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Hold your breath…..

It’s time for that flat out run towards & through Florida’s summer (with all the humid/mossy things that come along for the ride)…..

Oh sure…I know it’s still March…and we’ve only just had the Spring Equinox…..

…..but that beastly-weather is at our doorstep…..

We just had a couple days of cool weather…enough that I started a few fires in our fireplace…(with the doors & windows wide open)…(I’m trying to use up all the old firewood)…..

…..(there’s enough “new” wood out in the front pasture just waiting for next year’s fires)…..

I think this has been the last of the cool weather for awhile…..

Here comes the mossy/moldy/sweaty/sticky/fungus-enhanced summer…..

I’ll try to color-it-cheerful………….all that beautiful/vibrant/virulent green…..

I’ll make a list of all the summer-fun that’s possible here in sub-tropical Florida…..

Maybe I could join a beach-volleyball team?………….Ha!…..

…..(oh, please)…(hardly)…..

I’ve lived down here since 1972…maybe I should finally figure out when the sandcastle competitions are on the beach and go watch?…..

***(hmmm—Apparently Treasure Island’s Sandcastle Competition Is In November)***

…..or maybe I should try some of the (air-conditioned) beach-bars and watch the sunsets over the Gulf of Mexico?…..

…..(getting closer)…..

…..or over-dose on low-country boils?…..

…..(even closer)…..

I’ll check out what live music’s scheduled at “Skipper’s” (our local/colloquial/Florida restaurant)…I haven’t gone in years…..

I used to hang out there in the ’70’s…but it says it only started in 1980?…..

…..(then…where was I?………….I hate when that happens)…..

***(Skipper’s—A History)***

***(Skipper’s Menu)***

It’s one of those rambling/shanty/sandy places…(it makes you wonder how it passed food-licensing)…..

…..but the oysters were cold…and so was the beer…and the live music was always good…..

…..during college I was there (way too much) with an Old Milwaukee (yes, Old Milwaukee) or RedStripe in hand…..

***(Wikipedia on RedStripe)***

See…Hot Summers in Florida are all a matter of perspective…..

…..I’ve rallied myself…..

…..I can do this…..

I’ve already stocked-up on concentrated bug-repellants for the horses…..

I need to pull out the fly sheets (you know the ones that Anja immediately pulls off and tramples in the mud)…..

…..and order a discounted/case of air-conditioning filters…..

But other than that…summer will wash over us…like a reliable/simmering/tidal pool…(hermit crabs can be so mean)…..

…..I hope Mother Nature gives us a breather this hurricane season…..

…..maybe I should offer her a RedStripe?…I think the old girl might like a couple…..

 

 

 

 

 

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