Didn’t get to write on Friday because we were out of town.

Went to Tampa for a couple of days to celebrate our anniversary and Terry’s birthday.

Terry and I met in Tampa. Here’s everyone that was at our wedding 27 years ago…

I think that photo is pretty cool. The kid in the red shirt is Darin, Terry’s son. The other two kids are mine. Alan and Jessica. That’s my niece Michelle with the big hair and my sister the artist is next to her. My friend Bonny, third from the left and my mom, third from the right, have both passed away. I still hang with the two women on the left–Donna and Yvonne.

Anyhow, we went to Tampa to celebrate. Stayed on the RiverWalk. The city has changed SO much since we lived there.

Here we are at the hotel bar right after we checked in. Guess we have changed as much as the city!

While there, we witnessed two weddings. We weren’t invited, we just happened to be in the same location.

Here’s the view from our room.

We walked A LOT! Here’s the University of Tampa at night.

We had our anniversary dinner at Ulele’s. The food was good but pricey. And the noise in the restaurant was unbelievable. Not exactly a romantic dinner. I told Terry that he owes me a nice quiet romantic dinner at Vintage on 5th.

Here’s Princess Ulele. Her story is the same as Pocohantas and John Smith.

Terry’s kids live in Tampa so we met them at Armature Works for dinner for his birthday. I don’t have any pics. But–really–they were there!

Armature Works is a bunch of restaurants in one building. We went to Steelbach. Also incredibly noisy. And expensive. The place was PACKED. Just like Ulele’s was the night before.

When we lived in Tampa that part was rather seedy. No way would we have wanted to go there–we definetly wouldn’t have been walking there after dark! Now it’s almost Disneylike and a hang out for the young and beautiful. Lots of people with babies and/or pets.

We went on the Pirate Adventure Water Taxi. Here’s one snap from that trip. This is supposed to depict Mangrove roots.

We had a great time. It was nice to get away and to see how Tampa is changing with the times.

But we were really happy to get home.

We walk four days a week. Bicycle the other three days.

This has been our view on our walks for the past several week.

The county is putting sewer lines in for “Garcia Point”. The area borders the Homosassa River. Terry and I are all for replacing those leaky septic tanks and helping out our suffering river.

This week the Roosters got into the construction mode.

Ahhhhh… I quit doing the whole national whatever day but I think National Smile Day is perfect right now. We all could use a smile.

I’ve been throwing some photos up this week. Don’t know how long that will last. The only thing I’m consistent on is my inconsistency!

Local news. There is an event at the Old Homosassa Learning Center.

Sounds interesting. Open to the public. And….I have heard that there is a fish fry and perhaps it’s free????? Just a rumour!!!!!

We understand that this will be an ongoing seminar. Maybe twice a year?????

Haven’t actually talked to Debra. Terry took care of this one–he did ask me if the learning center was okay to use. I will be there tomorrow when she sets up. If you haven’t been to the Old Homosassa Learning Center since we’ve done our updates, this is your chance! (and have a free lunch, maybe!)

Speaking of the learning center. Things are going so great there. Lots of kids are getting specialized attention. Lots of adults are enjoying the classes. And we are open to new ideas.

Deep Thoughts. I’ve been organizing the Old Homosassa Learning Center for a few years now. I had ideas. Great Ideas! But…..some worked out……some did a big belly flop. At a point, I finally realized that I just have to be open to the universe and accept what comes and goes. Since then. Everything has been wonderful. I really can not control anything. I just have to accept the offerings. So many great people have reached out to me. We have such a wonderful program now. Free to the kids. The adults pay the instructors of the exercise classes. A very low price. All the money goes to the teachers–and they are amazing. Our local Girl Scout Troop meets there. A piano teacher that charges $30 an hour to her private students is teaching four Citrus County kids for FREE! We have a ukulele group for the kids. 10 kids. Learning ukulele for free. And oh, yeah, Mrs. Keller who was a teacher at the local school retired and asked if she could have ten kids to teach art to. OMG. I have to remember to be open to the universe.

National Smile Day! That’s me right now.

I quite often think about just shutting this blog down. Is anyone reading? Where is this getting me?

It’s getting me right here. Being thankful for what I can give and all the love I get back.

Thank you to the Universe.

And have a great weekend!

Kathy