tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54285349889223256762024-03-18T08:05:04.796-07:00The Grove GuyGlenn Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15362915360429603120noreply@blogger.comBlogger911125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428534988922325676.post-81996639054047011372024-03-12T14:16:00.000-07:002024-03-15T07:27:54.891-07:00NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS- MARCH, '24<p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">UP THE CREEK</span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Florida Park's Newsletter- March, 2024</span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Hello Neighbors,</span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> It's</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> SPRINGTIME</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> in Gainesville. The azaleas are so bright you gotta wear sunglasses.<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGF8jgHzX0VMiOQXY8myM2ebH7UqVRf2uKbPAlgc1ILKVF1eJhDKwzzh0G0jyKYE22PRcgFJJWG0ctCsKpvYJQ6bSfxOzaUeKCcfyN9MqUqTZl6uXnFDo5JDwWmLujOZ7apyZtzRFH0wbmfD-unqJNRBlf53yCkp95ZuUCCXcPmulY1G_vtDCiTBJvxpoP/s2354/fullsizeoutput_4212.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1881" data-original-width="2354" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGF8jgHzX0VMiOQXY8myM2ebH7UqVRf2uKbPAlgc1ILKVF1eJhDKwzzh0G0jyKYE22PRcgFJJWG0ctCsKpvYJQ6bSfxOzaUeKCcfyN9MqUqTZl6uXnFDo5JDwWmLujOZ7apyZtzRFH0wbmfD-unqJNRBlf53yCkp95ZuUCCXcPmulY1G_vtDCiTBJvxpoP/s320/fullsizeoutput_4212.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">I haven't banged out a newsletter in a spell so here's my latest. <br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">PICNIC</span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Our Spring picnic is coming up in a month. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKevnBA52kr2bVomN4gk_7CP-nJvCXCdTF480sKFI_EkQDCNypQZHXNa3HuDheou85LwuZV4k0o-k1NmxX0B6ZaOa0t2JTU1aJwXqjo6rmn9lOs514faIC75g1tiSJSLsKz0E44tHV_P1v8edbslfcCMZolhrgzd3BszUsg7LdXwNGe93ciBQXgE5YXypu/s3784/fullsizeoutput_3c1b.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3784" data-original-width="2838" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKevnBA52kr2bVomN4gk_7CP-nJvCXCdTF480sKFI_EkQDCNypQZHXNa3HuDheou85LwuZV4k0o-k1NmxX0B6ZaOa0t2JTU1aJwXqjo6rmn9lOs514faIC75g1tiSJSLsKz0E44tHV_P1v8edbslfcCMZolhrgzd3BszUsg7LdXwNGe93ciBQXgE5YXypu/s320/fullsizeoutput_3c1b.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> We will gather on Sunday, April 14th, in Parker Park (NE 5 Ave at 20 St) from 3-6 p.m. It's always fun and I hope you can join us. <br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">It is sponsored by our University Park Neighborhood Association ("UPNA"). You need not be a member to attend (membership is just 20 bucks a year. You can join at www.upnagnv.org). </span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">We have two big picnics and one Halloween parade<br /></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPSwEdQUvC37wVfIjjPZBx3SlqrFskKhwXUJSx-4JrjEbkkh-yGzhGgzILwetwa5cy25or0tRlreNeakH3IGQlD16gjprE3rr2i0x1P510ki1Umat4RQ_dkljOlfYXsUFy21-0Eqh3EVjliYkNpunHrw9gSRWgosFE7h1vJvvgcHKTqtKvyaJaNcfOSRvm/s4032/fullsizeoutput_3dca.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPSwEdQUvC37wVfIjjPZBx3SlqrFskKhwXUJSx-4JrjEbkkh-yGzhGgzILwetwa5cy25or0tRlreNeakH3IGQlD16gjprE3rr2i0x1P510ki1Umat4RQ_dkljOlfYXsUFy21-0Eqh3EVjliYkNpunHrw9gSRWgosFE7h1vJvvgcHKTqtKvyaJaNcfOSRvm/w480-h640/fullsizeoutput_3dca.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mr. Bones and friends leading the procession last October.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> (plus a few street parties) every year. <br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">A BIT OF HISTORY</span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> A neighbor did some research and told me </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuTXrAwTm7ck2t3Mx0Frt2WYzKrqZVBEAoS-M9Ru5Pi_3L96retwf0Ywqdm3f9I62eR70xXFyXbgFf5mVOcskLFzliJEUCT1QEHZoXwshW8peUutY2Jdy63ElC8KWGApP4EdC2AbwnJYa2yPPiJpnYaqC6lqA3QpQ3Xqji94K4o1eY0rPaKLunXaqzJHAn/s3209/fullsizeoutput_4218.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2231" data-original-width="3209" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuTXrAwTm7ck2t3Mx0Frt2WYzKrqZVBEAoS-M9Ru5Pi_3L96retwf0Ywqdm3f9I62eR70xXFyXbgFf5mVOcskLFzliJEUCT1QEHZoXwshW8peUutY2Jdy63ElC8KWGApP4EdC2AbwnJYa2yPPiJpnYaqC6lqA3QpQ3Xqji94K4o1eY0rPaKLunXaqzJHAn/s320/fullsizeoutput_4218.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">-The oldest house in Gainesville ("The Bailey House") is just 7 blocks east of us. It is now Persimmon School at NW 6 St and 11th Ave. The Bailey Plantation consisted of many structures and hundreds of acres tended by enslaved people. Many of their descendants still live here.<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">-Florida Park (8th to 16th Aves, 13th to 22d Sts.) was one big farm in the early 1900's. In the 30's the UF swimming team would practice in pond north of 9th Street (It was clear and spring-fed before we messed it up).<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">-In the 1920's a religious group bought the farm to turn it into Dixieland Bible College which never came to be. </span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">-Rainbow Bridge (in Rattlesnake Woods)</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB8IO8QizrOGCd1a6MK2OYs2V5wXnzb7MRkrLLQmp1WFX5LAMtOm1qf-j8Ke7wuv9DlYZ7uYdTJFLGE95f25dcnCCuvOUioLuPxTTqpO2D8wKnD0mF8y_a0QdxnjbOz4M3qiqDOwpRz_m4XmCRmdJxDoyCsl0HG1mqedziykusoA5CJP05Sbnx2O-GPSRY/s4032/6I2rdgyhS1K9Pkgpp30z1w.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB8IO8QizrOGCd1a6MK2OYs2V5wXnzb7MRkrLLQmp1WFX5LAMtOm1qf-j8Ke7wuv9DlYZ7uYdTJFLGE95f25dcnCCuvOUioLuPxTTqpO2D8wKnD0mF8y_a0QdxnjbOz4M3qiqDOwpRz_m4XmCRmdJxDoyCsl0HG1mqedziykusoA5CJP05Sbnx2O-GPSRY/s320/6I2rdgyhS1K9Pkgpp30z1w.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">was built by the guys who ride their bikes madly across it at night, 20 years ago.</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Every two years helpful neighbors volunteer to re-paint it. "Yellow" and "Orange" were just restored. </span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">ANOTHER PARADE</span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Last December many Florida Park people </span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX24kLJiX8mAB0oIe62wcBQtxTq4a0DpA64-3eQUOlQxgbr9v0nF9CJeTx_g3QmAzXSUyWTRTC6MSrYhQnouq1REsFtVZ624OvgawZ1Dj5S30d1IlYS96YFVt0ASfkLtdt4IaadERWIhmbpsAhX_Y66OlruhYHkR-9tkO0CP-MEn5lKjhYypPxMOzczP4K/s1723/fullsizeoutput_4199.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1723" data-original-width="1363" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX24kLJiX8mAB0oIe62wcBQtxTq4a0DpA64-3eQUOlQxgbr9v0nF9CJeTx_g3QmAzXSUyWTRTC6MSrYhQnouq1REsFtVZ624OvgawZ1Dj5S30d1IlYS96YFVt0ASfkLtdt4IaadERWIhmbpsAhX_Y66OlruhYHkR-9tkO0CP-MEn5lKjhYypPxMOzczP4K/w316-h400/fullsizeoutput_4199.jpeg" width="316" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Dancing Dinosaurs from Melrose<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">participated in Gainesville's new event, "The Flying Pig Parade". </span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> It says great things about our 'hood when so many residents jumped into this fun-filled procession. </span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">*</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Fabric artist Teri Hamill flew her home-made pig. Lee and Gina had them flying from bamboo sticks. </span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">*</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Bobby and his grand kids led the procession.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7p5ANFslZ7SpX9DqYP4gDShgJFPU3Pk9s8dPbBjw3vNr0vSvVWcZIjUep5DnhtWRYykUnonqF9fqKDzO1Qzv93Y_GE7ZHPMwzf7tXPtdLTMuAvFfjeURwa9tLCmrc49zGg91YpnHRPs32-7nIV-wk5VM7SNFJkhMUhSbUb5RTGqhhBTOL5o1IOQKG7E-g/s2048/Suffer%20Whimsy,%20FPP.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7p5ANFslZ7SpX9DqYP4gDShgJFPU3Pk9s8dPbBjw3vNr0vSvVWcZIjUep5DnhtWRYykUnonqF9fqKDzO1Qzv93Y_GE7ZHPMwzf7tXPtdLTMuAvFfjeURwa9tLCmrc49zGg91YpnHRPs32-7nIV-wk5VM7SNFJkhMUhSbUb5RTGqhhBTOL5o1IOQKG7E-g/w400-h266/Suffer%20Whimsy,%20FPP.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN3jLadnIFcLyZJ5h4AQtfKV-73drQcaRJoU95xqQ1yrlFe9N19MOWEbvstkwjkivTEFT919AYXSv1F5z6dyYrOKldN8xDuV5pm_ghQaQ5qMnR8Dx4acQQXzN5BXUsDQWBONlTDYSn-9f9jQJkN5Flz5Kmm3Ecpn8iuoribRD_RBLYD1IEz8AyS37-uVWm/s4032/fullsizeoutput_40d1.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN3jLadnIFcLyZJ5h4AQtfKV-73drQcaRJoU95xqQ1yrlFe9N19MOWEbvstkwjkivTEFT919AYXSv1F5z6dyYrOKldN8xDuV5pm_ghQaQ5qMnR8Dx4acQQXzN5BXUsDQWBONlTDYSn-9f9jQJkN5Flz5Kmm3Ecpn8iuoribRD_RBLYD1IEz8AyS37-uVWm/w400-h300/fullsizeoutput_40d1.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: red; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">*</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Eddie and his band, "Ramos Pinta" got the crowds dancing,</span><p></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">*</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Ward created the Runaway Ballot Box that would not let anyone vote,</span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">*</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> Megan supplied a golf cart for the Star Theater group. </span><span style="color: red; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">*</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Kevin was a parade marshal and </span><span style="color: red; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">*</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Francesca wrangled the groups at the parade's start. </span><span style="color: red; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">*</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Carol and David were puppeteers operating Mr. Bones!<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">*</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Tina and Shirley </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcBy5tNSi2KttGCXSP5HiPpASBv8DwausaSPL7bjkatMRtPt3zHpEjskQ11rTeJFVukZcxkW1mX6E-RhIvLq7uwsd-DJJplIMOGHd-ZfsqL0f3NSo-xRVX7Ef4DN8M1LvPjlDkTosSW9XRs9A2M3qNhA9_VhVR0GChysfFlJVaMMs6nyYSgtedtBurQTMS/s3633/fullsizeoutput_4042.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2565" data-original-width="3633" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcBy5tNSi2KttGCXSP5HiPpASBv8DwausaSPL7bjkatMRtPt3zHpEjskQ11rTeJFVukZcxkW1mX6E-RhIvLq7uwsd-DJJplIMOGHd-ZfsqL0f3NSo-xRVX7Ef4DN8M1LvPjlDkTosSW9XRs9A2M3qNhA9_VhVR0GChysfFlJVaMMs6nyYSgtedtBurQTMS/w640-h452/fullsizeoutput_4042.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">pranced and danced with "Girls Who Just Wanna Have Fun" and </span><span style="color: red; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">*</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Pam and Carol led the spectacular Banned Book Brigade.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqyLKtSgjwLhfn1k8jagPDUfHj7bWLUhkkcQZQACmfCOrnhIRzLqJEaSB3_NDLjSo3S_I9uuNLQsWn8UxegHuMVUhikrZTvmYe-4zw9dRsWYDhgpMXHbNbbSFh8FPsViQw5XreZnds7uU11RfIjInM6qQiJvMOA7GklTwsz3ZRvfByynNLEp-Sw47_NpTN/s4032/vlznQn2GS7m5jVwWO04DEw.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqyLKtSgjwLhfn1k8jagPDUfHj7bWLUhkkcQZQACmfCOrnhIRzLqJEaSB3_NDLjSo3S_I9uuNLQsWn8UxegHuMVUhikrZTvmYe-4zw9dRsWYDhgpMXHbNbbSFh8FPsViQw5XreZnds7uU11RfIjInM6qQiJvMOA7GklTwsz3ZRvfByynNLEp-Sw47_NpTN/w480-h640/vlznQn2GS7m5jVwWO04DEw.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />What an incredible showing from the talented residents of Florida Park!</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Start planning your performance when the pig flies again on December 28th!<br /><br /><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZdLGr9yyDS0A6abwgLANFF7Migz1cNy4QKkcHY2034NGmeaeDCviweVV6wpGeSkHdBIxvuyCIf7UkrFFVeqrX6r4pLCFyzVm_VEp4d7VtfmP5Y2U-YmyQXpEssfOZ_sSMNnFPsSxY6pevsbVxfKKokis96G1XOpy7c0fk0seN7RznQ8TTf60fFwijW2n/s1403/fullsizeoutput_411b.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1362" data-original-width="1403" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZdLGr9yyDS0A6abwgLANFF7Migz1cNy4QKkcHY2034NGmeaeDCviweVV6wpGeSkHdBIxvuyCIf7UkrFFVeqrX6r4pLCFyzVm_VEp4d7VtfmP5Y2U-YmyQXpEssfOZ_sSMNnFPsSxY6pevsbVxfKKokis96G1XOpy7c0fk0seN7RznQ8TTf60fFwijW2n/w640-h622/fullsizeoutput_411b.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Queen of Creativity, Savannah Elliot <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><br />UPNA MEETING</span></span></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBjG9s_GAC_FS1hAKd9qPwlGmX8jTpNc7KkoZxQRAC3KHuc38dvRl1Mf8OcWo4ZiU7V2BLTQnE5R22AuF5GLc4YBYlt-cRn2yaRKaxKAwzrVvPCrcC5wyUDsM7MqReI7zoklSwaJLzgn5lE65TNgcThoki6YZpy1TfxxzRJEXlHwIbPxkuSPdd2k3P8_OE/s2919/fullsizeoutput_4207.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2355" data-original-width="2919" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBjG9s_GAC_FS1hAKd9qPwlGmX8jTpNc7KkoZxQRAC3KHuc38dvRl1Mf8OcWo4ZiU7V2BLTQnE5R22AuF5GLc4YBYlt-cRn2yaRKaxKAwzrVvPCrcC5wyUDsM7MqReI7zoklSwaJLzgn5lE65TNgcThoki6YZpy1TfxxzRJEXlHwIbPxkuSPdd2k3P8_OE/w400-h323/fullsizeoutput_4207.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Subdivision with 400 s.f. houses in Austin, Texas<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> UPNA has monthly online board meetings that anyone can attend. At the most recent, UF professor Peggy Carr shared her views on how our city commissioner, Bryan Eastman's proposed zoning changes to increase residential building density, will affect our city. The next meeting is tonight (3-12) at 7.