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"All Together Now"

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 I mentioned in my last post that I had attended the St Patrick's Day parade in downtown Melbourne and I would share more photos in this post. In actuality, most of the photos look like any other year and there was nothing outstanding I caught in my photos.  One of the bands, the Space Coast Highlanders, are always a treat to watch and hear. You gotta love bagpipes. While waiting for the parade to start, I ended up conversing with Tim Shortt, who happens to be one of the photographers I admire working for the local paper the Florida Today. He was covering the parade for the paper. Here he is taking a shot while the parade starts, only about 30 minutes late. He is a nice guy and I enjoyed our pre-parade chat. Another guy I met while waiting was Michael Spooner, aka Rockin' Michael. He makes guitars that he gives to businesses. This one was made for Meg O'Malley's which he was handing to a cart in the parade with Meg people. He kept saying he may "do a Kramer" a...
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"I'll Follow the Sun"

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When I first started this BLOG, it was at the time I had just retired and I wanted to keep a journal of my activities during retirement. My dad had taken my Mom to Florida for retirement after I went off to college, and he kept a journal. I like reading it now, and I tried to type it into the computer, but I am a slow typist and my dad wrote a lot. Lately, I have fallen into the trap of writing rarely and pretty much about my dining and reading activity, but I am doing a lot more than that. I need to focus more on the day to day activities and not the bucket list. Maybe I will give it up and I'll Follow the Sun .. Or the Moon. During the early morning hours of March 3, there was going to be a total eclipse of the moon. I went out the evening before  to check the weather, and it was starting to cloud over so I took this shot of the full moon. Sadly to say, when I got up at 6 am, the moon, which was suppose to be eclipsed, was covered by clouds and so no Red Moon photos. At least I t...
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Dining 2026 - Weeks 9-10

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 In the last two weeks of 2026 I have eaten at four different places with one new for me (I think). I stopped at the Lone Cabbage Fish Camp after a morning of photography at the Orlando Wetlands. I think it is new for me, but I may have went once with my parents. Since dad passed in 1991, I figured it has been at least 35 years since I visited. First, the simple Stats... Statistics Current Weeks: 9-10   # NEW Restaurants:         Current:1   Total:3   Goal:3 # Different Restaurants:    Current:4   Total:16  Goal:10 Here are the restaurants added since the last post... 3/4/26 - BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse - Scored 3.0 (Great) This is one of my favorite spots for lunch and not because of its great name. I go because it has some good lunch specials during the week (M-F) which includes a small pizookie (short for pizza cookie). The Melbourne place opened in 2016 just outside of the Melbourne Square Mall. The...
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