WHALE IN THE PARK, PART 3

They came back to the park and worked on the poor whale's mouth. Looks like they concreted it and painted it black. It looks much better. Although I really wish they would put a tongue back in.

Ah, well. Anything's better than the gaping hole!

WHALE IN THE PARK

I blogged a while back about the tongue missing out of our whale down at Neptune Park. I pointed out how people were throwing trash inside it, and that the opening was large enough for a small child to slip through.

So a couple of days ago, we caught a county worker putting a metal mesh net in the mouth to block trash and kids from getting inside. We stopped and told him how happy we were they were fixing it. We learned, to our chagrin, that the county had not removed the tongue because it was coming apart as we had assumed. No, indeed.

Someone had stolen the tongue.

Now why would anyone want to steal a wooden tongue the size of a scooter wheel?

Anyway here's the latest pix even if you can't tell much about the wire netting that's supposed to keep trash and people out. Wonder how long it'll last.

CHANGES AT ST SIMONS

While we were away, some stuff changed on St. Simons Island. Here's a photo of the whale in Neptune Park the kids always love to climb on. See how it's been spiffed up? Fresh paint, fresh sand, new shells glued to barnacles! Looks like a new statue!

And to my joy, Sweet Mama's did not close as we feared when we saw their old place up for lease! They simply moved to a new location near Winn Dixie (the old Quizno's) and got all spiffed up, too. Oh my, I had to go in and get pound cake squares!