Friday Meanderings

Yesterday I happened to glance out the door and saw a bald eagle diving into the canal and then soaring off.  Cool moment.

Then.  We were sitting around the table after dinner in our screened room and a barred owl hooted right over my shoulder.  If I still had Maggie, I would have been protecting the little pooch.

And speaking of that dinner, Terry was in charge of the main course.  So I was doing the salad.

He said “which one was mine”

I said “you pick”

He’s not a big fan of tomatoes.

He said “you are feeding me gruel.”

There might have been some good natured bantering about then.

Hey.  What is wrong with trying to get my husband to eat something other than meat?

And what exactly is wrong with tomatoes? And lettuce. And Spinich.

And moving on to more unimportant stuff….

I have probably mentioned like 100 times that I broke my foot.  Totally not me fault.  I have NO idea how I did it.

But I will admit to the rest of the injuries….

I fell down after getting out of the pool with wet feet and screwed up my left knee.  And got a black eye. Bonus!

Then this past weekend Terry and I went to a Halloween Party which was the best party I have ever been to.  And I fell off of the swing.  (I know, you are saying why was there a swing at a Halloween Party?And all I can respond is I LOVE SWINGS!) Just like that. Flat on my face.  Hurt my right knee.

It’s been a hard year.

Probably ought to stop drinking.

Naaaaaah!  Not going to happen.  Instead I will not drink and swim nor drink and swing.  (Hmmmmm, that doesn’t sound quite right, does it?)

Anyhow……

Tomorrow is the Blues & BBQ.  We love this event.  Hanging under the oaks with friends and neighbors enjoying great live music and delicious bbq!

Veterans Day ceremony is tomorrow morning at the Old Homosassa Veterans Memorial.  Yulee Drive will be closed but there are detours. Come on out and honor our veterans!

The ceremony is a week before Veterans Day because that’s the same date as the….drumroll….

44th Annual Homosassa Art, Craft, and Seafood Festival.

One more week.  A week of busy, busy, busy!

The festival is completely sold out—arts, crafts, food, non-profits, and sponsors.  In fact, we have vendors calling, emailing, Facebooking every day looking for openings.  The committee actually made extra spaces trying to accommodate but Old Homosassa only has so much room!

If you have been to the festival in prior years, you need to come back because there will be new vendors.

And the kid zone will be crazy fun.  Most of it is free.  Jessica MacRae and Sami Monroe—our summer camp coordinators—and the Key Club will be manning the booths and have all kinds of fun planned for the kids.  The Lecanto High School Honors Arts program is doing the face painting which will be from $3 to $6.  Win for the kids with less expensive face painting and win for the arts program!

The entertainment will be amazing!  There will be an even more variety of food in the food court.

The t-shirts just arrived.  And they are great! SO OLD HOMOSASSA! This year we are keeping the design a secret because they sold out in about 10 minutes last year.  No preordering and there will be no mail ordering. Gotta be at the festival to get your t-shirt!

But I can say that Gil Watson again agreed to do the art.  I keep promising Gil, really this is the last year! And he keeps making me art! So lucky to be Gil and Wendy’s friends!

The Festival is very fortunate to have a lot of great volunteers that really want things to work.  And that makes it not only successful, but fun!

So come to the festival.  Say hi to all the volunteers in their orange shirts!  They have worked their butts off and are proud of their effort!

It’s a great event that gives back to the community!

See you at the Blues and BBQ tomorrow!

Kathy

Friday Meanderings

The rain continues.  In the middle of the night, in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening.  Bam! Thunder! Lightning! Deluge!

Anyhow…..

The crazy weird summer weather does make for a pretty picture!

This was earlier in the week.

the view

And then a couple of evenings ago.

 

The crazy weird summer weather also makes a nice green yard! (the weeds are also having a wonderful growth spurt.) Our irrigation system has been down since the beginning of May.  My friends have blamed me for all the rain since I live in Perfect and Perfect must have a beautiful yard.  Well.  As of yesterday, the irrigation system has been replaced. I can now use “city” water to keep my grass green.  No longer my fault that we have at least one HUGE storm every 24 hours.  (As I write this the thunder and lighting is having a party in my back yard)

Life is getting busy here.  I’m at the Learning Center almost every week day now.  Got stuff to do!

Started a “Dance Enrichment Program” on Monday and then free ukulele and guitar lessons for the kids on Wednesday. The dance class was fun.  After sitting in school for an entire day, the kids enjoyed stretching and dancing.

The guitar teacher is doing great.  This is our third year. The kids have to be in at least 4th grade.  And they do want to learn.

We offer uke classes to anyone 6 and older.  That’s a hot mess.  This week we had four kids.  And four volunteers.  At that age, they just can’t sit for very long nor do they have an attention span that will last more than 10 minutes.  Gotta figure out how to make it fun!

The Homosassa Arts, Crafts, and Seafood Festival is starting to gear up.  Right now I’m doing the websites and social media.  Also gotta order t-shirts.  Meanwhile the Arts and Crafts Team is receiving dozens of applications every day!  The festival is a lot of fun and the money goes to the community. But there’s a lot of stuff to pull together before the actual event!

And did anyone see Terry in the local newspaper?

https://www.chronicleonline.com/lifestyle/keeping-the-streets-safe/article_3becf558-aae5-11e8-8ac9-038a2faa7f1e.html

Of course you did! I shared it all over Facebook!

Okay. Gotta go!  Gotta meet people! It’s an outdoor event.  And I’m pretty sure it’s going to rain!

Have a great weekend!

Kathy