Tue, Dec 10, 2019:  The Glades, Moore Haven, FL:  Really warm today.  We got the laundry out of the way.  Had some lunch and then watched a Netflix movie “The Commuter.”  A real nail biter.  Food trucks are in here from 5:00 to 7:00.  We went over and bought a couple of steak tacos.  Came home and ate in our screen room.  A really balmy evening.  87 here today.

Mavis the stray cat that hangs out at Crumb's.

She likes hanging out by the Christmas decorations.

Mon, Dec 9, 2019:  The Glades, Moore Haven, FL:  Beautiful day again.  Grocery shopping today.  I started walking and Mike picked me up.  Ran into Johanne in her golf cart with Molly.  Got the shopping done and came back and had lunch at Crumb’s.  On the way back we stopped at Grumpy’s Restaurant and took a picture of the snake skin.  From a certain angle it looks like a snake, not a skin.  Game night tonight at the rec center.  85 here today.

Recently shedded snake skin.

About 4 ft. long.

Sun, Dec 8, 2019:  The Glades, Moore Haven, FL:  Not much going on today.  Went for my walk—sans back brace and trekking poles.  Walked a lot slower, but no issues.  Saw a rather large snake skin at Grumpy’s Restaurant in the foliage.  Yikes! Came back and pumped up my bike tires thinking we’d go for a ride.  Didn’t happen, but we’re ready.  Charlie stopped by while we were outside reading.  Blabbed with him for a while.  Before Charlie stopped by we played cards in our new screen room.  Nice in there.  Low 80s today. Yesterday afternoon we stopped by Charlie and Johanne’s.  Esther and Gerald stopped by also.  We heard a dog yipping in the road outside their place.  Johanne went and tried to pick it up.  Not a good idea.  The dog went after her.  A small dog but very aggressive.  I’ve never seen Johanne move that fast.  She was doing the high step two step. 

Ireland 1991

Cliffs of Moher--Ireland

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Sat, Dec 7, 2019:  Well, our reservation last night at Grumpy’s was at 6:00.  By 8:30 we still hadn’t been served.  They were slammed with people, which is a good thing.  But not when you ordered food.  The band started at 7:30 and they were great.  I danced quite a bit.  Figured I’d pay for it, but my back didn’t hurt more than usual.  So at least I can still dance.  It’s great exercise and lots of fun.  Even Charlie and Gerald were up there.  But by 8:30 with no food and two glasses of wine, we left and had left-over meatloaf which was delicious.  At that point, anything would be delicious.  We’re going back there for a late lunch today.  We’re not giving up on them.  The food that other people got looked wonderful.

Had our late lunch out on their nice patio.

Friday, Dec 6, 2019:  Our neighbors, George and Pam, stopped by this morning after they played pickle ball.  After they left we had some lunch and Mike went off to Clewiston to run some errands and I went for a walk.  A long walk as it turns out.  And I biked a little also.  The new restaurant is opening tonight.  I made reservations for the six of us at 6:00—the Canadians and Mike and me.  Upper 70s again today.

The gate at Buckingham Palace.
London--2015

Victoria Fountain

A guard at Buckingham Palace.

Thu, Dec 5, 2019:  The Glades, Moore Haven, FL:  Went into Ft. Myers to see a movie on Tuesday—Ford vs. Maserati. Matt Damon played Carroll Shelby.  I expected a dull movie, but I was on the edge of my seat—especially during some of the racing scenes.  A great movie. Wednesday I drove into LaBelle and got my hair cut.  Stopped at the office and picked up our mail.  Our Netflix movie was in the mail—“Green Book.”  The Canadians stopped by to show off their new (used) golf cart.  It looks brand new.  I casually mentioned they should stop by later for happy hour, thinking they probably wouldn’t.  Lo and behold they stopped by in their golf cart and we imbibed for a couple of hours.  While they were there, Fed Ex showed up and delivered our chairs for the screen room. Charlie and Johanne helped Mike unpack and put them in the screen room. How nice of them! Meat loaf for dinner, which was delicious, and we watched Green Book.  Great movie!  Now it’s Thursday morning and I’m sitting here sipping my smoothie and trying to figure out how to connect DISH to the Internet so we can stream.  Supposed to be detailed instructions on the DISH website, but I sure can’t find them. Ended up calling tech support.  They couldn’t make it happen either.  I give up.  We don’t need to stream.  Upper 70s today.

Now we have our table and chairs.

Mon, Dec 2, 2019:  The Glades, Moore Haven, FL:  Did the laundry today so we wouldn’t have to go out early tomorrow, since it’s supposed to be rather cool.  Down into the 40s tonight!  After getting the laundry out of the way we pretty much stayed in the rest of the day.  I walked up to the river early and checked out the restaurant.  They’re supposed to open this Friday.  Charlie stopped by to check out our screen room.  That’s about it for today.  Still really windy.  Esther and Gerald’s screen room went airborne sometime today.  He was bragging last night when we were over there for happy hour how it’s not even staked down.  Ha ha.

Blooming cactus--Johathan Dickinson State Park
Jupiter, FL

Jupiter Light