Thu, Dec 12, 2019:  The Glades, Moore Haven, FL:  Mostly cloudy today.  Rained during the night.  We need it.  Rained again a little while ago.  Worked some more on the windows.  A lazy day.  Walked over to see how the Canadians are doing with their building project.  Esther and Gerald have almost completed enclosing their lanai.  Looks good.  Charlie and Johanne are putting up the framing for their lanai.  They are coming along.  Probably upper 70s today.

Our Yule Log burns brightly.

Wed, Dec 11, 2019:  The Glades, Moore Haven, FL:  Another warm day.  We went into Labelle and I got my toes done.  Mike shipped some Christmas presents for his kids.  Stopped at Popeye’s and got some chicken.  On the way home I called the Canadians and invited them over for happy hour.  Didn’t think they’d show up since they still have a lot of work to do.  But they did at around 5:00.  Sat in the screen room and imbibed.  It’s still warm, which is nice.  88 here today!

Happy Hour!

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.