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"Good Morning Good Morning"

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  Good Morning, Good Morning On Sunday. April 19, my visit continued in Saint Petersburg with breakfast at the Café located in the Museum of Fine Arta (MFA). After consuming a large cinnamon roll, my friend Teresa said we would take a walk on the St Pete Pier. Luckily, it is big area and long walk to burn some calories. The pier and pier district opened on July 6, 2020.  The renovated St. Pete Pier features a variety of restaurants and sits on 26 acres of land. About half way out I took this shot of the downtown area of Saint Pete. The MFA is just right of the people and the Parkshore Grille is just right of that. There were a few ponds on the Pier and one had a duck family. Here is mom keeping an eye on her four little ones. Speaking of kids, Teresa's son Anders joined us for the walk, even though he had already run a 5K that morning. While he was running, Teresa and I were eating at the MFA. I thought this was just a decoy duck until I took the picture and Dad turned to look...
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Dining 2026 - Weeks 11-16

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 Well, so much for posting every two weeks my dining goals. Actually I have been thinking of just including it in my day-to-day posts which I have done, but the statistician in me wants a synopsis. This update will include my trip over to Saint Petersburg recently. There were 8 different restaurants I visited over the last six weeks, keeping me ahead of schedule. The one new restaurant was in St Pete. Not the new restaurant, because I have been here before. First, the simple Stats... Statistics Current Weeks: 11-16   # NEW Restaurants:         Current:1   Total:4   Goal:4 # Different Restaurants:    Current:8   Total:24  Goal:16 Here are the restaurants added since the last dining synopsis post... 3/12/26 - The Mansion - Scored 3.0 (Great) I am realizing that when I go out to a meal with someone, I have a tendency to not take a picture of my food. It's probably a good thing socially but not so good for the B...
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"If I Fell"

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 I did a drive to St Pete over the past weekend. My primary goal was to attend a wedding and I also wanted to visit my great friend who I have not seen since COVID hit in 2020. My visit to her was long past due, and the wedding gave me the impetus to make the drive. I took this skyline photo on Sunday on a walk out on St Pete Pier. (I plan to do another post about that) I woke up early Saturday, April 18, and did two things I normally don't do since I have retired. I put on socks and a tie. The drive to St Pete had gotten worse since the last time I did it, and being older did not ease the pressure of fast highway driving. Three nerve wracking hours. The wedding was at 11 AM in Saint Paul's Catholic Church in the heart of Saint Petersburg. It's a beautiful church on a small block of land that includes a school. I went to Saint Mary's Catholic School in Middlebury Vermont for six years. All the inside-the-church photos were taken with my phone. I had brought my nice came...
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"You Won't See Me"

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 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...
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