hit. All of my children and all of my sisters wished me a happy birthday and I had lots of FB birthday wishes, too.
On Tuesday we made a trip to the outlets in Queenstown which is past the Bay Bridge. Our favorite shop there is the Columbia Outlet. There I found some great shirts for the upcoming fall weather. I, also, visited the Chico’s outlet and found a cute pair of cropped pants. The Fisherman’s Inn was on our way back to Annapolis and we decided to eat at the Crab Deck only to find out that they only had medium size crabs. Since picking mediums isn’t much fun I ordered a soft shell crab sandwich. Lunch was quite good, especially the carrot cake we had for dessert.
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| I didn’t get to have hard shell crabs, but this soft shell crab sandwich was a delicious substitute. |
When we are not traveling to Annapolis I sew or tackle some other projects. This week I completed a top and refreshed my pattern weights by adding ribbon. Bob had ordered some extra large washers for me and I wound them with ribbon, too.
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| The rainbow colors of the ribbon I used greatly improved the look of my pattern weights. |
Bob had an appointment with the surgeon to figure out what should be done about his cyst. Great news, the surgeon suggested just watching the cyst to see if it goes away on its own. The antibiotics must have reduced the swelling making the cyst less of a health issue. I opted out of having steamed crabs for lunch so we stopped at Carroll’s Creek Cafe for lunch where I had one of their famous crab cakes. Bob had the soft shell crab special which looked delicious, too.
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| This large plump crab cake was great. |
I happened to mention that it was my birthday celebration lunch when we ordered dessert and the waiter brought the apple tart with a lighted candle.
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| What a thoughtful waiter! |
On Friday we made a third trip to Annapolis thinking we would finally get to Cantler’s for some steamed crabs. For some reason that idea had lost its appeal and we had pizza and salad at Italian Market instead before doing our grocery shopping. When we got bak to the Marina several packages had arrived. One of the packages contained our “Black Lives Matter” buttons.
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| I wholeheartedly support this movement. |
We got a couple of small boat projects done on Saturday. Believe it or not they turned out to be easy and quick. It took us all of 15 minutes to replace a rusted out hole cover on the sink and tighten the nut on the faucet.
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| It was a snap to tighten the nut on the hole cover from underneath the sink. |
I usually do laundry on Friday or Saturday but decided to put it off at least a day. Somehow it gets easier and easier to postpone chores now that I’m 69.
Stay safe, wear a mask, social distance, and wash your hands often. We can get through this pandemic if we all cooperate.
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