Today on the island...

As of today, no one is allowed on the island except permanent residents.  This means that people who own houses here but do not live here full time cannot come into the island.  There are also no tourists allowed and all the rental houses and restaurants are closed down.  This step was necessary because people were coming to hide out here feeling it to be safer and the island cannot handle this kind of influx.

What are we doing now?  Well, first of all we are eating very well.  We have not had to go out to eat in nearly two weeks now and our tummies are loving it!  We get to plan and fix our own food, and, since Trish and I both love to cook, it is like a feasting holiday.

Right now our little mushroom “farm” is really working overtime putting out giant oyster mushrooms.  Tonight we have plans for a mushroom, asparagus and bacon quiche.  Maybe mushroom pie tomorrow.

We have multitudes of fresh mushrooms!

We are so fortunate to have our little garage apartment to live in while our house is being finished.  But, yesterday, our fifteen year refrigerator totally died.  Fortunately we live where we do.  We just. called Manteo Furniture yesterday afternoon and we had  a new refrigerator here at nine o’clock this morning.

New refrigerator in place and the old dead one gone!

Over and over again we are glad that we live here!