Happy Birthday!

Today is Lou Ann's birthday. We'll be working this afternoon (accompanying an Our State photographer for a local shoot) and this evening (Ghost & History Tours), but we're hoping we can spend an hour or so at the beach this morning, then enjoy a relaxed lunch together. July is birthday month for a number of islanders, and we joined several of them last night for a "July Birthdays Pot Luck Dinner" at Ed & Sue Norvell's. As always the food was terrific, and the conversation stimulating.

Happy Birthday to all of our readers who have July birthdays!

Our latest Ocracoke Newsletter is Lou Ann's account of installing an old-fashioned pitcher pump. You can read it here.