Friday Meanderings

February 19, 2016 by KTgreen

It’s Friday!

Already. Next thing you know, it’ll be Christmas again.

Or maybe not.

I put this photo up for my “pic of the day” yesterday. I had to repeat it here for those of you that don’t look at the pic of the day. (what, you don’t look at my pic of the day?)

I saw these guys just hanging out there. Catching the rays. The wood storks are only here in the winter. I think they go to South Carolina and visit my friend Terry in the summer. We have so many cool birds that visit my back yard this time of the year.

The Old Homosassa Heritage Council put a sign up this week at the Water Tower to show the progress we are making on hitting our $60,000 goal to restore and maintain it.

Sign looks really little. But it’s actually quite BIG!

Okay. I was reading the paper yesterday (which I do everyday) and just had to share the following stories from right here in Citrus County according to the Citrus County Chronicle…….

A parent took his child to Rock Crusher Elementary School and his gun fell out of a hole in his pocket and another parent found it and a custodian shot it because he thought it was a toy.

How many things are wrong in that scenario?

A volunteer with the Citrus County Sheriff’s department was terminated because he was driving erratically and there was a bottle of vodka on the floor board.

Okay, I gotta fess up that being a volunteer for anything might require a little bit of alcohol but it might not be good driving drunk when the group you volunteer for is the Citrus County Sheriff’s department.

Just saying.

In the Sound Off section of the paper there’s been a lot of complaining about people picking and choosing and then changing out the eggs in the cartons in the grocery store. Am I the only person that finds this hilarious? All I can think is that whoever is writing these sound off’s needs to be a volunteer with some community group so they can use their whining for a constructive cause. But maybe not the Sheriff’s department.

What’s going on this weekend?

Annual fish fry by the Homosassa Guides Association is Sunday at MacRae’s in Homosassa. Proceeds go to a local charity and the Homosassa Elementary School.

Healthy Living Show at the Crystal River Mall on Saturday.

Ozello’s Heatin’ Up with Crafts & Chili is on Saturday.

Stomping in the Swamp Bluegrass is on Saturday. It’s somewhere out in the middle of nowhere. And it’s free!

Guess where I’m going???? No, I’m not taking my happy banjo.

Have a Great Weekend!

Kathy

Friday Meanderings

February 12, 2016 by KTgreen

OKAY! I’m BACK!

Seriously.

All apologizes for not posting. Or putting up my pic of the day every day.

But, I can only spend so many hours in front of the computer. Before I start getting the ebbie-jeebies.

And most of those over the past several weeks have been dedicated to “Homosassa Goes Hollywood”.

And it was well worth it! We made over $10,000! All for restoration of the water tower. And even better, it was a MAJOR FUN PARTY! I got to dress up. Hang with a lot of great people. Eat wonderful local food donated by our amazing local restaurants and friends. Had a few glasses of beer. (And maybe a sip of champagne.) Got to see the movie I made on the big screen.

Best fund raising event I’ve ever been to. (and I’ve been to a few)

And then I got this award….

For doing what I love doing with a group that is GREAT!

Seriously, I had no idea. Didn’t even know that there was an award. After all, OHHC is just over a year old. We are hardly even toddlers in the community groups.

But we’ve already raised $20,000 towards restoring the Old Homosassa Water Tower. Our co-chairs, DeeDee and Marian are absolutely amazing. And all the members are enthusiastic, excited, energetic and…. I can’t think of any more descriptive E words. It’s just a really great group.

Unlike one other community group that I’m in that is all about bickering. Bickering. Bickering. Jeeeze….

So what’s going on locally?

This weekend is the final Open House at Three Sisters Springs. Your last chance to get in for free. There will be a mob of manatees there. Three Sisters Springs has been closed to visitors from the waterside because of the extreme cold, high tides, and a million manatees. Okay. Maybe 300. But that’s a lotta manatees!

If you are going, go early. The buses will be at Kings Bay Plaza. That’s on US-19 behind the Sonic drive-through. Last year we got there bright and early, waited in line for maybe 10 minutes to get on the bus. When we returned to our parking space, the line of people waiting was about 1/2 mile long. But this is the best open house because you are guaranteed to see manatees. It’s worth waiting in that line! The boardwalk around Three Sisters Springs is amazing!

We went to the last two open houses this manatee season but will be missing this one. I know, that’s just crazy, but one of our kids needs some help so Terry is headed to Tampa.

I’ll probably be working on the new web design for the Homosassa Festival.

Here’s some pics from last February….

Have a great weekend!

Kathy

Friday Meanderings

February 5, 2016 by KTgreen

Oh Jeeeeeeeze,

I really planned on posting at least three times this week.

Even took all the photos, had the posts in my head.

And then…..stuff happened.

STUFF ALWAYS HAPPENS! It happens to everyone. You know?

Some good stuff.

Some bad stuff.

And I’m not going into details because it’s MY stuff.

“Homosassa Goes Hollywood” is on SATURDAY! So excited.

Gotta say, DeeDee Pierce Wilcox is totally amazing. She works a full time job and pulled this entire gala together.

All I had to do is make a little movie. And do some shopping.

I’ve got the draft finished. Going to test it tomorrow. On the big screen. Woohoo! I’m going to Hollywood. Okay. Not really. But I am going to Inverness!

The tickets to the Red Carpet Premier have been sold out for a few weeks, but you can still attend the cocktail party at the Old Citrus County Courthouse in Inverness. For free. 5:30. Be there. I’ll buy you a drink. Seriously.

And we’re having a Silent Auction. You will not believe all the cool stuff that have been donated to this endeavor. So much TOTALLY COOL STUFF!

Okay. Besides the “Homosassa Goes Hollywood” major major event.

We went to a few meetings this week.

The really important one was the “Access to the River” committee. Our commissioner, Ron Kitchen, was there before the meeting even started. A politician early? What??? We didn’t even know he was coming. And Commissioner Kitchen listened and then gave us some advice as to how we should proceed.

Things are moving forward.

So what’s going on this weekend?

NOTHING except “HOMOSSASSA GOES HOLLYWOOD!”

Be there!

Have a great weekend!

I’m going to have a BUSY one!

Kathy