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Rain. Rain. Rain.

That’s what we have been experiencing this week. But thankfully Hurricane Sally is just sending us bands. Not the whole entire flooding situation that Pensacola is experiencing. It makes me sad that we pray and wish these hurricanes away but they still go on to destroy someone else’s home.

Hurricane season is over in November. Still lots of systems out there.

Okay. On to other stuff.

Once upon a time before our current pandemic situation we had lots of events to visit and I could post about them. Now. I can mostly only post about restaurants that we visit! So here we go.

Nautitimes last Friday. I had the Shrimp Burger. Terry had the breaded shrimp. Both very good.

Then the next day we went to Wild Sassa. I had the fish tacos and T had the Shrimpy Burger. Yum. Yum. Yum. The civic club put picnic tables there and we like to sit on one of them and watch the river. And that is why all of the peeps in the original “Access to the River” committee fought for five years. You can sit at the Homosassa River and have coffee in the morning or Shrimpy Burgers for lunch. It’s a PARK!

Went to get our Flu shots yesterday. Then went to “Just a Cupcake” that is now in the Hospice Thrift Shop. We wore masks. The chef did not. Nor did a lot of the volunteers. But many of the shoppers were appropriately masked. I don’t get it. But I don’t understand a whole lot of stuff right now. The sandwiches were good. $8 bucks each. Didn’t have a cupcake.

And we do have EVENTS!!!!

The amazing Jessica MacRae and the Key Club will be having a Halloween Party for our local kids on October 24th. 4 to 8 pm. It will be outdoors other than sign in. She will also be hosting a craft day in November.

In December the Homosassa Civic Club will be holding the annual Children’s Outreach and Christmas Party.

Details coming!

The Homosassa Civic Club held their September meeting outdoors at the Old Homosassa Heritage Park and Working Waterfront. In this pandemic time there was a great turnout.

The above photo shows most of the board. Terry Green, president, is in the center. Connie Wright, secretary is on the left, and Roger Cullen, vice president, is on the right. Incidentally, they are all part of the “Access to the River” committee. And the two women on that back picnic table, Kathy Beck and Barb Fletcher are also part of that group.

And. Have to say that this little sweetie is the youngest attendee to our meeting. She has been coming to our meetings since she was an infant. Such an adorable and happy two-year-old!!!!!!

DOG OF THE WEEK

I always think I will see like 10 dogs every day. Not so. Cause I can’t actually go out and meet my favorite poochie pies. This adorable long haired dachshund was at Nautitimes while we were there at lunch. (Love it when places allow pets!)

And last. But not least. Smashed my knee on July 4th. Surgery on July 9th. Finally. Able to put weight on that leg. Three more weeks on crutches. Then I’m free. Okay. Not really. Have to continue wearing the splint. But. I WILL WALK AGAIN!

We are going to Inverness on Saturday to watch grandson Jack play in a baseball tournament at Whispering Pines. Love that park.

Hope you are having a great weekend!

Kathy

As I’m writing this, there is a terrific thunderstorm whipping our little part of paradise. So far the power is on but if it goes out the cable goes too. And quite often the cable goes out even when the power is on. No cable. No internet. No wifi. Yikes!

Anyhow, I will continue writing………

Another busy week of not going anywhere or doing anything. But still busy.

Actually I had to go to the eye doctor on Monday which means lunch on the way home. Stopped at Breakfast Station by Sugarmill Woods. I haven’t been there in a few years. Too many good places closer to home but there it was and we were driving by and we were hungry. The place was pretty empty considering it was lunch time. The servers wore face masks–a good thing. We ordered two different versions of quesadillas and sodas. $25 plus tip. The sodas were $2.29 each. The quesadillas were very salty and not all that great. I could have went to Old Homosassa and had really good seafood for less than that. Don’t go past the watertower!

Like last Friday we went to Wild Sassa and had the Shrimpy Burger. Yum! (for less then that lunch at the Breakfast Station)

And we had a great view!

