Monday 1 January 2018

2017 Unfinished Business in Weird & Wacky Florida

millions of cerith snails
We had appearances ...

there was the invasion of millions of live snails at Fort De Soto . . .

and disappearances.

One day the iconic Seminole water tower complete with seabird mural. was just gone. It was declared redundant and too costly to maintain..

Famous mural, but the tower is no more!

and finished off a few UFOs (UnFinished [craft] Objects for the uninitiated) - a form of appearance, disappearance and reappearance . . .  none perfect, but at least DONE!!!!

Started 7/2013 in London, finished 12/2017 in Florida


On the off chance you are wondering how I hung a round quilt, well I made a wider binding on the back and threaded some 1/4 inch plastic pipe (from Home Depot/B&Q) through it like so --

and my newest hobby - can you tell what it might be?


. . . drumroll -- Ta Da!!












As to the weather, the sun and warmth seems to have disappeared across the US, even here in Florida; I spotted this winter coat wearer on the beach today! It feels "raw"  and damp like a British winter day so those new mittens will come in handy even here in the sunshine state. Last year it was a record 84F/ 29C.

We are under a Wind Chill Advisory of 25 to 35 Degrees F (-4 to 2 C) this afternoon/overnight; the sky has gone a London winter's day grey with a temperature of 40F/4.4C this evening!! Time for some quilting to finish another UFO. :-)

Happy 2018 to all!

2 comments:

  1. Winter storm Grayson arrived in the Southeast US today with schools and interstate roads closed. First snow in decades for FL capital, Tallahassee north of here.

    Freeze Warning for Tampa Bay area tonight with a 'bomb cyclone' or "bombogenesis" predicted (we are currently colder than London)! Locals are frantically looking in the back of closets for any winter wear and proper shoes (vs flip flops and open sandals). The cold is good for Florida vineyards (yes there are 30+), but not for oranges and strawberries (which ripen here end of Feb). And here I thought Florida "snow" = sand.

    Finished another UFO that had been 'hanging over my head' today! Yippee, this cold weather, wind and grey skies are good for something!!

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  2. Gulf waters now 58F/14C - manatees need 68F or 20C, so are in danger along with our sea turtles. About 20 cold stunned turtles recouping now at Clearwater Marine Aquarium just north of us.

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