Work & Play

On the work side, Polly and I are still landscaping around the pool. This week was in the backyard end of the pool. Home Depot had a $49 special on Palm trees so we got our wet back laborer to install two next to the pool.

Then to finish them off, we dug out a bunch of different shrubs that the previous owner had started and now were hidden by overgrown other plants. The outer edge is a some sort of Day Lily, the red colored plants are a Croton and the row next to the pool are ferns (Polly's favorite).

We also received a nice pool warming gift from the Curry's. It's called a Corn Cane. We pt it into a ceramic pot and then had the problem of how to move it. It weighted a ton.

And now for some R & R - I'm a member of Groupon and I saw this trip advertized for 1/2 price ($15 ea). They call it a Duck and it goes down the road along the string of islands just off the coast near St Petersburg.

And then into the water it goes.

And we see the back side of all the buildings we saw from the raod.

And we were joined by some Bottlenosed Dolphins that played around the duck for quite a while.

All in all, it was a very nice trip, especially the lunch at the American Legion Post overlooking the Inter Coastal Waterway.