<br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #783f04;"> SAVING ENERGY<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbMka5ZJe7D4OL3UAaB3silsbUWqJeTL8Kij6mVlUNqigHrV41rT9BG_ETtejTxnoR8B7hlwg7ohrRCezyeqzOFM_aF-2vhbOkSJt6agrBSe5op6zYzyAePDP6RCKLMKFtaHtzqCX_Ce0pESxz03kMEIpmkufCPCRRds_g2Xd9kJ0FAzq7YZwBv9AfCu_I/s3502/fullsizeoutput_4208.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3502" data-original-width="2937" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbMka5ZJe7D4OL3UAaB3silsbUWqJeTL8Kij6mVlUNqigHrV41rT9BG_ETtejTxnoR8B7hlwg7ohrRCezyeqzOFM_aF-2vhbOkSJt6agrBSe5op6zYzyAePDP6RCKLMKFtaHtzqCX_Ce0pESxz03kMEIpmkufCPCRRds_g2Xd9kJ0FAzq7YZwBv9AfCu_I/s320/fullsizeoutput_4208.jpeg" width="268" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <span style="color: #0b5394;">I volunteer with the Community Weatherization Coalition. We do free home energy "tune-ups" for local residents. Last week my CWC partner and I visited the home of Suzetta Riggs on NW 4 St. In our effort to reduce her GRU bill we, among other things, installed energy-saving light bulbs, a low-flow shower head, and connected her with a non-profit that can help her with insulation and roofing problems. If you'd like CWC to help reduce you energy bills contact them at info@communityweatherization.org.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #741b47;">NEW NEIGHBORS</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;">We've got new "creekers", folks that have purchased houses on the amazing creeks in Florida Park. </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNsLM132AVme_jg10pcISPFjbGmnkzgUcxw0EM2kTPBadJpUDbT0DvzSb-Lh7P0mpDF2ojZSTjBwT0x4lxxHo6SGsKndLykw9liO7g-LQQ9aC7d-cnN9HbxD85GFFnpiEnYGZl6GVOZ6RFo0Jla1rcj_WbvLq9wNlChE9hxfHhWzY5HMnp1I0wgRDd5Rri/s3798/fullsizeoutput_4213.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2848" data-original-width="3798" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNsLM132AVme_jg10pcISPFjbGmnkzgUcxw0EM2kTPBadJpUDbT0DvzSb-Lh7P0mpDF2ojZSTjBwT0x4lxxHo6SGsKndLykw9liO7g-LQQ9aC7d-cnN9HbxD85GFFnpiEnYGZl6GVOZ6RFo0Jla1rcj_WbvLq9wNlChE9hxfHhWzY5HMnp1I0wgRDd5Rri/s320/fullsizeoutput_4213.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> Sita, Romain, and their kids moved into the brick house on the west end of 14th Ave last month.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Brian, Jaclyne, and their children move from their lake house in Melrose to be closer to everything that <br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpQFOIG6xeD0P7gzK79U1e3Lzjzgdcyyiq3V2lVpmPGXQ5Su_y823Kv1iPI_xGHek86V5BaIeuWR0IDWVJHfzQI3QYtzoIVXOAFdnt8vk5p3o3LLo8qL90_HLoe1x9i2RiH4KGqVZpBHEkNaPJT1AFROzGjNKmhyphenhypheniIm_ynSFCXYPgHQtCam6kTxCCuxkX1/s4032/0fU0gxD6TCuo3mXJSm12cg.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpQFOIG6xeD0P7gzK79U1e3Lzjzgdcyyiq3V2lVpmPGXQ5Su_y823Kv1iPI_xGHek86V5BaIeuWR0IDWVJHfzQI3QYtzoIVXOAFdnt8vk5p3o3LLo8qL90_HLoe1x9i2RiH4KGqVZpBHEkNaPJT1AFROzGjNKmhyphenhypheniIm_ynSFCXYPgHQtCam6kTxCCuxkX1/s320/0fU0gxD6TCuo3mXJSm12cg.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Gainesville offers. The family loves their new place on 10 Ave. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;">We welcome them all; its great to have more families with kids living on the west side of 18th.</span></span><br /><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"><br />EATING THE PAPER'S HUMBLE PIE</span></p><p><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #073763; font-size: x-large;">I have enjoyed the luxury of the morning paper landing in my driveway all my life. I didn't know it was luxury until deliveries stopped last month. "Too few readers", I was told. Reading newspapers online to me is like watching a movie on a phone. It ain't right.</span></p><p><span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">MOVING ON</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Why do obituaries get buried in the news? Many of the departed led remarkable lives. Our neighbor, Geoff Pietsch, left us Christmas Eve. The retired history teacher/long-distance running coach was much loved by his high school students. Former ones visited him often. Over the years you probably enjoyed his many thoughtful letters in the Gainesville Sun.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">While Doug Massey lived in Duckpond he always enjoyed marching in Florida Park's Halloween parades. The retired educator loved world travel too. Last year he and his wive, Anna, spent two weeks in Tajikistan (it's just SW of Kyrgystan). That's Doug was wearing one of that trip's purchases as he holds up Mr. Bones' right hand in October's parade (see photo at the top). Doug, who was the "Silenced Professor' in December's pig parade, died during a Shands operation on 2-21-24.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">I'd like to also say "so long" to the hundreds of sandhill cranes who left for North Dakota last month. <br />Their annual high-flying formations </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-pdLNIeAk4WVNaM0IOdXOTgDw9MyI4qRahiSHbxCsXulBu1eyAeOYLIGYw2U41dF70gmw8YGumUSdA1VdRGzVpeQ-3ucfE5WC-NbPvH3VE7U98083MDzXWlRG6dVidyKtVEDqGCxXlokLURQaFIdrJNUrxBYVn1avkC1uSmyRopPAhnk8_cHgprq06Tva/s1828/fullsizeoutput_4219.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1227" data-original-width="1828" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-pdLNIeAk4WVNaM0IOdXOTgDw9MyI4qRahiSHbxCsXulBu1eyAeOYLIGYw2U41dF70gmw8YGumUSdA1VdRGzVpeQ-3ucfE5WC-NbPvH3VE7U98083MDzXWlRG6dVidyKtVEDqGCxXlokLURQaFIdrJNUrxBYVn1avkC1uSmyRopPAhnk8_cHgprq06Tva/w200-h134/fullsizeoutput_4219.jpeg" width="200" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;"><br />with warbling song are one more North Florida delight. <br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">They will return and and so will I with more neighborhood news. <br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">That's it from NW 12th Road.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">May the good news be yours</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOO11OdV7DNuCZzsSAXZhjO9JeUEb-fc3-oHYTorYRBVtYk8-j-ZHqadwD2z4lSZL1eUnCmJSobU40cwYAaXUCUO6Daf-0_thA-tWhWwFAINZm2EB-L_q_F5wTCUu0bQwj-rrbKL4_1fj1RQrx3KQ8ZchE64u8195MSzxcK7MQ1C2bh0ckNSphkTmmnG1E/s3088/fullsizeoutput_32b0.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOO11OdV7DNuCZzsSAXZhjO9JeUEb-fc3-oHYTorYRBVtYk8-j-ZHqadwD2z4lSZL1eUnCmJSobU40cwYAaXUCUO6Daf-0_thA-tWhWwFAINZm2EB-L_q_F5wTCUu0bQwj-rrbKL4_1fj1RQrx3KQ8ZchE64u8195MSzxcK7MQ1C2bh0ckNSphkTmmnG1E/w200-h150/fullsizeoutput_32b0.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">Your faithful scribe,</span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">Glenn<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"> </span><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP9Mi6YRFGU6_Nw6W_KDWF_tRpNp-YqphxZaGkeYD43PMht_GIK4dJEoypSJC3_-DWyHX6hg8Q4FCGJBvEC3ps96MSe4nj-HOwLUWhYRoY7Kqy8Rd6xM7w94HG9nsJgO6jA1hud0f9FEzdEXbe4Hs1WKkDcsBxbSOeprogm4mOZE3lHppHP00k1yPpZcr1/s4032/JCWjgCPTRuOOZbulePKJ+Q.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP9Mi6YRFGU6_Nw6W_KDWF_tRpNp-YqphxZaGkeYD43PMht_GIK4dJEoypSJC3_-DWyHX6hg8Q4FCGJBvEC3ps96MSe4nj-HOwLUWhYRoY7Kqy8Rd6xM7w94HG9nsJgO6jA1hud0f9FEzdEXbe4Hs1WKkDcsBxbSOeprogm4mOZE3lHppHP00k1yPpZcr1/w640-h480/JCWjgCPTRuOOZbulePKJ+Q.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sharing in Florida Park<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><br /><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p>Glenn Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15362915360429603120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428534988922325676.post-50388314769336542902024-02-21T09:55:00.000-08:002024-02-21T09:57:04.306-08:00GOODBYE TOO SOON<p> <span style="color: #20124d; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBScANCltaP4fSY5ySEpoN6xgPmofdVWXRu9yd4Jo2hp9DBEPuzcBqPybTt88VLSmo_fWKzrOq4t42RDuqY5qAEilf8IOnuB6Ek_tIwl-WmRF1eNmK6UJ_cmolV9EdEgNqFV5SW0Hk4UBA_862_H-2rqyYv_6LwcEHNU3juPxRH5ZeEXZZAmS7C75uzvi/s3002/fullsizeoutput_41f5.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: verdana; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2715" data-original-width="3002" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBScANCltaP4fSY5ySEpoN6xgPmofdVWXRu9yd4Jo2hp9DBEPuzcBqPybTt88VLSmo_fWKzrOq4t42RDuqY5qAEilf8IOnuB6Ek_tIwl-WmRF1eNmK6UJ_cmolV9EdEgNqFV5SW0Hk4UBA_862_H-2rqyYv_6LwcEHNU3juPxRH5ZeEXZZAmS7C75uzvi/w200-h181/fullsizeoutput_41f5.jpeg" width="200" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #20124d; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Four days ago I had a long conversation with my friend, Doug Mackey. We joked about his heart operation coming up on my birthday (yesterday, February 20th). I assured him he'd do fine, that nothing bad ever happens on the day I was born. </span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> <br /> I was wrong. His wife just called to tell me he died a few hours ago, "Complications", she said. </span></p><p><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> Doug and I had a lot in common. Friends in Miami, we both moved up to G'ville just before Covid. Sharing a bent sense of humor he'd help with my parades and other projects.</span></p><p><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjInrkVNEI5ayb1x-zG7IfAh3YXwbBK5B4mmNqtlfGHUxLM39VVSXwZDvCCH1CUs-kQROwAK5lHQt77_NQyWDhzyK5uEaFJF2-gR_mkwBZt-6HUEG60UZSd986b8ZASjlT8wBQDnQxvVX61FF5tsIu1tMeF1yHIEL8CB3qUNCoVykKov52RQMsEZ3KtaWaR/s3744/fullsizeoutput_40a9.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3744" data-original-width="2807" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjInrkVNEI5ayb1x-zG7IfAh3YXwbBK5B4mmNqtlfGHUxLM39VVSXwZDvCCH1CUs-kQROwAK5lHQt77_NQyWDhzyK5uEaFJF2-gR_mkwBZt-6HUEG60UZSd986b8ZASjlT8wBQDnQxvVX61FF5tsIu1tMeF1yHIEL8CB3qUNCoVykKov52RQMsEZ3KtaWaR/w300-h400/fullsizeoutput_40a9.jpeg" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> Just last December he was the "Silenced Professor" in the Flying Pig Parade. A year before that he wore the nine-foot puppet in our "Dr. Fauci Look-Alike Contest". </span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPA7yzhhoMD1__xU-naEoclECTUo7qB7rQvW0txImAJla0HVIDU-LRFrVhsUHrODvo6vt4F1g74kaBUNaq6zj0eYJzTOSCA5CAp_MynoiSWr_nu1vh7dh_qMXdOTGlXp-Z_dAq9CvdNSETeUZnMgrzqSupo5lW3zW9n1E5wDxi28pyF-FMyocMjTXdONV7/s4032/1SHRF0kpQoyTeqaRlHpxZg.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPA7yzhhoMD1__xU-naEoclECTUo7qB7rQvW0txImAJla0HVIDU-LRFrVhsUHrODvo6vt4F1g74kaBUNaq6zj0eYJzTOSCA5CAp_MynoiSWr_nu1vh7dh_qMXdOTGlXp-Z_dAq9CvdNSETeUZnMgrzqSupo5lW3zW9n1E5wDxi28pyF-FMyocMjTXdONV7/s320/1SHRF0kpQoyTeqaRlHpxZg.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">The 76 year-old retired educator died, I suppose, surrounded by medical personnel. His wife, Anna, was nearby in a waiting room hoping for good news.</span></p><p><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> That's all I know. My friend is gone and the silenced professor will speak no more. </span></p><p><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> _________________________<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: verdana;"> </span></p>Glenn Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15362915360429603120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428534988922325676.post-30345077809296098432024-01-22T06:19:00.000-08:002024-01-24T04:35:14.788-08:00THE WORLD'S FIRST FLYING PIG PARADE<p> <span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">It took a year to put on a one-hour parade but it was well worth it. The first Flying Pig Parade stepped out at 2 p.m. on December 30, 2023.</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> There were cameras everywhere, including my own. I'd like to share a few of our photographs.</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> We lined up with our groups in the staging area. This was a great place to shoot paraders-in-waiting.</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">These people below were from the distant past, looking for a new site for Gainesville's renaissance fair.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP-DVT6C_FuPpmOc4ZSrvFqd1V2KGoe7ujE8zsAz9c9rzDavx6ma6jcpz6vayWuBl8m9lC835Y_mLza2yL5yviPrWvcutdAjcwpXiTdJPdHhBdZkOW8VYhWI4ineuVKJK-AjrHWZbJ3cZLql2OQXj67GHLEmGkKQVQUXsuxxw9YOwJnjLsxmVEqnDj7brh/s834/fullsizeoutput_4175.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="834" height="557" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP-DVT6C_FuPpmOc4ZSrvFqd1V2KGoe7ujE8zsAz9c9rzDavx6ma6jcpz6vayWuBl8m9lC835Y_mLza2yL5yviPrWvcutdAjcwpXiTdJPdHhBdZkOW8VYhWI4ineuVKJK-AjrHWZbJ3cZLql2OQXj67GHLEmGkKQVQUXsuxxw9YOwJnjLsxmVEqnDj7brh/w640-h557/fullsizeoutput_4175.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEhBKt9wNhtP6AEAWdaISYoiSM4FhSuJuEAoJbDtb-SWCmurvCrRYbyrFmXatEu3I2bbv_xeOYcXHkt3OaYRJuBwmlhdI4DpfbDaX3KNgfUI3mR7d8wtLu8dTHPHXxOPh6tc2lg9viUPDKOg6U0WyLu_i2YqGo21vlWw-Zi3PYDoFr5HVDZFTb3ZjURVDN/s1762/Julie%20fpparade.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1762" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEhBKt9wNhtP6AEAWdaISYoiSM4FhSuJuEAoJbDtb-SWCmurvCrRYbyrFmXatEu3I2bbv_xeOYcXHkt3OaYRJuBwmlhdI4DpfbDaX3KNgfUI3mR7d8wtLu8dTHPHXxOPh6tc2lg9viUPDKOg6U0WyLu_i2YqGo21vlWw-Zi3PYDoFr5HVDZFTb3ZjURVDN/w245-h400/Julie%20fpparade.jpg" width="245" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">Pink with passion, Julie Anspach encouraged her "Weird Barbies" to practice their dance. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXTNL7wJOD4tkcwyqwV1DBQtJkN2smlDeoOTeVexw_FhthhasH6hLSeixKShku9esWZblNmlcPehILmeOMWykRzWRBFx4la3Rc3Eob5xDsyGNIyZy4eNvbvvYnKAcqqNKZKNqATNoeSbzduYYuOs7Iq22np3cQqk0Gli0B3-sXQRoSKQU8RrhjJ2eFvwGT/s1683/fullsizeoutput_4185.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1240" data-original-width="1683" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXTNL7wJOD4tkcwyqwV1DBQtJkN2smlDeoOTeVexw_FhthhasH6hLSeixKShku9esWZblNmlcPehILmeOMWykRzWRBFx4la3Rc3Eob5xDsyGNIyZy4eNvbvvYnKAcqqNKZKNqATNoeSbzduYYuOs7Iq22np3cQqk0Gli0B3-sXQRoSKQU8RrhjJ2eFvwGT/w640-h472/fullsizeoutput_4185.