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I haven’t posted here for most of July. Cause I’ve been kind of down and out. Took a spill, messed up my knee, had to have surgery. That was my July.

Wondering what malady August will bring? Oh yeah, a tropical storm is on its way!

July wasn’t all bad. The Homosassa Civic Club finally completed the purchase of the “Old Homosassa Heritage Park and Working Waterfront”. After five years of ups and downs, the “Access to the River” committee finally came across the Stan Mayfield Working Waterfront Grant, applied and received it. The park was purchased on July 7th. Have to give a shout out to Senator Wilton Simpson for directing us to the Florida Community Trust and the grant. In case you didn’t see the article in the paper or on FB, the park is located at the former Locklar property. Shelly’s Seafood, Wild Sassa, and numerous boat slips are located there. All will remain. The property will be a working waterfront in “perpetuity”.

The committee is now making plans for improvements. None of the boat slips have electric or water so getting that installed is a priority. Plus a clean up day is planned to get the property into better shape. A long term goal is to get the property off of the three septic tanks and onto the new sewage system that is being installed in Old Homosassa. Eventually the 80 year old cracker house on the property will be a museum. How cool is that?

Over the past five years we have witnessed a lot of changes in Old Homosassa. We officially became a legal golf cart community. The water tower is back to being a proud symbol of the heritage of our community. We have beautiful wide sidewalks from Old Homosassa all the way to US 19. (Eventually there will be sidewalks on 19, too.) Florida Cracker is upgrading Riverside. Crumps Landing is hopping on the other side of the river. MacRae’s has a food trailer, Wild Sassa is a busy weekend place and Two Pops is our favorite deli. NautiTime Seafood n Wing Shak has moved into the old hotdog place and is having a soft opening tomorrow. And finally we have “Access to the River” park. Things are good.

And back to my personal dilemma, besides being stuck with a walker for the next two months (because older people do better with walkers than crutches), I am sentenced to a life time of supportive shoes. So sneakers and dresses (because I can’t get shorts over my splint) are my new fashion statement. Getting down the steps is scary but I am out and about now.

Maybe I’ll see you!

Have a great weekend!

Kathy

So today is the day that all the offices, government, and banks are closed. Cause Independence Day is on SUNDAY! So what are you doing on the most patriotic day of the year? Not watching fireworks I bet!

We bought a new flag cause our previous one was kind of getting worn. The new flag is flying very beautifully in front of our home.

I’m kinda staying in and trying to NOT watch the news. Not very successfully, of course.

But. I am more boring than I used to be. I have nothing much clever to say.

But. It appears that face masks have turned into a huge political battle. After going to DC last week, I am wearing a face mask. 100% of the people we saw on the streets of DC, Maryland, and Virginia wore face coverings. And they are not spiking. Well, not as badly as Florida….

But. Scalloping started on Wednesday. Kinda boring to have it start in the middle of the week. Haven’t noticed a whole lot of boat trailers looking for parking spots. That will probably start TODAY! Yippee. Terry and I WILL be on our bikes checking out the mayhem. And taking pics. Next week maybe I won’t be quite so boring!

But. Even though I said Yippee. I am not enthused with this time of the year. We are trying so hard to save the Homosassa River. But the “Blue Water” is over run. Boats from one end to the over. It’s a major party. Scallop shells, cans, trash, and pee-pee are in the water. Boaters can walk between all the vessels. I have no solutions for this situation. All the groups that we belong to continue to battle. Besides all the tourists, there is so much governmental Bureaucratic bungling.

Heavy sigh.

Okay. On to good news.

The Homosassa Baptist Church Youth Group will be parking trucks with trailers and any other vehicle that needs a spot starting Saturday at the Homosassa Civic Club. I’m guessing $10 a spot. These kids finance their Bible camp with the funds they collect. Well, that’s what they used to use the funds for. Is there still camp? No matter. I’m sure that they will use it for good causes! It’s a great Church and the leaders are amazing. We lend them our golf cart to drive to the boat ramp and back.

