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Dining 2026 - Weeks 24-27

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 Four more weeks have passed in 2026 and my dining quest continues. First, the simple Stats... Statistics Current Weeks: 24-27   # NEW Restaurants:         Current:2   Total:7   Goal:6 # Different Restaurants:    Current:7   Total:38  Goal:27 Now I am ahead on New restaurant by one and ahead on Different restaurants by 11. Here are the restaurants added since the last dining synopsis post... 6/16/2026 - Few(2-5) - 3.5 - Dolphin's Waterfront Bar & Grill Location : Brevard County's largest Tiki Bar located just North of 528 on the Canaveral Barge Canal in Merritt Island. Need to make a weird U-turn to get to entrance. History :  Established on March 12, 2022, it sits at the Cape Crossing Resort & Marina with a 65-foot open-air venue carries on the area's tradition of serving food in an old Florida setting. The Polynesian-style venue seats 200 people under a massive thatched roof and features liv...
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"Octopus's Garden"

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 It is hard to believe that half of 2026 is completed. Time is just flying by and I just keep working in my yard trying to build an Octopus's Garden . And maybe take a few photographs too. In an earlier post I shared many of the different animals that I see around the home I own in Florida. I have gathered a few more photos of things I like to photograph including wildlife and fauna. This a Cassius Blue Butterfly. It is about the size of my thumbnail. I almost did not see it but I am glad I got this shot. Elbow creek has birds and manatees, and I often see a school of mullet. They like to swirl around by my yard. I think there is a leader, I just don't think they know who it is... My neighbor Rachel's pretty flower with a wasp, I think. My dad Harold gave me this cat a long time ago. Lately, I have been putting this star-shaped succulent as the tail, but it seems to be getting too long. I went to Jetty Park to take some photographs and this group of young teenagers ran by. ...
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Digital Hoarding XVII

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 I have gotten behind on posting my digital hoarding files. I plan to try and catch up with a few entries over the next few weeks. Here are the latest, some old, some new. Funny I like doing the crosswords each day in the paper. Sunday always has a large one. In May, the grid made me smile... I think you may have to be older to get this one...it made me laugh. Calvin without Hobbes... The world we live in at the moment... Another music reference that young people won't get... Mapping When I worked at ENSCO, I spent some time on mapping and map projections. I just find these interesting. The first one is that the states colored blue have less people than the red area, Los Angeles County. Size comparison between California and Italy... Japan if it was off the East coast of the USA... Texas versus Poland... Texas vs Africa... USA versus Australia... USA versus China... USA versus India... Interesting Local restaurant flyer; this was 2025; need to be ready for 2026... I guess I should ...
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