Snowbirds Have Landed

Once again we are settling in at our winter quarters.  Like some Native Americans years ago, as Autumn turns cold and frosty, we've packed up our belongings, loaded the car to capacity and fled to a warmer place.

Each year the trip seems longer and more tiring, more traffic everywhere and our little Miss Lizzie sure dreads the long ride.  Mostly she dislikes the strangeness of the motels.  She seems quite content while we are at Cousin Janice & Phil's for our second night out. {Thank you Janice and Phil for your hospitality and the wonderful supper you always prepare for us.}

We arrived on Wed. at mid morning.  Home-away-from- Home.  After unloading and getting some tidying up and unpacking done, I took a break and went for a nice long swim in the pool.  Actually I just mostly 'noodle' around!  The water was SO warm... 85 degrees.  Warmer than the late afternoon air which was 80 degrees.  Then home to have some homemade soup brought along frozen in our cooler and nearly all thawed out.  Finally, early to bed for a good nights sleep and in the morning, a new day.

The warm sun and gentle breeze reminds us today that the trip wasn't so bad after all.  Friends from home email to say the first hard frost this fall came on the night of our departure.  Snowbird friends stop by to welcome us back and more are expected to arrive today.

Today is Sunday, just a week from the day we left VT.  After church today the Sunshine Village Fishermen put on a great Fish Fry for all to enjoy. It was really good!  So it seems we are off to a good start of another season with our Sunshine family.

Dennis has been busy getting the bushes and fruit trees trimmed and it looks really nice around here.  The grass has grown thicker and looks great.  He is doing the trimming now.  Our nice neighbor keeps the lawn mowed all summer for us in exchange for the use of our carport for his golf cart!    Den had trouble getting our golf cart/work cart going and had to take a trip to Leesburg yesterday to buy a new part for it.  Goes good now!

A few days before we left home, we were blessed with a beautiful addition to our family,  Great granddaughter, Selena Renae Richardson, born on Oct. 17th and weighing 8 lbs. 9 oz..  She came into the world, lustily voicing her thoughts about her new environment.  She arrived the day after my birthday. We are SO glad she made it before we left!  It was great to welcome her and see the happy faces of her Mom and Daddy and to snuggle her for a bit.  After her first loud comments on things, she was very serene and calm as she seemed to be looking around and sizing up all these new wonders.

'GG' and Selena Renae

Patrick, Lindsay and Selena

"A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, the bankroll smaller, a home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth looking forward to."

  Author unknown

Glad you came by to see what's up with us and hope you are all having a wonderful late fall.  Blessings to each or you.