hooray for hollywood...beach!

We stayed at our very generous friend's beach condo for a few days
this past week (Sunday). Woke up at 3:00 a.m. on our first night
with an earache and a fever...went to the doctor (Monday)
in Plantation around 10:00 (ear infection, etc...)
to the pharmacy to start the antibiotics, back to the beach
for one more night and had to come home to recuperate on Tuesday,
but it got worse, in to the throat, chest, other ear...it's taking over!
After two days, doc change me to a z-pack, still not getting better
after four days, fever, chills, cough, stuffy...finally today (Saturday)
a little better. Hopefully by Monday when I finish the z-pack, I'll feel
better.
One good thing, we will return to the beach, to finish our "vacation"
at another time. In spite of it all, we still enjoyed just sitting and looking
out the window or on the balcony watching and listening...

...this is the day we left...rainy, but calm.
I took this thru the kitchen window



see the storm coming



gloomy, but pretty


rest and relaxation!

so pretty and warm, the water is an aqua color

fun in florida

Rico has been blessed with a new job, starting
on April 27th, so we are enjoying a little local
R & R.

the bridge on the intracoastal waterway


make up your own title!

dragonfly

beautiful (Flanigan's backyard)

frolicking freely in the water

giovanni enjoying his ice pop

coconut palms (Ft. Lauderdale Beach)

giant "Killer" manta ray swimming way too close to us!

Maria & I were 1o feet away when we saw it and

we have never moved so fast getting out of the water!

He swam up and down the coast and frightening many

people...the say they are "harmless"...didn't

stay to find out! Double click to get a close-up!

bougainvillea

Flanigan's horse

We have one more week to enjoy some

free time...so I'm sure more pictures will follow!

wedding in a week

On Wednesday, August 20, 2008, my daughter

Maria & her fiance, Robert are getting married.

It's a mid-week, daytime occasion because it

is their special date. It will be a quaint affair

with just the immediate family, short & sweet.

We are just about ready. I will post the pictures

after. Above is the gazebo where they will take

their vows (weather permitting), then back to

my house for a (brunch) reception.

The party favors for the guest, vanilla candles

covered with vellum. raffia, flowers & rhinestones.

I just like this picture... it has nothing

to do with the wedding.

serenity now...

finally...we are here!

so nice...a little rough for my taste, but

nice anyway.

reflections

(not my page, but I want to be there)!

OK~I'm sitting here thinking...

this summer is speeding by.

I have not been to the beach yet,

and that was my #1 priority.

It seems like everything I want to do

is taking a backseat to what I have to do.

Being a responsible adult isn't all it's cracked

up to be. I just want to run (that's a joke with

my bad knees) and be the freespirit that I

always was. My wings are clipped...when did this

happen???