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Very nice photos by your wife Sawnee. Looks like you all have a beautiful enclosed space to enjoy the sunsets. I can remember way back when I lived in South Florida for a couple years seeing those fabulous sunsets in places like the Keys.Good Friday Morning All,
The local weather is much like the day before, we have 72° and our high should climb to 89° with sunshine and minimal cloud cover. The chances of rain are 9%. A good day for the beach.
I received a nice poster of Oscar from the UK basketball office. He is a good role model which is rare with athletes today. I have been a UK Fellow for awhile now and one benefit is they send out nice posters from time to time.
I am nursing my left shoulder again and it is painful to say the least. Strong winds blew one of my wife large patio umbrellas into the pool with the heavy metal base. She forgot to lock the wheels. So I had to go in and pull it out. Now this morning I can not raise my left arm. Dang.
Here are a couple of pictures the wife took a few evenings ago after a nice thunderstorm. We get some vivid colors after these heavy rains. I trust all have a great day
Having an enclosed pool is a must if your property is close to a wildlife preserve. Every critter in the swamp would find it's way to your pool and there is nothing fun about pulling a gator out.
Haha. I reckon so. I'd followed a girl down to Florida when I was 21. Her parents lived on the Coastal Waterway up in West Palm Beach. I can't imagine what that property would be worth today, with access to an inlet that led to the ocean.
Our house in Jacksonville was on a lake and on the other side of the lake was a large swamp. The screened in pool is necessary as the mosquitoes and other biting bugs will eat you alive. We had gators also, although the Florida wildlife guys were good at removing any larger than, I think 7 feet long.
Gators would follow my neighbors toy poodle when Joe would bring him out to do his business. They would start across the lake nearly every time.
Ah catfish, my favorite.
The price you pay for living in the big city. Think of all the other amenities you get though. You don't have the threat of wild hogs rooting up your yard.
I've seen these. They remind me of an old "shotgun" house we lived in when I was a kid. We had an outhouse about 40 or so yards out back. The old Sears and Roebuck catalogs were popular in those days.Vacation cabins from a period long ago. This was before motels and high rise hotels. We called them tourist camps or cabins.
Sawnee, those places look to be about the size of my first rental apartment in Pompano Beach when I was 21. The rent was $25 a week in 1977. No kitchen, just a room with a bed and a tiny bathroom. Hell, I didn't know any better, I thought I was living like a king -- especially when I could coax a tall blonde I was seeing over for a visit. It didn't even bother me much that the place would get an inch or so of water on the floor when those sudden summer storms would hit. As for no kitchen, I'll admit to letting garbage from fast food meals accumulate a bit in the place, as a 21-year-old will do.Vacation cabins from a period long ago. This was before motels and high rise hotels. We called them tourist camps or cabins.
As an aside: that last picture with the newspaper caption: "TOKYO BOMBED JAPS SAY: ADMIT DAMAGE IS HEAVY". Sherry's uncle, Bob Bardin (will turn 97 years old August 11) was the belly gunner on the first B-29 over Tokyo. Of course he served when the Air Force was part of the Army.Good Morning All,
I trust all are well and today will bring sunshine and smiles into your life and blessings. We have 72° at present and may get over that 90° mark this afternoon. The high could reach 91° with a 10% chance of rain. Sunshine will be the order of the day, There are no tropical disturbances off shore.
Yesterday was a big day for our Cadet at the USAFA. It was the last day of BCT and the day started off with a wake up at 4:30 AM and a two mile run. The remainder of the day consisted of "Heritage Day" activities where the cadets were met and escorted by the USAFA grads. They were presented with a better understanding of the career they will soon be entering, and what will be expected of them at the Academy and in the military. The graduates then welcomed each cadet into The Long Blue Line by escorting them over the Heritage Bridge. Dr. Max Miller, a 1959 graduate talked to them about the meaning behind the Challenge Bridge and led them across it. Then were escorted into Doolittle Hall where they learn in more detail the history and expectations of an USAFA Cadet. It was a good day and no doubt makes quite an impression on a young person and the mission they will be expected to carry out as an officer in the U.S.A.F and Academy grad.
Next week is ACCEPTANCE DAY and my son and his family will be flying out to Colorado for that. It is quite the show I undersand.
CHALLENGE BRIDGE
Sherry baked one yesterday afternoon to go with our blackened catfish. What timing.Good morning from ATX. Currently 78°F and clear. Today's high expected around 103°F. Summer marches on.
No one here won the lottery? Bah! Went for a walk this morning before posting in this thread. Usual change finds. Watched some dog time a traffic light just right and avoided getting hit. Doubt it was by design, but ya never know.
35 more days until Kentucky FB.
Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.
There were some around this area also.Vacation cabins from a period long ago. This was before motels and high rise hotels. We called them tourist camps or cabins.
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I had my sausage and grits around 6:30. I had biscuits too. Not from scratch but the frozen, I like Mary B's buttermilk biscuits we bake if we don't have time to roll them out from scratch. We buy Tennessee Pride locally because it is whole hog and very good. They sell Old Folks too but it is not as good as it is in Kentucky. When I go to Kentucky I always bring back about 20 to 25 rolls (lbs) of it and freeze it. These two brands are the only ones locally I care for. Both are whole hog.Good morning all,
First day I've slept in since I can remember. Ready for biscuits and coffee. Wanted some sausage but will settle for some ham and eggs with a little shredded sharp cheddar cheese. I am thankful, have a great day. (Have to get up and cook what I just described...
Those Eastern Kentucky floods have been some of the worst in history. I remember 1958 when it hit Floyd County hard. Shortly after the flood daddy drove us up from Florida to visit my grandparents and he stopped at the point the school bus went into the Big Sandy River and we paused for a moment. I was 13 year old kid and it made an impression on me. It was a terrible and tragic thing.
Bert, that is amazing. I am thankful you shared that with us. A true WWII hero and a very special, brave young man in 1945.As an aside: that last picture with the newspaper caption: "TOKYO BOMBED JAPS SAY: ADMIT DAMAGE IS HEAVY". Sherry's uncle, Bob Bardin (will turn 97 years old August 11) was the belly gunner on the first B-29 over Tokyo. Of course he served when the Air Force was part of the Army.
He lives in Melbourne, Brevard, Florida. He is a east coaster and you are a west coaster!
My sister in law lived in Palm Bay. Cocoa Beach is in the same county as is NASA. That is the Space Coast.
My first cousin Jerry lives in Titusville. After a career in the Air Force he worked on the Space Shuttle and has never left Titusville. His son lives in Carrollton, KY and his daughter lives in the Mountains of North Georgia.
