{"id":18558,"date":"2020-04-02T11:10:55","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T16:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/?p=18558"},"modified":"2020-04-02T11:10:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T16:10:58","slug":"final-florida-sunset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/florida-2020\/final-florida-sunset\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Florida sunset&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Life update on April 2nd:  many daffodils are blooming, the grass is green, buds are coming all over the place.  spring is starting to spring, which is all good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">but of course there&#8217;s so much worry and uncertainty now that life is different.  every day i furiously read about more cases of coronavirus, more dire things happening the world over.  I end up siting on the couch reading so much that i feel my energy is spent so i haven&#8217;t been posting anything here in a few days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">so today i&#8217;m starting out with posting here, and then maybe i&#8217;ll exercise to get the endorphins to kick in, and i&#8217;ll hold off on reading all the bad news til later.  it&#8217;s good to take a break from all of it sometimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">so, my final florida sunset&#8230;hopefully it&#8217;s not the FINAL final florida sunset, but it was the last one for our trip in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday Feb. 24th on Pass-A-Grille Beach, this gull found a fish and was clearly happy about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U0senlmT8N0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Was saw this party boat sail by.  that&#8217;s a lot of people.  I also took a video and commented that they were playing &#8220;Proud Mary,&#8221; but you can&#8217;t see it in the video so i didn&#8217;t include it here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f170-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f170-1.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f170-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s another person out there doing that surf-sailing, which is what i&#8217;ve named it because i don&#8217;t know what it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IiqDFIxMrnY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I went into the water because i didn&#8217;t want to come all the way to the ocean and not get in.  It was fun.  Here&#8217;s the beach by 6:00 when the crowds had way thinned out.  that&#8217;s mom down there under the yellow umbrella.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/f181.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/f181.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/f181-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And here&#8217;s my final bird picture of the day.  I&#8217;d like to put all my favorite bird pictures on the walls of the house.  maybe i&#8217;ll do that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/f182.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/f182.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/f182-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A little after 6:00 as the sun started to sink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f171.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f171.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f171-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I changed out of my wet suit and Mom took a picture of me in front of the <a href=\"https:\/\/paradisegrille.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Paradise Grille (opens in a new tab)\">Paradise Grille<\/a> as we waited for the sun to set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f174.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f174.jpg 400w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f174-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f172.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f172.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f172-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This panorama isn&#8217;t bad&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f173.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f173.jpg 800w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f173-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f173-768x329.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;but then i took this one and a little kid was moving around in the picture.  You can just make her out there on the right&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f176.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f176.jpg 900w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f176-300x119.jpg 300w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f176-768x304.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;And here&#8217;s a close-up.  isn&#8217;t that funny?  She looks like a weird little alien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f177.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f177.jpg 600w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f177-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I took a time-lapse picture of the sun setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/92faUm9w1R0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And here&#8217;s a video after it set.  There&#8217;s a tradition of somebody ringing the bell at the Paradise Cafe and so i captured that, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R1W6hAb4sWM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A great beach afternoon.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We drove back to Tampa and stopped in at a Publix near our Tampa house.  There was an armed security guard in the parking lot.  The store itself was perfectly nice but i can&#8217;t say i&#8217;ve ever been in a grocery store with an armed guard outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We enjoyed one last meal in our lovely house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f175.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f175.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f175-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then i had to pack everything up.  jeez, what a mess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f179.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f179.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f179-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It took me about 45 minutes to arrange everything, and there was a little time afterwards before getting to bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f180.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f180.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f180-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since our plane didn&#8217;t leave until 6:50 p.m. on Tuesday we had quite a bit of time to kill in Tampa.  So, theoretically at least, one more post of our trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I hope you&#8217;re doing well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ok then,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">mrs. h.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life update on April 2nd: many daffodils are blooming, the grass is green, buds are coming all over the place. spring is starting to spring, which is all good. but of course there&#8217;s so much worry and uncertainty now that life is different. every day i furiously read about more cases of coronavirus, more dire [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[776],"tags":[842,796,116,843],"class_list":["post-18558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-florida-2020","tag-gull","tag-pass-a-grille-beach","tag-sunset","tag-surf-sailing-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6JLYy-4Pk","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18558"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18580,"href":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18558\/revisions\/18580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}