I am so boring. I don’t even have a DOG OF THE WEEK! Cause I’ve been staying away from the masses. Okay. Gotta admit. On our walk yesterday we had Zack the Jack Russell come out to say HI! and a sweet little pooch that usually ignores us came over to get some cuddles. Anytime I have a dog come seek me out is a GOOD day! But I didn’t have my camera with me. Not even my iPhone!

I hope everyone has a great holiday. And as always, stay safe!

Kathy

I didn’t post on my sewing blog (DesignsbyKTGreen.com) this week because we went on a little vacation.

Off to visit our DC family.

Last time we visited was in March–the week before the quarantine and at that time were very worried about the corona virus since we were flying. This time we drove.

A whole different set of concerns. Like staying in a hotel? Where to eat? Where are the restrooms?

But we made it through. Gone a little more than a week. Wiped EVERYTHING down with disinfecting wipes. Lots of hand washing and Purell. Wore our face masks. Social Distanced.

Still feel kind of like we could have been contaminated during the drive!

But it was wonderful seeing the family. The weather was great and we spent lots of time walking, working in the house, and enjoying the back yard.

Home. Probably not going on another vacation for awhile. Sad to say.

Opened the Old Homosassa Learning Center this week. This was also done with lots of trepidation. I had been texted by most of the instructors that they wanted to get started again but I was very concerned about a spike in the virus. We are all working together to make it work. I went to yoga yesterday. Michele, the instructor, has asked everyone to wear face masks. She also only wants 8 people in the class. While our main room is quite large, 8 mats socially distanced fills up the space. She decided to cancel her other class, Body Sculpting, because she doesn’t think it can be done with face masks. I concur!

It was nice getting back to yoga. I’ve been working out regularly but being in a class is a whole different situation. (I actually have to do the whole class!I can’t get up and check my texts!) And it wasn’t that difficult to do yoga with the face mask on.

The Zumba and Belly Dance instructors are not asking for face masks. It would be pretty much impossible to do either with the safety coverings. They are starting up after July 4th and if things don’t work out, we will quickly change the schedule.

The Homosassa Ukers also start back up on July 1st. How do we sing with face masks? This may or may not happen! Our Sew Cool! coach wants to wait until the end of July. But I miss my stitching buddies!

Anyhow. Had no trouble driving up and back. But this sign greeted us as soon as we crossed the Florida border on our way home!

It took us about 30 minutes to get through that “check point”. Not sure how it all works but when we got to the security official at our “Florida” lane he asked “where you coming from?” DC. Sent us through. (In hind sight I probably should have said Georgia!)

There was another conga line that headed in a different direction. Guessing that they were from New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut. There was no way to get back out to I-10 and go north so I’m guessing they were temperature checked and told to quarantine for two weeks.

Which is amusing since it is Florida that is spiking.

Covid-19 cases have almost doubled in our little county since Florida started opening back up. 219 yesterday according to the local paper. While that’s not a lot, it is still almost DOUBLED! Old Homosassa is having the ONLY fireworks display in the county this weekend. It’s a ton of fun. Great music. Food. An amazing display for such a tiny spot in the world.

I won’t be there.

Many of my friends say it’s a “hoax”. Only the flu. Not an issue. Do not wear face masks.

Sorry. I get a vaccine every year because I do NOT want the flu. (People DIE from the flu!) I’m wearing my face mask. I will not be in the crowd on Saturday. Nor in any crowds during the upcoming scallop season. I might miss out on some fun. But…..

Okay.

Here’s the

Dog of the Week

Murphy again! Besides being absolutely adorable, he’s the only dog I have seen in the past week.

We had such a great visit with Jessica, Andrew, Pam, and Murphy. I miss my North Dakota kids SO MUCH! We have talked about making that drive. We did every year after our sweet poochie pie Maggie couldn’t fly anymore. That’s one of the many reasons I didn’t run for the Board of Commissioners for the Homosassa Special Water District this year. Between the monthly civic club meetings and the HSWD meetings, it didn’t leave a lot of time to drive.

Anyhow. I am still holding out hope that I can get to North Dakota.

Have a great weekend. Stay safe.

Kathy