Friday Meanderings

Plumeria

It’s been raining occasionally and next week the temps are supposed to be under 90 degrees. Woo-hoo.   Not long until the weather will be perfect again!

And now I just want to talk about my new plumeria bloom.

Plumeria

My wonderful neighbor that is so kind to share plants with me gave two branches early in 2015.  I stuck them in a pots of dirt.  And one finally bloomed today.  I knew that they were a reddish-pink but thought that they were probably the same ones I already had.  Not so!

I took this snap of the red plumeria I already had. The blossoms are a different shape!

plumeria

How cool is that?????

Took these photo from my other two colors of plumeria.

yellow plumeria

white plumeria

Then I was sad because I found one of the branches from a potted plumeria had broken off.  How did that happen?  Who came here and broke that off?  Hmmmmm?

Terry said “stick it back in the dirt”.  

And I said oh yeah, it will grow. Or not.  But I already have to admit that I already have a lot of these plants.

Plumerias are great. So easy to take care of and I get to share them.  I had a friend show me a photo of one of the branches I gave her that she was raising in water.  And it was blooming!  (I asked her to send the snap to me so I could post it and she didn’t…..sheesch!)

Alright.  Not much going on again this weekend other than scalloping.  

On another subject, I had already heard that the Homosassa River Raft Race was cancelled this year.  It’s usually in September. This would have been the 34th year!

Talked to a rep from the radio station that sponsored the raft race in the past and she had no idea why but it’s definitely not happening. She said that we have the Crystal River Raft Race and pirate invasion in May so the Homosassa River doesn’t need a raft race. What????

This is not Crystal River.  So why does one have anything to do with the other?

There is supposed to be a cleanup on the river instead plus a big “Party with a Purpose” to celebrate “Save the Water” week on September 24th which the radio station is supporting.  Guess the radio station is running the show here now!

By the way, September 24th also happens to be the last day of scalloping.  Should be interesting how we do a big cleanup on the Blue Water with all of our visitors there.

Anyone else think something is wrong with that scenario?

Hey, have a great weekend!  Get outside!  The temps are dropping!

Kathy

Friday Meanderings

It’s Friday.

It’s still hot.

Why don’t we have a holiday celebrating the inventor of air conditioning?

Facetimed my daughter and her husband this week and she said, Hey mom, why don’t you post as much as you used to?  

Whaaaaattttt?

If my daughter doesn’t know that I am still posting four times a week, do you know?

I’m just not posting four times on THIS website.

Over a year ago I started moving the DIY portion out of this blog over to a website dedicated to DIY.

So I’m posting two times here in a “Just a Slice of Life in Perfect” about my meanderings and experiences here on the Nature Coast.

Then posting on Tuesday and Thursday in Designs by KTGreen about DIY–sewing, quilting, gardening and anything else I’m pulling together.  

Plus I put up a photo (almost) everyday on Project 365.  

Until recently my niece Michelle guest posted on this blog every Wednesday.  But she has her own blog now. Badzoot.com.

So, I’m still blogging just as much…..

But things change.  And change is good!

Like I said, it’s hot here.  Go see a movie.  Stay out of the heat!

Have a great weekend,

Kathy

Friday Meanderings

Friday again.

And it’s still hot.

But we did get a bit of rain yesterday.  Just a bit. And it was a blessing.

And I’m almost over being sick.  Sheesch.  Summer cold.  Miserable.  Two grandkids came to visit while I was sick plus Great Grandma Shirley. Besides not being a very good hostess, I probably sent them all home with a summer cold.  Sorry guys.

I really was sick.  I think I picked up some weird bug from all those politicians at the “Meet and Greet” that I was the hostess for at the Civic Club. After I was deathly ill, Terry came down with it.  We still entertained those adorable grandkids but maybe not quite as enthusiastically. 

Jack
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Addison

I had planned on saying last week that I actually did get featured on a DIY blog a LOT bigger than mine!  Check it out at SewMamaSew.  I’m almost famous.  Okay.  Not really.  But I did get a couple new hits on my DIY website. And I’ve got a really shiny pretty new bag!

SharkWeek, New ToteBeen working on the Homosassa Arts, Crafts, and Seafood Festival.  This will be the BEST festival ever. Terry’s running the show so everything is very organized and he’s going above and beyond.  Plus he’s following every lead for grants and sponsors. We’ve got great chairpeople running the arts, crafts, and food. I’ve lined up four exciting local music groups.  Oh, and the best, the Homosassa Elementary Chorus will be performing.  We are bringing the doorprizes back and we already have a lot to distribute. Lots more to do but we are headed in the right direction!

Like I said, it’s hot here.  I’m sure there are things going on.  But I’m just spending this weekend trying to get completely better.  In the air conditioning.  Napping.  

Okay, I can’t close this without mentioning Phil Royal’s death.  I met Mr. Royal only a few times but always came away with the impression that this was a good person and would be a great Citrus County Sheriff.  At only 47 he made a huge impact on Citrus County.  He was everywhere that Terry and I went lately and I have a few photos of him on my Mullet Toss post. He was young, only married for a year, and had a brand new baby girl.  It’s very difficult to for me to understand this loss so I’m going to stop now.

Hope you have a great weekend,

Kathy