Friday January 17

Friday, January 17, 2014

Well, I thought we were getting into a routine, but things keep coming up and the weather is keeping us a bit confused.  We bought a couple of plants as we always do, then the wind came and the poor plants are a bit worse for the wear.  Maybe they’ll recover, but being the optimists we are we bought more.  The winds and cold (everything is relative) has returned so the inside of the camper is lush.   A strange word, LUSH.  It has wildly different meanings.  There are a few lushes at the pub also, but they’re potted on stools and are not bothered much by wind and cold.  The wind has kept the awning rolled up for most of the week and the screen house lowered near the ground.  I finally got the decorative lights finished today, but there’s more to decorate when the wind stops.  A few more days of temps in the 60’s and things should get better.  I know, you’re as sad about the cold as I am, but it’s keeping us in the camper rather than at the pub listening to the entertainment or downtown at BO’s.  Tomorrow is the Seafood festival in KW sponsored by the commercial fishermen’s association.  There are booths to get food, flea market tables, and music.  A nice day.

Since the last time I wrote we’ve kept busy on the nice days at the pool, on the rainy, cloudy, and cold days shopping, going to a movie, and frequenting places with doors.  A week ago we were offered tickets to a play at the Waterfront Theater in KW, so we saw “Leading Ladies”, a comedy.  Before the show we took Jim and Judy Morgan to dinner at Grunts, a very nice patio style restaurant with good food.  After the show Mom and I went to the Green Parrot for a while, then home.  One day we went to the local cinema downtown, it turned out to be a beautiful Art Deco building with 6 movies.  Very nice. We saw Saving Mr. Banks….really good. Also last week we went to see Barry Cuda at Sloppy Joe’s and had a pizza instead of nachos.  A pizza with sloppy sauce (beanless chili).  We like to vary our diet. We went to the Big Pine Flea Market on Saturday . It is a good place to purchase fresh produce along with a variety of other items . On Sunday we went to the Parrot with another couple from the campground for Sunday Jazz Jam and stopped at the Cuban Coffee Queen for sandwiches on the way home.  We’ll be going back this Sunday.   Monday was bingo – Mom won a game - $20!  Tuesday we went with Jean and Dave, the same couple, to Looe Key Tiki Bar for Jam Night and Taco Tuesday.  75 cent tacos!  You get what you pay for but the music was great. We missed the Tuesday night cornhole tournament, but got back in time to catch the end and sample the latest batch of moonshine…..the real deal from NC. Last night was cold and windy but we went to the Parrot for the Boogie Woogie Piano Throwdown with Barry Cuda and Mitch Woods.  We followed it with dinner at Fogarty’s (indoors).  Today was less windy and sunny, no water aerobics but walking, etc.  then a little time at the pool followed by Mom playing dominoes and me doing some maintenance and decorating.