Finally....

Yep - finally - here I am again!  Not much happening in the Sunshine state except for the decided lack of sunshine and a definite lack of the hot weather we are used to experiencing while here.  It has been cool and some days definitely chilly, and often windy too.

I'm not sure how Poppa discovered that one of the sprinklers in the in-ground system had been accidentally severed - we assume by the yard workers.  He waited a few days to see whether anyone would be around to fix it, but nobody showed up.  So off we went to Lowe's to pick up a few necessities and when we got back.......

..... out he went with his toolbox.  I have absolutely no idea what he did out there, but it looked like this.....

Apparently, when he noticed, the water was coming out of the pipe like a fountain and the sprinkler part had been cut off.  So he bought some pieces of pipe, along with some plumbing cement/glue stuff,  and put it all back together. 

 Then he patted the bark back into place and planned to check the next morning to make sure it was working all right.  Of course, I had no doubt, and I was right.........it was working just fine and the grass was getting watered, with enough left over for the big palm tree at the front of the villa.

Another sign of spring coming to Florida is the appearance of the pretty pink flowers in the landscaped area at the entrance to our community.  Auntie Colleen commented that she didn't know the identity of the tropical flowers on our infamous palm/nope its a flower in the last post.  Maybe she'll know what these pretty bushes are?

It is a gated community and those gates you see are on the exit side, we are walking through the entrance side.  Our villa is just a couple of house away behind that brick wall.

We went out for dinner last night - just for a treat - it was Squeegie's idea.  We didn't eat at this place, but we assume they do deliveries and this would be the vehicle that they use for that....

I thought it was worthy of a photo.  Beetles are aften used as theme cars down here.  We saw one that looked like a mouse, but unfortunately we were in traffic and I couldn't get a picture of it.  Another day while passing near Sea World, we saw one done up like a dolphin......cute, but again in traffic - no chance for a shot.

Oh yes, Taffy finished the socks for Auntie Muffy.  She was quite pleased with the outcome and thought she had done a good job using the Premier Yarns Serenity Sock Yarn.

 While Taffy was working on these socks, I was busy using Austermann Step Yarn to make Auntie Muffy's second pair with a colourway called Blue Jean (she should like that!).  The striping effect is very subtle but effective.

So, that parcel was ready and they went off in the mail heading to Canada on Monday.  Now Taffy has started the very last pair of socks from the yarn grab.  They are destined to Auntie Colleen's house.  While Taffy is working on them, I am going to try my hand at some fine knitted lace for Auntie Colleen to use in some of her artistic endeavours.  I've knitted lots of lace over the years, but none using fine crochet thread for "real" lace, so I'm really looking forward to it!  But, back to Taffy...

And, back at home, Murfee is patiently (we think) waiting for spring to arrive in Canada.

And our little Munchie is having his first taste of weiners and at the same time learning to dip them in ketchup to make them taste even better!