Fiddler crabs dart across the sand. And the endangered brown pelican makes its home in Gilchrist. All very nice. But there's another, darker side to the peninsula. Strange hopping spiders appear as if from nowhere.
Feral cats seem much too interested in one's comings and goings.
Mosquitoes chase bats from their houses. And the cactus hurts my toes. Now I personally haven't noticed any of my neighbors doing this. But it frightens me to think they might. And that I might, one foggy morning, stumble upon a group of them huddled by the shore - knives drawn, fish entrails clutched.