Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 4:26 am Post subject: It's Warm and the Sun Is Shining
I have been offline for a few days. I have finally relocated. Instead of being in the "Windy City" of Chicago, I am now a proud resident of sunny Florida. My wife and I just moved to a town called Land O'Lakes, which is about 20 miles northeast of Tampa, in a resort. We have all the amenities. A hot tub, swimming pool, dances on Friday nights, lake (very small), lots of animals. There are two alligators in the lake, red-crested sandhill cranes, small grey squirrels, crows, blue herons, snakes (of course), many different kinds of birds, seagulls, probably an occasional armadillo.The plantlife is just as cool. There is a palm tree in our front yard, pin-oaks, bamboo trees, banana palms, hanging moss, many ferns, and some I don't even know yet what they are. The pool, rec room, hot tub are all open 24/7. The gates never close, you come and go whenever you want. There is a wide screen TV in the rec room. Lots of seafood, barbecue, shopping abounds in this area.
Here are some pictures........
Here's the small lake, with many lily pads. People actually live on the boats. They can't go anywhere. The small lake is isolated. The boats don't even go out. Just the thought of livving on a boat, I guess.
One of the many Chameleons or lizards.
A Blue Heron
This is the palm tree in our front yard
The tenting area is set up in a circle with a firepit in the center.
Here are some red-crested sandhill cranes. They are about 4 feet tall and they wander aimlessly.
The hanging moss is all over. kind of spooky.
Hanging moss is airborne until it finds a place to land, then it starts growing there. Some of the moss hangs 6 feet long.
This is one of the many areas that you can stroll. Lit up all night.
The park is rather small, about 20 acres with 35 units either trailers or cabins. Today it was 85 degrees F, which is about 30 degrees centigrade.
No more snow, no more overcoats, no more boots, no more hats, snow shovels.....no, snow blowers .......no. _________________ A Lover Of Old Toys Great and Small.
I live In The U.S. Near Tampa.
No facts, just opinions...I'm not smart enough for that.
Looks wonderful. Don't suppose you'd care to swap for a small bungalow in Yorkshire would you. It doesn't have quite the same exotic wildlife, just the odd frog by the garden pond, and occasionally you glimpse next doors cat ...
It seems the right place to be Nile. I can imagine sitting there outside, letting the models dry in the sun, all other folks dropping by to see your achievements, giving you small parcels now and then, containing old models they found in their attic before they moved there. And all sitting round the fire at night, telling all the stories and memories from their forgotten models. And then you place their old, and now restored model on the table.
Paradise I would call it.
It truly is a wonderful place to be. I got up 5:00 AM, could not sleep anymore. Went for a walk, took a shower, so quiet, dark. no wind, just still. Kind of early in the season for snowbirds. Sort of sparse people right now. There will probably be another 10 trailers by then. The people here now are mostly people that are here year round.
More pictures........
Here is the inside of the recreation room. Open 24/7. Can't sleep?
Here I am infront of my trailer, the deck, the car. There is a porch swing that my wife and I sit to soak up the atmosphere.
_________________ A Lover Of Old Toys Great and Small.
I live In The U.S. Near Tampa.
No facts, just opinions...I'm not smart enough for that.
Looks idyillic, Nile, mind you the sun is shining here today, quite warmish as well and it's even better because having kept a hospital appointment with my Oncologist this morning, he told me that my X-Ray results are "clear", and everything is looking good. I do have to continue with the drugs I am taking including those flipping blood-thinning injections, but otherwise everythings hunky-dory, and dare I say it, I can start really looking to the future again now. _________________ Regards, Sandie.
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Looks idyillic, Nile, mind you the sun is shining here today, quite warmish as well and it's even better because having kept a hospital appointment with my Oncologist this morning, he told me that my X-Ray results are "clear", and everything is looking good. I do have to continue with the drugs I am taking including those flipping blood-thinning injections, but otherwise everythings hunky-dory, and dare I say it, I can start really looking to the future again now.
Here's where I'm heading on Saturday until the end of March. It's my condo in Yuma, Arizona. My place in on the left, opposite the two palm trees, with the splash of red in front. That's bougainvillea shrubs. The trees are citrus, orange, grapefruit, lemon and lime. The golf course is just steps away at the bottom of the picture. It's a 3,600 mile trip so I'll be about six days on the road. It's right diagonally across the USA from Nova Scotia. Some of it is along what used to be Route 66. There isn't much of it left now, replaced by the interstate system. It sure beats shoveling snow in N.S. !
Looks idyillic, Nile, mind you the sun is shining here today, quite warmish as well and it's even better because having kept a hospital appointment with my Oncologist this morning, he told me that my X-Ray results are "clear", and everything is looking good. I do have to continue with the drugs I am taking including those flipping blood-thinning injections, but otherwise everythings hunky-dory, and dare I say it, I can start really looking to the future again now.
Nice to hear some good news Sandie Nile you have made me green with envy. Wish I was there to. _________________ Here's looking at you kid!
Vincent, the place here is not so much concrete and brick. It is more rustic but any method to keep away from the snow shovel is good. I am very close to nature here. So relaxing.
The person that had this trailer before me (he is a very dear friend) is a single man and he had left quite a bit of stuff here, the pots & pans, a slow cooker, gas grill, outside table, even the silverware and plates. The story goes that he got into a tiff with the neighbors (who are also good friends) about their dog. From what I hear he is like a schizophrenic. one day he is OK and the next he isn't. He knows the dog and the dog knows him; they were friends. He was at the store nearby and the dog was in their car, with the window down a couple of inches so he stuck his fingers in the window to pet it and the dog nipped him good. He had to have a couple of stitches. As far as I know it you NEVER, EVER do that. He wanted them to reimburse him for the doctor bill. An argument ensued thereby the feud, so he got ticked off and sold the trailer. I hope I don't have problems with the dog. The people with the dog and neighbors and the man I knew from the resort up north near Chicago.
_________________ A Lover Of Old Toys Great and Small.
I live In The U.S. Near Tampa.
No facts, just opinions...I'm not smart enough for that.
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