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First

 There was Enrique, a Foxtail Palm.  Our centerpiece.He was good looking, but couldn’t take the winter. Then came Ricardo, a Cuban Royal.  Another big spreading tree.He succumbed to our Island winter as well. Our next effort was Jethro.  Jethro just seemed tougher. And one year later…  He’s still here!  Jethro is alive and well and happy at our house.  
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Father’s Day

 We drove to the National Seashore on Padre Island for a walk on the beach.  The sand is pretty rough, so we didn’t drive far.  We went past the 4 wheel drive sign, but only a few miles.  Then we just stopped and sat with the birds and water. Got a few seaside birds:Magnificent FrigatebirdBrown PelicanGreat Blue HeronCrested CaracaraBlack-bellied PloverWilletMarbled GodwitRuddy TurnstoneSanderlingLaughing GullLeast TernGull-billed TernCaspian TernBlack TernCommon TernForster’s TernRoyal TernSandwich TernBlack Skimmer 8 terns and a skimmer! https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=205131835882428706345.0004c2ae16c099b874936&msa=0&ll=27.332735,-97.337494&spn=0.416618,0.889206 Dinner at Snoopy’s and Scoopy’s. Nice calls and notes from the kids.  We didn’t spend the day with them, but we thought about them and they thought about us. A good day. Happy Father’s Day to all. 
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A little more about Wilson’s Cut

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From: Steve Taylor [mailto:spt@thetaylorcompany.net]
Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2012 10:21 PM
To: Bill Taylor (Bill Taylor); David Taylor (David Taylor); Tom Taylor (Tom Taylor)
Subject: We’re back at Gulf Waters

  Walked at Wilson’s cut this evening.  Drove out through the mudflats to the exact mudhole that captured the Jeep about a year ago. I took the line to the left back then. I should have gone right.  I can tell you that the line to the left includes a submerged post that brings even a losing effort to a sudden halt. I decided this was the perfect spot to turn the Jeep around, park, and begin my walk.  (It’s a good place to walk wearing water shoes.)  I walked out until the sun set, which gave me thirty minutes of fading light to find my way back to the car. 

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We’re back at Gulf Waters

 Where we could get in trouble for skinny-dipping in the pool. Walked at Wilson’s cut this evening.  Drove out through the mudflats to the exact mudhole that captured the Jeep about a year ago. I took the line to the left back then. I should have gone right.  I can tell you that the line to the left includes a submerged post that brings even a losing effort to a sudden halt. I decided this was the perfect spot to turn the Jeep around, park, and begin my walk.  (It’s a good place to walk wearing water shoes.)  I walked out until the sun set, which gave me thirty minutes of fading light to find my way back to the car. Brown PelicanGreat Blue HeronGreat EgretLittle Blue HeronWhite IbisRoseate SpoonbillWilson’s PloverAmerican AvocetWilletLong-billed CurlewLaughing GullGull-billed TernBlack TernForster’s TernRoyal TernSandwich TernBlack SkimmerMourning DoveCommon NighthawkBarn SwallowRed-winged BlackbirdEastern MeadowlarkGreat-tailed Grackle A good walk. 
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Tech Gurus

 That Tech Guru job I had them working on; the one to insert letterhead into a document.  I fired them, but they keep calling me back.  Now I’ve fired them three times. Back when we were working together, they had access to my computer by my permission.  I had to log them on and type in a code each time.  As soon as I fired them, I made sure to disconnect them so they wouldn’t have access to my computer anymore.  Later, I was working at my computer and the screen flickered a couple times.  That didn’t seem right, so I went looking for them.  I found them groping around in my computer trying to get at something.  They had made this great pretense about having me grant them access each time, while behind the scenes they had created a back-door so they could get on my computer any time they wanted! I checked the programs loaded on my computer and found “Log-me-in” was still installed.  I selected it and clicked “uninstall”.  When I stopped moving the mouse, the cursor on my screen moved over and clicked “cancel”.  They were trying to prevent me from disconnecting them! I shut the computer down and started it back up without an internet connection.  I deleted *both* installations of Log-me-in before I turned access to the internet back on.  Since then it has all looked normal, no more signs of illicit access, but I don’t feel good about leaving my computer unattended yet.  If they’re in my computer I can tell, but only if I happen to be looking at my screen.  Now I disable internet access whenever I leave the room, just in case.