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Fenced in – and out

Posted on November 26, 2020November 30, 2020 by Ian C.

This summer Margaret has been doing lots of garden work and one project was to create a bigger planting space in the back. To do this, she also decided to get the back garden fully fenced in (till now, just the rear fence existed as the perimeter of the development).

Getting HOA and city approval all took a while, but recently the fence got installed – and we even had a gate put in to the rear fence!

When we moved to Stanton Estates there was a rear gate for the community to easily leave from the “bottom” (opposite to the main driving entrance) but difficult neighbors forced it to be removed, so now at least Margaret and I can again say “hi” to the people that live behind us!

Wild Florida Safari

Posted on October 10, 2020 by Ian C.

Today, for Margaret’s birthday, we drove a while south to Wild Florida and drove their safari (twice!); for the low price of entry it was a surprisingly nice drive with a great variety of animals to see, almost all quite visible and easy to photograph (with a powerful zoom lens, at least). Margaret and I both took photos, and on the two drives through took turns behind the wheel, so we both enjoyed good views on either side of the car. Here’s loads of photos!

There’s a separate part of Wild Florida that offers airboat rides (which we didn’t do) as well as small animals in cages, and lots of ‘gators – including feeding! That area isn’t as nice as the drive-through safari, but we did take a few photos there too …

The Morse Museum

Posted on October 2, 2020October 6, 2020 by Ian C.

Today Margaret and I drove to Winter Park and toured the Morse Museum (which has nothing to do with the dot-dash code!); there’s a lot of beautiful Tiffany glass there – I took photos of course!