I had another normal day of filing at work. There is another person who eats lunch with me and we travel to different restaurants and today it was the Ocoee Diner. I got a meal which I shared with a co-worker when I returned to work and he went off to Minnesota to visit where he use to live. Tomorrow is the first day of June and the start of hurricane season for the State of Florida. I didn't buy anything on the tax free days of getting hurricane supplies. Florida has had it share of wildfires and I dread the idea of hurricanes coming back this direction. The past couple of years was filled with worry and travel to the center part of the state where my sister lives. Living with power outages is hard, but my sister has a swimming pool to keep cool and have water to flush the toilets. A rose takes lots of preparation to grow to a full bloom. The plant needs water, fertilizer, trimming back after blooming and stuff to keep the bugs away. I guess that is the best way to face the season. Be prepared and buy the drinking water, batteries for radios and flashlights, and enough food to last if the power does go out. I was remembering how scary Hurricane Charley was when it came it was like a big dark black blanket taking everything over and allowing no room for escape. The wind was scary and the power did go out and I think we did have a small tornado that took our tool shed out back, but it left us together to face another day. We got coffee at the local store which was Publix and the aftermath of down signal lights and trees being pushed as if a giant had stepped on them or sat on them was overwhelming. The signal lights also caused unrest, because no one was sure how to treat them like four way stop signs. I guess I should only worry about here and now and deal with the future when I get there.

Road closed

It seems like another important day to travel to work. A Super Wal-mart has closed a road off on my travel route to work. It has diverted the travel to another road near by. This is an incovenience to the people who live in the neighborhood and also to the fellow travels like me passing on through. I have sympathy for those that live there and have to put up with a change in their everyday routines.

Sister in the Country

This is my sister Glendon who is primary blueberry picker. She also takes care of lots of animals. She has chickens, a pet turkey, 3 cats, 2 dogs, and horses. She lives out in the country away from the city, but close enough to visit when she wants. She doesn't have to listen to sirens from ambulances, cop cars or helicopters.

The sea is like a big calm lake. It shows little wave movement except close to shore.
I like walking barefoot through the water when it is icy cold. I like looking out into the distance and have nothing looking back. I see very few ships out on the water. Once in a great while there will be some shrimp boats and occasional sail boats. The sand has been pumped back onto the shoreline from a near island. The wave action along with the wind has smoothed out the sand so it doesn't stand out as different. The air is always so fresh close to the shoreline, because there usually is a ocean breeze. No matter if there is a wild fire close by, the wind from the ocean will be a natural barrier. The best times to see the ocean is early in the morning or towards the evening as long as the no seeums aren't biting you. The no seeums are like miniature mosquitos and bite the scalp and legs and back where it is hard to scratch and is very open and exposed to attack. The sea is a treasure of stories and doesn't change. The land around the sea gets torn down by storms and rebuilt by man more tightly bonded together with each other and bigger. The trees and the land are being replaced by big condos and lots of paving and asphalt.

This is just another beautiful memorial day. I have very good memories with my friends. This picture captures a moment in time where we both my friend Dick and I like to see Indian Powwows.