Crabs for Christmas! Yummy….
This morning was below zero the ponds had once again froze over; I bundled myself up and headed off to run Ocean Blvd… I was doing a short walk down to the ocean with another resident who was off to rebait his crab traps…. He said it was such a storm yesterday he could not get out to check them….They now have been in the water for over 24 hours..
Norm rows his canoe out about 500 yards from the shoreline….. and drops his traps, leaves them for a day or less and then retrieves them….
This morning I ran my usual 5km across the ocean…sun shining in all her glory – while Norm rowed out….to check his traps..
When I returned just 30 minutes later there he was with two giant crabs in hand…. he thought the traps would have been empty….
I asked him what he was going to do with his catch of the day – “Share them with my friends who arrive from Whistler today” he said… What a great idea for crab cake appetizers or whole crabs and garlic butter dinner……
I asked Norm to stand in front of my Christmas tree for a photo….. Crabs for Christmas….
Cheers, Heather