The Old Homosassa Heritage Park has picnic tables now! The one we sat at was a little wonky–needs some rebuilding. And bring your own rags to clean them off with. Don’t have park staff yet! (or restrooms)

The Homosassa Civic Club is having their monthly meeting at the park on Monday, September 14th. 6 pm. If the weather is good! The future museum will be open for a quick look. Nothing in there yet and it needs lots of remodeling but it’s always fun to see the before and be part of the after!

We’ve heard good things about the pizza at the Florida Cracker Monkey Bar but haven’t tried it yet. We checked on FB and it says they don’t start making pizza until 4 pm. Anyone know if that’s true? Just asking because it would be easier if you told me then having me crutch my way in.

DOG OF THE WEEK

Katie! Such a sweet dog! Love spending time with her! We were at the park last Friday evening and Katie’s parents brought her by to visit me.

Then Katie had a feeling…..thunderstorm coming right up. Time to drive that golf cart home!

Hope everyone had a great Labor Day holiday. We stayed right at home. I still can’t get on the boat but I sure do want to be out there on the water. Think I might need Terry to rig up some kind of hoist!

Have a great weekend!

Kathy

It’s September! And Labor Day is on Monday. Our last Patriotic Summer Holiday for the year.

But more importantly, Labor Day starts our REAL hurricane season.

Speaking of weather, we had SO much rain this week. I was stuck in the house from Friday through Monday. Finally got out on Tuesday. Most people can go out when it rains but I have some concerns of wading through the puddles with my crutches. Anyhow….

Have to say that dragging my butt around on my walker has really developed my upper body strength. I now have calluses on my palms. And they match the calluses on my fingertips from playing the banjo! Proud of both. One of my sweet little ukulele students had her mom send me this picture from her reading book. Said it reminded her of Miss Kathy and her banjo.

Those foxes are so sad! The little girl’s mom told me at the end of the reader the banjo was fixed but they were playing it upside down! Oh. Those. Foxes. What do they know?

So I didn’t get out to our local restaurants. We did do a drive through at Wendy’s and was surprised to see the workers in masks. What!!!!

Speaking of COVID-19, Publix pulled all their directional arrows up! What!!!! Not that I’ve been in a grocery store since July, but I hear we now have independence on picking which way to go in the bread aisle.

Wednesday we went to the Old Homosassa Heritage Park and Working Waterfront. Here’s a pic. Nice view of the river and a nice breeze coming off of the water.

Went to a park meeting after that visit. In case you didn’t hear, Steve Minguy received the Pillar Award from the Chamber of Commerce. Steve and Cyndi didn’t go to the banquet because they are social distancing. So they received their award at the meeting. (Because our chamber representative is also on the park committee.)

Steve and Cyndi are in every community group in Homosassa. Members of the civic club, the Old Homosassa Heritage Council, and the Homosassa River Alliance. Also active volunteers with the Homosassa Arts, Crafts, and Seafood Festival. Steve is on the board of the river alliance and the civic club. Both started the Homosassa River Restoration Project. Busy people. Well deserving of this award.

Thursday, Captains Mike and Juin Baize (brothers) invited all the civic club members to lunch they made from their new smoker boat! Mike claims that he is not starting a catering business but will be using if for fund-raising events. By the way, two out of the five people in this pic are not civic club members! Just local guys that followed their noses! A lot of members did stop by and pick up to go boxes. First time I have seen many of the members since we haven’t had any meetings since March!

But that is changing. There will be a September meeting on the 14th at 6 pm. No potluck this time. The meeting will be at the Old Homosassa Heritage Park and Working Waterfront. Bring chairs! (and mosquito spray!)

Since I didn’t get out much, I didn’t get a new dog of the week. But I’m bringing Murphy back as dog of the week since his mom sent me this photo of him with a tote that I made her.

DOG OF THE WEEK

If the sun continues to shine, we will be out and about. Looking forward to seeing people. Six feet apart. Have a great holiday weekend!

Kathy