I have to tell you things are calm and quiet here.... how are things with ya'll?? LOL
I've recovered from my usual week of depression after leaving family up north and missing them and coming home to get everything back to normal. Was I gone that long? wow! I just put in the CD "Time Life Soft Rock" that wabbit made for me and I'm now back in the 70's again!
You've heard about our drive down, so enough of that! Our week with Cat wasn't that event filled, but we did do a couple things while she was here. We went to the new Eco Discovery Center in Key West. Really nice place, in Sept. they will open the growing live coral exibit which will be ongoing. The beaches had turtle nests marked off and this week some are hatching. We are lights out for turtles near the beaches throughout the summer as usual. We stopped in at Hemingways house and visited there. Miss P took Cat out one night, we did a sunset swim another, a night out at the restaurant where we laughed with the folks from the Boy Scout camp. Watched the Red Sox under the stars another, and AllStar game with my honey Mike Lowell doing his best as usual! It was hot and sticky that week. Off they went to Boston again.
I went out with two friends last night to Key West for a marvelous dinner and strolling the streets and it is packed downtown right now. Hemingway days start next week and the crowds will be here as usual but it has been steady every weekend for some reason. The annual fruit festival was while I was gone and heard it was delicious as always. Saturday was the underwater music festival which I didn't get out to Looe Key to participate. We've done it in the past and it is lots of fun snorkeling to music. I had an opportunity to night fish last night on the new moon but had dinner plans and so glad to catch up with two great girlfriends. One just spent a month here working and returns today to her 5 acres on a river that runs to the ocean about 8 miles in from Guatemala City just above Belize. She and her guy love it there, they are in the process of building their home ... the plans are fantastic! Huge thatch roof with open air living area, yes NO WALLS ... the master bedroom is up in the roof area and closed in as will be the closet/pantry/bath and a small guest room on the main floor. It is built right over the water on piling's which they have in place now. They have a sailboat and a couple other boats and it is their only means of transportation because no roads exist to their property or neighbors the local Guatemalans. She is teaching the school children and enjoying the kind and polite locals. Wonderful humans she said. Spirit airlines flies for under 200 out of Ft Lauderdale round trip and hopefully we'll get to visit her within the year. I just love the tropics. I've started my many projects and will be busy this month with my helper Mr. R.
What a great time in Hanover... I miss everyone! So great that all my kids got to get up there and visit with the family, been a long time. They look forward to spending time with Auntie's and Uncles and the all so precious Nan and Pop Pop. Believe me I remember summers of staying up late, sleeping late, no cares or worries ... lazy days of summer. Was it so long ago? Wahhhhhhhhh here comes another song "Cool Change"...
Got my reservation for Alaska.. August 6th to the 13th ... it will be WONDERFUL! Can I afford to leave? Hell no. But I'm going! Everyone light candles for great weather in the Keys while Mr. B and I are gone.. anyone got a good pair of sturdy walking shoes/boots size 8 and half I can borrow?
No pictures, sorry folks!
Sounds like you have a busy summer ahead. I hope the weather stays calm all season.
ReplyDeleteThanks!! I'm home today trying to kick start a few things... Mr. Bill is home and I'm trying to make a Pop Pop out of him! I need to just accept that he is who he is, a chef and maybe get a killer dinner tonite! LOL He's always willing to try and that's a HUGE A+++ for him. He leaves next week and I'll not have my strong helper, although Mr. R is great too!
ReplyDeleteI'd have been more than happy to give you a pair of boots, but I'm afraid I wear an 11 - want to try rolling up a sock and stuffing the toes?
ReplyDeleteI always think of summer as being your slow season, but I guess even the slow season is busy. I forgot about Hemingway Days. It looks like they've gotten a reprieve for the cats, that's good news.
Hey, I forgot about socks!!! HAH
ReplyDeleteI'd probrably wear a 9 with socks.
I knew you'd not have a pair my size and I forgot to know the Queen wears 9 half boot probrably.. I meant to look in the attic for an old pair or at least maybe my old riding boots, on second thought they were probrably a size 7 !! I'm checking at the local Bloomingdales on Summerland and sure to find something sturdy. I have boat shoes from fishing which would be fine too, except for the sock issue dangit!
Yes, summers here used to be just locals and Germans wanting to dive the reef... but now it's a weekend getaway for Florida's heat and tourists wanting the calm clear waters for diving and super fishing. Some folks say that Hemingway didn't have cats when he lived in Key West, and that is not true... he adopted many and was photographed on the porch with them also. They are so happy languishing on the large property that they don't even care to leave the grounds so I don't know what the fuss was all about anyway. Most are old cats.
I'll try to upload a tiny video of Catey petting the oldest cat on the property... it's too short and not so good but he is old AND scary freaky looking up close. It's the only video I took that day due to low battery of course.. I'm always soooooo prepared! but the camera is great.