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7BSpsRE6lJ3cCiBMZy1t2vQxTJ_E8HGfLwRibXeTek2Ro34Kxm_6LJOJL_lx-IiAJoRECfp5R9zHAFKy_Wowr71V4zm-o2NxvXvXpkuR3H2WPAjMJbJNJrMgyG5Q4KOw6uGQsyrkUGKBN1pRNFTmoL1sCGtYtXXouSZnYHcuSotN0hA9dvL_3E9-eZH_N/s3736/fullsizeoutput_4018.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3736" data-original-width="2802" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7BSpsRE6lJ3cCiBMZy1t2vQxTJ_E8HGfLwRibXeTek2Ro34Kxm_6LJOJL_lx-IiAJoRECfp5R9zHAFKy_Wowr71V4zm-o2NxvXvXpkuR3H2WPAjMJbJNJrMgyG5Q4KOw6uGQsyrkUGKBN1pRNFTmoL1sCGtYtXXouSZnYHcuSotN0hA9dvL_3E9-eZH_N/s320/fullsizeoutput_4018.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div></span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">The Star Center Theaters Baton and Flag Corps were anxious to march.</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1GbrfNjPXT0jWzjC6pAE6B_-gHAMe_M-jbRj8gCvqPZNH8BufiTgdY8fDt1w8xotI2plq3FFpJZ_t2-2yUFG7AN_welA70E0WeytWaWCCVtmH1xDEY0gc_REsCf0E_kPkoMJAsIrLVYOkCQsosQJz07tGOtmJVM_FtodANOpPTGrYjYT6cSqwU74PMqM8/s3990/fullsizeoutput_40c8.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3990" data-original-width="2887" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1GbrfNjPXT0jWzjC6pAE6B_-gHAMe_M-jbRj8gCvqPZNH8BufiTgdY8fDt1w8xotI2plq3FFpJZ_t2-2yUFG7AN_welA70E0WeytWaWCCVtmH1xDEY0gc_REsCf0E_kPkoMJAsIrLVYOkCQsosQJz07tGOtmJVM_FtodANOpPTGrYjYT6cSqwU74PMqM8/w290-h400/fullsizeoutput_40c8.jpeg" width="290" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">Dr. Fauci was chill, hanging out with his fans. </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">Shana and her friend, </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">magnificent winged pigs (on skates), found our parade route's bricks</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXaCC5JeGP3As_-dWVFSpuqWg9kw6mGNwidtyYC_KIx6zfHaVxvNw24u9KAe_OEb6vIuEG0ExXrdSlQEPnyRu54Iokss2OJ-a0uwCicpqtdIwl7Jg8CglMkF9wHCKWN39g3L5CH5kIaYf4OpRfDYeqfKuoptESOQDHq8N198aH85BRzeXf23-Twx7t_8QF/s3952/fullsizeoutput_4099.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2964" data-original-width="3952" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXaCC5JeGP3As_-dWVFSpuqWg9kw6mGNwidtyYC_KIx6zfHaVxvNw24u9KAe_OEb6vIuEG0ExXrdSlQEPnyRu54Iokss2OJ-a0uwCicpqtdIwl7Jg8CglMkF9wHCKWN39g3L5CH5kIaYf4OpRfDYeqfKuoptESOQDHq8N198aH85BRzeXf23-Twx7t_8QF/w400-h300/fullsizeoutput_4099.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><br /> impossibly bumpy. They stuck to the sidewalks.</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGE3uFeyXPKWlcOfvApIQRY-_kh8pxXAv2uZbuP7RHfZzBaDLgBtgMfyS0ix8M13D8xfk7JF79j4KccgwEcptu6EXpT7KJZ2MsxWh9XyjemHS0MtysWzJfDPKAIsAHnxOj46dPSXLYP3yF97GKL4jQLFF1IpT2bqBIhAS-K-2RMuikf1ERmRFnQeszrOXq/s2132/fullsizeoutput_419c.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2113" data-original-width="2132" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGE3uFeyXPKWlcOfvApIQRY-_kh8pxXAv2uZbuP7RHfZzBaDLgBtgMfyS0ix8M13D8xfk7JF79j4KccgwEcptu6EXpT7KJZ2MsxWh9XyjemHS0MtysWzJfDPKAIsAHnxOj46dPSXLYP3yF97GKL4jQLFF1IpT2bqBIhAS-K-2RMuikf1ERmRFnQeszrOXq/w400-h396/fullsizeoutput_419c.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> Gainesville is a "Bee City", part of a pollination nation. Here's Jackie (right) is about to celebrate with two of her flower girls.</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-HPJ5ZdwrmiD49mXfye0aKsSvQSxgCQLL9xznhwuvsFjwRrqYQzp_UI2GxTwv1hbs8Ljo4KcLlJATNudktm7pavZrhmtKU1Ea-juWowo4ctNJjEscLkudm0WY3T5GTbJ54ud1y1Lec-KNJyjtfYRkwojqXlr2wDF9kfnxwo58Y2zgtRUIbNhiptlz4KWa/s1990/fullsizeoutput_416e.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1460" data-original-width="1990" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-HPJ5ZdwrmiD49mXfye0aKsSvQSxgCQLL9xznhwuvsFjwRrqYQzp_UI2GxTwv1hbs8Ljo4KcLlJATNudktm7pavZrhmtKU1Ea-juWowo4ctNJjEscLkudm0WY3T5GTbJ54ud1y1Lec-KNJyjtfYRkwojqXlr2wDF9kfnxwo58Y2zgtRUIbNhiptlz4KWa/s320/fullsizeoutput_416e.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">I was all over the place making sure the pig would fly.<br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wA9uvuDx1e6540_ljpaJqC_lQ51If1d7whAS6pmDRUZhyFDDhfqUry6G6DQObaotqCuMJyDwDpKMwhfP3tDirdb6NRI9JpdH5IKpBeV2eLDoBlnz52LwBZYuJyRJ57PTR9u-MEqrGYi-y2w4SnNVSKpduH6q1gyze3OzuUpDpZELlDoYKoa8E7E0oZ6e/s3900/fullsizeoutput_3fae.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2724" data-original-width="3900" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wA9uvuDx1e6540_ljpaJqC_lQ51If1d7whAS6pmDRUZhyFDDhfqUry6G6DQObaotqCuMJyDwDpKMwhfP3tDirdb6NRI9JpdH5IKpBeV2eLDoBlnz52LwBZYuJyRJ57PTR9u-MEqrGYi-y2w4SnNVSKpduH6q1gyze3OzuUpDpZELlDoYKoa8E7E0oZ6e/w400-h280/fullsizeoutput_3fae.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">Thanks to Hutch and his band, "The Weeds of Eden", we had a flying pig float waiting to enter our procession. <br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">Our emcees, Gregg Jones, </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQQcTYTuINrnFqnCLs4sIG8Y-P9BXo3oz83k1YQBcoRW05XiurgM-SjO991x9Ip46yTWjIgb4gZAPb_2VLLCj7geCS9WC8jUGn7KJ5sthbrqU4SRiIsEuCRp-ULH-zbA_uqpKHdsoBqUcGlPWbuBnb9LlIzHZUQD0MfSNj8UQa0o3O_kb9Dd8OZGWEP_Oh/s1075/fullsizeoutput_415b.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1075" data-original-width="578" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQQcTYTuINrnFqnCLs4sIG8Y-P9BXo3oz83k1YQBcoRW05XiurgM-SjO991x9Ip46yTWjIgb4gZAPb_2VLLCj7geCS9WC8jUGn7KJ5sthbrqU4SRiIsEuCRp-ULH-zbA_uqpKHdsoBqUcGlPWbuBnb9LlIzHZUQD0MfSNj8UQa0o3O_kb9Dd8OZGWEP_Oh/w215-h400/fullsizeoutput_415b.jpeg" width="215" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">and Stan Richardson,</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir3wCCrhtvX83NHkfl8V7codwy-h66T-SfBzjku-f-Y88UIJMQs2oyThVqsuEgw26CbH7nYR7Z21pitCxA43IqBRhiw6dB8k-a2z3WjgTjNom5paSLRYPQbU2dE-sJJghLAvgLCBZsDoSd2h86u7v8MH4HbMZW7uEIYT5377HkrxYNbiSflXgOnMjmTT7D/s1783/fullsizeoutput_414f.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1629" data-original-width="1783" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir3wCCrhtvX83NHkfl8V7codwy-h66T-SfBzjku-f-Y88UIJMQs2oyThVqsuEgw26CbH7nYR7Z21pitCxA43IqBRhiw6dB8k-a2z3WjgTjNom5paSLRYPQbU2dE-sJJghLAvgLCBZsDoSd2h86u7v8MH4HbMZW7uEIYT5377HkrxYNbiSflXgOnMjmTT7D/s320/fullsizeoutput_414f.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">introduced our grand marshals, Sheila Payne and Paul Ortiz, </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOXwFX7gXRpZJcUCtyaV9ikpEqZWIvg1gOm4gsZZpZtzxkRW1SeCvswD8f56Bnu_3cJ-Y1chIzskd1vMZJUGApjjSt2P4BdiK-LpJnGtRoDCRX0Bv-PL3p0SJiAWfx_4YDIVi9br0n_jskxZnJ2D6zqD5opHsyUtA6e1_aneKR4GaAtw3Rn5vVd5d0IWv1/s3001/fullsizeoutput_4010.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2836" data-original-width="3001" height="604" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOXwFX7gXRpZJcUCtyaV9ikpEqZWIvg1gOm4gsZZpZtzxkRW1SeCvswD8f56Bnu_3cJ-Y1chIzskd1vMZJUGApjjSt2P4BdiK-LpJnGtRoDCRX0Bv-PL3p0SJiAWfx_4YDIVi9br0n_jskxZnJ2D6zqD5opHsyUtA6e1_aneKR4GaAtw3Rn5vVd5d0IWv1/w640-h604/fullsizeoutput_4010.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdJ9fgVLp2kVvhQlEQDhMWnMbuMOpvDnXiRtMe3v_O3H-mdvD_yQV_RB0y2GPzO9outek7QNrAA4xh1dTNO3oKEKAK6uL7bhsbkmAXc_swkSfSyoYRIG4qxx6q3pepGeldtkG0aK-nc6XaIT_K1FTy_jjFbzei_F4Rlt8ShLIDxMKPiGi_-G1CaNiRKsl5/s4032/jY8LgykCR8yFuFCwiBHLEA.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdJ9fgVLp2kVvhQlEQDhMWnMbuMOpvDnXiRtMe3v_O3H-mdvD_yQV_RB0y2GPzO9outek7QNrAA4xh1dTNO3oKEKAK6uL7bhsbkmAXc_swkSfSyoYRIG4qxx6q3pepGeldtkG0aK-nc6XaIT_K1FTy_jjFbzei_F4Rlt8ShLIDxMKPiGi_-G1CaNiRKsl5/w640-h480/jY8LgykCR8yFuFCwiBHLEA.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">along with special guests (on vacation), Daddy and Mrs. Claus.</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">Then we waited,</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRDyluznTImLHVd4l9Ah8tHStHZhZYtUXXxtvSA3vX-16kw1goDtrCKYireDOLUrAxbxJA6YyOPTleazIz_iPqjW21WIaE-MnV7lU8Zu0Tj6DGvpRbMix07f3NS9Dd1DQ4v4mn8URSEoDKcXxiBn-RYiWHCNLjvkZoARRmcqJ_1c8D4iSahsvshOnc1wr7/s2048/crowd%20FPP.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1508" data-original-width="2048" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRDyluznTImLHVd4l9Ah8tHStHZhZYtUXXxtvSA3vX-16kw1goDtrCKYireDOLUrAxbxJA6YyOPTleazIz_iPqjW21WIaE-MnV7lU8Zu0Tj6DGvpRbMix07f3NS9Dd1DQ4v4mn8URSEoDKcXxiBn-RYiWHCNLjvkZoARRmcqJ_1c8D4iSahsvshOnc1wr7/w400-h295/crowd%20FPP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">and waited,</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg4RIsaoBYPjP-zYvMxxSjQCZVyYWtrWX1kTWh6aCL1jwpJWiETQmLEUxlrHp81OdF-oNsj3SvnGnKo_sEy52bCbhcuuTedsa4VylY7c0rhw0YWm1mmbFMjL2ABDHLKTV-987dNqHgnMj3-8zdxb7QscyGnikKoycDlW6uKRECx9bXR3MhYIdHp73YXHEq/s1971/fullsizeoutput_416b.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1478" data-original-width="1971" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg4RIsaoBYPjP-zYvMxxSjQCZVyYWtrWX1kTWh6aCL1jwpJWiETQmLEUxlrHp81OdF-oNsj3SvnGnKo_sEy52bCbhcuuTedsa4VylY7c0rhw0YWm1mmbFMjL2ABDHLKTV-987dNqHgnMj3-8zdxb7QscyGnikKoycDlW6uKRECx9bXR3MhYIdHp73YXHEq/w640-h480/fullsizeoutput_416b.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">for the flying pig to land. We could not begin until it did.<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><p></p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD7xb_mItYK6BffiEAu4L_GhKy6fWBGyZoMcGeOerkOaI0cBUZJiggg4ZnvbiChzY8VVxpB4SFIwsawQqwk_Rrnw9kY4fCDZ9djLQfmWS9TBTZUas4wjRPinN0b8O5sLe_5WHzzSn0BogzfhyphenhyphenkG7HQGbQ0Xtj_Ya5ewJGfzcChi6JJFv4FyZ6ikJ-kDdbf/s4032/fullsizeoutput_401c.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD7xb_mItYK6BffiEAu4L_GhKy6fWBGyZoMcGeOerkOaI0cBUZJiggg4ZnvbiChzY8VVxpB4SFIwsawQqwk_Rrnw9kY4fCDZ9djLQfmWS9TBTZUas4wjRPinN0b8O5sLe_5WHzzSn0BogzfhyphenhyphenkG7HQGbQ0Xtj_Ya5ewJGfzcChi6JJFv4FyZ6ikJ-kDdbf/w640-h480/fullsizeoutput_401c.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">When she finally descended our grand procession took its first steps.<br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifbp5anH18NbVWJ8E-vu8IDru9F4RkF-REqJlR9rQPqhXXmNFnPxobUiHGyu8ksWTIPNGzGodhOMr4alTjxfUwra9XFHfbIiis4g2I2TxZsyQCe5hRUhP9LSW6jMZCS167Sh0SS96-V_5i0_QzPJ0ejWcu2AhGm_mHddhZJhilb3xMgtzLOIa5JcI40MRY/s3045/fullsizeoutput_400a.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1796" data-original-width="3045" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifbp5anH18NbVWJ8E-vu8IDru9F4RkF-REqJlR9rQPqhXXmNFnPxobUiHGyu8ksWTIPNGzGodhOMr4alTjxfUwra9XFHfbIiis4g2I2TxZsyQCe5hRUhP9LSW6jMZCS167Sh0SS96-V_5i0_QzPJ0ejWcu2AhGm_mHddhZJhilb3xMgtzLOIa5JcI40MRY/w640-h378/fullsizeoutput_400a.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Altman family led the way<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmquPezzB7tu7UxLBjLvlu6f-az1a6LumqDtziUJe5X5qMdaHqILEr6s2F1LNoDBwm5M3bqQ6zO6W_jZqTOW46kFLDN7M0CAzVvq2w95ViVcsLdbiAmIEQuc_bC-pBAD_e1xPaWiH7n3HtU1qkjtDH1u35bARdaCxvB7Oe4psKw2w6NDh82-ycQi63k7Qu/s3705/fullsizeoutput_401d.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2667" data-original-width="3705" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmquPezzB7tu7UxLBjLvlu6f-az1a6LumqDtziUJe5X5qMdaHqILEr6s2F1LNoDBwm5M3bqQ6zO6W_jZqTOW46kFLDN7M0CAzVvq2w95ViVcsLdbiAmIEQuc_bC-pBAD_e1xPaWiH7n3HtU1qkjtDH1u35bARdaCxvB7Oe4psKw2w6NDh82-ycQi63k7Qu/w640-h460/fullsizeoutput_401d.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Followed by the Star Center Theatre's Baton & Flag Corps<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><span style="color: #351c75;">This group was promoting banned books<br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> </span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2613" data-original-width="3038" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAf_89fxuzP9HO0dJAEJz0kA8UOALUiEi_ztIK9LsUstRW_FD4bxVBqwyE60VJ2XY4Atux-Q1ssiC8-LrG2ND0L6b3fvXZzxy6_5VrjLcP7yBjAESyDNwJcqXDi67sdFRY7S-AdRwNngewsBtjRY2Gz_kxgH0GwiM5fQ3h_Z7O5kQLraHj205_xpoZ1MSr/w400-h344/fullsizeoutput_4027.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">City officials told us early on that we could not have real pigs in our pig parade. </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">Jim Harper told me his dog, Emmet, was as chubby as one so we had them join us. <br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRUXcMm7pMB4KctEs7clQUlXBkJISDqH8x8azjMsfoPJZMw7pjEVzNKtCtJdzd6ZP4nXbm4MC8ea360J-ruvv_o6hirfBGWLNiwYEHuXlDba2WORZy4ztGIeVcDi812ztGFLNJh5Qa6GFkdJ_SPRPD23VrAiznluu1qhgYCM2w6ZOq0vgJMEBnY-9ReJT-/s2048/Real%20pig!.jpg" style="clear: right; 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She had not been aware of the no pork decree.</span><br /></span></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">The magnificent Dragonbox Theater entry<br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8B8TfWd_k3guTKWx3azt2chWfUqtAXLknzdG-H13zvgSJ9pftcwyboDrvvIjbm9I1zAQC5xs-70zv8N8patpKcIMli6uEoH3qW3Spq7Lm-og4nYBk-O0aIfaJurNHHOyHFqLjwSNQiCc0exJzrUlKMg-JcARto22pG842z4gt8eZKo35kdnPgT1OTEh2h/s3644/fullsizeoutput_4030.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3644" data-original-width="2733" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8B8TfWd_k3guTKWx3azt2chWfUqtAXLknzdG-H13zvgSJ9pftcwyboDrvvIjbm9I1zAQC5xs-70zv8N8patpKcIMli6uEoH3qW3Spq7Lm-og4nYBk-O0aIfaJurNHHOyHFqLjwSNQiCc0exJzrUlKMg-JcARto22pG842z4gt8eZKo35kdnPgT1OTEh2h/w480-h640/fullsizeoutput_4030.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Griffin Wulf towering above puppeteer, George O'Brien</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> The amazing artist, Savannah Elliot, could have been her own parade. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimQFsCSEanviNzLiE2KBkANZ9cNeIXtdAH6j8BHhh-wQsqkHvL4PkmRn0mAoE-SNf19ficVbwsRpA2bGuAAZMYCnYbIppd0nePahPELPzMVhy4tt_E8vaOfgSxiAdgu9KKHhPqCxFCj1o492ly4RllD_ZzXVn8GnJao_Xls4zcbIxm0dZfUQ_pIWNNcuaS/s1403/fullsizeoutput_411b.