Happy 90TH Birthday, Mom!

Happy 90TH Birthday, Mom!

Today is Mom's BIG DAY!!! Whoo hoo, she's doing so awesome as she starts her 9th decade. Much, much merriment, including a delicious fish dinner that Kevin prepared last night (a very historic event, indeed); we took the food over and ate at Mom's house, also kind of historic, and then the three of us watched two more episodes of "All Creatures Great and Small" which Kevin and I are highly addicted to now. Mom has always liked it. We just went out to lunch to Lime Street, and we'll go to dinner tomorrow night, and the celebrations continue... Here are a bunch of random photos throughout the...

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Once more to Pass-A-Grille Beach

Once more to Pass-A-Grille Beach

Real-time life update: Yesterday it got up to 71 degrees and kevin and i took a little walk through the fields which which had lots of standing water. it was great to get outside. After that i...

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Sunset on Clearwater Beach

Sunset on Clearwater Beach

Life here in Springfield right now : warmer. still coughing. daffodils starting to come up, yay for that. Back in Florida, BCV: after they took away our beach chairs Mom and I found a picnic table...

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Clearwater Beach

Clearwater Beach

Life update: same as yesterday, except we had some sunshine yesterday. Still spending most of my day on the couch, coughing continues. but it's getting warmer and soon i'll be sitting around...

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Another beach!

Another beach!

Life update - not as much coughing, plus the sun might actually come out today which would be fantastic. Back in Florida, before everything shut down: Sunday Feb. 23rd was warm and wonderful and i...

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Saturday Feb. 22nd in Florida

Saturday Feb. 22nd in Florida

Statue update: it's gray and rainy today. a little sunshine would go a long way around here. I continue to cough. Status quo. Meanwhile...Saturday mornin, Feb 22nd, Kevin sent me this photo of a...

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final photos from the Plant Museum

final photos from the Plant Museum

Ok, i want one of these fabulous planters. Here are more photos from the Plant Museum, which used to be the Tampa Bay Hotel a long time ago. This is the afternoon of Fri. Feb. 21st. I think that...

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a chilly florida friday

a chilly florida friday

life update: still coughing. last night i took some of amy's codeine cough syrup after waking up and coughing for about an hour. and it totally worked! i have enough to last me 7-8 night, and...

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i don’t have the coronavirus, fyi…

in one of my recent posts about mom and my trip to florida i made this statement: "Ok, so...i've had a cold with a horrible cough for over a week now. plus, the coronavirus ..." what i meant to...

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Tampa ho!

Tampa ho!

First, my coughing report . *cough* *cough* Amy had a cough in January that lasted 10 weeks. I'm hoping I don't beat her record. But back to sunny Florida, BCV - surely somebody has coined that...

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