Out and About

Road Trip!

April 1, 2021 by KTgreen

We Went Past the Water Tower!

Off to Leesburg to see the Florida State Revenue Office. One of several permits needed to run an event here in Citrus County. There are numerous hurdles to leap but this is the only one that we have to actually make a visit to an out of county office.

Or so we thought.

We’ve done this trip many times. Annually for the Homosassa Arts, Crafts, and Seafood Festival. First time for the Mullet Toss.

And the office was closed. Ha! All these years we had to visit in person. Now, due to COVID-19, all that business is taken care of through email. Why didn’t we call? Because our state is not shut down and we just assumed……

Anyhow. We still went on to our favorite café in Wildwood so it was worth the trip!

Located right on 301 with huge trucks whizzing by. Can’t say that Wildwood is a quaint destination. But Miz Kathi’s is perfect.

Full of antique china, vintage decor, milk glass, cake plates and Southern witticism.

Miz Kathyi's Cotillion Cafe and Sweetery

This is Yankee Tea. Because it is Unsweetened.

While it looks like a place for the ladies, the portions are huge. Not a dainty tea cake in the house.

Onion rings on top of meatloaf on top of smashed potatoes on top of bread with a side of Cajun fries. Terry was ecstatic to get real beef in a meatloaf!

I had a tuna croissant with a side of mac ‘n cheez. Obviously not a diet day!

The place is PACKED! The servers are FAST! (And masked as were all the customers when they came in.) You usually can’t get a table without a reservation. (By the way, there were three men in the café but being a chick place doesn’t bother Terry!)

There’s also a Miz Kathi’s Sweetery right next door in case you get turned away without a reservation.

Highly recommend. We have sent many friends there and they have never been disappointed!

Excited to be out and about again!

Friday Meanderings

August 23, 2019 by KTgreen

I spent this week in Mandan, North Dakota but am flying home today. Vacation is over!

Our youngest grandchild Adley started her first day of school. Both North Dakota granddaughters were very excited Thursday morning. I love that. The oldest grandson is headed to college on Friday, too. I didn’t get to join in on that Kodak moment–cause I’m going home!

Back in Tampa, Courtney is a senior and Justin is a junior. The three little ones are all off to Montessori school, with Jack being the youngest of the bunch and going into third grade. How can that be? I’m not getting any older!

Usually granddaughter Piper and I see a movie while I’m visiting but this time my daughter-in-law Lauri and our friend Barb went with me to see “The Art of Racing in the Rain”. They knew nothing about the movie but I had read it when the book first came out. I warned them both before we went to the movie that the dog dies. I’m not giving anything away here because you know the dog will die from the first page of the book and the first scene of the movie. But the dog’s death is not what this movie is about. I’ll warn you that I cried from the first page until the last page of the book. And I spent lots of time sniffling through the movie. I thought the movie was really good and they mainly stuck to the story line. There was one exception but I think it made the story better. Okay, no more plot revelation!

While you might not think I would have a Damn Squirrel of the week since I haven’t been in squirrel heaven Homosassa but you would be wrong. Turns out Adley is an expert squirrel locator and chaser! She can spy a squirrel from yards away and is on the hunt. Thus far she hasn’t caught any rodents on her chase but it’s just a matter of time.

squirrel hunter — I sense a squirrel presence!

squirrel up a tree — Squirrel up a tree!

One last squirrel. I’ve been seeing this little rodent out of the corner of my eye for several years. Looks like a chipmunk but lives in the ground. Not big enough for a prairie dog. Finally, I spotted one at the park and got a good look at it–although it was way too quick for me to get a snapshot. Here’s a pic a pulled from the WWW.

After all those side glance sightings, it’s a ground squirrel. Bet it doesn’t climb into bird feeders or chew holes in the attic so I’m not lumping it into the damn squirrel category yet!

Next week, I’m back in Perfect!

Have a great weekend!

Kathy

Happy National All or Nothing Day!

July 26, 2019 by KTgreen

Celebrated each year on July 26, National All or Nothing Day allows people to throw caution to the wind and go for broke.

And that’s how I feel about peach pie. I’m either going to eat it all. Or nothing. Therefore, there is never peach pie at my house.

We’ve had a LOT of rain this week. The Old Homosassa Learning Center’s Summer Camp theme this week was Nature and they had a lot of field trips planned. They made it to the Salt Marsh Trail on Tuesday but Wednesday’s boat ride was canceled due to thunderstorms. Then on Thursday they all went to the Homosassa Wildlife Park. In the rain. But I heard they had lots of fun! Today is the last day of summer camp since the leaders are teachers and have to get back to school next week to get ready for the new year. I heard rumors that there will be pizza and an ice cream sundae bar for the campers. Best camp ever!

School starts on August 12th. The Old Homosassa Learning Center will be starting the after-school enrichment program shortly after. Just like the camp, all the programs for kids are free!

Our Girl Scout is continuing her scallop shell experiment. Last week she put a gallon of shells in a crab trap off of our dock. We found that the shells were clean by day 3. Two crabs were inside when she checked the trap.

As part of her project, she also put a mesh bag of cleaned scallop shells in a dock on King’s Bay in Crystal River, one off of a dock on the Homosassa River, and a third off of my dock. She plans to leave them in the water for six months to see how the shells fare at the different locations.

Today I have some pics from Tuesday–the only day it didn’t rain.

red-shouldered hawk — It is a bird feeder, right?

The squirrels do not seem too concerned about three hawks hanging out in their yard!

Terry and I went to Blackwater Grill in Yankeetown one afternoon last week for lunch. That’s the restaurant in the Izaak Walton Lodge. This place has changed hands many times. The first time we went (many many years ago) it was a very upscale restaurant and we could only get in with reservations. The next time the food was served on paper plates with plastic eating utensils. So we took it off of our list. We recently heard that it had changed names and the food was better. So we had to check it out. Our lunches were very good. The kitchen was a little slow and our server offered us a free dessert but, unless it’s peach pie, I’m passing.

We took a little drive to the end of the road. There were dolphins in the water but I didn’t get a pic. (Just use your imagination!)

That’s it for this week!

Have a great weekend!

Kathy