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Beach, Bradenton, & Best Friend

Beach, Bradenton, & Best Friend

Monday night I found myself at Woody’s Roo on the River (or something like that) near Bradenton, Florida saying good by to Abbey, one of my best friends, as she was getting ready to return to Las Vegas the following day.  I tackled each of their margaritas in turn while munching on the house specialty,grouper [...]

[ More ] April 11th, 2009 | No Comments |
MooseB8

MooseB8

Born into the 1983 Model year, MooseB8 is a diesel version of the GMC Suburban. Not having been driven much or at all in the few years preceding Shelley becoming the owner MooseB8 has developed a few problems due to dried out seals and the like. Repairs so far: New belts (7-08-08) Oil Changes  New Starter (7-08-08) [...]

[ More ] April 10th, 2009 | No Comments |
Science Fiction: Television Series

Science Fiction: Television Series

I’ve been watching my way through older Science Fiction television series. Where older = no longer in production. So far I’ve watched: Farscape – very good.  Sadly there was no 5th season leading for a rushed movie. Sliders – meh. Two and a half good seasons out of 5. Firefly – YAY.  One season and [...]

[ More ] April 9th, 2009 | 2 Comments |
Lines Drawn in the Sand

Lines Drawn in the Sand

As part of my sanity day on Wednesday I rode out to Treasure Island beach. I was amazed at the warmth of the water, evidently the water temperature sensing part of my brain vividly expects to find all large bodies of water the temperature of the Pacific off Ocean Beach. As I walked the beach [...]

[ More ] April 9th, 2009 | No Comments |
Alligators

Alligators

I have successfully returned will all my limbs attached from Booker Creek Park in St. Petersburg, Florida. For your viewing pleasure here are the alligators that some of you had trouble seeing in an earlier post. The first photo is a wide angle shot of the two alligators, next is a zoomed and cropped version [...]

[ More ] April 8th, 2009 | No Comments |

Irene rains arrive in BronxHe came back!New boat in the making - its the one on the right... 3 weeks till its completed and ready to go sailing.  Still working on a name.Walter Cronkite's house.USS New York arrives for 2011  NYC Fleet WeekStormking sculptures come to Governors Island!!  Art you can climb on!Fields of dandelions on the grounds of the Vanderbilt mansion.Megayacht week continues as EOS worlds largest sailing yacht (305 ft) moors to Chelsea Piers for her NYC stay.Aviva superyacht from Georgetown docked at Chelsea pier. Her 223 feet keeps her in the top 100 largest yachts in the world.Waste your life following the wall
man in a powered parachute flying over palm trees with the sunset in the background