A Good Day

It's always a good day when a Grandma hears that the littlest granddaughter is accomplishing baby-firsts, like rolling over and also attempting to make forward motion across the floor (albeit face-planting the first time).

And then ending the day with a phone call from the Utah granddaughters in order to discuss their Halloween costumes.

--cds

Yet Another Car Show

This car show was held at one of Lakeland's downtown lakes (the city is well named), so it was a good opportunity to bring your Aqua Car. There is a lovely promonade circling the lake and cars were lined up there as well as on many of the blocked off downtown streets. As car shows go, I must admit it was a pleasant outing, especially since the weather is beyond fabulous lately. In a side note to our dear friends who used to own a car like this (in blue tho): Dear Friends - pack up a convertible, tie on a headscarf, grab your sunglasses and cruise on down for a visit. We'll drive over to the ocean and look for Cat Stevens. --cds

A Beach Visit

This is the closest you will ever see to a photo of me and my mother in our bathing suits. We buzzed over to the Gulf yesterday to put our tootsies in the sea and sand. It was very beautiful. It seems I am compelled to take pictures of birds. This guy was fishing in the shallows.

Not many pelicans around though - wonder where they all are? --cds

Sew. Clean. Read.

Though I have a massive amount of stitching to do on those banners, I have to clean up the sewing room a bit first thing this morning. Hate a messy sewing room. Hate a messy bookshelf, too, so after cleaning up the shelves, I decided I needed to reread my collection of Dorothy Sayers mysteries (in between the cleaning and the sewing).

I'm starting with The Unpleasantness at The Bellona Club - 1920's-style English forensics are pretty funny. --cds

Autumn Arrives in Florida

Last April I had a conversation with a Tampa-area native who told me that every single day of the summer would be very hot and humid and probably rainy. She was oh so correct. She also said that one morning in late September, early October, I would open up the front door and say, Oh, Fall is here. Right again, Miss Florida. This week has been fabulous - sunny, breezy, blue skies, fluffy clouds, humidity at 35%, temp at 75 - 80 degrees. We've been able to do loads of yard work without sweating buckets. New hibiscus-es have been planted.


And the front porch is all ready for official porch-sittin' season. Soup is being made (the mirepoix base for veggie/ham soup waiting for a shot of white wine).
This sauvignon blanc was last month's Wine Club pick - it's really really good. --cds