How to fill time in retirement

 As I get older, I am realizing I cannot eat like I did when I was 60. Lately I have been suffering some stomach issues which makes me stay around home a lot. Since I have not been going out as much, the good news is I have been spending more time doing both inside chores and outside yard care. The bad news is I have also been spending too much time watching TV and not getting the exercise I need.  One show I watched recently was the "Secrets of the Bees" on National Geographic. The first two episodes were wonderful so I checked to see how many more episodes there will be. Sadly, two was all she wrote. But I did learn a lot about bees. As I was mowing my front yard, it was hard to not notice all the bees on the bottlebrush tree I have had since moving in 42 years ago. I know the bees were thinking " You Won't See Me" , but I got out my Canon camera and took some photographs. I was amazed at how much is going on within 15 feet of my front door. The bottlebrush tr...

 Today is Easter Sunday, April 5, 2026. I decided to stay near home because the traffic had been very heavy lately with Spring Break and the Artemis Moon Launch. I did go have a few beer at Lou's Blues on Friday, and that driving convinced me to stay off the roads for a bit. Elbow Creek from my back yard. I decided that I would do some grocery shopping because no one will be at Publix on Easter Sunday morning. There was no one there, but because they were closed. They only close on three days a year, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter. So back home to mow the rest of the back yard. First, I wanted to share the videos I took of the Artemis II Flying on April 1. They are not that good because it was windy which messed up the sound. The rocket roar was a lot louder than it sounds in the video. There are two because I stopped the video to take some still shots. I did want to share a few more photos of the full moon. The first was with default settings and the camera decides shutter sp...

 Living on the Space Coast I have the privilege of watching rocket launches. Yesterday, April 1, was a historic launch of the return to the moon mission Artemis II. I took this picture from Jetty Park of the launch, it was a beautiful day, but let me catch up on the rest of the week first. Over the weekend, March 28 and 29, I had plans to do things but I ended up staying at home doing chores around the house. The only pictures I took were of the bird feeder and none of those were worth sharing. On Monday. March 30, I met up with my friend Ken at Lou's Blues for our Monday beers, and then I walked out to the beach to watch a SpaceX Starlink launch. It was scheduled for 5:15 PM. The local pelicans were flying in formation, and there were plenty of dogs running around Canova Beach... I think this guy was making a "pack" with his two dogs, they were shaking on it... The dogs were very willing to chase the sticks, but usually ran farther than the throw. Happy dogs! I had 20 mi...