The weather has been so crazy lately! It was warm,then it got super cold. Today it has been really hot again. I heard that next week it will be cold again. The weather is so up and down. I do not want it to get cold but I want it to stay regular. My favorite […]

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Florida has been in the middle of a drought from quite some time now. What little rain we have been getting is not enough to reverse the restrictions we are under. There is nothing worse then being in a drought when you are surrounded by trees. A brush fire starts easy and with the dry […]

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Last year I was “lucky” enough to be the one this bird decided to sing to each and every night for weeks. Only then it seemed like months. The Mockingbird would start singing about 9pm each night in the tree outside my bedroom window.
At first I thought it was cute and I laughed the first […]

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The rain just doesn’t want to let up on us down here in Florida. Our governor has called for a state of emergency due to the flooding. I am surrounded by the counties involved and its just a matter of hours before my county is added to the list.
We have one day where it doesn’t […]

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Sometimes I go to bed at night with my window open because it is warm. Then the wind picks up and before I know it I am freezing.
Yesterday the sun was shining and people were on the beach. Some even in the water. I noticed several people coming into the store with sunburns.
Today […]

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Today the wind was blowing and the waves were crashing. There were white caps on the water and to me the sea was angry. The color of the water was gray with foam blowing across the beach. Sand was blowing with force across the road and hitting the cars with force. Enough […]

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Wow…I just looked outside again and after I shooed away all the mosquitoes that swarmed around me due to the rain (yay) I looked over at my side yard. It is under water. The water overflowed from my creek in the back yard and the ditches along the road both on the […]

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When you live in Florida you can count on strange weather when you least expect it.  We have rain in January when folks are getting ready for Spring Break. Today it is pouring outside. Last night we had horrible thunderstorms and they have carried into today.
I understand nature and the reason it rains though. It […]

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The sand that lies on the side of the road by the beach is on the roads now. Traveling down the beach road it almost impossible. The rain finally stopped today but the flooding is ongoing. I guess I should have pulled my car up almost to my front porch last night. […]

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