RANDOM PICTURES

An Easter Lily that just randomly came up this week, across the street from our cottage.  Timely!

PEDRO ~ a new addition to the side of our porch where I planted my "Floridian" greenery.
My "yard art" in Florida is all metal objects.
Pedro fits right in!

Beautiful palm trees at the Vinoy Hotel, in
St. Petersburg, FL.  We went to the beach today and "visited" the Vinoy/a grand old lady.  The hotel has been "cleaned" up since the early 1990's when it was in disrepair and the homeless took up residence.
Joe and I saw it when fenced, with broken windows, campfires in the building and people sneaking around to get in.  Renovation took place; a few years later we took Grandma Cramer there to see the Vinoy she used to know.  We sat in the comfy wicker rockers on the veranda as she told us stories of how it 'used' to be in Florida years ago.
Ahhh ~ memories!

A SENIOR DAY

"Senior" moments or days can be "A good thing!"
We bought tickets to Busch Gardens when Ceci, Brian and Ciera came to visit.  It was a fun day with them at the park.  If you buy a ticket for a day/it's good for a year.  But wait--if you are a senior--it's good for 15 months!  
We can use our tickets until the middle of April 2012.  

We went to see Jack Hanna this past week, at Busch Gardens.  He had a wonderful program about strange animals.  An advocate for animals of all kinds, he was so kind signing autographs for every child (& some adults) in the audience!  

I took children on "field trips" for 31 years.
I had a great time doing it!  The kids always loved every trip we went on.
Now, it's time for my field trips!  Having always tried to teach the children about animals and nature/I now get to see professionals, preserves, nature centers, etc. when ever I can!   FUN...