My Labor Day/Birthday Weekend

  Well, well. Another year has come and gone and I don’t feel a year older. In fact, I get better looking the more the clock ticks. Ha! Not full of myself, just self-confident. :) And no, my name isn’t Benjamin Button.

  This year was a little extraordinary. A major milestone was marked in my life this year, as it was the BIG 4-0. Yes, 40 years on this earth, and not too many scratches.

  It’s always been great to have a B’day date such as mine, September 4th. Usually Labor day falls right around that time, so I know I will always have a long weekend somewhere close to my birthday. Such was the case this past weekend. And what a weekend it was!

  I started out festivities by fishing on Friday, my birthday, night. Ended up fishing all night and catching some of the biggest Catfish I have ever seen. Being from the South, if you don’t get to go fishing on your birthday, well its just not a birthday. :)

  The highlight of my weekend, though, was the………………

Angel Oak

 

The Angel Oak stands in a wooded area along Bohicket Road of John's Island outside Charleston, South Carolina. It is such a huge and beautiful tree. Many estimates age it to be 1,500+ years old. Just imagine, a little acorn sprouted around the year 509 A.D. and has been growing big and strong ever since. You never will get the full magnitude and overwhelming awe of this tree until you bask in it’s shade and natural wonder for yourself.

  The Angel Oak is thought to be one of the oldest living things east of the Mississippi River. Acorns from the Angel Oak have grown to produce authentic direct-offspring trees.. Live oaks generally grow out and not up, but the Angel Oak has had plenty of time to do both, standing 65 ft high and with a canopy providing 17,000 square feet of shade. Its limbs, the size of tree trunks themselves, are so large and heavy that some of them rest on the ground (some even drop underground for a few feet and then come back up), a feature common to only the very oldest live oaks. It has survived countless hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, and human interference, so there's a good chance it will still be there waiting for you.

  It was just a marvelous sight, and to amaze at just one of God’s many glorious creations. Sure, I had turned 40, but I was just an infant compared to this aged wonder of the nature.

  Sunday my family and I wrapped it up with Church and Sunday dinner. And a cake for my Sister and I. My sister’s Birthday is on September 1st, so we celebrate together. Kathy was born on September 1st and came home on my 8th birthday. Funny thing I always say, it was the worst birthday present I ever got. She’d kill me if she saw I posted that. :)

  Monday, I just relaxed around the house and grilled out. Worn down from the weekend, I was ready to get back to work. :) I had a very wonderful Labor Day/Birthday weekend, as I hope you did the same. BTW, is it Friday yet? I’m ready for another weekend.

  Take care and if you get a chance to visit the Angel Oak, do so. With pending development going on all around the area, we don’t know how much longer she will be with us. Have a good Wednesday.