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And we had another meeting…..

May 12, 2016May 12, 2016 by KTgreen

Yeah. That’s what we do.

And we love it! Because we think we are making a difference for our little community.

This time, Terry volunteered to be on the board for the Old Homosassa Veterans Memorial.

Which is such a great group. There is one memorial for the purple heart veterans in Citrus County. And another memorial for veterans. For $100 and if you are an American veteran living in Citrus County, you can have your marker there. The money for those markers helps pay for the free markers for the purple heart veterans.

Plus they sell flags for $20 at a lot of local venues and make a bit of money from that which goes towards the memorial.

Pretty Cool.

I’m not part of the group but I went along with Terry.

Cause I didn’t have another meeting.

And the meeting was at Margarita Breeze.

The headquarters of American Patriotism and great food.

I figured I could somehow squeeze dinner into that meeting.

Just in case you don’t already know, Margarita Breeze is the reincarnation of Margarita Grill. Just not on the Homosassa River. It’s on Kings Bay. Way north of the old location.

So.

Of course I ordered the Grouper Reuben because I’m on a personal quest for the BEST Grouper Reuben.

And, there was coleslaw on it.

Really?

A Reuben should have sauerkraut.

But the Reuben was great. Even without sauerkraut. But it could have been better. With sauerkraut.

Terry had fish and chips.

Look at this view!

If you stop by Margarita Grill, you can get an American flag for $20. There’s other patriotic stuff, too. The money goes towards the memorial.

Do it!

On the River

May 10, 2016 by KTgreen

Sunday is not our typical time to go out to the Homosassa River because it’s sooooo busy. But Terry’s Mom and her friend Carroll were here and they asked to go out on the boat. Shirley’s 91 years old and it was Mothers Day so we hated to disappoint them so we headed to the river fairly early and missed a lot of the congestion.

We take canals out to Mason Creek, cut over Petty Creek and head to Monkey Island.

Right behind these boats is our future Old Homosassa Heritage Park!

Shelley’s Seafood. Also on the future Working Waterfront park

This little girl will be fishing from our dock on the park in the future!

The Atlanta House is being raised to a safe flood level.

Friday Meanderings

May 6, 2016 by KTgreen

Happy day after Cinco de Mayo!

So did you go out and party yesterday?

We had a Dos de Mayo party at the Civic Club on Monday. Before the monthly meeting. The party was a LOT better than the meeting.

But parties always are!

Last weekend we were honored to be part of the wedding vow renewal of the Watsons. All five Watsons took part in the ceremony.

Very cool.

2016_05_01watsonfamily — The Watson Five. Big new musical group. Do a little pop. A little alt rock. Wear matching outfits. But they are all about the tunes!

Also want to talk about my butterflies.

Yes, they are MY butterflies.

Okay. They aren’t really my butterflies cause I don’t have a leash on them and I’m not keeping them in a pen.

But…..

I have never had so many monarch butterflies in my yard.

Seriously. I’ve had milkweed growing and blooming the 13 years that I’ve lived here. I think I had ONE monarch in the entire year of 2015.

But now I have to say that there are about six out there having a butterfly party. In the milkweed. On the peace lilies. On any blooming flower I’ve got. Hanging out in the grass.

Love it.

But it’s kind of like the first time I saw a manatee in the canal. I called everyone I knew and left a message. (Yeah, I had to leave a message. Guess they all had caller ID and didn’t want to talk to me! “yeah, she’s just going to talk about manatees, just let her leave a message!”)

I was so excited about the manatee.

But now it’s like, oh yeah, there’s a manatee in the canal. Again. Snooze time. Seriously. That’s how much we have taken our water mammals for granted!

Then I was really excited about the first monarch this year and took a couple hundred photos.

But now I’m like “six monarchs. three in the grass. why are they in the grass? Think I need a nap now!”

So what are your plans for the weekend? It’s Mother’s Day so Terry’s Mom is coming here. We are going to “Vintage on the 5th”. My favorite restaurant in the area.

Memorial Day is coming up.

I’m going to Minneapolis. Cause it’s like the center of patriotic activities.

Just kidding. I’m flying there to see the ND family and I’m stealing away Piper, the 5-year-old, and she’s coming to spend a few weeks with the grandparents.

Terry’s staying here to take care of the DOG!

Okay, this is important….

There will be a ceremony at the Old Homosassa Veterans Memorial at 1:00 on Memorial Day.

Piper and I should be there.

Stop by and say hi!

Have a great weekend!

Kathy