Saturday in Florida

Saturday in Florida

Saturday March 24th, we started the day at the beach, managing to get there before noon, which was quite something. Really, we hurried because Amy was leaving that day and we had to get back and drive her to the airport. We went up to the Blind Pass beach again and it was pretty danged crowded, but a good time was had by all. The night before I'd been looking online for things to do in Englewood and happened upon the Lemon Bay Playhouse, which was doing the play "The Sweet Delilah Swim Club." Hmm, weird. I'd been in "the Dixie Swim Club, twice, and was it the same play? Or maybe a sequel or...

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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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may, mostly les paul…

may, mostly les paul…

we took a chilly boat ride on May 22nd and amy kept warm while driving. On may 23rd lester had a nice walk down to the water, where he spent a lot of time in this old plastic tub. ! I love this...

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mostly Riley, way back in may…

mostly Riley, way back in may…

here's a short video of a couple of the cute baby groundhogs next door. https://youtu.be/NmAPIafyA0s I took some photos of them but they were too hard to see. meanwhile...this is the biggest gaggle...

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kevin continues to work like a maniac!

kevin continues to work like a maniac!

after we threw rocks onto the shore and dragged away branches on saturday the 13th, i was spent but kevin kept on keeping on. he moved the barge and cut more giant branches off the oak tree which is...

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fresh air!

fresh air!

whew, i was starting to worry that maybe i wouldn't write on here anymore. i have so many hopes of getting things done every day and then somehow the days continue to slip away... i really wanted to...

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slippage

earlier this evening i thought, ok, i can do this, i can write on my site, i can do it...it's been a while, but i'm making time, sitting down, getting something constructive done... the weekend has...

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Deer in May

Deer in May

Kevin took Riley for a walk on Sat. May 2nd. I'm not sure if Riley has ever been out in the yard; he has always been content to stay inside the fence. But I think he thoroughly enjoyed strolling...

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boat launch!

boat launch!

here's one final thing to share, our boat launch on April 24th. first, here's the fancy new cover that kevin installed. Because the top pole of the roof snapped in two when we pulled the boat under...

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Happy Mother’s Day!

Happy Mother’s Day!

That's addressed to you, mom...but suddenly it's already late afternoon on mother's day and another day has gone by whoosh.... we bought a 25-lb bag of powdered skimmed milk a few weeks ago. i found...

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fun & excitement in the times of Coronavirus

fun & excitement in the times of Coronavirus

well...today i kept reading so much bad news that i became overwhelmed. this happens too often. i think we all have to try to find a little relief from it all, if we're lucky enough to be safe and...

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