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1362" data-original-width="1403" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimQFsCSEanviNzLiE2KBkANZ9cNeIXtdAH6j8BHhh-wQsqkHvL4PkmRn0mAoE-SNf19ficVbwsRpA2bGuAAZMYCnYbIppd0nePahPELPzMVhy4tt_E8vaOfgSxiAdgu9KKHhPqCxFCj1o492ly4RllD_ZzXVn8GnJao_Xls4zcbIxm0dZfUQ_pIWNNcuaS/w640-h622/fullsizeoutput_411b.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">Multi-talented Jill Dumas has led her colorful clown band in parades for years. They loved performing in The Pig so much they went around twice. </span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCgqvJI4OSl9gwiLORL3RUNYJEARNxlVkq59_x79lZd7Lxg11uRtSHhbkLdggG6CF6qk-1MfQ97QssAO1npruuhzgaD0DePjenyh1hnp8WdsYUkFPYXBWQ3jH2T2wFEbNUcB8uFFZC4IhC40bJjlYPI3uXmsSi6RxyKm7U0uaz0jZc6pirfkYYq0qUFqTP/s3633/fullsizeoutput_4042.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis9Q_ZMze3X0ZHf4arGoVF-J1INvdI_JVkFg6r2gp9_nzdJEQT0FVxjkNZ8FEgdqmOmVgCcIFoGPPKfkwJCxJ-wkCLDzThxboNgxwKnQ00wo2I3UObItGughpMFYy5n5VxfDLvT0iyrzRdQEwie4MJjEGG3swBFhvFW4P7aeC3cG8Nt40Gld7vWXGhZc9G/s3048/fullsizeoutput_4032.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3048" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis9Q_ZMze3X0ZHf4arGoVF-J1INvdI_JVkFg6r2gp9_nzdJEQT0FVxjkNZ8FEgdqmOmVgCcIFoGPPKfkwJCxJ-wkCLDzThxboNgxwKnQ00wo2I3UObItGughpMFYy5n5VxfDLvT0iyrzRdQEwie4MJjEGG3swBFhvFW4P7aeC3cG8Nt40Gld7vWXGhZc9G/w634-h640/fullsizeoutput_4032.jpeg" width="634" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><span style="color: #351c75; 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font-size: x-large;"> A few of our elected officials even joined the fun.</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">The Smooth Flava dance crew were a crowd favorite with their fan-snappin' moves. </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_cKhHqpH-bOXU9k1ITIZRDO2alAAqX730lmlHnFCX7cYmCv_IzaiYAVFvlg-KjvrqMDYNXOvPAdP5GC7l2iosakA4H_406kiE-TjZMDe2sCPTLvwcBilMv09eEDQrYpa1g3fUbmljGDqFjqK21bAW1-l-xuDecZLPSFpBrCyDlTkO4hAvXoQqYbEtMLqJ/s3460/fullsizeoutput_408e.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2771" data-original-width="3460" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_cKhHqpH-bOXU9k1ITIZRDO2alAAqX730lmlHnFCX7cYmCv_IzaiYAVFvlg-KjvrqMDYNXOvPAdP5GC7l2iosakA4H_406kiE-TjZMDe2sCPTLvwcBilMv09eEDQrYpa1g3fUbmljGDqFjqK21bAW1-l-xuDecZLPSFpBrCyDlTkO4hAvXoQqYbEtMLqJ/w640-h512/fullsizeoutput_408e.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: x-large;">Hey, hey, ho, ho, we dig the hole and in you go!</span><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">"</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ7V4W-b-hhVracSr9HlALlfLe_fMNAW44O6kWkQu4kg-eqeAH9YMvS6-9oBfxRAyg3LLJUjkquxcda9Q1AXVeC1Wr7NEr7wj4EvkNKoNTTnBN3b3-Z42B1_H8YLOV4XnCyZL9RUtFbO9k8EA1TuXfO3ptik7Ra9__1bXfUURm8idUw1BN29SJMsOtCRuo/s2048/fullsizeoutput_4198.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ7V4W-b-hhVracSr9HlALlfLe_fMNAW44O6kWkQu4kg-eqeAH9YMvS6-9oBfxRAyg3LLJUjkquxcda9Q1AXVeC1Wr7NEr7wj4EvkNKoNTTnBN3b3-Z42B1_H8YLOV4XnCyZL9RUtFbO9k8EA1TuXfO3ptik7Ra9__1bXfUURm8idUw1BN29SJMsOtCRuo/w400-h300/fullsizeoutput_4198.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Their twelve-foot mascot, "Mr. Bones", followed. <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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font-size: x-large;">Our Melrose friends came to Gainesville with their wild DANCING DINOSAURS.</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">They boogied so hard its no wonder they went extinct. <br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXD8TbmyPi459bB3S3xjISD3HKk5uU6YeUjZ8AHJhAz_zORE7RvnAzo38zIu80fELgEpy8GHj8XpCEYsRl32-q3MqbCzZWWh6OqaQOtrQgy2kIREb_iQQ664kwvqDzNzquNGSrLJrQuysQ6il2-tQrzNwUGrbIngK3c37KkKaE79xoJP6DpD9k8RekZyr/s1723/fullsizeoutput_4199.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1723" data-original-width="1363" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXD8TbmyPi459bB3S3xjISD3HKk5uU6YeUjZ8AHJhAz_zORE7RvnAzo38zIu80fELgEpy8GHj8XpCEYsRl32-q3MqbCzZWWh6OqaQOtrQgy2kIREb_iQQ664kwvqDzNzquNGSrLJrQuysQ6il2-tQrzNwUGrbIngK3c37KkKaE79xoJP6DpD9k8RekZyr/w506-h640/fullsizeoutput_4199.jpeg" width="506" /></a></div><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><br /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Even our local math aficionados were in the mix.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">,<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgat_uwzsEQNnkNIWLMu2J0Na5RB6HY_8PWvivZ8QGCtfkdS5fNr9mU0GTfi87vXhNN_nypsOKlQtSHLOjK1e9VB2G-Ytxo4Zx3k-V0kGvyxnb0xkfzL7sZgovoieaCKbbEd6mlZ37KiJRVUj_eAA7hvkoxA8L5SoKYuFHRPq-06Ct6tIzDr3vQPimc6kYd/s4032/fullsizeoutput_40cb.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">,<img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgat_uwzsEQNnkNIWLMu2J0Na5RB6HY_8PWvivZ8QGCtfkdS5fNr9mU0GTfi87vXhNN_nypsOKlQtSHLOjK1e9VB2G-Ytxo4Zx3k-V0kGvyxnb0xkfzL7sZgovoieaCKbbEd6mlZ37KiJRVUj_eAA7hvkoxA8L5SoKYuFHRPq-06Ct6tIzDr3vQPimc6kYd/w300-h400/fullsizeoutput_40cb.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div></div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWkEBYFIf8pPismBT7JQXxpvyVs3pHod_qpiM4eJ4CLckFJGSVkOqneY8KqjAlb0xfEVMrqJ9lKM1Fh7aDRanjBFP6DF2YMEorP9VFpIxnydDD_COwS__WM4arLNKl2IDKAF2lsn8kmEcvyxaZBK-z3DwB-4g7R0yah3nXvGsgOzq8_berFrBuDmg7TkYm/s4032/9pIiWoekS0KVj+KfkErmSg.jpg" style="clear: left; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Presenting:</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS_w-QVAqXG5VfzQNS4SyQ3piCdgKxaIsmW2b6foBdaB4rP1Ng2rVO-I1ERfbeSqdK3SnX6heMwD109LTmtvtxZVs6whI-_vSypcbiZRfnQAa4WRfOKXppSFtJewk_qM8sduRLcOnwYd73Moyxc0yRT9svz-41yFtUbTOx8cP9qKIehRWDdkH4NfN_GXhR/s3144/fullsizeoutput_40af.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Santa's hit men from Bavaria, </span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;">THE KRAMPUS TWINS</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Our bands included the "Weeds of Eden" (above), "Head Stash", and the salsa group, "Ramos Pinta".</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQHbiUrI-qs6VYYwctn9HMKRK1CD6AiHg11Q-84LqJvxfi50JBDoXYGtBT_iiDvWQ0wlxxtWUuo8gCg_ErY20fsqB2ZiOXZz48CcbgRFobKrUl_TV3W28NpvTUM_vyL0WbV9pVNG_VB-sS5GCmnAyq4ErZr0-m2-OAuEJOQqJakOLIz6_LvDs1jlzOSspq/s1381/fullsizeoutput_41a0.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1209" data-original-width="1381" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQHbiUrI-qs6VYYwctn9HMKRK1CD6AiHg11Q-84LqJvxfi50JBDoXYGtBT_iiDvWQ0wlxxtWUuo8gCg_ErY20fsqB2ZiOXZz48CcbgRFobKrUl_TV3W28NpvTUM_vyL0WbV9pVNG_VB-sS5GCmnAyq4ErZr0-m2-OAuEJOQqJakOLIz6_LvDs1jlzOSspq/w400-h350/fullsizeoutput_41a0.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> The Florida Coalition for Peace and Justice sponsored the "Pinta" group and also partnered with us in seeking grants.<br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">Many of our groups asked, "Where's our country headed? For instance, it's getting harder and harder to vote. </span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6S3rxtnWRs_OiYCsaJVZdkS4Av2SrI_3SMh2qXD-eH-fKwhu6Cpd_yAiMXD2DIVoqQSKPOwMa3vVJSHOb3wMqJAFBCrB2N4uW8SQV3F_4jWZKwM4kH2ClEfPNdjpmjNWnv3w1qdtlZWAbHqqRCYIQ5lqDjp2wHvzB8EJCOA_G3DITBEe_GobYX0zxrwWS/s3431/fullsizeoutput_40d3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2382" data-original-width="3431" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6S3rxtnWRs_OiYCsaJVZdkS4Av2SrI_3SMh2qXD-eH-fKwhu6Cpd_yAiMXD2DIVoqQSKPOwMa3vVJSHOb3wMqJAFBCrB2N4uW8SQV3F_4jWZKwM4kH2ClEfPNdjpmjNWnv3w1qdtlZWAbHqqRCYIQ5lqDjp2wHvzB8EJCOA_G3DITBEe_GobYX0zxrwWS/w640-h444/fullsizeoutput_40d3.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">These voters had to chase down a ballot box and as soon as they deposited their ballots, the box spit them out! It happened twenty times.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdcEVVCesdzVtPpVNtaX543ACncwAp0Z-xUd9g4R4pR69yOzAiEPplT85uc0g_Y79B5dqn7gyJTlCzFUe1wNIY06QRhh2ewX0fdwR213zYIpPIiHvN9ecSs9QPP2reQDVLJRrgMEnJvekqSnYf9njIPYWZzrk-xV9VZpyqZGEXD34cMO3TVTqMUQMr04jj/s3848/fullsizeoutput_40da.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2567" data-original-width="3848" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdcEVVCesdzVtPpVNtaX543ACncwAp0Z-xUd9g4R4pR69yOzAiEPplT85uc0g_Y79B5dqn7gyJTlCzFUe1wNIY06QRhh2ewX0fdwR213zYIpPIiHvN9ecSs9QPP2reQDVLJRrgMEnJvekqSnYf9njIPYWZzrk-xV9VZpyqZGEXD34cMO3TVTqMUQMr04jj/w400-h266/fullsizeoutput_40da.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We thank Ward Shelly, the guy inside the box, for running away from the voters so quickly.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxhuYogUFmErQ-szipKg9Tpx44MWmS_N24ivd0hCE2pOvHo3psDzBh8tabzlR7cMceTwMgUkrFKbaAmXuymiNVoRjsBtl8WN_4C0WPK3QdlnKaHOa15lqLUpVo3faz9463z1Tau9M-c-OXUDoh2T-CPRG7-G-7auPl0LH8MKqoBvRgduGAjB_4vblrt_xl/s3340/fullsizeoutput_411d.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2790" data-original-width="3340" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxhuYogUFmErQ-szipKg9Tpx44MWmS_N24ivd0hCE2pOvHo3psDzBh8tabzlR7cMceTwMgUkrFKbaAmXuymiNVoRjsBtl8WN_4C0WPK3QdlnKaHOa15lqLUpVo3faz9463z1Tau9M-c-OXUDoh2T-CPRG7-G-7auPl0LH8MKqoBvRgduGAjB_4vblrt_xl/s320/fullsizeoutput_411d.jpeg" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #20124d; font-size: x-large;"></span></div><p><span style="color: #20124d; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #20124d; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #20124d; font-size: x-large;">This family spent the whole time looking for their lost chicken. Sadly, they never found it.</span><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvhnRLsytqcwYWv0h3GJb3QePuWLbQwgN2J13u2OhcO0wVCjqxudlhqI-aAoFUuxlKaDkUZ1akhliS0IjkQKtF9D6_FY-NsmxFPtjbjGLkSPDwI52BF0uALyX50Cpcu5uS8FfBAMyAt6BeElMuWuAG42_7xusDqF9fK7f7TQs-1ezaBbtsm0tj4XmaRH84/s1584/fullsizeoutput_4153.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1584" data-original-width="1271" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvhnRLsytqcwYWv0h3GJb3QePuWLbQwgN2J13u2OhcO0wVCjqxudlhqI-aAoFUuxlKaDkUZ1akhliS0IjkQKtF9D6_FY-NsmxFPtjbjGLkSPDwI52BF0uALyX50Cpcu5uS8FfBAMyAt6BeElMuWuAG42_7xusDqF9fK7f7TQs-1ezaBbtsm0tj4XmaRH84/s320/fullsizeoutput_4153.jpeg" width="257" /></a><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></div><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">King Mango came up from Coconut Grove to see what all the fuss was about.</span><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx_yru0kx9k3o2qzu6ezjUqUwXu-v9uPAr5cL_JPC_22gmFwulDEH3mE0J1uQ3KZnZiOhSBpvGFIetXnhCYJuQBWgPaL5aVu-9k49NDSrBB_Sa6OLmw8nV94OADF08jMgtbDmveVlQzr-M6Cyat_rpM3xDK5ytfLcPfJEBWTLKmxE8JYtZv0VJ1ZwXEwEj/s4032/NXi240x5RVyOR5Djjak+fA.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx_yru0kx9k3o2qzu6ezjUqUwXu-v9uPAr5cL_JPC_22gmFwulDEH3mE0J1uQ3KZnZiOhSBpvGFIetXnhCYJuQBWgPaL5aVu-9k49NDSrBB_Sa6OLmw8nV94OADF08jMgtbDmveVlQzr-M6Cyat_rpM3xDK5ytfLcPfJEBWTLKmxE8JYtZv0VJ1ZwXEwEj/s320/NXi240x5RVyOR5Djjak+fA.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">Maha danced and pranced <br /></span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioU1dsVwbkFatYbcnwq2hB9xAh2g48oBUPlZ0aqyI0zwfvBZfjgjciq6W9gddC-3kUNruiNXLFRoWKXJxgZbsmWNOqnU_c4onaF9QA9bIsJtsxrH77BcSVSmKddKEhMOPT3tlV969m06CRbdOcndc7lockPhufTH-avPxIOM22GYJVCTf4X9dDZjXx0oJD/s2048/TRMP%20fppde.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioU1dsVwbkFatYbcnwq2hB9xAh2g48oBUPlZ0aqyI0zwfvBZfjgjciq6W9gddC-3kUNruiNXLFRoWKXJxgZbsmWNOqnU_c4onaF9QA9bIsJtsxrH77BcSVSmKddKEhMOPT3tlV969m06CRbdOcndc7lockPhufTH-avPxIOM22GYJVCTf4X9dDZjXx0oJD/w400-h266/TRMP%20fppde.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">while a former President asked an important question (when he flipped his sign the other side read, "Absolutely!").</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">Our local Veterans For Peace chapter marched solemnly reminding us that war is good for nothing. <br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQAJM3hzIOCT9oWTY-u8NJp8tu0XZx5t6xuS8UbQGPcMKZ_BGSnRrXcvvy-wtppRzBQfq2KnEEdrOyRN0nzoOjupmQX0gmu-GFLK5teSGIPDZcZbwdqqToyFtxaqJ5YcI0ybjPtlZ1jO6HiDx9FKZPKrRO-XJXvc9MUsyqz8RpRTLVJXDi-OTvyzI_o4b_/s2037/fullsizeoutput_4195.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1526" data-original-width="2037" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQAJM3hzIOCT9oWTY-u8NJp8tu0XZx5t6xuS8UbQGPcMKZ_BGSnRrXcvvy-wtppRzBQfq2KnEEdrOyRN0nzoOjupmQX0gmu-GFLK5teSGIPDZcZbwdqqToyFtxaqJ5YcI0ybjPtlZ1jO6HiDx9FKZPKrRO-XJXvc9MUsyqz8RpRTLVJXDi-OTvyzI_o4b_/w400-h300/fullsizeoutput_4195.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">Our procession finally ended with Santa and his wife heading out on a well deserved vacation. </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk51STUmw4a2zg8cvdFUU-qi8858ZZpFou9BD5o_EqrFvACwFqyO316UUUv68xS4R0Cizox3nD21lxMjq_lXJ70CwNht2yRPd3Yep-MuBlJFeSpn4Xx2oHND6Ke2YiTIFWq6_HJ3kb8ko7k2zUqxuG7KWfruyRnwBTOOCeYtcFKV3KRD63HGzMq07yy0SL/s2048/TURBO%20SANTA.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: x-large;"> ________________</span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"> ___________________ </span><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"> _____________</span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnQoJkxrupzl89Z8bnnwE3Jesim4a4qg-d1Huw0PGMxJ3tLwF4_3MdIW-5YE1l-LGoSVkpFd_OUR2iMb-orTeZ14saWPy4V7CgRSBbMlm3DuBV6C7G_NzPptLHVkzxfDS6l4QzWDgcx5yf9pLaj9cp0nrp5GIyaAsyoF5CRZgl84wRocfbthilc06gg8fy/s4032/fullsizeoutput_40ed.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnQoJkxrupzl89Z8bnnwE3Jesim4a4qg-d1Huw0PGMxJ3tLwF4_3MdIW-5YE1l-LGoSVkpFd_OUR2iMb-orTeZ14saWPy4V7CgRSBbMlm3DuBV6C7G_NzPptLHVkzxfDS6l4QzWDgcx5yf9pLaj9cp0nrp5GIyaAsyoF5CRZgl84wRocfbthilc06gg8fy/s320/fullsizeoutput_40ed.