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And just like that, it’s Labor Day weekend.

Have to put my white pants away.

Have to make sure we have water, gas, beer, food.

Cause, just like that, we have a hurricane on the way. (I should have stayed a couple more weeks in North Dakota!!!!)

Cause, it’s Labor Day and that’s one of our traditions in the state of Florida.

Rumor has it, our local gas stations are out of gasoline and at the grocery store the shelves of water are bare.

That’s probably not quite true because rumors seem to take on a life of their own. During Hurricane Irma when our governor suggested that the entire state evacuate, the stores and gas stations were very quickly emptied as the hoards from the southern counties fled. And the same story went out. No food. No gas. No water. Have to say, Publix was quick to deliver and refill the shelves in our little local store. And gas was eventually available. But living here for most of my adult life, I’m smart enough to keep our vehicles on full and water comes out of our faucets!!!!! As long as I have lived here in Old Homosassa, we have not lost our water supply. Could happen. (But I know the people that run the water district. Not happening!) Just in case, I just fill every container we have and stick it in the freezer. Now, if we run out of beer that could be an issue!

On to another subject….

The Old Homosassa Learning Center is scheduled to start its after-school enrichment program next week. Art on Mondays, Ukulele and Guitar on Wednesdays and Piano on Thursdays. All sessions are full! And we have great volunteers. Tutoring is also available on request. All thanks to great people in our community! And we keep it free thanks to all of our friends that go to the Homosassa Arts, Crafts, and Seafood Festival!

Here’s a pic from yesterday!

Where ever you are this holiday weekend, stay safe!

Kathy

I’m in North Dakota! Visiting the family.

Our sweet little Adley turned FIVE YEARS OLD yesterday! And anyone that she met during the day knew it. “Today’s my birthday!” from the moment her little head lifted from that pillow to the minute it went back on that pillow that night.

I’m very fortunate to have had the opportunity to spend some of Adley’s birthdays with her.

And this is not only Adley’s 5th birthday, it’s also her open house for kindergarten!

I went to Piper’s open house three years ago, too.

Okay, enough of those kids and my vacation for today. (I’m here for another week so you’ll probably get more pics in my next post!)

Back in Homosassa…

Terry and I went to Wallace’s at the Green House Bistro for lunch last week before I headed out. It was good. Well, mine was really good. I got the “beyond burger”. Yum. Terry said his mahi sandwich needed more seasoning or a dressing. Service was good and the view was of butterflies and hummingbirds right outside the window.

They had only been open about a week. Looking forward to going back in about a month to check it out again.

Terry wasn’t able to come to ND with me. He sent me this pic. The water is high and the rain continues!

And another pic from before I left, this is the view from my sewing room….

Damn Squirrel pic of the week!

I was getting bored with doing the Friday holiday. (I admit it, I get bored easily!)

Then my niece posted that today is SNEAK SOME ZUCCHINI INTO YOUR NEIGHBOR’S PORCH DAY.

Had to do some fact checking but she was right! How could I skip a holiday like that!

So, if you have any zucchini. You now know what to do with it. Here in Florida, zucchini has already been harvested but I bet my kids in North Dakota could sneak some zucchini to some unsuspecting neighbors porches!

Okay, now it’s time to talk about the Old Homosassa Learning Center. It’s turning into the center of our great community. The fitness classes are crazy popular. The Homosassa Ukers group is fun, fun, fun. The Sew Cool! Workshop is a gathering place for creative people.

I have met so many people through the OHLC that I would have NEVER met! Such a diverse group of people. LOVE IT!

For instance, Amanda came to the OHLC last summer inquiring about how her four children could benefit from our learning center. A year later, Allora has her Gold Award from Girl Scouts and her daughter Natalya is the young lady working on her scallop project for her Gold Award.

This week’s pics…

Both Natalya and Allora have learned ukulele at the learning center and are part of the Homosassa Ukers. And they volunteer at OHLC. The younger two girls go to all of the after-school enrichment programs and one of them gets extra tutoring from our favorite tutor. Oh yeah, we have piano lessons that one of the young girls takes, too.

Did I mention that all classes for the kids are free????

And. Summer camp. Free. Six weeks with two teachers from our school district. And I wish I was 10 years old and could go!

The Homosassa Civic Club just started a new scholarship for the kids that volunteer. The first recipient was Austin Price, a Key Club member that volunteered for all three years of the Summer Camp. The kids LOVE HIM.

OHLC is changing lifes.

Can you tell that I’m excited to be part of the change?

And on to other stuff. We took a day trip to Cedar Key for lunch. Why all that way? Cause we can! And we have a cool car.

And I’m going to close with some butterfly pics. I believe it wasn’t all that many weeks ago that I was whining that I wasn’t getting any butterflies. Still not as many as I have had in the past but I do have butterflies and moths visiting again.

Oh. I gotta have a damn squirrel pic!

I hope you have a great weekend!

Kathy