Christi's Creative Crew: Guest Stamper, Debbie A

My guest stamper for today is Debbie A

Debbie made up some cute bags using Stampin' Up!'s fabulous designer paper and inside she tucked a variety of cards.

She had also gotten a special order from a friend for a graduation card. Loving these, and anything to do with music is always a hit.

On the vacation front: Day 4 on the island: On Thursday we went to tour the Frederica Fort right here on St. Simons Island. This fort was built to protect the Southern boundary of the British Colony in Georgia from the Spanish Raids. It wasn't inhabited for a long time (1736-1748) About 630 British troops were stationed at this fort. The village fell into decline and by 1755 it was mostly abandoned. then in 1758 there was a fire that wiped out most of every building that was made of wood.

These two pictures are right off the marsh/coast where fighting took place.

And this is what is left of the barracks for the soldiers

Interesting fact is that both Charles and John Wesley preached at the storehouses that were built 3 stories high. They stored supplies of food and clothing in these two storehouses but the third level was called the chapel where the Wesley brothers preached.

This is a rendering of what the buildings would have looked like

This is all that is left

What you see on the base/floor is crushed oyster shells. They did a ton with oyster shells, building walls etc - they called it Tabby.

Our trip to the islands have been fun, and one of the things we loved was the sea turtle hospital on Jekyll Island and we kept hoping to see a turtle other than behind glass. Especially since this is nesting season and here are turtle crossing signs all over. Of all places - here at the fort - we see this turtle walking about so decide to watch.

She seemed like she was looking for a spot to lay her eggs because she seemed restless. I've never seen a turtle walk so fast. Finally, after digging in several spots, she found a soft enough place to dig right outside what would have been a doorway to one of the homes from years past. We watched as she dug the hole, and then proceeded to lay her eggs (although we could not actually see the eggs because her shell was in the way), but we knew what she was doing by her actions. Then she proceeded to cover up the eggs and tamping the dirt down with her back "legs" then brushing the leaves back over top. By the time she was done you couldn't tell that the spot had been disturbed. By this time there was a small group of people who stuck around to watch her too. The ranger was alerted and then they put up some tape to mark off the area with a sign - "Do Not Disturb - Terrapin Nest." (Terrapin is any turtle). Our turtle yesterday was a diamond back. She lives in the marsh/brackish water, (neither fresh water of salt water), so when the baby turtles are hatched they will have a very long way to get back to the marsh. It takes about 60 days to hatch.

We were glad that we stuck around to watch Ms Turtle because just as we were leaving they had a ranger giving a "tour" about Juneteenth and the African Americans that lived and were buried there.

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