Catching up

Here's the catch up for the last two weeks. Not much happens every day but after 2 weeks there are a few fun things to talk about and show pictures of.  First of all, Ellie and I flew to Phoenix to see the kids.  I got to babysit Harrison a couple of times and that was heavenly.  Kirk had a friend visit and we did some more lobstering, Key West is celebrating it's 10 minute secession from the United States and we went to see the "Drag Race" event.  I think all of this and more is best digested by looking at the photos, lots of photos! And probably some duplicate photos and videos.  The icons I pick the photos from are about 1/2" square.  It's really hard to see what is what.  Please bear with me and hope you enjoy the wide variety of subject matter.  PS. Hello to Jackie!!!

  The boat got cleaned up, the master stateroom

  The galley, that's all there is, small but very functional!

  Guest Stateroom

 The salon

 Salon

  This is where we spend 90% of our time

  Our new friends Deb and Brent taught us how to do the lobstering.  Deb also collects beautiful shells from the bottom of the ocean.  Don't worry, the occupants had long since moved out!!  This one is so huge, Deb made a lamp, cool!!!!!

 Brent, Deb, David and me

  Sunset

  Enjoying Boatland

  Harrison, he's grown so much!

  Leslie came and babysat with me one night.  Somebody woke up and was ready to party, so we had snacks.  Mac and cheese and then for dessert, he DRANK the baby peaches. Isn't his hair sticking up cute!!

 DaDa and Harrison

  Easter bunny came a week early.

  The best part....the crinkle paper at the bottom of the basket

  Pizza made with the Omni at Grant's house

  And Key Lime Pie for dessert, yum!

  Ellie squeezing into her tiny spot between my feet on the airplane  She was extremely good, HATED landing.

  Such a cool tree

  Plumeria trees (not bushes!!) in bloom

  Another cool tree on Duval Street

  Plumaria flowers

 Another bar along the marina

  Beautiful church 

  Mama and babies

  Baby hitch'n a ride on Mommy

  Deb and Brent fished after they left the marina, this is a tuna.  Don't worry Deb got the deck totally clean again.

 They caught 4 tuna

  Talk about fresh sushi

  A little muggy today

 Brent and Deb's boat leaving to go back to  the East Coast.  The boat is a Kadey Krogen 58, my dream boat!!

  The  Drag Race.  I assume gay guys dressed up to run an obstacle course. It was pretty funny!

  I saw this "critter" in the marina this morning. At first I thought it was a dying bird, no it's some kind of swimming critter

  This is Alex Harvie, he went to the Green Parrot to paint a live scene of the band that was playing that night.  The man is super talented!!

 At dinner, these fellows drove by

  Deb and her sushi

  The Drag Race

  Ok, so get this....cactus and a Christmas poinsettia growing side by side, what the heck!!!

  A local palm tree that looks like it has bamboo for a tree trunk

  This is a Fiddle Leaf fig TREE, not a houseplant

  This store actually was roasting coffee beans

  This is a schefflera TREE, not a houseplant

  The Turtle Rescue people brought a little resident from their hospital

  This is actually a giant photo that is hung in the hotel lobby here at the marina

  Photo of the critter

  Ellie trying to figure where her space was on the airplane

  This poor fish lives in very deep water and when they come to the surface their eyes bulge out due to the difference in pressure

  An egret in town

  One of the many jobs David did while I was in Phoenix, cleaning the fenders (used Dawn and vinegar, worked great!)