OMG. How lucky am I? Having friends in so many great place. This summer I’ve been to Myrtle Beach and danced the shag (okay not really because my foot was messed up but I did watch and enjoy the music), DC and met Michelle Obama (okay only the portrait)…
And now, at the last minute, we headed to North Carolina. Waynesville. Deep in the Smokie Mounties.
Yes! We have friends there too!
And I have pics!
Of hummingbirds.
We have several hummingbirds that surround our feeders in our own backyard. But as soon as I take the camera out, they are GONE!
But these hummers in NC just never went away until the sun went down.
So today is dedicated to the numerous snaps I made. (Many. And there are more than a few that I didn’t post!)
First I went to a conference in Orlando. It was very interesting. But Orlando is one big traffic horror film. Don’t go there. Just a word of warning.
Then Terry and I went on vacation. First road trip without Magster the Wagster. So we didn’t have to stay in La Quinta! Friends with cats let us stay with them! (Maggie did not like cats. Or kids. Or strangers. Or….oh, you get the picture)
Anyhow….
Now I’m going to show you a whole bunch of boring vacation snaps. If you aren’t into that, you might want to move onto your next blog!
Went to North Myrtle Beach to visit our friends Terry and Phil. Also the parents of our son-in-law, Andrew.
And you know we went to the beach!
How pretty is this? While we were there soaking up the rays, a couple got married right in front of us. No witnesses. Guess that’s legal in South Carolina!
We all went to dinner at a restaurant on Little River. KInd of an upscale version of the Shed! I had sushi—can’t get that at the Shed!
And did you know that Myrtle Beach is the capital of Shagging? Had to check that out!
Those are shaggers on their water tower!And shaggers dancing at the weekly Thursday night music!
After a few fun days in South Carolina we headed to Washington DC. The home of daughter Jessica and son-in-law Andrew.
In case I forget Jessica’s title, I’ve got a pic now!
We toured Jessica’s office and then went to their apartment where we received our itinerary.
Of course, we packed for 100 degree weather. Because that’s what the Weather Channel told us to expect. Nope. Cold and Rainy! Terry and I both had to borrow sweatshirts for the Washington Nationals game. (They lost!)
Went to the National Portrait Gallery to see Michelle Obama which was on our schedule.
First we had to get a snap in front of this giant golden thing. There’s Andrew photobombing us.
Stopped by to see Michelle Obama which was on our itinerary.
President Obama was NOT on the schedule but we stopped by to visit him, too. Just because. There was a really long line in front of his portrait for photo ops.
Then we went to Union Market for drinks and snacks because it was on the schedule.
Not on the schedule was the visit to a rum distillery.
We were definitely the oldest couple in the room. Perhaps Jessica and Andrew were the next oldest couple. I wondered out loud how these kids could afford those prices. Seriously, the drinks ranged from $10 – $16! Terry said “they are all attorneys working for the federal government.” Got it!We were old. But we were happy after our rum visit!
Next up was a dinner party at Jes and Andrew’s apartment.
Is this their patio. Or is this a photo shoot for Southern Living?Andrew cooked.After dinner the party demanded that Jessica and I entertain on our ukulele’s. Fortunately many adult beverages had already been consumed!
We did a lot more stuff. Because it’s our family motto to squeeze 10 pounds into a 5 pound sack.
But I didn’t take any photos! Whaaaaaat!
Okay. Moving on.
The Pet of the Week is….
Dusty
And Blizzard.
Back when I still had dog smell on me these two would not even enter the same room that I was in. Dusty actually hung out with Terry and me. Blizzard. Not so much.
Now the important stuff.
I plan on upgrading my websites this weekend. Hopefully it won’t take long. I never know.
And after that, I’m going to post more. Here. I’ve been taking photos and have no where else to put them! So….come back next week. And–if the website is up–there will be snaps! And perhaps comments. Maybe snarky ones.
For the weekend….
Saturday I’m going to Citrus Pride at the Crystal River Mall. Maybe following that up with Open Mic with our friend Chuck Andrews at the Old Mill.
Scalloping starts on Sunday. I’ll be helping the Key Club park cars. Fun. Right? (No. It will be hot. And humid. And sweaty!)
Sarasota Slim will be at the Shed on Sunday. Besides 10,000 scallopers arriving to get there boats in then back out, there will be 10,000 motorcycles trying to find parking to hear Sarasota Slim.
I’ll be there. Somewhere in the masses!
If you are scalloping in Old Homosassa, don’t block our streets. Or litter our properties. Or pee on our plants.
Made it through 8 days and nights without a REAL computer with lots of memory and a keyboard. Here’s a snap of one of the reasons I didn’t want to drag it along on my flights to ND.
And no, I don’t know who that guy is!
Plus there’s that 4 hour layover in Denver where I walk from one end of the airport where the big jets land to the other end where the wee jet gates are. Then walking from that gate for about another mile to board baby jet on the tarmac. Got my 10,000 steps in that day!
So I’ve been taking photos and blogging on my iPad Pro and iPhone. I downloaded a bunch of apps for photo fixing and finally found one that let me resize my photos to fit my blogs. And is one advertisement after the other. (No, I do not need …) Very frustrating but it works. Well maybe not. Sometimes the apps decide to crop differently then I expect.
And as promised last week, I have pics!
Adley never sleeps a whole night in her own bed. “I scared” Sometime between 2 and 3 in the morning she very noisily crawls into my bed.Then wakes up a happy baby about 7 am. Grandma’s not so happy since she’s been up since 2 or 3 in the morning.Yes! I am that Grandma! But at least she’s drinking milk rather than a coke!Good morning pic before school/daycare. (Grandma is very thankful for school/daycare and that the kids each have their own tablets)Karate Kitty!Got the girls ukuleles. Piper learned four chords. Adley not so interested. That uke is coming back to Florida to be replaced with drums. I’m sure her mom and dad will love that!This is a Pewter. He has gained a LOT of weight since last August. Pewter, you might want to consider Weight Watchers.
Deep thoughts….
I blame a lot of my “ailments” on a little too much wine.
Can’t sleep….quit drinking
wake up feeling exhausted….quit drinking
can’t concentrate….quit drinking
can’t lose weight…..quit drinking
So I quit. For 7 days. (Only because I was entirely responsible for those two sweet girls) Still couldn’t sleep, still woke up exhausted, still couldn’t concentrate, and still didn’t lose weight.
And now for another glass of wine.
Hey, I live in Old Homosassa. One of the few southern communities that have more bars than churches. Which begs the question…. Do we move to Old Homosassa because we drink or does living in Old Homosassa make us drink?
