Friends in our park have been leaving for homes up north. Not us, it's still too cold up there
and there has been a COVID case in our condo (but on a different floor from our condo).
So we postponed until we received texts from friends at NEO church camp at Berlin Center
where we stayed last summer. We've decided to stay in the motorhome up there rather than
go into the Condo, since our son is still in the Condo and working from there. So plans
are firming up and we hope to leave here by June 1st.
In the mean time we did go down near Port Charlotte to visit with Audrey's niece and greats
and grands!! They home school so hadn't wanted to bother them until they texted to see what
we were up to. We spent an afternoon there and hope that we can get another visit in before
we go north. My niece is in Indiana now closing on her house sale, so hope that she gets back
here before we leave.
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| Great nieces Amanda and Rebecca, with great,great niece. |
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| Audrey, niece, Tina, Autumn and Sintayehu, They are showing their butterflies and larvae. |
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| Looking at their new tree house in the trees beyond the house, lanai and pool. |
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| The kids are so please with this tree house, their dad's latest project. He never does anything in a small way!! The two families had dinner up there a couple days earlier!! |
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| Sintayehu took me on a tour of the chicken house and pen and then through the gardens. She was telling of their chores programs!! I love the values these families instill in their children!! |
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| Chicken house that Jeff built a few years back! As I said, no project is small or simple!! They are covering the pen with fencing. I imagine that they have to guard against birds from above!! Our son in Ohio has lost some of his chickens that way. |
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| Just a few!! |
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| And their new gardens are doing very well!! |
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| And the lake that they removed the alligators from a couple years ago. |
Awesome visit and we are always amazed at what they accomplish!! There are two families living here in homes side by side and doing well. Jeff does a lot of his work from home. Now they've added a little mother-in-law home for when they visit from up north. They have used their five acres very well!!
We look forward to visiting you all again real soon!!
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| Does anyone know what kind of tree this is. It is near the post office in Wauchula. |
Since our visit to the Niece and Nephews, I have tried to catch up on the weeding in my flower
beds at the SKP Resort where we live in the winter now. I sure paid for this work by stepping
on an ant hill and suffering from many bites on one hand and leg!!! They are finally beginning
to dry up. But they still itch!!
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| Rose bush that I transplanted. I look forward to watching it grow!! |
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| Ant hill that I stepped in. In the mulch! We have since spread the ant poison about!! We have a Pest Control service to begin on Monday. I like working on the ground but I sure can't here now!! |
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| Notice the grass runner headed into this flower bed!! Much of our lawn is this grass and it is a pain trying to control where it spreads. |
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| You can see the little pile that I removed from the edge of this bed. I am trying to get ready to put block around my beds when we get back here in the fall. |
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| This is the horrible stuff!!! |
I have sure ached from this morning and evening
of work. Three days later and I am still suffering!!!
I will wait for relief from the aches and pains to
get out there working again!! I think that I will
wait for the 90 degree days to pass as well, though the
breezes are great!!
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We find the geckos every where,
even hiding in the lawn lounges!!
We try to keep them out of the
shed though!
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No activity here in the park though, except people walking, playing shuffle board and maybe getting in the pool some. I do think that the water aerobics has been put on hold. I need to find a CD for that to use at the Condo pool up north.
Like I said, we will be heading up north to visit by the end of the month. It is so boring here and we are anxious to see our friends and former co-workers up there.
Hope to see you all soon, and hope that our church opens up here soon. We've been doing Sunday services with the Internet or TV or CD.
Some of the stores are open now, but we have no reason to go there except for groceries. Don't need to take unnecessary chances.
Take care!! And stay healthy!!