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">Afterwards we retreated to Bo Diddley Plaza to celebrate Bo's 95th birthday. <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjANTg46exOvqQVHH_sApFaYCUbxFZMfSN0s0XOM2wSeouhLmQRjT3OqKdZ1flxzW64h16BTjJ4ZrKi3WZGBc-EY3mbl92nNX_Kkrqm5GVfUZRB94Jqpt8FjtgnUd_qEwCFrWn_iS29qUq1VoclACcNmJksP-V1VnBDXLwWFYyyKczwBFeZSHiES4f70f13/s4032/fullsizeoutput_40e9.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjANTg46exOvqQVHH_sApFaYCUbxFZMfSN0s0XOM2wSeouhLmQRjT3OqKdZ1flxzW64h16BTjJ4ZrKi3WZGBc-EY3mbl92nNX_Kkrqm5GVfUZRB94Jqpt8FjtgnUd_qEwCFrWn_iS29qUq1VoclACcNmJksP-V1VnBDXLwWFYyyKczwBFeZSHiES4f70f13/s320/fullsizeoutput_40e9.jpeg" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><br /> Had the Gainesville legend still been alive he'd probably would have marched with us. The Showtime Band entertained singing "Happy Birthday" as we shared Bo's cake. </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"> ______________</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">The parade was a huge endeavor by a devoted group of volunteers. I thank them all along with the photographers whose work you see above. Many made videos too.</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">I thank my wife, </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">-Francesca, who helped in many ways </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">and put up with my craziness for the last year, <br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">-Shirley, who created our website (flyingpigparade.org) and maintained it magnificently, </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqY5w4JgZozKcbLgFBi1PytGaSgnEwBDB8KW02HAQ24y8lsC48x89X12AfZlj4k5Qt6b7qfbWFrEwfCTTVolvJXWHKnXUTes3bwmRQl9FEL9oDB9q8paNfXpS9xCPZruyvYppoLfqn_3pGbKoosazEGMfSzjoyd0VVEfxPCjKreAvMrW2hspwcs6NoPpY5/s3651/fullsizeoutput_3e39.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3651" data-original-width="2299" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqY5w4JgZozKcbLgFBi1PytGaSgnEwBDB8KW02HAQ24y8lsC48x89X12AfZlj4k5Qt6b7qfbWFrEwfCTTVolvJXWHKnXUTes3bwmRQl9FEL9oDB9q8paNfXpS9xCPZruyvYppoLfqn_3pGbKoosazEGMfSzjoyd0VVEfxPCjKreAvMrW2hspwcs6NoPpY5/s320/fullsizeoutput_3e39.jpeg" width="202" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><br />-Heidi, for designing our popular poster, and,</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">-the many organizations and donors who "shared the dream" and funded our unique event.<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">To see more photos, many have posted on our Flying Pig Parade Facebook page, </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: x-large;">https://www.facebook.com/groups/619570883232508</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: x-large;"> .<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">Ron Cunningham wrote an excellent photo essay about the whole affair at </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: x-large;">https://freegnv.com/2023/12/31/wait-i-missed-the-flying-pigs/</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">I have no photographs of a number of groups for this blog but I thank you, just the same, for being a part of our zany event.</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">A friend is editing a ten-minute video that will include most groups. We'll gather for its grand premiere in a couple of weeks.</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">Something tells me we started something good. Next December let's make the pig fly again! <br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">_____________________________</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><br /> </span><span style="color: #351c75;"><br /></span></p><span style="color: #351c75;"><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfMsYBAOTcpK5BJiex50BOFziioGjKGnubhj0gh131PWIdATb2gAFONat3spPtQ4ne9vSCmzsd_40c0t2MwAIvKaE2sb0znYFWiNQ390DdvYtIGlV2h1ajzpB5jsr2hFgxr3DyMPMlnBhcqkxTqUuGyk5DJb4BA2SnaGaghFla9oYlVXWAmuJZPWoRQeLK/s4032/mJfJpxfjRqGHA1MrYxWgiA.jpg" style="color: #351c75; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfMsYBAOTcpK5BJiex50BOFziioGjKGnubhj0gh131PWIdATb2gAFONat3spPtQ4ne9vSCmzsd_40c0t2MwAIvKaE2sb0znYFWiNQ390DdvYtIGlV2h1ajzpB5jsr2hFgxr3DyMPMlnBhcqkxTqUuGyk5DJb4BA2SnaGaghFla9oYlVXWAmuJZPWoRQeLK/s320/mJfJpxfjRqGHA1MrYxWgiA.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: #351c75;"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieaj4GrZ89fEy4GWfDwafVaUCBWlJslZLKozFt_kzORDvk_jAeo4oHI_CJpVhKD2z3XQQFS4HAC2BQTqJuPQApkpcOEcfouV8D_ZGjT3bfBgk8-nyib8jp_rhhU3xqfT2D6M7N5_6ljUHFvZZewvxS1dqkqU7hwyg_-EpCo8WI3_V9oflXD9NjIh6SCR1V/s1280/Uterus%20shirt%20FPParade.jpg" style="color: #351c75; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieaj4GrZ89fEy4GWfDwafVaUCBWlJslZLKozFt_kzORDvk_jAeo4oHI_CJpVhKD2z3XQQFS4HAC2BQTqJuPQApkpcOEcfouV8D_ZGjT3bfBgk8-nyib8jp_rhhU3xqfT2D6M7N5_6ljUHFvZZewvxS1dqkqU7hwyg_-EpCo8WI3_V9oflXD9NjIh6SCR1V/w480-h640/Uterus%20shirt%20FPParade.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="color: #351c75;"><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMfASwHV6p5TXQuJ6XRtvVWAmAq5nogoLnKMY3Ra_ES8j14a9Pkiy8Vm54JwzboFTyYb5eRjs22xPSAO1TOhyphenhyphenvTRo4xJ3cSZJK5VXuLc95fC8Ijux267uBdVzsonU0r_mzeOA_pGbB9WmraILbgW1geAAi1gcNog9ssXA9GHPypF6X3yoCGYVFxnJ-AsRU/s999/fullsizeoutput_4160.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="608" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMfASwHV6p5TXQuJ6XRtvVWAmAq5nogoLnKMY3Ra_ES8j14a9Pkiy8Vm54JwzboFTyYb5eRjs22xPSAO1TOhyphenhyphenvTRo4xJ3cSZJK5VXuLc95fC8Ijux267uBdVzsonU0r_mzeOA_pGbB9WmraILbgW1geAAi1gcNog9ssXA9GHPypF6X3yoCGYVFxnJ-AsRU/w244-h400/fullsizeoutput_4160.jpeg" width="244" /></a></div><p> ____________________________________________________________<br /></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Glenn Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15362915360429603120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428534988922325676.post-34615757706588534482023-12-18T10:11:00.000-08:002023-12-18T10:11:43.090-08:00In Two Weeks We March!<p><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;"> FLYING PIG PARADE NEWS- DEC. 17, '23</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Hello</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span><span style="color: #351c75;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Parade Fans,</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> How exciting, the world's first Flying Pig Parade is just two weeks away! Everything looks good at Parade Central.</span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtC7AWfTviv3XRLIMFaDMw94xJhWRlC7-dnad1CUl-WzB-_v05NGqHX-a-oHd7-kid2DWEOA2gWa58vo5ql5ady1kCaTRa6OaziwqPz0ea-Ujxzt9yr7ZNJjzBO83zA_osCj8Vk26qrhHL70iOvjMgnuDuD08yEKEFEWSTzOrSy_CHDtYD8NUF_dzfNSoY/s4032/DuWR3cyoT4y0z0FT9AWAbA.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtC7AWfTviv3XRLIMFaDMw94xJhWRlC7-dnad1CUl-WzB-_v05NGqHX-a-oHd7-kid2DWEOA2gWa58vo5ql5ady1kCaTRa6OaziwqPz0ea-Ujxzt9yr7ZNJjzBO83zA_osCj8Vk26qrhHL70iOvjMgnuDuD08yEKEFEWSTzOrSy_CHDtYD8NUF_dzfNSoY/w400-h300/DuWR3cyoT4y0z0FT9AWAbA.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Star Center Kids<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> We now have 37 groups in our 5-block procession. Everyone of them will be taking it slow, interacting with the audience. Recent additions include the "Star Center Theater's Baton and Flag Corps"</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">, Th</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">e "Weeds of Eden" band, and the "Hoggetowne Faire's Homeless" (they plan to joust for real estate).</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> Twenty-eight people showed up for last Thursday's meeting plus two more who never found us (sorry, we were tucked away in a dark corner of the brewery). </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhbJOSa_pHmcMLLbsGrJfIGLj_9EhgP2W5s8lF3BjXjeY8qAOZKjHtEnYBsVL1LZUnWyvsEI4GxnwnRsn-56FiQZkfXbuMfhhHVs3a8zcr4a2aKAJ6k2z75cbOiEULHgmrRPJ5nUSkFJwsP41IQA3FOPu8HVgjgIHGFbzY7C9fkdlEQv7AHj2dzGkhE5cJ/s3852/fullsizeoutput_3f1a.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2614" data-original-width="3852" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhbJOSa_pHmcMLLbsGrJfIGLj_9EhgP2W5s8lF3BjXjeY8qAOZKjHtEnYBsVL1LZUnWyvsEI4GxnwnRsn-56FiQZkfXbuMfhhHVs3a8zcr4a2aKAJ6k2z75cbOiEULHgmrRPJ5nUSkFJwsP41IQA3FOPu8HVgjgIHGFbzY7C9fkdlEQv7AHj2dzGkhE5cJ/w640-h434/fullsizeoutput_3f1a.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> On the left is a mask in progress, Peggy's Seven Foot Uterus<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> We'll have another meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 19th, 5-6 p.m., again at Cypress & Grove. We will distribute (and sell) t-shirts. You get a free one if you've signed up to volunteer at the parade on our website. We will also discuss the "the latest". </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> Parade day volunteers will wear their parade t-shirts and Porcine Pink Santa hats on Dec. 30th. We are looking for someone to be in charge of the volunteers.<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> So many wonderful things have happened in the last week. </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">-The UF's distinguished professor, Paul Ortiz, and his wife, activist Sheila Payne, accepted our invitation be our parade's grand marshals.</span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCEyCL7hlWOMF1fAQOSFESc8ls-vHfAtQzE2m2P3h2W_sPT16GlxICMVJGYCfAVljBLAcUX6Ee7Xr3hqvz9RoS_1MLrY9X1tYRtrtTJsyPl3XKn722xq6d3PmoqcsgYCCRDrx7a0lBfRJ1Dx4KqMlbtO2APTxNuzanwjSgWJ2iWSYzUzw9MSvb61GdZfzi/s3995/fullsizeoutput_3493.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2898" data-original-width="3995" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCEyCL7hlWOMF1fAQOSFESc8ls-vHfAtQzE2m2P3h2W_sPT16GlxICMVJGYCfAVljBLAcUX6Ee7Xr3hqvz9RoS_1MLrY9X1tYRtrtTJsyPl3XKn722xq6d3PmoqcsgYCCRDrx7a0lBfRJ1Dx4KqMlbtO2APTxNuzanwjSgWJ2iWSYzUzw9MSvb61GdZfzi/s320/fullsizeoutput_3493.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Francesca with Daddy Claus last Christmas<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">-Daddy and Momma Claus, have promised to spend part of their post-Christmas vacation in our procession. We are THRILLED! </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> -"Mr. Gainesville", Gregg Jones, </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjckH1s6dYUPJ1hJtyJwgI0W_MNRrnaySmVWN8nXi93YMnshVsenAFZUOw2Q4gnuwGs6pxC-nErh_AWAPb154zn5n2rdZQdx8-a7MXuaFZbx3cTiTQd9xiFehdMoDVwGosPG1fYHidKTgp9O5UfmkroUjeudVc5L5Qt6bFjAfENMogExDTpm_MlONpeDeYt/s5152/fullsizeoutput_29aa.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5152" data-original-width="3864" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjckH1s6dYUPJ1hJtyJwgI0W_MNRrnaySmVWN8nXi93YMnshVsenAFZUOw2Q4gnuwGs6pxC-nErh_AWAPb154zn5n2rdZQdx8-a7MXuaFZbx3cTiTQd9xiFehdMoDVwGosPG1fYHidKTgp9O5UfmkroUjeudVc5L5Qt6bFjAfENMogExDTpm_MlONpeDeYt/s320/fullsizeoutput_29aa.jpeg" width="240" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">will be our Master-of-Ceremonies, and,</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">We'll now be celebrating a special birthday. We just learned that Bo Diddley would have turned 95th on December 30th so our post-parade party -in Bo Diddley Plaza- will now be, "Bo's Birthday Bash". A cake has been ordered, The Showtime Band will perform, and his family has been invited to attend.</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">If you can believe a weather forecast two weeks away, they say it'll be sunny and 73 degrees on parade day. Cross you fingers.</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> Is there more to do? Yes, lots more. We still need</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">-Someone to be King Mango</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLUTEcKF7o-mtPaTKdMSJqi93knsSD6-BktVlLPu3furTs0iuOFVmi7sf1txFC0pq3X6Gss18r0H54JHGyG4ju6m1Ge9zINISy-6M1iyoSMFwm9UqX5F9jbyaoTBqYRGpJMR5hC5x0OnIebm6PqSeElcEFt2LluEBFVRonhhQ02S0ZAvgdWqIDN3Y5ugR_/s3475/fullsizeoutput_3d82.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3475" data-original-width="2992" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLUTEcKF7o-mtPaTKdMSJqi93knsSD6-BktVlLPu3furTs0iuOFVmi7sf1txFC0pq3X6Gss18r0H54JHGyG4ju6m1Ge9zINISy-6M1iyoSMFwm9UqX5F9jbyaoTBqYRGpJMR5hC5x0OnIebm6PqSeElcEFt2LluEBFVRonhhQ02S0ZAvgdWqIDN3Y5ugR_/w173-h200/fullsizeoutput_3d82.jpeg" width="173" /></a></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">-A person to don our our Big Pig costume</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">-A golf cart to carry someone with mobility issues and</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">-People for our "Marching Ron's" group, We've got the masks. </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxxn2RKBMqyZe7tji3nGIIP49JLOwUTZmwo8sJGrfVcJ0qoa0f6704ILN0gQHqqBjsWjEf3kFBSnGUldJsDu-HYfr_-lffgSgV4I3hV5OBThZb3lx6-HpqwH628rQsKYkJSwpHh0jUX6fKmEmgUkq3Zlp5LR5enx3SeCS9vx6MDZ19gWgLvjSa_L9mxRLK/s3870/fullsizeoutput_3f3c.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2421" data-original-width="3870" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxxn2RKBMqyZe7tji3nGIIP49JLOwUTZmwo8sJGrfVcJ0qoa0f6704ILN0gQHqqBjsWjEf3kFBSnGUldJsDu-HYfr_-lffgSgV4I3hV5OBThZb3lx6-HpqwH628rQsKYkJSwpHh0jUX6fKmEmgUkq3Zlp5LR5enx3SeCS9vx6MDZ19gWgLvjSa_L9mxRLK/s320/fullsizeoutput_3f3c.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Their signs will say, "Go Home, this parade is WOKE!", "I shall control women's bodies", "Slavery taught many useful skills", and "Do not teach anything that makes white people feel bad".<br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> Thanks again to the many people who are contributing their time, talent, and funding to make "the pig fly". As I mentioned before, we're excited!