Florida Factoid Friday

In the 1960s, the National Association of Letter Carriers created the retirement community of Nalcrest (think about it) with affordable housing for its members. The Polk County community is home to more than 500 retired letter carriers.

Monday Morning Mealtime

OOPS! I forgot to post-date. Just pretend you didn't see this and come back tomorrow, lol!



Chillun's, it's been over 100° here for days and days and days. The humiture has been as high as 160°. Needless to say, I'm not getting out a whole lot. Fortunately, the wildlife is coming to me. This lovely spider spun her web just outside the stair rail. A few days later, she was gone. I found her right outside my front door, chowing down on a cicada. When I got back from a few local errands, it was gone! I looked aroound to see if she had stashed it somewhere, but found nothing. I can't believe [she] ate the whole thing!

Then again, we made pretty fast work of the blueberry cobblers I made a couple weeks ago. I wish I'd thought to shoot the whole process. It was so amazingly easy, I can't think why I don't do it more often. I experimented with this one... added a few banana slices in one corner, just to see how it would taste. Duller has pronounced it repeatable. The other one also had free-from-Publix raspberries. Now that I've revisited this, I'm gonna have to go find some fresh Joja peaches and maybe try a stovetop cobbler. No way am I turning on the oven! Hmmm, I'm thinking a little make-shift solar oven might be just the ticket. Anybody tried that?

Happy Monday, y'all! Have a JESUS-filled week!

PS - I give up trying to format this thing. It looked just right in the preview. Definitely not WYSIWYG.

Florida Factoid Friday

For several years, an unfinished replica of the Scooby Doo van has been sitting in front of a North Miami Beach restaurant. Ham and Eggery's reviews are mixed, so I reckon it's all a matter of taste. 8-]

Who said that?

All societies of men must be governed in some way or other. The less they may have of stringent State Government, the more they must have of individual self-government. The less they rely on public law or physical force, the more they must rely on private moral restraint. Men, in a word, must necessarily be controlled, either by a power within them, or by a power without them; either by the Word of God, or by the strong arm of man; either by the Bible, or by the bayonet.

Anybody know the quotee?

Florida Factoid Friday

In June of 1942, four German saboteurs landed on Ponte Vedra Beach. They brought ashore enough explosives, primers, and incendiaries to carry out their 2-year plan. All four, along with another group in NY, were quickly apprehended and the Germans never made another such attempt. The FBI was able to track them down so quickly because a member of the NY team convinced his partner to give up the plan and defect. Did he get cold feet or had he planned the double-cross from the start?

Monday Morning Mystery Moratorium

I've been doing this for over 2 years - can you believe it?! - and am running out of inspiration. Not that there aren't plenty of things to shoot, but how many different bird body parts can one post? Anyhow, I've made the difficult decision to at least take a break for a few weeks and see what develops. Mega-thanks to all y'all who popped in every week and commented or e-mailed me guesses and other encouraging remarks! I don't know if I'm just burned out or have exhausted my creative limits. So, I'm going to venture back out into the real world. Maybe scenes like this will refuel my tank. Love y'all loads!

Have a JESUS-filled day!

Florida Factoid Friday

Kudzu was first promoted in America in the 1920s by Charles and Lillie Pleas of Chipley, FL. The Pleases touted it as an anti-erosion, high-protein forage plant. The Asian vine, a gift from Japan, grows a foot per day during the summer.

Mystery revealed

This week's brownie button is still up for grabs.

Anybody recognize him?