October is

Squirrel Awareness Month

Who knew? If I hadn’t seen it on Instagram I would be clueless!

So we must celebrate! And be aware of squirrels.

Here are squirrels playing banjo…

squirrelie

Okay the top one is totally photo shopped (I didn’t do it) and the other is one I made–in celebration of Squirrel Awareness Month! I thought it was appropriate.

The rest of the month, I will be posting squirrel snaps. Just so you will be aware of squirrels!

Good News. I’m off of crutches/walker. Bad News. I’m having some difficulty. Walking has been a challenge. I think my muscles have atrophied. I guess I won’t be running any marathons this year.

Stuff going on in Homosassa

Next golf cart drive-in movie is on October 24th at the Homosassa Civic Club. It’s part of the club’s sponsored Halloween party. The movie is Hocus Pocus. There will be socially-distanced tables set up for the kids to do crafts. Also a scavenger hunt and costume contest. Pretty sure that’s for the kids too. But I’m not running this event so I’m not sure. Happy to say that Jessica MacRae is in charge and is getting help from the Crystal River Key Club and the Junior ROTC. The kids need the community hours! Jessica is making costume face masks for the volunteers and they will be required to wear them. This is a safe event. Adults should arrive with candy to hand out to the kids.

The county Parks and Rec are also showing Hocus Pocus at their drive in movie at the Homosassa Park on October 30th. Also a costume contest. The civic club was asked to provide a judge and Connie Wright will be fulfilling that role. I might tag along cause it sounds like fun.

The civic club is also planning the Children’s Christmas Outreach for 60 needy children. You can “buy” an ornament at the civic club. Starting November 1st you can get one at the Old Mill Tavern. The ornaments are $25, $50, or $100. There will be other locations as things come together. The money goes toward gifts for children in our community that would otherwise go without. There will also be a shopping caravan, a gift wrapping party, and a children’s Christmas party with Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus. Not sure how that will work out yet. More to come.

And finally…..the civic club is planning an event in the spring. April 17th. Drumroll please. The very popular Mullet Toss returns to OLD HOMOSASSA! This was an annual event held by the Old Mill Tavern to raise funds for local children groups until a few years ago. It became a bureaucratic hassle for them and they gave up on holding it a few years ago. The club attempted to pull it together last year but didn’t have enough time. This year we have some energetic volunteers that are excited to host the party. And money raised will go to the youth in our community because that is the main mission of the Homosassa Civic Club.

DOGS OF THE WEEK

These pooches came to the golf drive in movie last week

Hutt

Mullet

dog of the week

Have a great weekend. And feed the squirrels extra treats in honor of their awareness month.

Kathy

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