Vacationing

Well I am living la vida loca here in Venice Florida,
the weather has been exceptional dry, warm and sunny temps are 85 daytime and 61 or 2 at night.

The pic on the left is the grapefruit tree in Mom's back yard , the fruit is pink and very sweet not a bit of tartness.

The pic on the right is Sharkeys pier on Venice beach.

The pic in the center is Marker 4 a great place to eat , nice locale right on the water , had crab cake sandwich, one of the best!

I have a tan! Been swimming most every day the park has a saltwater heated pool.
The neighbours friendly , lots of activities here to enjoy.
Of course I have been shopping at Bealls, Ross' and TJ Maxx, good bargains to be had, espeically on seniors day at Bealls.
T shirt cotton quality if far superior to ours. Shortening pants as I go as well even tho I am buying petites still too long for my short legs.
I have also been visiting some of the restaurants around here. Doing my own survey on the different Key Lime pies.
Mother and I went to a neat little tea room called If Teacups Could Talk, victorian in style, food is very good and the key lime pie there comes in second on my best of list.
Bottom of the list is the Myakka River Oyster Bar pie no lime taste at all tho their beer battered shrimp is superb.
Another nice ladies place to go is Le Petit Jardin, a French style creperie, Crepes are so good but the Key Lime pie comes in third , again lacking in the limey taste.
Top of the list is the grocery store Publix Key Lime Pie it has the big flavour I look for.
A chain here I find the food very good at is Applebees, had a Black Angus burger with salsa and salad yummy.! Liking Bob Evans for the breakfast nothing better.
But no I am not just eating and shopping , been to a movie, saw Wild Hogs too funny.
Been reading Rita Mae Brown, Sour Puss, quite cute mystery but a bit preachy. the best book so far is Prior Bad Acts by Tami Hoag, so very good, Cathereine Coulter Point Blank, not as good as some of hers, and James Patterson, Judge and Jury which again very good.
Will be bringing them home to share with everyone, most of the family are big readers. I love mysteries the best tho.
Only one more week to go for vacation but it has been a nice break to take a month off. So the outdoors is calling now !

Florida

It has been quiet on the blog . I drove to Florida for a months vacation ,
surprisingly the drive tho tiring was uneventful , a challenge to do on ones own. Visiting my Mother in Venice. a warm sunny area, out of the northern cold!
Of course Mom has decorated her home beautifully it is very comfortable.
She has had to fly back to Canada as her sister has passed away. Still it was nice to spend a couple of weeks together.We saw the movie Wild Hogs too funny!
Now I will relax , swim, shop ( love the shops here) and do some reading. Hopefully by the time I return home the weather will have warmed up.

Sunday Brunch

Sherry and Willie hosted a Brunch for the whole family.
Rosanne , Steve , Brianne and Brittany were there too.
Food as usual was delicious,
love the eggs Benedict and the hash brown casserole.
The kids were playing table hockey, nintendo and tobagganing on the back hill.
It was a fun time.
Not so nice driving home there was some freezing rain and snow.
Spring where are you?

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Here is my cousin Shirley's new puppy.
Her name is Maggie Mae.
Cute as a button 2 lb Maltese.