The More it Changes, the More it Stays the Same

Downtown Tampa in fog

It's February and time to start preparing for turtle season, although you would hardly know it by looking out the window. We were off on a four hour drive to St Augustine on the Northeast Coast of Florida for the annual Permit Holders Meeting.  There we get updated on turtle trends and recent research into marine turtles.

Fog on the beach 8 Feb

Meanwhile up north around the American Great Lakes it looks like this . . .

Glad this isn't me!!

On our drive home, we got some great fresh veg straight from the field.

Love my brussels

We are back to our local activities, including helping with a University of Florida (USF) honors class doing preservation work at the Gulf Beaches Historical Museum.

Full meals & drinks at your seat!
A bit 'Wall-E" for me!

Next up we say two 'historical movies' and can recommend both -  "Darkest Hour"  at a normal theatre and "Post at our new cinema - Studio Movie Grill (SMG).  The SMG is a bit "Wall-E" for me - Futuristic happy humans too lazy to walk and living to consume - watch the trailer and see for yourself.

The house, jacked up to move, but collapsing, as I reported in my blog of 20 December 2017, just continues to collapse onto itself! Not sure what the plan is.

Our neighbours jet ski required a tow and more dredging is going on North of us - where exactly I don't know, but this guy has been commuting to work all week past my house.

We were visited by a Skimmer flock right outside our condo - along with a few royal terns.  Skimmers are my favorite (see post of 19 July 2017 for details and close-up pictures)! 

And suddenly the weather warmed up enough to swim in the Gulf on 10th February - amazing!

And that's all the happenings around here for now . . .