Special visitor today

Today was a beautiful sunny day so Kathy and Lainie were out for a stroll in their golfcart and decided to drop by for a visit.

Just like Hitchcock

I'm not sure why, but for the last couple of days the birds have been swarming around our place- thousands of them. It wouldn't be so bad because they don't seem to be noisy but there's poor Olivier - trying to keep the car clean!!!

Happy Birthday Joel

We didn't let the fact that Joel was thousands of kilometers away stop us from celebrating his birthday last night.
Hope it was a great day for you too Bud.

A picture is worth a thousand calories

Del broke 100 - I broke a nail!

It was too cold and wet yesterday for golf so Tina and Mel decided we should go bowling.
Unlike golf, however, the lowest score is not the winner- which was unfortunate for me!

La Bamba night

It was margaritas and Coronas all around when Tina and Melanie came to visit (and that was after 2 hours of Happy Hour at the TGO!)
I don't know about the others but I was celebrating my MUCH OLDER sister becoming a senior citizen today. Happy Birthday Soph!

'Interest'ing lunch

It might be true that banks down here are in a bit of trouble and the interest they pay may not be high but the Riverside Bank here at the TGO pays out annual interest in the form of a free BBQ lunch which is always popular.
A bit of a cool wind did not stop us and our friends, Caroline, Jim, Isabelle and Jim from enjoying the event.

Liftoff

What a difference 24 hours make. The sky was clear and starry at 4:14 am when the space shuttle Endeavour lifted off for it's 24th and probably last mission.
It truly is a once in a lifetime experience that we have been lucky enough to experience 4 times- and since our pictures don't seem to do it justice here are the local news channel pictures as well.

Houston, we have .......clouds!

We set the alarm for 4:00 am to ride down to the golf course to see the last scheduled nighttime launch of the space shuttle at 4:39 am. At 4:15 there was only a 30% chance of lift-off but we were hopeful (and already awake anyway) so off we went only to notice everyone else driving in the opposite direction. That was a definite sign that the mission was scrubbed due to low cloud cover. They are trying again tomorrow at 4:13 am- hope the Superbowl game doesn't go into overtime!

Citrus picking

After a colder than usual January with some nights of frost it is nice to see that February is bringing on a great crop of citrus.
We went to our favorite local grove -Heritage Grove- this morning and picked up 20 Ruby Ray grapefruits for $4.00. This is the first time this trip we have bought grapefruit- up until now we have been getting them from Dan's backyard!

First one this season

Well, it wouldn't be my Blog unless I had at least one posting of a gator. This one is the first we have seen this season but something tells me he is not alone!

Quiddler Tuesdays

Every Tuesday morning you can find us at the Sunrise Bread Company, our favorite bakery in Titusville. It is hard to see it in the first picture because the sun was actually rising ( and I'm a lousy photographer).
They make the best morning glory muffins we have ever tasted and it is a great place to play Quiddler. We have quite an audience each time we play- people are so friendly in the South. So far 2 of the people who have watched us play have gone out to buy Quiddler- it's a great game.