</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Glenn (Terry)</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Head Hog, Flying Pig Parade</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">305 299 5607 mangoglenn@yahoo.com <br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAPhKLj3zDpTsjgZQMAukmfy4DXjBClasizEGE_8vB2b1X8k76CFVdFnJvKHMHzs-ZTsJQHE2qlsyu83XhzBWMy4URfZ4GZgB5GwJKrp5PN1XBVpDCmt8V7zRKoIzXK4vjjcc6U-9NTeXsyftFQI0pxVzA7RcA5cwXTdxrsRhBTbpu8L9sB-k9z3NqM4VN/s4032/g1wdGL6XQ62cWCjNYyO3AQ.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAPhKLj3zDpTsjgZQMAukmfy4DXjBClasizEGE_8vB2b1X8k76CFVdFnJvKHMHzs-ZTsJQHE2qlsyu83XhzBWMy4URfZ4GZgB5GwJKrp5PN1XBVpDCmt8V7zRKoIzXK4vjjcc6U-9NTeXsyftFQI0pxVzA7RcA5cwXTdxrsRhBTbpu8L9sB-k9z3NqM4VN/w400-h300/g1wdGL6XQ62cWCjNYyO3AQ.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />We rec'd an application today from this festive Hogtown group!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> <br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> <br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span><br /></p>Glenn Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15362915360429603120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428534988922325676.post-11341554549757986582023-11-22T07:46:00.000-08:002023-11-22T07:46:33.559-08:00Piggish Parade Meeting- November '23<p><span style="color: #990000;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #990000;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSWlXzOGLOxID-HQWBGYGqAj3b5XRRNDVKMeITKPcWPJR40Ag3gBcIUFhehoGV7kCpJw_ud-S-G4QvRxrqZ5Pg_X0YX2vQxE_T0-zzk3Jm8rOlu4uszw9S1ZVkS8i5OUOXD8J74XoIfHpcZBmCrKLRTpSrjkKRHM8el0MCBCEH_Y5MPcB_9aBGWjBi6RCe/s1103/fullsizeoutput_3eac.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="1103" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSWlXzOGLOxID-HQWBGYGqAj3b5XRRNDVKMeITKPcWPJR40Ag3gBcIUFhehoGV7kCpJw_ud-S-G4QvRxrqZ5Pg_X0YX2vQxE_T0-zzk3Jm8rOlu4uszw9S1ZVkS8i5OUOXD8J74XoIfHpcZBmCrKLRTpSrjkKRHM8el0MCBCEH_Y5MPcB_9aBGWjBi6RCe/w640-h298/fullsizeoutput_3eac.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> They are my friends, a few of the zany 25 who came to last night's </span><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">Flying Pig Parade</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> meeting at the Cypress & Grove Brewery. Another 12 sent their regrets.</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">They are an experienced corps of merry-makers (ages 41 to 91) who will show younger generations how to put on an original, festive parade next month. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM21dg3fylF0aWBk7VWq6g1J8dHhWyJGVhJ4iG7wrhJ93UVz-azpSzQP7egphq5vfBnYFe2Rimoj37ZlyCBtCMiwhq5Ei8HsN9UF5DB6hnH9DJrYjXWIrBxWKQ54hgAl4-AVPp83O8p-MaPK-j9WwBG4XkB1lBHcaVoO3PYBp5ut6U6j03-80qnEkOrLlW/s3811/fullsizeoutput_3e96.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2612" data-original-width="3811" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM21dg3fylF0aWBk7VWq6g1J8dHhWyJGVhJ4iG7wrhJ93UVz-azpSzQP7egphq5vfBnYFe2Rimoj37ZlyCBtCMiwhq5Ei8HsN9UF5DB6hnH9DJrYjXWIrBxWKQ54hgAl4-AVPp83O8p-MaPK-j9WwBG4XkB1lBHcaVoO3PYBp5ut6U6j03-80qnEkOrLlW/w640-h438/fullsizeoutput_3e96.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">Many are veterans of Coconut Grove's King Mango Strut Parade which has created gales of laughter for 41 years. </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"> THE LINE UP</span><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">Everything's going well. We have already recruited 2/3 of the groups we need. We have dancers, bands, and a precision grave digger drill team. Peggy Bowie will wear a giant uterus. Marching next to </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUwUdtLZ1zSn_Xgs0jZMGmJ8eWYSULOHFG-cI5kiBDP9pcXV3KCRw9-XaBKrj2Y8ElqBRYmpXBDk6uIDz4ERk1YBJJW5oZGWdVQTjlX8RkipPT47mYhWp1XSvBlu9Tyr9mL0BtThY3cKudJfZkWNxABeCJUqDNakOdCAICPWnGYcmqF48NGpMuAiMsaOQ4/s3307/fullsizeoutput_3c7e.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3307" data-original-width="2891" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUwUdtLZ1zSn_Xgs0jZMGmJ8eWYSULOHFG-cI5kiBDP9pcXV3KCRw9-XaBKrj2Y8ElqBRYmpXBDk6uIDz4ERk1YBJJW5oZGWdVQTjlX8RkipPT47mYhWp1XSvBlu9Tyr9mL0BtThY3cKudJfZkWNxABeCJUqDNakOdCAICPWnGYcmqF48NGpMuAiMsaOQ4/s320/fullsizeoutput_3c7e.jpeg" width="280" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">her will be her friend with a sign, "This women is searching for big, strong, men who will pass laws on how we use our uteruses...said no woman ever".</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">Shirley Lasseter will lead "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" and Julie Anspach will head up the punked-out, multi-colored "Weird Barbies" dance-athon.</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">This street party is coming together! Any group (or individual) wanting to be in it can fill out an </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDP-59cU9HTZ8pm4p8oDpZL-93U2hMYdznY7Q-x5mgDFiBEk1tLiHQKtP4kU71tYmhbk2uz2r5q-vWn_Lvs6kK5jubeWMra9yOEdZign0HpoYI45tFF6I2o5U1Ah1t8RYGhR8ulFNh0vrevsp1JBeM4OW7OfDml_GX1cyIqsgLBDr_h3tubOJ0Ur_1aAOo/s3292/fullsizeoutput_3d8a.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2251" data-original-width="3292" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDP-59cU9HTZ8pm4p8oDpZL-93U2hMYdznY7Q-x5mgDFiBEk1tLiHQKtP4kU71tYmhbk2uz2r5q-vWn_Lvs6kK5jubeWMra9yOEdZign0HpoYI45tFF6I2o5U1Ah1t8RYGhR8ulFNh0vrevsp1JBeM4OW7OfDml_GX1cyIqsgLBDr_h3tubOJ0Ur_1aAOo/s320/fullsizeoutput_3d8a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">application on our website, www.flyingpigparade.org . Space is limited, sign up soon.</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"> THE UNVEILING</span><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">Last night's big moment came when our poster, created by Gainesville artist, Heidi Stein, was unveiled. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhStjQeZEP2R4VCqK6hQmjzOo3KJNYz2VR0CKYfYz9vVxZTu4SqpgOb7LUrhHPr8Ytnz56cKWcwwBjrlHDlBLMmzHtxfkIuXdX1R7zEiaIEeLRXinVG9SvxMwsP1Xmx_UHgHpMLFPNMnzZoOH5qlYptfBdYVCBEGLoRT_8AtkKTRTUV3nc1qW5HKMMEZCfy/s3651/fullsizeoutput_3e39.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3651" data-original-width="2299" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhStjQeZEP2R4VCqK6hQmjzOo3KJNYz2VR0CKYfYz9vVxZTu4SqpgOb7LUrhHPr8Ytnz56cKWcwwBjrlHDlBLMmzHtxfkIuXdX1R7zEiaIEeLRXinVG9SvxMwsP1Xmx_UHgHpMLFPNMnzZoOH5qlYptfBdYVCBEGLoRT_8AtkKTRTUV3nc1qW5HKMMEZCfy/w404-h640/fullsizeoutput_3e39.jpeg" width="404" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> There was a dramatic drum roll, the pillow case was lifted, and Heidi's creation was welcomed by great applause. </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">We are placing them all over town. The posters will also be on sale, along with our parade t-shirts, on the big day, Dec. 30th.<br /></span></p><p><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> It’s time downtown Gainesville got its own original, awesome parade. If it’s anything like its cousin, the King Mango Strut, thousands of people will be delighted by our festive, end-of-the-year celebration.</span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha5qtPHEJknMhHjD6iD2wnp1ZiAI8N_nPhShJ6h6wn5j6bcYNMS1duUWrbrPcfqaU0525gvCYU3gr4LveX4G4b82SiOoQDlUEHC1AYRhY67jdasz9fGIIvdTPRiLFkQAv43-13Z-BmfZStiPNCNSZLZ6EXt7wcoxt58fOzHHEu2i5vTCjgua40bWpI9Q2U/s1425/fullsizeoutput_3e95.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1425" data-original-width="1013" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha5qtPHEJknMhHjD6iD2wnp1ZiAI8N_nPhShJ6h6wn5j6bcYNMS1duUWrbrPcfqaU0525gvCYU3gr4LveX4G4b82SiOoQDlUEHC1AYRhY67jdasz9fGIIvdTPRiLFkQAv43-13Z-BmfZStiPNCNSZLZ6EXt7wcoxt58fOzHHEu2i5vTCjgua40bWpI9Q2U/w284-h400/fullsizeoutput_3e95.jpeg" width="284" /></a></div><p><br /><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"> ________</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> <br /></span></p>Glenn Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15362915360429603120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428534988922325676.post-66904634648574830192023-11-07T02:33:00.000-08:002023-11-07T02:33:21.231-08:00FINE DINING WITH THE PIG<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;"> SUNDAY'S FLYING PIG PARADE BRUNCH</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d;"> <span style="font-size: large;">RAISING $ FOR DECEMBER"S PROCESSION</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRJHjUoA8Kg5qQEYMT9zBsuJGHNZvPO8OzQXkTJJDoKYG7ItMsEWjt-PUh6kQr01U_fod_Fc6I8Iguejlm_wRRrnPcG1HYBgk2F6ioTHGXrWLqpKb6OU-tRSTlfG9o2xfb-ORsCzEdUNBCzhaShwRyDR2gXFE8qMsyO9ePsUcyZX6RnzJJMuYxz70x8imq/s4032/PXL_20231105_165335410.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRJHjUoA8Kg5qQEYMT9zBsuJGHNZvPO8OzQXkTJJDoKYG7ItMsEWjt-PUh6kQr01U_fod_Fc6I8Iguejlm_wRRrnPcG1HYBgk2F6ioTHGXrWLqpKb6OU-tRSTlfG9o2xfb-ORsCzEdUNBCzhaShwRyDR2gXFE8qMsyO9ePsUcyZX6RnzJJMuYxz70x8imq/w400-h225/PXL_20231105_165335410.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <span style="color: #351c75;">Celebrity Chef, Mark Newman (former owner/chef at Gainesville's popular Leonardo's 706 Restaurant) hosted a grand affair at his residence last Sunday. It was a fund-raising brunch for December 30's Flying Pig Parade.</span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> Nearly forty attended -including one pig with wings- and we raised $1500.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> Mark's house is unique, on a hill overlooking Hogtown Creek. </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8VgLOLquOtmGCIkcHeZTMoPr8xXsKSMg5QGC-sRSvihcF4ad0LYZb-lKbs21uV5r8bqNkwit3vivD5yevh0NwFGMgywqAkiO4eqUyty2dB9_xxxZX8DbkxQzcxtjJj3eMRvfBY5ieKnBHkURnSNK7pU4Rfvlq26Ar-fDwFRzOc75Om4JQjlD1wC7EV4OV/s4032/fullsizeoutput_3e0f.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8VgLOLquOtmGCIkcHeZTMoPr8xXsKSMg5QGC-sRSvihcF4ad0LYZb-lKbs21uV5r8bqNkwit3vivD5yevh0NwFGMgywqAkiO4eqUyty2dB9_xxxZX8DbkxQzcxtjJj3eMRvfBY5ieKnBHkURnSNK7pU4Rfvlq26Ar-fDwFRzOc75Om4JQjlD1wC7EV4OV/w640-h360/fullsizeoutput_3e0f.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRJHjUoA8Kg5qQEYMT9zBsuJGHNZvPO8OzQXkTJJDoKYG7ItMsEWjt-PUh6kQr01U_fod_Fc6I8Iguejlm_wRRrnPcG1HYBgk2F6ioTHGXrWLqpKb6OU-tRSTlfG9o2xfb-ORsCzEdUNBCzhaShwRyDR2gXFE8qMsyO9ePsUcyZX6RnzJJMuYxz70x8imq/s4032/PXL_20231105_165335410.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><span style="color: #351c75;"></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;">The signs made it easy to find. </span> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaIKzCsCES8HaUJz7B0w0nAi5tSGtNZpOB866-PfTpowKqXvCRq2hKKxorAe3peEnw8qio8GaPq133IdjjcUhu7zfCVyU-B5Z77W5eTHVSMDh5Hv6T1knpyL5x4rjko7QlGYhjOxyPJuSvXuVtrWvTl04gesD8LDHun7t85wefHBGX7ZGwCEOiuE5ZXnjf/s4032/PXL_20231105_163938893.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaIKzCsCES8HaUJz7B0w0nAi5tSGtNZpOB866-PfTpowKqXvCRq2hKKxorAe3peEnw8qio8GaPq133IdjjcUhu7zfCVyU-B5Z77W5eTHVSMDh5Hv6T1knpyL5x4rjko7QlGYhjOxyPJuSvXuVtrWvTl04gesD8LDHun7t85wefHBGX7ZGwCEOiuE5ZXnjf/s320/PXL_20231105_163938893.jpg" width="180" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">Every room, bathroom, and closet was filled with art of all sorts. We staged our silent action in his office.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjseS7dGSYqpOaWS08IfHSLXAaTQ6MK06bAz1mscBL-H5mdKDXruRWcoZ6v31AxRXY-OC0FoQ_j_rQI-CNIGiW4d1uSkBI4_j4oiFdOg9qcHwc4s8BAAVAL2ldS5IGNeG07-IMoA81QDpeoa2tjPfrmx7Ww7yjKrRgJQbfmkKJVLgF4-CSll5HQVIWM6W_U/s4032/PXL_20231105_164639019.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjseS7dGSYqpOaWS08IfHSLXAaTQ6MK06bAz1mscBL-H5mdKDXruRWcoZ6v31AxRXY-OC0FoQ_j_rQI-CNIGiW4d1uSkBI4_j4oiFdOg9qcHwc4s8BAAVAL2ldS5IGNeG07-IMoA81QDpeoa2tjPfrmx7Ww7yjKrRgJQbfmkKJVLgF4-CSll5HQVIWM6W_U/w640-h360/PXL_20231105_164639019.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <span style="color: #660000;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #660000;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #660000;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #660000;"> With the help of his two assistants, Francesca and Jackie,</span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgE5RKou9TMBn9NN5DpXmmacBLleGCJ_8vqs9Zb335Hsm8HidyYA4kZ2In9aOzfkJ-9iQXqlWRI1T4x0J3kE9bOZAFWvjPzvzO5oZiiMwQGhSrfL_G32ewCruwzWeAawYkMCxa9jwdA4xqkao9FddiJSFx5FGESoEGS9sikEAGKFhJMdI8xv8-z7J2607I/s4032/RnEv7TwJSjCPLyTc0mLBoA.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgE5RKou9TMBn9NN5DpXmmacBLleGCJ_8vqs9Zb335Hsm8HidyYA4kZ2In9aOzfkJ-9iQXqlWRI1T4x0J3kE9bOZAFWvjPzvzO5oZiiMwQGhSrfL_G32ewCruwzWeAawYkMCxa9jwdA4xqkao9FddiJSFx5FGESoEGS9sikEAGKFhJMdI8xv8-z7J2607I/w400-h300/RnEv7TwJSjCPLyTc0mLBoA.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">Chef Mark created an incredible array of food for us to enjoy. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7mckuScSBuik4oK93sDv6iZOP3jH2ERl5QPuIDB2ecIf4t1isqVgYCf9fbC6Ktff3WdUkHrzHqHvkMgitzXJiU4MtDApFTmw3p0-WyS7Qrdi0gJ_sHsnZsEb6l-U04GumA8tYgndFPA7of5d__SG7V3CMcAL-OAQOuIGiOnhzQjsbCPA0xUQoXlQy6tMg/s4032/PXL_20231105_165556727.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7mckuScSBuik4oK93sDv6iZOP3jH2ERl5QPuIDB2ecIf4t1isqVgYCf9fbC6Ktff3WdUkHrzHqHvkMgitzXJiU4MtDApFTmw3p0-WyS7Qrdi0gJ_sHsnZsEb6l-U04GumA8tYgndFPA7of5d__SG7V3CMcAL-OAQOuIGiOnhzQjsbCPA0xUQoXlQy6tMg/w640-h360/PXL_20231105_165556727.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><p></p><p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG44RXUMfeurrJBXbuGMeoHoTwCcJLgKNRYVaJUVlxL7L8nBLVfdrWQbZi637UF9Y3UWVHv5uWpO3jXeHfpm2yNgP_7L1hNM_hoAtB4lU2wyFgeIfVX2vrrvsK2WUxxpCgEhpuJ0x8H34SziTukp6SNeppXNmZMH4GVMrli7_rHFgZ4WVVoIkRmBHsY25O/s717/fullsizeoutput_3e04.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="717" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG44RXUMfeurrJBXbuGMeoHoTwCcJLgKNRYVaJUVlxL7L8nBLVfdrWQbZi637UF9Y3UWVHv5uWpO3jXeHfpm2yNgP_7L1hNM_hoAtB4lU2wyFgeIfVX2vrrvsK2WUxxpCgEhpuJ0x8H34SziTukp6SNeppXNmZMH4GVMrli7_rHFgZ4WVVoIkRmBHsY25O/w400-h290/fullsizeoutput_3e04.