CHRISTMAS SEASON in CENTRAL FLORIDA

Our tree in the motorhome!

Sun catcher, beautiful fire!

December 27, 2019. The year is just about finished!  I keep forgetting to take pictures at an event or at a workshop, so I will wrap the year up and try to get my Blog book ordered today when I can order it at half price.  Think I'll make it??
We are finished with most of the dinners except for one on New Years Day.  Have to have the pork and kraut!!.
Since my last Blog the ROMEOS and the SKPettes went out on December 20th.  The Really Old Men were Eating Out at Jimmy's Greek and American Restaurant and the SKPettes ate at the Jacaranda Hotel's Buffet Restaurant in Avon Park.  The Buffet was great and the decorating there was awesome!!

The Buffet was on through the double sets of doors.
And our seating area was behind me when I was taking
this picture.

Sandra, on the left, rode over to Avon Park with me
and sat next to me..

These two ladies sat across from me.
Our group filled the whole section from me to the windows. 

They also had a Christmas Caroling evening in the park.  We also had a speaker in from the Extension office to give a presentation on Honey Bees, Fact and Fiction.  It was very interesting and we learned that there are many other methods of pollination besides honey bees. And the honey bees are not at risk of extinction, much as everyone says!!!
Our Park also had a Christmas Eve Program, which included a poem written by a member who has since passed away and the song, The Twelve Days of Christmas, with different wording which was acted out.  It was hilarious!!!  They did a great job!!!

The second day was the sewer hose!

The third day was the RV scrub brushes!

The fifth day was the handyman and his tools!

The sixth day was our Julie with her duct tape!
I love to tell her story of eighty pounds lost over the past
year with her miles of  daily walking and bike riding
here in the park. 

The seventh day was the RVer sharing her
information about all of the organizations that
are so well known and much used by the RVers.

And on to Twelve!
The cookie tables after were great. Of course, the home baked were the best!!

Susan, is our greeter in the park with her home baked!!

We also have to talk with the oldest member in the park. 

Anne is 97 and still driving.
She and I used the laundry room together the other day.
She is so fun to talk to!!

 Sunday, December 22nd, New Hope Baptist Church had their Cantata in the morning and in the evening the Children put on their Play using a 2 week old baby from the congregation. They also played the Bells.

Our music leader kept them rolling right along!

The last song was by candle light and we went outside between rain drops.
The last hoopla here in the park will be a dance New Year's Eve, though we will not go to since we seldom dance.  We will attend the New Years Dinner on N.Y. day.  It will be the usual pork and kraut with everything else carry-in.
The weather has been some cool and rain and then some in the seventies and I get to sit out to read!!  I love that!!
Gary and I went to the Highland Art Center in Sebring, Florida on Christmas Eve when I was to take my scrapbooking for the lady in charge to take a look at.  She wants me to do my scrapbooking there on Tuesdays when Gary goes to do his drawing.  I will do it weekly for the balance of the winter season here.  She is hoping to get a scrapbooking group going there.  I am sure that I will get tired of taking my materials back and forth each time, but I am glad to be of some help!!
We are wishing you all a HEALTHY and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!  Take care!!

HOLIDAYS IN WAUCHULA, FLORIDA

Beginning the Holiday Season, food, food everywhere!!  Christmas will soon be here!! Amazing how the time flies.  We've even skipped some of the things on our calendar.  Just can't handle it all.
There is something to do everyday in the resort, but we pick and choose.  Since I fell here in the motorhome on Saturday, December 7th, I have not been too eager to go out.  I am feeling better and getting around more, but it is even better when I take Ibuprofen.
Gary has also been going to a chiropractor, so he is in less pain from his pinched nerve.  Thus he did holiday decorating outside while I did the inside. So we feel like we are ready for Christmas now that Thanksgiving has passed.  I even looked up cookie recipes last evening.

Gary at his best!

Think he did a good job!!

Not sure if I will do any special baking as we certainly don't need to eat it.  It is bad enough that we are going out to eat two or three times a week!! We had Thanksgiving Dinner here in the park and then dinner the very next day with left overs and one the Sunday before at church!!  It was great to have the fellowship though and the turkey!!

Wednesday, December 11th, many SKPs went out together at Nicholas Family Restaurant last week and we got to visit a lot with friends, George and Lillian.  If I would get out of my seat and walk around to take pictures, I would get more faces!!

Lillian and George, SKPs who also attend
our SS Class and Church.

                                                                                                                                                   

Today Gary will be teaching his colored pencil class and I will scrap book at the same time in the clubhouse.  It is nice open work space for us.  I haven't had any one join me, but they do stop by and see what I am doing.  I do accomplish something this way on such a nice six foot table space.
This past week on the 12th our Sunday School Class had a nice covered dish dinner out in the country. One of the farmers in our class has such a nice place with a very nice LARGE pavilion.  It was a good thing that day as it rained all day.  Thank goodness it was not heavy rain.

Hm-m-m, the guys got all the chairs.

Susan and Gayle

Can't remember all these names!  Sorry!
The farmer's wife in the red plaid.

This past Sunday we enjoyed a preview of the Christmas Program coming up.  There are some awesome voices there and their Bell Choir have been playing.  So we have some awesome programs coming up!!

I just received this by text a couple days ago from Savannah, young Rich's fiance'.  I am amazed at how good she is!!  I have a picture of clouds that I will send to her and see how she does with it. 

Savannah's painting!!

We also took a picture of some art that my great nieces girls showed us when we stopped at there house a couple weeks ago.  We had just learned of this liquid ink art and were amazed at what these children had done with it.  We will be seeing them again while down here, so should have some more pictures of their art!! We look forward to that.

Some art from the Reese's house!!
Those kids always amaze us.

When Gary was at the Clovely House in Sebring, Florida to volunteer at the Gallery there, he found this turtle.  I think that it is beautiful.  He will probably try to draw it in the future. 

Can you see his head in this one?

There are so many neat things around!!   I saw this hanging from a tree branch next to a McDonald's.  I just thought it was an interesting arrangement!!
Not much else to share this time.  But more on the calendar, so check back in a week and I will share.