Hey Everyone!
Hope you are all doing well. I realize Thanksgiving is still a couple weeks away, but let's be honest, I won't do another post before then, so let's just celebrate early.
I have a total mismash of pics, so I guess I'll start with today and sort of work backwards. Today, Glenn and I decided to tackle our giant snake plant that had become completely pot-bound. So pot-bound, in fact, that Glenn had to cut it out of the pot with a chain saw which was very exciting.
You can see how the roots actually grew into the pot.
We ended up dividing that one plant into 6 big plants.
Speaking of plants, my friend Lisha had a guy in Safety Harbor build me a raised garden for my birthday (belated), and we filled it with herbs. It's super cute and everything is so far still alive and well.
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We have basil, rosemary, thyme, parsley, sage and chives.
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Also, here's a random pic of our beautiful Eva from this morning.
Yesterday, we had the excitement of having to catch a small snake on our lanai. It was tiny, but we were a little nervous that it might be a pygmy rattle snake because of its markings. Turns out, we think it was just a baby black racer - I guess they fully turn black as they get older. We were able to coax it on to the pool skimmer with a broom and hurl it into the neighbor's yard.
In other exciting news, we had a hurricane this week (Eta). Actually, it turned into a Tropical Storm, but there was still a lot of damage around here. I was irked because the day before, the weather people had said that it had gone off to sea and fizzled out and the next thing you know they were like, "RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!"
We were fine, but we got almost 8 inches of rain in one day (imagine how much snow that would have been!), and had several tornado alerts telling us to take shelter. The Safety Harbor Marina completely flooded, as did Bayshore. The Causeway was shut down and totally swamped. Glenn got some pics on his bike ride on Bayshore the next day after the water receded.
Tom Brady's dock broke off its moorings and his two jet skis floated away. I just picture him watching this scene with a single tear rolling down his face.
Anyhow. All is well now and the weather has returned to gorgeous. We have a new round of orchids currently blooming.
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This is Horatio.
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Halloween wasn't all that long ago, and although we did not participate in any festivities, our good ole pirate ship guy broke out all the stops as usual.
He also installed some sort of motion-activated thing so when I walked by the house an automated pirate said something to me...I don't even remember what...and then laughed a creepy laugh. Scared the stuffing out of me.
Speaking of laughing - and I am really struggling to transition here - I ordered a water bottle online because Glenn was mocking me for destroying the environment by going through store-bought bottled water every day. So I ordered a big bottle but when I saw how huge it was (a half gallon), it just cracked me up. Every time I looked at it, I burst out laughing.
Ok - the rest of these are in no particular order, but were all taken at some point in Oct. One day, Glenn and I took Stella out for a drive and stopped at a little bayside park near Dunedin and took a brief stroll along the water.
I saw something weird looking moving around along the shore and it turns out it was a ton of horseshoe crabs. I had seen their shells before but never a live one, let alone so many. They are so pre-historic looking.
Ok - so here are a few random pics from me.
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ME
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A muscovy duck crossing my path
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A couple roseate spoonbills
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And a pic of my office staff:
Lucky for you guys, Glenn is good about taking pictures on his bike rides. Here are a host of lovely shots.
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Anhinga at sunrise
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These are also spoonbills (and an egret)
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Great blue heron
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And he was very excited about getting these dolphins swimming right along the shore.
And here are some pelicans accompanying him on his ride.
Anyway, that's about all we have for now. Hope you are all doing well and staying safe. Here's a pic of Eva with a little smile on her face. Love you all!
