The world according to me....

It's the end of the year, when the weather turns wet and cold in North Carolina, and I seem to spend all my time working on reports or going to meetings. In years past, I have lucky enough to go out in early December on fishing trips with poundnet fishermen. This year, due to a new NC DMF moratorium on poundnet fishing in the month of December, there have been no such trips. My last trip was in October (see photo above), when we saw no turtles (but did see birds and dolphins). This year, for my winter turtle experience, I was looking forward to a trip to Caribbean Mexico over Christmas, where I might have seen some turtles in the water. Howver, plans have since changed and now I am headed north to Quebec for the holiday. There will be no sea turtles up there except for any snow sculptures that I make.