homosassa

Life in Homosassa, Florida

Dogs in the Hood

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Here’s a few dogs that we’ve met recently in the hood…

Dogs in the Hood
This pooch is Spencer and was visiting. Probably was going to do a little scalloping later.

 

Dogs in the Hood
Spencer didn’t know about Maggie’s “big dog inthe hood” rep.
Dogs in the Hood
Weezy, another visiting scalloper, thought she’d get a whiff of Maggie.
Dogs in the Hood
Diesel hiding behind some trees, ready to spring into action.

 

Dogs in the Hood
Before they put up the “invisible fence” this golden doodle would swim out to our boat when we went by his yard.

 

Dogs in the Hood
Fishing Dog was very intent on the fish on his person’s hook and didn’t even glance up at us as we passed.
Dogs in the Hood
Island Dogs
Dogs in the Hood
Roxie headed out for an evening cruise with her person.

 

Plumeria

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Another one of my favorite flowers (aren’t they all?) is the Plumeria, also know as the Frangipani.  It looks so delicate and lovely.  They are actually easy to grow.  Just cut off a branch of an existing plant and stick it in a pot.  It likes to be fertilized with a color-blooming fertilizer every week plus one dose of Epsom salts in the spring.  Cold sensitive, I put the plants that are in pots into a sheltered area when it gets cold–they don’t even need watered in the winter.

In the garden
This was my first plumeria. A friend gave me a branch when I lived in Texas. It’s so large now I have it planted in the ground.

 

In the garden
This plumeria is another huge one and has been blooming since early May.

 

In the garden
First year for this plant to bloom and it’s a new color for me. My Homosassa neighbors gave me this plant a few years ago. They grew it from a seed that they ordered from Hawaii.

If anyone local would like to try growing a plumeria from seed, I have some that I harvested from one of the large plumerias. I’d be happy to give you a few seeds so you can grow your own plumeria orchard!

 

 

When at first you don’t succeed….

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Try, try again.

That’s our motto for fishing.  Sometimes we go fishing but no catching.  Like when the boys went last week.  When they went looking for the bait boat, it wasn’t there. So they used lures and Terry was the only one to catch a trout.

But this week, there was the bait boat right where it should be!

Fishing

I caught a dogfish right away.  Which was amazing because I usually just feed the fish.  Got no skill at that fishing stuff. Back he went into the water.

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Then Cap’n Terry caught a little trout which went back in and was followed by Riley catching a big one.  Holy Flip!  (One of Riley’s favorite phrases which I intend to use on a regular basis in the future.)

Fishing

Fishing

Terry caught another trout that we could keep and then the real catching started.

This shark snapped Riley’s fishing pole in half!

Fishing

And it was followed up by both Terry and I immediately getting two more sharks on our lines.  Cut the lines and we were outta there.

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While we only had enough trout for Riley’s dinner, he had a tale to tell.  And for this North Dakota boy, that was way better than fishing!