Keksie

Your gardens are beautiful. Do you get a lot of birds? IF so, what kinds of birds do you see?

I guess it is a slow step forward. We will still be waiting to book until a cruise is like other vacations. No testing, no masks, no quarantine etc. A cruise is fun but so are other vacations and right now other vacations are just more enjoyable.

What a good-looking pair. I love your dog! Your cat has the best socks!

Super sweet faces. They are so pretty/handsome. You might try making loops of the blue painter's tape and putting that where you don't want them to chew. It works with cats and the tape won't hurt anything you put it on. When the cats were new to the house we would put it where we didn't want them to scratch or where we didn't want them to be.

East to Florida. All the good things about Texas but with rain and lower temps!

There are trash cans specifically designed to keep bears out. Not only does the trash not get spread around but it keeps the bears from associating the cans with food and becoming nuisance bears.

My friend who lives closer to the coast then we do sent me this picture yesterday. The bear walked between her house and her neighbor's house and then across the street. They are more common in her area then in mine. I would love to see a bear in my yard!

Those look really good.

I loved going to my father's parent's farm in the summer although Grandma chased me with a hot iron one time!

That is a wonderful idea to make the photo book.

@h20skibum it looks like you had a wonderful day and the kids are making some lovely memories!

So glad she showed back up. Lucy is awesome!

That looks like a wonderful place to stay.

We were really pleased when MTD started. While we didn't mind sharing a table with others (we did meet one very interesting couple and loved hearing their stories each night) the other tablemates were interesting in a whole different way. The main reason was that early dining was too early and it seemed we just finished lunch while late dining seemed like it ended just before bed. We have found that MTD is just like sharing a table since the two tops are so close together, however you don't feel the need to interact if you don't want to and you can eat whenever you get hungry.

That looks so good. Keep getting better.

Those are beautiful eyes. I love her fur!

Here in NW Florida. Have no idea of covid numbers - just not in the news. Still have not had to wear a mask for over a year. High prices seem to dominate what everyone talks about. Most places seem to have adequate, although overworked employees. Have made plans for trips this fall. No cruises booked because the protocols we object to have not been lifted yet.

That is so adorable! Good choice in music too!

There are granular "animal away" products that you can sprinkle around. I had to use netting around my eggplants. Some people swear by Irish Spring soap but I have never had much luck with that.

I am so sorry. It looks like she had a wonderful life with you. Hugs

There is no way to know. Since people test at home there is no way to capture that data. Not everyone who cruises posts on CC. There is just no way to get enough data to answer your question.

At this time it is better to do the cruise portion first and then the land portion.

Do people not have septic systems there? The testing might work in town here but in the county it is all septic.

Ah car Tetris. Have a wonderful trip!

My mom couldn't swim either so when I was maybe 6 my father and I both took swim lessons. It was all going well until it came time to dive. I was at the edge of the board, the instructor came up behind me and pushed, the older boys got to dive to the bottom to retrieve the metal edge of the board that I ripped off with my toes. I never did learn to dive but I swim well. Many summers were spent all day at the pool. My mom would drop my friends and I off and come back before dinner. Big fun!