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Friday Meanderings

April 27, 2018 by KTgreen

I’m in North Dakota. Hanging with 3 grandkids. I’ve been here in April before. One day it was 70. The next day it snowed.

Happy to report that the weather has been absolutely…..okay.

I’m watching the kids while their parents are on vacation. All three go to school/daycare during the day. I was planning to spend the days working on changing up my websites. But when I packed my laptop, camera, and lenses in the travel backpack the night before I headed out, my body said, I just don’t think I can drag that through the airports this time. My brain agreed. “You crazy you carry that thing.”

I need to say that my “laptop” is not a wee notebook. And it doesn’t actually fit on my lap. I bought it about 5 years ago so I could use it for graphic design. Lots of memory, fast cpu, big screen. And it was great—then. Now I don’t travel as much so I have a desktop that does all those jobs. I’ve been debating on getting a small notebook for the occasional trip but do I really need one? I have an iPad Pro that I sure don’t use to it’s full potential.

And then there’s the big camera and lenses. Yes. I use it. A lot. But my iPad and my iPhone have great cameras in them.

So I stuck my iPad in my tote and said, learn to use the sucker. No camera. No photoshop. No mouse. No keyboard.

And how did that work out? I’ve already ordered a keyboard which should be waiting for me when I get home! I downloaded several Adobe apps which I’m struggling with—just not the same as photoshop and illustrator. The website updates will have to wait until I get home. But overall, I’m happy that I didn’t have that big backpack walking from one end of the Denver airport to the other and then back again nor having to shove it into an overhead on the little express jet.

I did miss my Canon EOS DSLR—especially the zoom lens. There is quite often wildlife in the backyard and that zoom would have come in handy. I might figure out how to fit the photo equipment into my tote next time. I did take a lot of snaps with the iPad and iPhone but then couldn’t get them sized to fit into this blog. So snaps will be put up next week after I get back to my desktop.

Have a beautiful weekend!

Kathy

Friday Meanderings

April 20, 2018 by KTgreen

Just some random photos I snapped in the past week…

monkey bar — What is left of Riverside’s Monkey Bar. I think the kitchen is still there on the second floor. The new place is supposed to be open before scallop season–July 1st.

pelicans

palm trees

Everytime I walk by this bottlebrush tree I get swooped by hummingbirds. Unless I have a camera with me. Hummingbirds do not like the paparazzi!

I don’t often take a photo that shows the mist rising from the canal. The light was perfect and there was an anhinga posing for me!

I’m off to North Dakota on Monday. I know. It’s cold. It could snow. Everyone has already told me. Numerous times.

But, anyhow, next week there may be a few snaps of the grandkids!

Have a great weekend,

Kathy

Friday Meanderings

April 13, 2018April 13, 2018 by KTgreen

So it’s been a long week with a lotta stuff since I posted last Friday.

Old Homosassa Community Day!!!!!

I’m gonna put a shout out here. This is my baby. I’m the organizer. Which is way over my head. But it’s broken up into manageable pieces. Like the Heritage Council does the yard sale. And there are a lot of volunteers that help out. Some don’t even belong to the club. They show up Friday morning to organize and price. Then they come back on Saturday morning to run the sale. Back again on Monday to help one of local groups that serve the homeless, the Sanctuary, load their truck and trailer with stuff that didn’t sell. Amazing. The Heritage Council made over $2000.

The American Legion Post 166 ran the pork roast. “Homosassa Goes Hog Wild”. They had enough pork for 300 meals. 25 butts. Had 5 left at the end of the day–and sold them. Good planning! I heard a rumor that they made a similar profit as the Heritage Council.

The “Arts and Farmers Market” was Gil and Wendy Watson’s idea but the Homosassa Civic Club did the processing. This was my big deal. Terry and I hit SO MANY EVENTS to pass out applications and spread the word. Actually had 30 booths set up. (My goal was 20) Registration opened to the vendors at 6 am. Terry and I were there before that and the Watsons were there before us! And artists actually showed up at 6 am. Hey guys. It’s dark at 6 am. Christine and Rhonda that run the arts and crafts at the Seafood Festival came shortly after Terry and I. Our team was registering, running to spots to show the artists and crafters, and then helping them park.

Chuck Andrews, local musician and entertainer, volunteered to run the entertainment. So cool.

Started out with the Homosassa Ukers making their first public performance. We actually had just about every chair filled. I told everyone I met along the street that we were performing at 11:30. But I’m guessing that the pic and article in the Chronicle about us the day before the event might have helped. We are famous! Which is really funny because at least four of us are absolute beginners that were doing a very good job of faking it.

Okay. You already saw this pic but I totally love it and the Chronicle actually put a photo I took in the paper!

Some of us dressed like pirates because we were singing sailor songs.

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And our leader was definitely a drunken sailor.

Homosassa Ukers

Drunken sailer — Some of us stayed in costume all day. Only the cool ones, of course.

Elvis

Elvis came back from the grave! This was truly so much fun!

The weather was a bit of a problem. Rain was predicted but held off until the afternoon.The wind came through and blew a few canopies over. We had to close up the music early because of the storms. But it was still a good day. Had a good turn out. Lot’s of dogs showed up. Next year I think I’ll add a pet parade!

And the rest of the week?

Besides spending way too much time at the Old Homsoassa Learning Center……

Had a big storm. Not normal for April. Lost the top of one of our beautiful Live Oaks.

Marian MacRae signed the contract to get the water tower PAINTED!!!!!! Woo Hoo!

Old Homosassa Heritage Council

Went to the Homosassa River Alliance annual picnic. Last year this was a bit of a confrontational event. (ha, that’s an understatement) But the by-laws have been changed. And Terry is now on the board. After we went to the picnic we hit county commisioner Ron Kitchen’s town hall meeting. I’ve been to many of these meetings and they are usually packed. There were about 2 dozen people there. AND I KNEW JUST ABOUT ALL OF THEM. Because most of them came from the Homosassa River Alliance annual picnic!

And now I’m writing this.

But wait…. I have DOGS!

dogs in the hood — Ruby came by when her Mom was dropping off stuff for the yard sale. She said to me “Stranger Danger”

Molly and Chico. You don’t see Chico? He’s there.

A good week for Dogs in the Hood!