May was so full of wet weather so this last weekends hot & sunny weather was very welcome – I took time to properly wash my new MINI, and Margaret spent time preparing & staining the various decks. Then I took some photos:
Outside Pat & Daves bedroom window, a family of American Robins are nesting in a Rhododendron bush:
American Robins are just like English Blackbirds, except in color! they are the same size, and behave the same and have the same calls – but they have the bright red breast reminiscent of the (much smaller) English Robin.
As I mentioned last week, we had an invite from Kate & Chris in Florida to head down and share their rented “villa” with them for a few days – and what a fabulous place it was!
They got a great last minute deal, giving them four bedrooms so ample room for us to visit too – the place was really nicely designed, in a great location (Cape Coral, on a canal), lots of space, pool and hot tub, and luckily complete with amazing weather!
A road trip to nearby Sanibel left us all very hot, though the ocean temporarily helped with cooling off …
Other highlights included outlet shopping(!), a BBQ, baby frogs, and lots and lots of relaxation, interspersed with the occasional sound of Thunder (a powerful speed boat which passed the home a couple of times each day, its massive engines rumbling so much that the building shook!)
And hints of Manatees in the water behind the house:
THANK YOU Kate & Chris – really enjoyed the break; looking forward to doing it again 🙂
