Halloween, 2025 🧙

Good afternoon from Sunny North Central Florida where it’s breezy and 70°F.

this morning, two ladies I met at the Art Association came by to look at the white Christmas tree. I offered it to the group to decorate for the Christmas display here at the community center. Of course they love the tree, but it’s just a matter of timing. Once they are ready, we will deliver it over. The art group will be making decorations to be hung on the tree. Anyway, it’s an easy way to add to the community and reduce the number of Christmas trees at our house. Ha ha, we will now be down to two trees!!

Tonight’s our first Coast to Coast club Halloween party. It’s so nice to have a beautiful clubhouse within the community. We don’t drive but a mile to any events! And they’re BYOB, which makes it very affordable. I’ll try and post a picture tonight before we leave. Of course I will be a witch and Mark will be Count Dracula. Since it’s a gated community, and all adults, there’s no trick-or-treating door-to-door. At least not with kids. 🥃 🤪 Happy Halloween everyone! 🎃

Yesterday was game day at Nancy‘s. She had quite a crowd … five more than anticipated! (Why people don’t RSVP when it’s so easy to reply with a text is beyond me.) Anyway, Nancy handled it with ease. (It’s a good thing. It was lovely patio weather.) BeeZee joined the party too as Mark had dropped her off for a vet checkup at 10 o’clock. By 1 o’clock she was ready for pick up so I brought her with me. (No, she didn’t RSVP.) 😂

Mark and I have been going to the neighborhood gym three times a week. We haven’t lost any weight per se, but feel good. It’s another nice perk of living here. No, he’s gone grocery shopping which is very nearby. We don’t miss the drive on County Road 44. 🤨

I guess that’s it for now. I will try and add a fun picture tonight.

It was a pretty good party … we met a few more folks; getting to know the ‘hood.

Happy Anniversary

Good afternoon! We’re celebrating our anniversary tonight in the Villages.

Cheers 🥳🥂 to another year for us! And it was quite a year! A new chapter has begun. We’re loving our new neighborhood and especially being closer to our family. There’s lots to do and places to explore nearby.

Wednesday October 15, 2025

Good morning! Lovely fall weather arrived with October and we’ve been planting our favorites. The Pinwheel Jasmine and Areca palms are already sprouting new growth. The exterior painting is finished too.

Last Monday all 8 of us met for dinner and we didn’t get a picture! Darn. It was a good time at Applebee’s!

Tomorrow Belize is scheduled for Chemotherapy treatment. It’s an early start for us getting her to Mt Dora. It’s an all day stay for Belize. 🥲 Wyatt will be home with one of us. We’ve been walking them most evenings with this cooler weather Nice!

We fired our lawn man today … 3rd strike! The last excuse was “he forgot.” 🤨 That was pretty lame 😂 So … Mark hired the guys who're doing the neighbor’s yard - Easy peasy … it’s done already!

This weekend is a neighborhood wide yard sale and we’re participating with a few big items! Lots to do before we take a well-earned vacation next month

Hope all’s well in your home

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

We’re working through our grief over the loss of Robbie the Bruce of Bonhaven. It’s unbelievable what one little being’s loss changes the energy in our world. At 1 o’clock today will be three days since we said goodbye. Perhaps we will be able to pick up his cremains, today or tomorrow.

That’s Wyatt with his head in one corner, by the door, and Belize with her head in another corner. According to Dr. Rebecca, this is how dogs handle grief. Of course we are giving them lots of extra attention and went for a walk yesterday morning and evening. It helped us all to be out walking under that beautiful full moon last night.

So last night, we met Sue, Kris, and Diane at Chili’s for dinner. The service was good, and the food great. Maybe that will be our “go to” eatery. I forgot to take a picture of the sign I created for Diane and Kris. I will ask them to take a picture and send it to me. They wanted one for their yard.

Mark put in six pinwheel Jasmine, one gardenia which was a gift from Nancy, plus two red flower small trees that will grow to about 6 to 8 feet tall.

The Areca palms around the doggie fence are coming along nicely. They all have new shoots.

this is the little red flower tree that I cannot remember the name of. 😂

it’s just a month now until we embark on a cruise to the southern Caribbean. We are really looking forward to it after months of work helping Diane and Kris, renovate and move, and then all the hubbub of us getting our Calla Court home ready for sale, decluttering it, listing it, selling it and eventually moving all our furniture over to 175th!!! Whew 😅 … That wasn’t including cleaning, painting, entirely inside and outside of the new house, plus new flooring and appliance repairs and deliveries. Then there was hanging of pictures and decor. Since then, we’ve already hosted a Yaya’s party. I think it’s time for a break!!! 😜

Thank you to all who posted on Facebook their condolences of Robbie‘s passing. It is really touching that so many loved Robbie and how he touched their heart during his lifetime. Dogs are amazing. Their energy is so pure.

That’s it for today. I will try and be more regular with my postings.

ROBBIE THE BRUCE

It’s a rainy afternoon at our home. Early this morning Mark and I took the kids for BeeZee and Robbie’s 6 month cardiology checkup plus Robbie’s annual liver ultrasound.

Dr. Wilson’s office was decorated and we took the opportunity for a photo. Wyatt was along for the ride! Sweet little trio of ours.

Fast forward to 1:04 pm and Robbie was euthanized at home with his family holding and loving him. Although both Robbie and Belize had good heart tests, Robbie’s ultrasound showed a cancer mass in his liver had ruptured and was bleeding into his abdomen. 😫 As the liver has no nerves, it was not painful. He had become lethargic last Thursday when my YaYa friends were over here. Now we know why.

Our friend, Annette, has a vet daughter who makes house calls … and she was available right away. We’re devastated at the awful loss but thankful Robbie didn’t suffer a painful end.

That’s it for today.