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joe blows while Marty strums.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">And if that wasn't enough, we had two fantastic musicians, Marty Liquori and Joe Donato entertaining us.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;">At one point I thanked everyone for coming </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxwn9vZrrq4tsUja06j4cxhzB1Ye_mkiFXa1PzEQGJHRtlR975nRZ6-RFpEfG6O75HTHF2OGkFHJp_-TybDtynpZAGQ1jAutU9Wfpt0i-fiTIMdOEWDsmB7GGpzoIf8ONaAIIygOAh-cpM4JJTMf_WnFFES4OtrRTFMPQElBm-mJA93drS7ZLLT4h1WCNL/s2283/fullsizeoutput_3e07.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1207" data-original-width="2283" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxwn9vZrrq4tsUja06j4cxhzB1Ye_mkiFXa1PzEQGJHRtlR975nRZ6-RFpEfG6O75HTHF2OGkFHJp_-TybDtynpZAGQ1jAutU9Wfpt0i-fiTIMdOEWDsmB7GGpzoIf8ONaAIIygOAh-cpM4JJTMf_WnFFES4OtrRTFMPQElBm-mJA93drS7ZLLT4h1WCNL/w640-h338/fullsizeoutput_3e07.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-large;">and presented Mark with a mask.</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJVb0oFKSb_zJ3YvJhskGBOLE13Z0tn7hPJpvpUCNHyGg18nqVpauh8uU3SgY3TR5MHjU6KMGfbh36WmvXDaL4WSfbIG4lfLUvnmgnTI3ySjxe-m18YyPtdldD7Wy6Rm6VKdtKb8RrhYEVttO1WaTEohlphA4LPhnKxsiLHI_0ju108fJcSFsVdznLh5GN/s4032/PXL_20231105_170130635.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJVb0oFKSb_zJ3YvJhskGBOLE13Z0tn7hPJpvpUCNHyGg18nqVpauh8uU3SgY3TR5MHjU6KMGfbh36WmvXDaL4WSfbIG4lfLUvnmgnTI3ySjxe-m18YyPtdldD7Wy6Rm6VKdtKb8RrhYEVttO1WaTEohlphA4LPhnKxsiLHI_0ju108fJcSFsVdznLh5GN/s320/PXL_20231105_170130635.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: x-large;"> With that he became a part of the party's mask maker's fashion show. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8GRPUJ0PUpIolAoQc4aodT_OF6A1VS4Sh28Cp2Cw4VbeL6N-SwegoC0vVB4FieBFbkRPGh_xvMJAhNCc3-z7gKZ6LUbKC_RB8xSHeWRlqS6Ouhz446EFKzlmAfSSeWjPc2gM-I_6FZPSx9BD-aCmaFszSBDaOS69RgMAg85VISymqA7l0UZ1g_WNWioRP/s2650/fullsizeoutput_3e10.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="2650" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8GRPUJ0PUpIolAoQc4aodT_OF6A1VS4Sh28Cp2Cw4VbeL6N-SwegoC0vVB4FieBFbkRPGh_xvMJAhNCc3-z7gKZ6LUbKC_RB8xSHeWRlqS6Ouhz446EFKzlmAfSSeWjPc2gM-I_6FZPSx9BD-aCmaFszSBDaOS69RgMAg85VISymqA7l0UZ1g_WNWioRP/w400-h295/fullsizeoutput_3e10.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><br /></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Inl40XyjxR6VRQPhhg_5mMnlavbMGhr9xZsxpmFnxBP5zjVJSq_l92HWibcxF9YI3KYtaoTCXXFZ4qPR2677TO6IUswmFKEG9CdRjQeJ9cH51qmMJh6wG6ewgQlNdhTOpRR9yTfehMewR1ahXAQvQ0MzqXP9EDlBHLOGMX8qry2XUYKdw2HmP5S3viRb/s768/fullsizeoutput_3e16.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="576" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Inl40XyjxR6VRQPhhg_5mMnlavbMGhr9xZsxpmFnxBP5zjVJSq_l92HWibcxF9YI3KYtaoTCXXFZ4qPR2677TO6IUswmFKEG9CdRjQeJ9cH51qmMJh6wG6ewgQlNdhTOpRR9yTfehMewR1ahXAQvQ0MzqXP9EDlBHLOGMX8qry2XUYKdw2HmP5S3viRb/w480-h640/fullsizeoutput_3e16.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great shot of the winged pig, King Mango, and Michael's left finger</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS0SehoctGS6KamyJ6OtO_Wq8WO0ntJvSFfPBtzG8Wb87zWX_GybixrDhVEiTfGzLjwK77UtkAuhuqnEp8v3C8E4Xs57a6jKdY_YPZWLUPg2ETNg52a0_UmWTN9eJnZGbpsr0ld8eyiQd3c2DJS4Ztto9keIcwU3dYh_6gg7OfXNpU2qLMpWdFUBxifg0T/s663/fullsizeoutput_3e0d.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="663" data-original-width="540" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS0SehoctGS6KamyJ6OtO_Wq8WO0ntJvSFfPBtzG8Wb87zWX_GybixrDhVEiTfGzLjwK77UtkAuhuqnEp8v3C8E4Xs57a6jKdY_YPZWLUPg2ETNg52a0_UmWTN9eJnZGbpsr0ld8eyiQd3c2DJS4Ztto9keIcwU3dYh_6gg7OfXNpU2qLMpWdFUBxifg0T/s320/fullsizeoutput_3e0d.jpeg" width="261" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good shot of the mask maker and the left side of Michael's head<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfysQ0haJk1RgEaAmUcrQ-1ipMXkhf2fQRviYRxxS5dGadCdmfrcQsZ3HB466mkh2_E0zYhNXfeT3evcDJTfuKlq0LRw3qqkyMLvSU8MrDUvBUQkkUqAPxbbqGmW-71480VtVKUOl2WbKKPyYgoOe2ihBQzmFTLhqkb4Ujjb8ieIeZfLGtGIjeiCIMkeLd/s4032/PXL_20231105_172642138.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfysQ0haJk1RgEaAmUcrQ-1ipMXkhf2fQRviYRxxS5dGadCdmfrcQsZ3HB466mkh2_E0zYhNXfeT3evcDJTfuKlq0LRw3qqkyMLvSU8MrDUvBUQkkUqAPxbbqGmW-71480VtVKUOl2WbKKPyYgoOe2ihBQzmFTLhqkb4Ujjb8ieIeZfLGtGIjeiCIMkeLd/w640-h360/PXL_20231105_172642138.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This party filled the house and flowed out the back patio door<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">It was a lovely, lazy affair on a perfect November day. We thank everyone who came together to make it possible.</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">Glenn, </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">for the New Parade Committee, </span></p><p><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">www.flyingpigparade.org </span><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">We also thank Dave and Michael for letting us for the liberal use their excellent photographs.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> _______________________________<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p>Glenn Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15362915360429603120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428534988922325676.post-10617328097530076202023-11-02T15:06:00.004-07:002023-11-02T15:06:31.558-07:00H'WEEN IN DA 'HOOD<p><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: helvetica;">SPOOKTACULAR! </span> </span></p><p><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-size: x-large;">Tuesday's Neighborhood Halloween Parade</span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;"> Almost 200 of us gathered on NW 12th Road on October 31 to celebrate All Hallows Eve. It was our fourth annual Florida Park Halloween Parade and what fun it was.<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2q83xLaOtU3IMXA9ZLL_FaoLJz5SOGLhgVD3Rm8N7HI648OVSmrlmnpNZU32Mgi5y9nG8W50NeBS7Pdhm6K6xaEP0_rwJXQrkLZEd7uIEiA6EE54d0LeDgR_u4X-R_j7MBTUp882jDwiH-alJfBbk45UcYRQj6hpX1N53WfyAvlH3BntTdp6Jjo82zEHN/s3720/fullsizeoutput_3db1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3720" data-original-width="2901" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2q83xLaOtU3IMXA9ZLL_FaoLJz5SOGLhgVD3Rm8N7HI648OVSmrlmnpNZU32Mgi5y9nG8W50NeBS7Pdhm6K6xaEP0_rwJXQrkLZEd7uIEiA6EE54d0LeDgR_u4X-R_j7MBTUp882jDwiH-alJfBbk45UcYRQj6hpX1N53WfyAvlH3BntTdp6Jjo82zEHN/w500-h640/fullsizeoutput_3db1.jpeg" width="500" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirNBw3AjjDcfYw0jjHH-b0jSd-kO8tUNBebQ3fT1l3EXs5K-STRVhg_ORNBJg2o_2zCyZD8n0dIj7HRJNm3gS7uNF7n8svxbFU2EEBZ7xbmxIFWvT1BPILAznT2icW5HC05Z09L66bgAMyOCry0TzdpvwX64boQ9vZ08kB9mVrA-WJsRO6RaeVBux10_aQ/s4032/fullsizeoutput_3de6.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirNBw3AjjDcfYw0jjHH-b0jSd-kO8tUNBebQ3fT1l3EXs5K-STRVhg_ORNBJg2o_2zCyZD8n0dIj7HRJNm3gS7uNF7n8svxbFU2EEBZ7xbmxIFWvT1BPILAznT2icW5HC05Z09L66bgAMyOCry0TzdpvwX64boQ9vZ08kB9mVrA-WJsRO6RaeVBux10_aQ/s320/fullsizeoutput_3de6.jpeg" width="240" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <span style="color: #0b5394;">All twelve feet of Mr. Bones led the procession with a gaggle of costumed kids close behind. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;"> We had a record number of participants because this brother/sister team (Fargo and Foley) created our flyer and helped distribute it.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgV01vkLQaNgeFDG3KPflEJU11DvHCTfJT4TENHtBL_G3PNxOiXc_rw-0hzXBnIjscVKffDbfR1Idm6mrAveEVicokAS8K-c-ZASPksarPSdmNmvGGGqh-zzhse7jKXuVJsDLaPVgwvNVpxSBQfgK3hqOazdxSbxyeXuDD1RmFlD4JFNDxbt6mhyJqLJIb/s3482/fullsizeoutput_3d37.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2777" data-original-width="3482" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgV01vkLQaNgeFDG3KPflEJU11DvHCTfJT4TENHtBL_G3PNxOiXc_rw-0hzXBnIjscVKffDbfR1Idm6mrAveEVicokAS8K-c-ZASPksarPSdmNmvGGGqh-zzhse7jKXuVJsDLaPVgwvNVpxSBQfgK3hqOazdxSbxyeXuDD1RmFlD4JFNDxbt6mhyJqLJIb/w320-h254/fullsizeoutput_3d37.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRvLf9XYyjPLTlU3KsyntdIMGC7mHF-AlDN0wNzUGW6768s9qQwmqabI54yA3oje3V90P3KQdCiCegGWLfWz6otLpf8Do2YljpcFCXF7v80QxlUa5yBusSpb6YCQikzPsYc24QXGtcMu98fzxdlRwxJns-4H6rkjodQ9kLPhSx74MDr3y3rc9ItC63NCJi/s3379/fullsizeoutput_3d8b.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2773" data-original-width="3379" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRvLf9XYyjPLTlU3KsyntdIMGC7mHF-AlDN0wNzUGW6768s9qQwmqabI54yA3oje3V90P3KQdCiCegGWLfWz6otLpf8Do2YljpcFCXF7v80QxlUa5yBusSpb6YCQikzPsYc24QXGtcMu98fzxdlRwxJns-4H6rkjodQ9kLPhSx74MDr3y3rc9ItC63NCJi/s320/fullsizeoutput_3d8b.jpeg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">King Mango and Petey ("Flyboy") Pig joined me as we got the group rollin' at 6 p.m.</span> <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></div><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">We had our most awesome band ever keeping us in step. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhewL4uPqeC3EP3oJwdmbrzVrLSFCvrgyzj_IAMon730j8R3eyO7VB_aa6GC98HU_0Yq8BRx6FzNPwOSSnSYMXqHs8S4IBI-Wy7OPUVCqzuPp96H8gNF1xipVELTO5g6Z751vCJKn1hYPWBuANQJFZJGpt0mh_W18rHZaL_uVymRfgJgViWSoeh7DbliOm-/s3989/fullsizeoutput_3da0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3018" data-original-width="3989" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhewL4uPqeC3EP3oJwdmbrzVrLSFCvrgyzj_IAMon730j8R3eyO7VB_aa6GC98HU_0Yq8BRx6FzNPwOSSnSYMXqHs8S4IBI-Wy7OPUVCqzuPp96H8gNF1xipVELTO5g6Z751vCJKn1hYPWBuANQJFZJGpt0mh_W18rHZaL_uVymRfgJgViWSoeh7DbliOm-/w640-h484/fullsizeoutput_3da0.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;"> Here are a few photos of our neighbors in costume,</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><p></p><p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLGFciA5Mp0U6onai4pSr4m_xfsIZn4Zu_SXZDbSOWgCDBGlIhEUaeJKMvA2-_jjKZsnlhJXyNcDJaPXDxhrKfLnVtUI_9qQcmEt5OpEfCHmz3S8xU8YQFJsPoI2UStyvJTg7gmimTHazywRenoUoiksMMdxKFkbRD7ja3vdfYJ6u3bbzxJcUz0Bfo5KuH/s4032/CjqoDpoHTceJANBhhjWk6w.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLGFciA5Mp0U6onai4pSr4m_xfsIZn4Zu_SXZDbSOWgCDBGlIhEUaeJKMvA2-_jjKZsnlhJXyNcDJaPXDxhrKfLnVtUI_9qQcmEt5OpEfCHmz3S8xU8YQFJsPoI2UStyvJTg7gmimTHazywRenoUoiksMMdxKFkbRD7ja3vdfYJ6u3bbzxJcUz0Bfo5KuH/w400-h300/CjqoDpoHTceJANBhhjWk6w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVJ1NSuSEloPckGoDD4Jx6fyMX0vEvo2uS96UOcE1u8UHsq1XE9NENyrwYFK35lEcHt860tvix42y0x0KvaZVL8dMbSoLA0xMSRYvTcyw7-x01iGQgkt8zApCCzokQyC9HJ-O3CX1QHtCDUGyTurw6xOs49GfJrrjZ8GH9c0_PznO-0_t59Nfu-mAlpDnX/s3163/fullsizeoutput_3d9c.jpeg" style="clear: right; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3475" data-original-width="2992" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD0LB5KdR9rDdgE2Qnziydq4Zr_nzkn-lOyJGEGdp6NcdA9AztG_SEze567sNr7an_Ki4suirOiODaDFDCYwg3QpWdryNizMhpMqT_Q_OYQttHU7lQoljji8em2_oim5QbyRdrloSa1YJ2h5-6CjLGOdMMmxU_pPwpNTsm79rsugSRMz1TdTEMBd8BAR2a/s320/fullsizeoutput_3d82.jpeg" width="276" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My grand-nephew, Sam Terry, in disguise<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHYPeMmrkvIuby8AOljMzQEfHTMi9rLaOGCOBFNmbsUGfgZkM_vlKwSq0Wa9-B6YTX8E4wgkLcnElmn4aShF0frR2dnsyocDY-jjlXseU8FyNRRl_toWPZV6SBEe05iLBoSjNMvdkhTzp2pnOr31xjei-6mxxVkEiqA4OqZ4xMnTNEZp2FBBcoQJpZrQqa/s3702/fullsizeoutput_3da7.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2959" data-original-width="3702" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHYPeMmrkvIuby8AOljMzQEfHTMi9rLaOGCOBFNmbsUGfgZkM_vlKwSq0Wa9-B6YTX8E4wgkLcnElmn4aShF0frR2dnsyocDY-jjlXseU8FyNRRl_toWPZV6SBEe05iLBoSjNMvdkhTzp2pnOr31xjei-6mxxVkEiqA4OqZ4xMnTNEZp2FBBcoQJpZrQqa/w640-h512/fullsizeoutput_3da7.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This cheerleader wasn;t very cheerful.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjigZlJ5l6YzJ_rlC83RnxBSKzga7RE5WAKy9tYGieoLfc57Bzp2S4kxfeRJzIE4_nZGj57FNCioVkGOCnvtMErxzVSL0rfpkiG3HuPexGgAKHWLfq2IElRB4nzPurIwktb9r8QaPuTayHZNsK6Gdc6I5FZ3-N_ORkIeq6ALy6w9OA2GufMBqGFZzblFK5q/s3672/fullsizeoutput_3dac.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihx-o7fOTyzegcEYOxUO421eIcCuxvmzeexHevjVo3ZejvAX3z7udOoixuZJsDXP4r8gI74z0fWgASsqcsYEQwZW20dGfioQoPivC9F4q_DqZrCh2jo83OhSxUPCkvtz1jx_cVFH-c9e7aFrljcctFYXeUBBPSknOI3ZW0zEnron1M_9xeMiHNKY5WphAk/s3564/fullsizeoutput_3dc4.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3564" data-original-width="2681" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihx-o7fOTyzegcEYOxUO421eIcCuxvmzeexHevjVo3ZejvAX3z7udOoixuZJsDXP4r8gI74z0fWgASsqcsYEQwZW20dGfioQoPivC9F4q_DqZrCh2jo83OhSxUPCkvtz1jx_cVFH-c9e7aFrljcctFYXeUBBPSknOI3ZW0zEnron1M_9xeMiHNKY5WphAk/w301-h400/fullsizeoutput_3dc4.jpeg" width="301" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Creepy Parent<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit4OrMv7pNNd5ZZYFuJyrVjK6u5g_eghpBKVKZX1M2L5hkPeB9VZgwSt-DaD6bk5SftVRBbqdfaZ2jtrNz-VNA3awopz_FCMGuIQFghsXEmhCpX7yPbcogqvS94sEt9PVcXg7LIeR2sLuh3YTneotXeCUGR55dBc7TdOER2geI2zyMl1ZgoZi2FbuGmw6a/s4032/kuWpGq8fRKygQp7lYK9w5A.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit4OrMv7pNNd5ZZYFuJyrVjK6u5g_eghpBKVKZX1M2L5hkPeB9VZgwSt-DaD6bk5SftVRBbqdfaZ2jtrNz-VNA3awopz_FCMGuIQFghsXEmhCpX7yPbcogqvS94sEt9PVcXg7LIeR2sLuh3YTneotXeCUGR55dBc7TdOER2geI2zyMl1ZgoZi2FbuGmw6a/w480-h640/kuWpGq8fRKygQp7lYK9w5A.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This kid was takin' no guff from King Mango. Mom, or Grandma.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilTxUSGw7vbZLQG3B40y8KhBAC2U1dZfHGN_nEVzRYYSF0fcNO8XyQDvvQM3Ijxn_bsmxsagtDB0DqVkW02Rkj8rvVZBCsaZr0B6HCc1ObgFzkCR-WvKjkZ0GvfX8rIRMIx6OLGwZl0aQi8kQLP8DLwZXbfaxSQ70nFCkJImTudKeoiSAtSQZTmRgIfqD5/s3538/fullsizeoutput_3dc7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3538" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilTxUSGw7vbZLQG3B40y8KhBAC2U1dZfHGN_nEVzRYYSF0fcNO8XyQDvvQM3Ijxn_bsmxsagtDB0DqVkW02Rkj8rvVZBCsaZr0B6HCc1ObgFzkCR-WvKjkZ0GvfX8rIRMIx6OLGwZl0aQi8kQLP8DLwZXbfaxSQ70nFCkJImTudKeoiSAtSQZTmRgIfqD5/s320/fullsizeoutput_3dc7.