What do you do living on the FL Beach?

Well, it is a different life in a beach community.  Here's what we did one recent weekend.

over 80 shuffleboard courts at the club!

• Friday - Shuffleboard lessons at the St Petersburg ShuffleBoard Club - the world's largest club and the home to the original shuffleboard rules!

• Saturday - MarineQuest - put on by FWC (state of Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission) for families and very informative no matter you age.

  

  Demonstrating manatee rescue

sea grasses; don't  pull them up yourself!!

pound cake - a messy affair

• Sunday - Cake making lessons at St Pete Bakery - the bakery's claim to fame is European style baking as the only bakery in the county that makes everything from scratch (vs bought in cake mixes)!

how about this one?

And of course we're helping the local turtle charity find a new UTV and getting on with all our volunteer activities.

Mini me has stated that Florida is weird (even the Floridians admit that and have radio/TV programmes proudly proclaiming such with evidence - as if more was needed!). So we were  watching the antics on the road; ever seen a carboat? - It went by so fast I missed getting the shot with my smartphone, but here's the idea.

And Mandy Trapka, a local house painter, closed the main street (Gulf Blvd) to host a flashmob

courtesty Bay News 9 - 2 blocks up the road from me

spoof. Here's the  the newsarticle, and the uncut youtube video sans music. Mandy wants to brighten things up and planned a flashmob dance modeled off of The Ellen DeGeneres Oscars Trailer spoof. Ellen DeGeneres in turn was doing a spoof of the original from Fitz and the Tantrums The Walker.  Mandy will try and get her local flashmob video shown on the Ellen DeGeneres show.  

and for my Quirky friends, one can always go to a local knit shop - Stash - and watch the history of knitting on youtube! Actually it is fun to watch.

Out our window this morning the bobbing white bouys of the stone crab traps are being checked by several local, competing fisherman (season opened October 15 and you take one claw). They must also contend with the pelicans watching them closely, and the Gulf swimmer has just gone by on his daily trek. The coastguard helicopters are out practicing rescue maneuvers too.

Nature note of the day:  a group of Pelicans is a Pod, Squadron or Scoop.  Turtle groups are bales. One recent night 4 Great Blue Herons were doing territorial dances and squawking along our stretch of beach; the next morning the Pelicans are fishing into a sea sparkling like jewels.

out our window last night