While Kent bached it, I spent a couple weeks out West with Mom and Carol.  Watch for more on that trip soon.

Much of June has been spent visiting aunts and uncles and cousins and classmates. There have been picnics and dinners out, along with a local concert on the river front and time to just hang out and catch up.

For Kent, the visit included a Safari at “The Wilds” in Cumberland Ohio where they

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display and house for breeding programs a number of endangered and threatened species.  A few familiar critters, like camels, bison and rhinos are in the company of lots of not-so-familiar ones from Africa and Asia.

Oh yeah, Kent finished up a bunch of honey-do projects around the “house” too.

We celebrated with delicious Mexican and an absolutely amazing creamy, caramel, toffee, nut cheese cake baked by our very own baker, Carol. The consensus was that we have never tasted better! 

We celebrated Mother’s Day too then hung out for a couple weeks just visiting and puttering around. It is great to catch up with everybody.

Long before daylight Bob rolls up and we head off to BWI. The drive is uneventful.  BWI security goes smoothly.  The flight is smooth and on time. Kent fetches me up in Miami and before long I am back in Lake Wales.  I love the Holidays and it always feels good to get back home.

Roast a turkey, brown the bones, and cook up some yummy turkey corn soup. Heat up that stove top Belgian waffle iron and break out the blueberries for some perfect topping.  Lime pie; can’t skip that.  We venture out to shop a bit.  Oh yeah, then there are all the eye drops.  It has been a great couple weeks.

Warm sunshine is calling his name. I am staying at Mom’s for a couple more weeks to visit and help with appointments as she gets Cataract surgery #2.  It is really for the eye drops, she hates putting those things in herself.