We sure enjoyed welcoming in the new year with Angel and Paul! they arrived at about 11:15 and in time to see the old year out and welcome in the new year with us. They seemed quite happy to be away from all the cold, ice and snow Vermont can provide. We weren't exactly sporting great FL warmth and sunshine and suntan lotion days but it was fairly warm and we enjoyed a few little trips around the area.
Dennis and Paul outside a manly looking place in Mt Dora
that offers 'Husband Sitting' for the guys while the ladies do
their browsing of all the little shops.
They chose to tag along with us for lunch at the really girlie place which I have raved about before called The Garden Gate Tea Room. The food is excellent, even the guys had to admit that.
The entrance to the tea room
Lovely table of hats to choose from to add to the ambiance of this lovely place.
Angel and Paul also spent the day at Homosassa Springs and here is Angel checking out the flamingos.
We also had a great time with our grandkids, Mikayla 18 and her boyfriend, Russell, and Nick, who came up from St. Cloud to spend time, have lunch and celebrate his 16th birthday with us. This surely shows just how fast time is speeding by!
Just can't believe how tall Nick has gotten.
This has been a cool January here. Temperatures in the 30's some nights and getting up to the 60's at least during the daytime. Tonight there is a frost warning for even way south in Fl. Hope it doesn't hurt any of those wonderful tomatoes they grow there! I so love going to the local flea and farmer's market on Monday here and getting the week's supply of fresh veggies and fruits. The strawberries from Plant City are super good and those Beefsteak tomatoes, so red and ripe and juicy... yummy!
My 'haul' last week.
Cousin Natalie and her hubby Jerry are here now from snowy Mt. Holly for a month and a half at their place here in Sunshine. Nice to have Natalie to pal around with. We are planning a trip this Sat. with my friends, the Kayak Girls heading to Dade City for the annual Kumquat Festival. It is always a nice trip with many artisans displaying their wares and of course kumquats everywhere.
But tonight it is chilly and a good soup night so I have to go finish the soup I started this morning. Made some nice carrot muffins to go with it too. The lemon pie is all gone :( so we will just skip dessert. Then it is off to friends, Wanda and Jack's to play a couple card games. We have taught them to play Double King Pead, the old Vermont stand-by game. Sometimes we get in a boondoggle and have to phone home to cousin Mick, the master of this game, for clarification of the rule for a seldom happening situation!
SO it's off to finish the soup! Take care, keep warm and well and someone said just today " Only 64 more days till Spring ! (although I don't Spring as we like it happens in VT in just 64 days from now!)
