Monday, March 19, 2012

A neat way to fish



When Jerry and Susan were here we went to the Naples pier and watched the pelicans fish.  They looked like they have it down to a science and I suspect they do not go hungry!
It is hard to believe we are now on the down side of March.  Kind of summer like weather has been here in Naples for a while now.  But is that not true for many many parts of the country?  Here the temps have been mostly in the low to mid 80s with sun but NO rain.
Some of the events in the last few days:
  • Turned on the computer Saturday morning and looked at the weather.  At about 8:00 AM it was 61 in Naples and 62 in St. Paul!  Am I really in Naples to get out of the cold?
  • Terry and I rode our bikes downtown to the St. Patrick's Day parade.  Enjoyed the 2 hour parade alone with 40,000 other folks.  When we arrived home we realized our round trip was 27.4 miles.  With the traffic coming home for part of the way we rode in the bike lane and I am sure we passed well over 100 cars.  Bikes are nice!
  • Enjoyed dinner at the fish house with two other couples last night. 
  • We went to the movie "A Separation".  I highly recommend the movie.  If you are into watching and then discussing the movie this is worth a million!
  • Got the seating stained and are ready to put it back into the kitchen.  More about that at a later date.
  • I finished "For Whom the Bells Toll" by Hemingway.  At the beginning of the book he is about ready to bomb the bridge.  So 4 days later (in the book) and 447 pages later the bridge is gone!  Each time I sat down to read I wondered if the bridge would be blown up! 
  • Got some tennis in on Friday.  I have come to enjoy tennis a lot. 
  • Contacted a gal who wrote a book about a pony she saved and then trained.  We will drive over to her place when John/Mary are here to get her signed book and take a picture of the kids with the pony.
  • I have managed to keep my weight below my second to last goal number for about 3 weeks now so maybe it is time to try and attain that last goal.  Not sure I am up for it but try--maybe.
No the coffee is finished and I have an oil change time coming up so best sign off.  The car shows the oil is down to 40% and with that the miles are up to the level I like to change it.  Gone are the days of looking at the oil stick, scratching the head and wondering if I should go one more gas fill up before the change.  So it is off to Collier Car Care to see if the $19.95 oil change coupon is going to be under $30.00!

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