Great example of partial pattern completion

In this text the word "the" is cut off and might be the word "me". Except "me" does not work in the sentence:

A peck of Oysters from Chappaquoit

Pretty easy work for 2 people in an hour.

A little shellfish adventure

Here we are Dec 14 and I cannot wait for the waders I ordered, so I went out "on foot" to Gansett beach, three minutes walk, and spent 20 minutes looking at the rocks and, eventually, moving them around with the clam rake. My feet got wetter and wetter but it was not unpleasant.

In the end I found several illegal sized quahog, maybe one legal one, a single mussel, a single small oyster, and a couple of soft-shelled clams. A handful of diverse bivalves. I took 'em home and steamed them for a couple of minutes and just finished a snack with melted butter. 10 AM now. I think I am definitely getting used to eating such things and want to say: "Yum".

There were periwinkles and evidence of scallops. Also the odd limpet. But I am happy to find a mussel and an oyster - hope I find more of those and -yeah- the soft-shelled clams are good.

It's really kind of a minor moment, except I felt good all day and it might be the little adventure followed by snack that did the trick.

Eiders resting by Nobska Lighthouse

Also saw red-breasted mergansers, surf scoters, and goldeneyes.