With two broad clawlike fingers, spotted and wrinkled by coves and creeks that reach beyond the town and down to Tilghman Island and Nelson Point, it is a place of waterfront sunsets and white sails, of oysters and crabs, of birding, fishing and hunting, and of affluent retirees, tourists and weekenders.
For each one, ask the children to color them with colors of choice, using either the ends of fingers (spots), strokes of paint or other designs.
During fall 2010, blood was collected in regular filter paper by finger blood spot (Albet, DP 400200), stored in separate plastic bags at 4°C until DNA extraction.
Press a finger, (the spot with your finger print), or piece of clay into the head of the screw (or whatever is there).
I had only just begun to take in the dazzling array of life on the reef – the bright orange clown anemone fish, neon-striped sweet lips, feeding frenzies of parrotfish – when I followed the direction of someone's pointed finger and spotted an octopus, the first I'd ever come across in the wild.
If you don't have those handy, blast hairspray on your fingers and "spot treat" flyways.
But before others join in (make them hide) and slowly torment the victim like wiggling your fingers near spots... Blindfold the person so they think your the only person that will be tickling them.
At 20 feet, the tape was not long enough this time, and we had to put a finger on the spot so he could measure the remainder.
Can't you read the book standing right next to the shelf with your finger holding the spot you'll put it back into?
He pointed out how portraits throughout the house showed the president, his wife and, always, his book, a finger marking his spot as he waits for the photographer to get it over with.
And while we're all for pulling out a map and blindly putting your finger on a spot, there are a few epic journeys that stand out from the rest.
