Florida Sunday

Florida Sunday

The weather was about to get chilly in Florida, so I figured we'd better take a boat ride and maybe see some dolphins on Sunday, Jan. 25th. But first, of course, we had to go to the grocery store. Aldi, this time, and it was a fine and large Aldi and right down the street, in the same strip mall where we'd had a delicious Thai dinner. I found a cruise that sounded good, and it wasn't far away. It was called Gasparilla Boat Tours, and I highly recommend it. We took a sunset cruise. There were many pelicans all around in the harbor and I had to take many photos because I love them. The guide...

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I’m Grace Hughes, from Springfield, IL. Welcome to my world of fun, mostly involving cats and sometimes travel.

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fall already. i feel like there are about a million things i want to accomplish today but i focused on getting a new banner up there that says fall instead of summer. i'd like to write another post,...

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happy anniversary to us!

happy anniversary to us!

Today is our wedding anniversary. kevin and i went on a bike ride a couple of days ago and we agreed that it would be awesome to go for a bike ride today to celebrate. "we can go 16 miles to...

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Wrapping up July, mostly with kitties…

Wrapping up July, mostly with kitties…

We went out on the boat yet again on July 16th and went farther into the infamous "hot ditch" next to the power plant than i'd ever been. usually there are plenty of fishing boats because the water...

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Swan Float excitement

Swan Float excitement

As I mentioned here just yesterday, Kevin bought me a fabulous giant swan float to tow behind the boat. It wasn't a birthday present, just an awesome gift from a terrific guy. Even though we've had...

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still july…

still july…

still kitties...here's sweetie, the happiest kitty ever who gets to spend quality time in the fenced yard. Riley loves it too, but he doesn't have the exuberance of sweetie, who was finding that...

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ok, back to july…

ok, back to july…

my plan today (and i had a plan today, yay for me!) was to go through my july and august photos and choose a very small selection to post here. which of course i didn't manage to do. instead, here's...

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happy birthday, tiny sister!

happy birthday, tiny sister!

amy's birthday was on Tuesday, and we had a lovely indian meal. she'd made me a lavishly delicious Indian feast for my birthday and I hoped that she'd be open to me reciprocating. She was! I've been...

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more of the beginning of july

more of the beginning of july

my plan was to hurry up and slap just a few photos of July up here, and so far i'm only up to July 3rd. On the 4th we roared over in the boat to the other side of the lake to watch the fireworks at...

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As the summer slips by…

As the summer slips by…

So, July...well, here's a few photos from the beginning of the month. First, Riley. in June I posted a photo of Riley in my re-purposed my clothes basket , which was so long ago...Riley still enjoys...

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