Saturday evening we went to Inverness, Small Town Done Right! We had reservations at McLeod’ House Bistro but wanted to take a walk through town to check out what’s new.
We had heard that Fox Den Winery, our favorite wine bar, was closing. The owners were there so we stopped in. Yes. Closed. Didn’t want to renew their lease and are moving to Ocala. Kind of sad.
Most of the same places are open and very busy and there were are a few new spots. Good to see!
Just when I decided I’m really going to make a better effort at updating this blog on a regular basis, Hurricane Hermine paid a little visit to our fishing village in the wee hours of last Friday morning. And there went all my good intentions.
When I woke up that morning, Terry was in the garage. Me, still kinda sleepy eyed, wondered why my shoes that I had so neatly arranged on their little shoe tray were on the other side of the garage.
They had floated there. Three inches of storm surge in the garage. As the sun peeked up, we could see that our house had turned into an island.
But…..
We were one of the fortunate few. Our neighbors’ and friends’ homes and cars were flooded. Trees came down. Power was out for 36 hours. Boats, canoes, trash cans and other miscellaneous bric-a-brac just floated away. The small amount of water quickly drained away.
We headed out in our Jeep late in the morning, thinking that the water had receded enough. Some of our friends that don’t live here full time were a bit anxious about their property. Hey, it’s a Jeep, no problem!
My boots came in handy.
My friend Rosey, that said she tied her canoe on her deck? Wise advice. We left ours on the kayak ramp and had to wait until the water receded enough to get out to the kayaks to make our next attempt to check out the neighborhood. (And Rosey’s house was fine but she lost her car to the flood waters.)
I told another friend yesterday that walking in that water creeped me out. She said they had to swim across their road to get to her mother’s house. But she did buy her mother some white boots the day before the storm.
Yeah. That made me feel like a jerk.
I could show you photos of all the debris stacked along the roads and the storm damage but I’m not going to. You’ve probably already seen it. And if you haven’t, it’s bad. And sad.
The Homosassa Civic Club Campus was flooded. We’ve got professionals in to clean up the office building. But members took on the task of cleaning up the Civic Center.
Thank you Christine, Rhonda, Dave, Jake, Bill, Clay, Terry, and me. Bleach, water, and 1 1/2 hours of labor.
Some of our regular hard working club members were still cleaning up their own property.
Still have to get in a contractor to rebuild the areas that were dry-walled.
I promise.
Next week.
I’ll post more.
Really!
Have a great weekend!
Kathy
I ALMOST forgot that it was Friday.
Phew. It was a close call.
At 7:30 pm Thursday I remembered I had to meander.
And I had been to a Festival meeting. Good meeting. Bad meeting. (Typical meeting.)
Here’s our committee.
(not pictured, Kathy Green cause SOMEONE had to take the photo!)
And we do allow minors on the committee. That’s my buddy Dylan Watson in the front. I almost want to take him home with me then I remember how much work little boys are. (And most of them have a distinct odor!) But he is definitely one of my favorites.
I’m going on vacation! So, unless I go out and get some photos today, I’ll not be posting until next Friday. Yeah, I can meander from any location. And I’ll be updating the Project 365 when I get the chance.
Terry’s not going. Too much Festival stuff going on. But I’m outta here. I’m headed to North Dakota to see the family before the snow flies.
Think I’m safe from snow the last week of August! Adley just had her second birthday, Piper is headed to her first day of kindergarten while I’m there, and Riley’s a sophmore and I’m hoping to spend some quality time with him. Can’t wait to see them. Oh yeah, and their parents, too!
Today starts early voting so we’ll be hitting the polls to make our well informed choices. (And how many political calls are you getting every day? We don’t even look at the caller id anymore. We are one of the few homes that actually have a landline phone so we are just prey!)
Went to a garage sale today.
Let me preface this with, I’m not into garage sales. All I can think is that this stuff is really grimy and if you don’t want it, why do I? (And I love thrift stores and antique shops and Extravaganzas so I don’t understand why I have this mind set about garage sales!)
But we walk by this house every morning and say hi to this lady cause she’s always on her front stoop with her cat and she called us in to see her garage sale.
And I bought some cute things. (Some seasonal rugs actually and I left them hanging outside to get the musty smell out and we had a HUGE thunderstorm so they might not be in very good shape right now!)
I also bought these fairies. Thinking that the grandkids could use them in their fairy garden.
And I left them on the countertop in the kitchen until I could give them a good scrubbing.
And they kinda pulled me into their weird fairy vibe.
And I kinda think they are just weird enough that I might have to move them into my office and have them appear in some of my DIY blog stuff.
Whata ya think? Weird? Scary? There’s a slippery slope from fun weird into crazy old lady land.
Hmmmmm.