Florida Monday

Florida Monday

It was chilly and windy on Monday in Florida, as expected. We had a leisurely morning enjoying the lanai overlooking the pool. And we finally managed to get into the car to go to the beach at the crack of 1:23. We headed to the Englewood beach, which was completely deserted. Here's a picture of the almost-empty parking lot, which had previously been jammed full. I decided to head back to Stump Pass Beach, where we'd waited in line a couple of days before. This time not only was there no line, but this parking lot was also almost empty. There were almost no people on the beach, and I loved to...

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Not the best summer ever…

Not the best summer ever…

First, June, my brother David died. June was kind of a rough month. Then, July...as I pulled into the Aldi parking lot on July 1st I got a call from one of my doctor's offices, saying they'd called...

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David, so happy

David, so happy

I've been looking and looking through the thousands of photos on my computer for pictures of David, and somehow I found this fabulous one. We were all at Shaw's Garden in St. Louis. He looked so...

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Once more, David

Once more, David

Vancil Funeral Home published David's obituary online on Monday and I burst into tears upon reading it. It just made it so real. It was a rough couple of days after that. Today it was published in...

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David

My brother David died yesterday. We was 64. On May 14th he'd been hit by a car while riding his little motorcycle and broke his leg. They put in two rods and some pins and told him to rest up for...

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A Run in May

A Run in May

There are many other things I want so say about this month of May which is shortly coming to an end, but this run (slow jog) in particular is what I want to write about tonight. I'm going on a brief...

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Continuing on with May…

Continuing on with May…

Hmm, as usual the month seems to be slipping away. While I was trying to clean up the hot tub room at the beginning of the month, Les felt that the mos comfortable place to lie down was on top of...

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Writing about May in May

Writing about May in May

Gee, that makes me feel incredibly efficient. Here's me, enjoying a mock mojito at the delicious restaurant Loukenin's on the first of May. We went there because the restaurant was shutting down on...

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Wrapping up April

Wrapping up April

Kevin dedicates a good portion of his time to keeping the cats in their respective outside areas. He finally thwarted Lester from escaping the fenced yard (but probably only temporarily), and...

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April, mostly cats plus a minor explosion

April, mostly cats plus a minor explosion

Gee, I'm really on a roll with getting stuff up here for a change. Or course that can and probably will come screeching to a halt again because that's how I roll. Rolling, but only occasionally and...

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