Musings of Life in Central Florida
*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* This is my Blog…and I can write about anything I want….. And I want to talk about rocks….. I like rocks….. I’ve always liked rocks….. Even when I was little…I liked rocks….. …..my Father liked rocks too….. We were always picking up precious rocks…and showing them to each other….. Maybe I inherited my love of all kinds of rocks from my Dad….. I’m looking at an assortment of rocks right now…next to my…
*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* I thought I’d over-load this post with a bunch of photos of the wild turkeys that call our Swamp home….. They’ve really multiplied recently…and become far less shy….. I recently had to go into the backyard before letting out the hounds…because it was covered with a big flock of visiting turkeys….. They seemed totally unconcerned that I came out and tried herding them over the fence and into the safety of the back…
*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* I just don’t know where we stand right now….. Last night Otto came into the garage for the night…and he wasn’t looking good….. We call him into the garage every night to keep him safe from the local coyote packs and bobcats and things that go bump in the night….. …..but last night…when Otto came in at dusk…he was looking poorly….. There was a little (very small) splash of blood on one of…
*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* The Hunt Season has begun….. Pepper is still down at Mary Constance’s…but she’s fit enough to go out on several Hunts already….. She really seems to be enjoying herself…she already knows the in’s & out’s of being a Whipper-In’s mount….. It’s a little more complicated than what she would be doing with me….. My Hunt contributions really cap out at how many flasks I can hide all over myself and in my saddlebags……..
*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Sunny sub-tropical Florida is known for its beaches…resorts…beautiful sunrises over the Atlantic…and equally gorgeous sunsets in the Gulf….. The peripheral edges of the state…(and Disney World)…are idilic vacation destinations for lots of tourists….. Those of us who live here year round…(Not at Cinderella’s castle…or in a beach cabana)…we live in the interior of the state…at various elevations…usually marginally above sea level….. …..(I think we’re at about thirty-five feet above sea level here)….. We…
*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* I know I’ve done at least one post in the past about peanuts….. …..particularly…boiled peanuts….. But because they’re so good…I thought they warranted another go-round….. …..I love those slimy little things…they’re addictive….. My northern Ohio relatives think I’m crazy…(for a lot of different reasons)…but specifically regarding the boiling of raw green peanuts….. They just don’t get the wonderfulness that is the boiling of a peanut…and the savoring of its innards….. It’s a Southern-thing…
*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* I thought it only fair to give an update on Invest 94-L….. Here we are on the last day of September and Invest 94-L did become Tropical Storm Imelda….. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a team of storms running in tandem like Imelda and Hurricane Humberto….. At present they are staying off our eastern coastline…and they might just stay that way as they run North by NorthEast….. But it’s not a guarantee……..
*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* …..that Fat Lady Sings…and she’s not singing yet….. It’s been a quiet hurricane season…so far….. It’s been too dry for a typical rainy season…(but who’s complaining?)….. However………………… At present…we had thought that Hurricane Gabrielle might be the last big threat…but…she’s now headed in a round about way towards Portugal(?)….. …..(hurricanes all have a mind of their own)….. And then………………… …..there is Invest 94-L (perhaps a future “Imelda”?) along with Invest 93-L (who became…
*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* After having watched the neighbors recent late night fireball of a bonfire…I’ve decided…I’m not going to burn any of our remaining piles of wood that are still scattered around our property after last year’s Hurricane Season….. I decided there’s another option rather than the risk of more fires…it just too dry right now….. The meteorologist just said that compared to last year rainfall…we are 22″ less than last year…(granted we were in the…
*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* …..Or Lack There Of….. Just a little common sense makes the world a better place….. It’s not hard….. With a little practice…common sense can become common place….. I’ve seen very intelligent well-educated professional people…talk themselves (and others) into some really stupid dumb-butt choices….. …..where all it would’ve taken was a minuscule amount of common sense…and some old-fashioned housewife logic….. Here’s a colorful example….. A couple of nights ago…our abutting neighbors (who shall not…