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYsdQDJQoIVetJnG0SUHn1bw_BnDTPZ9cukwjzd9oZRkUN8iHMiT2ew9bBcc8C6PfNiCDj3dZc3qQREEYlndkaup91xpHugdh8OK_c2i1MxsuHcFILc5ByeaU-3L2YjG_8pdI1aOEKSX_ivZGCIUuKpt2qdU6YjdlqZ8gAhMA5rvgNqBUxFBaAtKy0n79P/s4032/fullsizeoutput_3dca.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYsdQDJQoIVetJnG0SUHn1bw_BnDTPZ9cukwjzd9oZRkUN8iHMiT2ew9bBcc8C6PfNiCDj3dZc3qQREEYlndkaup91xpHugdh8OK_c2i1MxsuHcFILc5ByeaU-3L2YjG_8pdI1aOEKSX_ivZGCIUuKpt2qdU6YjdlqZ8gAhMA5rvgNqBUxFBaAtKy0n79P/w300-h400/fullsizeoutput_3dca.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mr. Bones didn't lose a leg like he did last year. He's so big he's in almost every photo...<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBm4VH5mP3pK2UeEP7Nym-KEOAzFk56ixLTIQstjThOeSwrDkJFz4BcPOjv7pzrUxHY1rVHgESNFgORpqgrU3wT1Ky1OSdwPTNrfLaA2rrIgVpPsp3s5QzRqKV0-arb3uH6sjcFBQJMgze5NIYoK1kgHy0wvEP0c0GHSUvyzhBUhiZoXRWb-HYNURJpLA/s2229/fullsizeoutput_3dd2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2229" data-original-width="2183" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBm4VH5mP3pK2UeEP7Nym-KEOAzFk56ixLTIQstjThOeSwrDkJFz4BcPOjv7pzrUxHY1rVHgESNFgORpqgrU3wT1Ky1OSdwPTNrfLaA2rrIgVpPsp3s5QzRqKV0-arb3uH6sjcFBQJMgze5NIYoK1kgHy0wvEP0c0GHSUvyzhBUhiZoXRWb-HYNURJpLA/w626-h640/fullsizeoutput_3dd2.jpeg" width="626" /></a></div>Cowgirl Nancy whackin' Chickenhead with her powerful Pink Whoopin' Tube. That's Wolfman on the left beating the band's drum.<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqnGz_NPcJSf-cBi7aNa-yHLexD1gadeQzw7hyv8YbTJHSwtWiLoXq3VgjHd0mVYiYZeUmeuBkKexWLDF-_Fy1ix6qOxRY5iDnhLB6AoZxJ2WTz7GCyt0guotFglC_MDP3cCoeOrFwbBq2ZzN1M1UJe6zr0wOmZ3_FPCILad1Yr4ViUilFkOrsebsK-lmw/s4032/fullsizeoutput_3dd3.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqnGz_NPcJSf-cBi7aNa-yHLexD1gadeQzw7hyv8YbTJHSwtWiLoXq3VgjHd0mVYiYZeUmeuBkKexWLDF-_Fy1ix6qOxRY5iDnhLB6AoZxJ2WTz7GCyt0guotFglC_MDP3cCoeOrFwbBq2ZzN1M1UJe6zr0wOmZ3_FPCILad1Yr4ViUilFkOrsebsK-lmw/w300-h400/fullsizeoutput_3dd3.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Neighbors Gina & Lee letting their free pig fly<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0QEx6eSC2zpYzLY28mXLGZJUEM79xBjleauv2WAKQBozqxwrlV0MOhyphenhyphenfn0tlLsacq3xg48_g80SpG18Q67TdtQtlreMr5jXJu9TRQFGaby42kBWQY7X2ap7Tnyx8ckSCRlNaphMtlIFnKi4K7FsVelnlbLewqswZLMuyAmr887O6OVEFajvcT436yPm-4/s3313/fullsizeoutput_3ddc.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2721" data-original-width="3313" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0QEx6eSC2zpYzLY28mXLGZJUEM79xBjleauv2WAKQBozqxwrlV0MOhyphenhyphenfn0tlLsacq3xg48_g80SpG18Q67TdtQtlreMr5jXJu9TRQFGaby42kBWQY7X2ap7Tnyx8ckSCRlNaphMtlIFnKi4K7FsVelnlbLewqswZLMuyAmr887O6OVEFajvcT436yPm-4/w640-h526/fullsizeoutput_3ddc.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Steve Harris with his buddy, Howard Miller, and a whole bunch of family rolled with us.<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ0CrXlRCRcTySOHbh5wAwRe_Av7uRGgm8acXYVFHZKvhK4GS8mbRe8wr7IUEfcIxClmc1JZyF0wOZX-LjRoh1ZThJ5Y_ur2888ENuZpvecdXeTqPW9NBatGxCJgT1Wfo-yEGVtV5MiRmU6vwHmM8PYxJilZplbd33oRJF7bETr1NZuCaPEi_oWcqSnvOi/s3566/fullsizeoutput_3de0.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3566" data-original-width="2753" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ0CrXlRCRcTySOHbh5wAwRe_Av7uRGgm8acXYVFHZKvhK4GS8mbRe8wr7IUEfcIxClmc1JZyF0wOZX-LjRoh1ZThJ5Y_ur2888ENuZpvecdXeTqPW9NBatGxCJgT1Wfo-yEGVtV5MiRmU6vwHmM8PYxJilZplbd33oRJF7bETr1NZuCaPEi_oWcqSnvOi/s320/fullsizeoutput_3de0.jpeg" width="247" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julie kept asking for the name of a good dentist. And finally,<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv_RCZAxTy8LlOfnBQ05ToXe-KPJjEziUSFS8nYSIwju0YftwQmNCyYXPNpvCBGr5sw7USMtxr3hudcczarR0AeAiNK8tNnYiTVsDly-Lcp7otQsYDe5JWViZJ1cWdz-TK3daiNNsAjuMsNBiW5aKjZhn4bKhH_2bPGnFJy1MWNHBDIaSiB0vWOpidKxe0/s4032/uEUAuhnKQpqFHxnsHJi9ng.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv_RCZAxTy8LlOfnBQ05ToXe-KPJjEziUSFS8nYSIwju0YftwQmNCyYXPNpvCBGr5sw7USMtxr3hudcczarR0AeAiNK8tNnYiTVsDly-Lcp7otQsYDe5JWViZJ1cWdz-TK3daiNNsAjuMsNBiW5aKjZhn4bKhH_2bPGnFJy1MWNHBDIaSiB0vWOpidKxe0/w480-h640/uEUAuhnKQpqFHxnsHJi9ng.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">We learned that our country's Space Corps is so hard up for recruits they're allowing anyone between the age of one and one hundred to sign up. The parade ended with these two proud enlistees.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;"> _________ <br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">Our holiday procession had high spirits and broad smiles. I invited everyone to join December 30th's </span><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: x-large;">Flying Pig Parade</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">* in downtown Gainesville.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">Why wait a whole year to have this much fun again? </span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;"> __________________</span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">*www.flyingpigparade.org </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;"> </span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit4OrMv7pNNd5ZZYFuJyrVjK6u5g_eghpBKVKZX1M2L5hkPeB9VZgwSt-DaD6bk5SftVRBbqdfaZ2jtrNz-VNA3awopz_FCMGuIQFghsXEmhCpX7yPbcogqvS94sEt9PVcXg7LIeR2sLuh3YTneotXeCUGR55dBc7TdOER2geI2zyMl1ZgoZi2FbuGmw6a/s4032/kuWpGq8fRKygQp7lYK9w5A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></span></div><p></p>Glenn Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15362915360429603120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428534988922325676.post-87194722450348893182023-10-10T15:29:00.000-07:002023-10-10T15:29:02.008-07:00OCTOBER'S NEIGHBORHOOD NEWSLETTER<br /><p><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">GT's OCTOBER</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">NEIGHBORHOOD NEWSLETTER</span></p><p><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">T</span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">ake a deep breath, the fall is here. Lots is happening, this one's gonna be a long one.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> For starters, there's the four parades. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU31UVME7BTnNFu-nhZhcGwSYNEMToWxpnIKK1uqQBlFdYe1P9MXQ2WiRJ-flumDv1sbYwU9I80a_VxhABayRln2sb0x4hBWx6N-M36Ei40QOCmJ32hCdmjnI0kOTTDZ3ro-YtQbDKpyvQCVKcCT5TMr4VlnlMF_v_8nvCpwesOs0ZD5u_N8dDyfHuUMdQ/s2238/fullsizeoutput_3cd4.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1946" data-original-width="2238" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU31UVME7BTnNFu-nhZhcGwSYNEMToWxpnIKK1uqQBlFdYe1P9MXQ2WiRJ-flumDv1sbYwU9I80a_VxhABayRln2sb0x4hBWx6N-M36Ei40QOCmJ32hCdmjnI0kOTTDZ3ro-YtQbDKpyvQCVKcCT5TMr4VlnlMF_v_8nvCpwesOs0ZD5u_N8dDyfHuUMdQ/s320/fullsizeoutput_3cd4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">-Last week we had our annual <i>UF homecoming parade</i>. </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">It featured many marching bands and the UF Surf Club. </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">-On Halloween Eve we'll be having our annual <i>Florida Park Halloween Parade</i>. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUVzNgi3bnbM4Y1fd0c1wXvQImuK9NFMbCblDK2En5W5ySZdKQ1p5mPgw_C5F8inxP3RqF8h5oFZ-KpXzaWGyfj7NZ3VSV9E-U87GOG45O15cbmVS206sCFSBZLO7bwR4D4k79vFcmOdaZpdBhe6Sk03iHnWDTWJiLcHmmOs3AiaDDt1DOIurll8K6onN/s4032/6e3g%253OkQuK+sSmnabXSsQ.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUVzNgi3bnbM4Y1fd0c1wXvQImuK9NFMbCblDK2En5W5ySZdKQ1p5mPgw_C5F8inxP3RqF8h5oFZ-KpXzaWGyfj7NZ3VSV9E-U87GOG45O15cbmVS206sCFSBZLO7bwR4D4k79vFcmOdaZpdBhe6Sk03iHnWDTWJiLcHmmOs3AiaDDt1DOIurll8K6onN/s320/6e3g%253OkQuK+sSmnabXSsQ.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Come out in costume at 5 p.m. on Oct. 31st. The parade begins, as usual, at the corner of NW 12 Rd. and 17th at 5:30. It usually ends about 12 minutes later. <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_V0dILPbqzLtUB9Es7Odc9Ncr5zVvupF9t2qXWXKiTHUnCC6x0UuhN6wh7qxQh-5yHjPWRPrrEY4C-iuMB1ybDHQUVH2xQ6TvLqfMguJzZe_UXimReKKfkVd-AM3MuusidzHSwzYcilHrYiB7EDcR9JkvNGOTChrCXNca64t4z7Uh_O_8JlzB6wEremM/s4032/fullsizeoutput_3404.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_V0dILPbqzLtUB9Es7Odc9Ncr5zVvupF9t2qXWXKiTHUnCC6x0UuhN6wh7qxQh-5yHjPWRPrrEY4C-iuMB1ybDHQUVH2xQ6TvLqfMguJzZe_UXimReKKfkVd-AM3MuusidzHSwzYcilHrYiB7EDcR9JkvNGOTChrCXNca64t4z7Uh_O_8JlzB6wEremM/w640-h480/fullsizeoutput_3404.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">-City Commissioner Cynthia Chestnut is bringing a traditional <i>Christmas parade</i> to University Avenue on Saturday, December 2d. It will have marching bands, Santa Claus, but regrettably, no UF surf club.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">-Four weeks later (Sat., Dec. 30th) the <i>Flying Pig Parade</i> will land in Hogtown. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5jfwPQNRpTfc9WD6hmTFLTrdiU0u2mc7IK6mRaXXSIUzPAbmucj2woBglS7M4Fa-ouOzflBmToC-YaQAlSfwAAlwsxQCnq-4Tcnes41gmkZAYADflq5swKzI57cNmBE6tR_nimN7jsf-9GwprtBEWpKTKZcIw5o5P1U9WgUswezldL-zQMAzqSZ1jO8tA/s3307/fullsizeoutput_3c7e.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3307" data-original-width="2891" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5jfwPQNRpTfc9WD6hmTFLTrdiU0u2mc7IK6mRaXXSIUzPAbmucj2woBglS7M4Fa-ouOzflBmToC-YaQAlSfwAAlwsxQCnq-4Tcnes41gmkZAYADflq5swKzI57cNmBE6tR_nimN7jsf-9GwprtBEWpKTKZcIw5o5P1U9WgUswezldL-zQMAzqSZ1jO8tA/w350-h400/fullsizeoutput_3c7e.jpeg" width="350" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> It will be a satire of a holiday parade featuring airborne oinkers and no sacred cows. More at www.flyingpigparade.org.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">SASSE SIGHTING</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Our UF president, Ben Sasse, keeps a very low profile. Rarely seen, some think he does not exist.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">But he does, I saw him when I went to hear presidential candidate, Cornell West speak on campus. Standing in the library's lobby, I glanced to my right and President Ben, suited up and lookin' good, was standing four feet away. </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">When I looked again a half second later he was gone. Turning to my right I saw him scurrying up a stairway with a few other suits. It happened so fast I has no time to say, "Hey Ben!" or "Are you really turning this place into the new New College?".<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Cornell was great. He'd make a great President. Unlike the UF president, he'd be comfortable mingling with the people he represents.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">HOT WHEELS</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKEc2eKn-VhYYMWTCHivvfXCb3-LH_7Cy6pYlqVf5Ya9YCvDhB-5b70rc3vErvd7IKuaKX4hbBtzbfoY2HKXQz8OEaVEE6SK_H6QSaygfEmXySP1VIlrVgy3lix-5o1t4jv564eJLPj0CUNqR7UqLEGwdStOxwheTY5r_nPAJggs_kXyWIoAGmY_NxuRuR/s3817/fullsizeoutput_3c96.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2695" data-original-width="3817" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKEc2eKn-VhYYMWTCHivvfXCb3-LH_7Cy6pYlqVf5Ya9YCvDhB-5b70rc3vErvd7IKuaKX4hbBtzbfoY2HKXQz8OEaVEE6SK_H6QSaygfEmXySP1VIlrVgy3lix-5o1t4jv564eJLPj0CUNqR7UqLEGwdStOxwheTY5r_nPAJggs_kXyWIoAGmY_NxuRuR/w400-h283/fullsizeoutput_3c96.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Making over a million a year, President Ben, should have a fine ride. I saw one last week delivered to my neighbor's house, this 1940 Mercury convertible. This 83 year-old beauty screams,"presidential". </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">SCHROOMIN'</span></p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery is one of a few in this country providing green burials. </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicQKLI4l2LKqlH1PXrfzQnX3Plsn__titFNAbiET3ZLpdjQ5x87aUjROjvLLo0XZZV9wobxFzJEf_c1R_cTcZZwlFEFzyZ1WA8AY_KIlN096Nxxs0bBL1Y_ycZSfbda4reIAgUFmP0MbZQg4m_74iq23ZG8trjYIQaRhRh-hSllwBb8XN9nL0Y00O6C0aq/s4032/h%25j12dQ7T3StAdpKiUthHQ.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicQKLI4l2LKqlH1PXrfzQnX3Plsn__titFNAbiET3ZLpdjQ5x87aUjROjvLLo0XZZV9wobxFzJEf_c1R_cTcZZwlFEFzyZ1WA8AY_KIlN096Nxxs0bBL1Y_ycZSfbda4reIAgUFmP0MbZQg4m_74iq23ZG8trjYIQaRhRh-hSllwBb8XN9nL0Y00O6C0aq/s320/h%25j12dQ7T3StAdpKiUthHQ.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> And they do more. Last month Francesca and went there for a guided mushroom hunt.<br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinb1kM4KTXpJOKirnSq7ihPqIC4cK-ZKlOjZlmZWoREgr-9hipoKN4vKGlQYEKeWMM5t7ZA6kqWwJqF3vt7Wxq4Xih0KPuTFtSr5NvJs1qpyVIqlKl0dXkk_orU_Qjxy3aV6ocGDFvC_M0V95BRrfgsNCYcbjcEJlyaZ7LhmaJWlX3pAVI1lpNlIurUNqE/s4032/GQ1nbIb1RRKAuyRz6+xfUQ.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinb1kM4KTXpJOKirnSq7ihPqIC4cK-ZKlOjZlmZWoREgr-9hipoKN4vKGlQYEKeWMM5t7ZA6kqWwJqF3vt7Wxq4Xih0KPuTFtSr5NvJs1qpyVIqlKl0dXkk_orU_Qjxy3aV6ocGDFvC_M0V95BRrfgsNCYcbjcEJlyaZ7LhmaJWlX3pAVI1lpNlIurUNqE/s320/GQ1nbIb1RRKAuyRz6+xfUQ.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Someday I'll be there, six-feet under, producing mushrooms of my own.</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1PQfJ1cYKZP0_M2bIsNw7dp3DS8e-2baYTTv4j-smvNc31lmWaXRyT5GWHLVAqNeNs62H8Ow4VhoJPo1swNiNFiiy8E03bcjmjTUp-JHc5XJyNrh7NSlkrxyBHEEkfKn5fHeLVwmWzMsF-EpOzPD52voCy8g-djBcjTY2rSIwr-YDuLdWlOyuIHwmomeM/s4032/EvEtNT2ZRR+AM+7wq4VoRg.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1PQfJ1cYKZP0_M2bIsNw7dp3DS8e-2baYTTv4j-smvNc31lmWaXRyT5GWHLVAqNeNs62H8Ow4VhoJPo1swNiNFiiy8E03bcjmjTUp-JHc5XJyNrh7NSlkrxyBHEEkfKn5fHeLVwmWzMsF-EpOzPD52voCy8g-djBcjTY2rSIwr-YDuLdWlOyuIHwmomeM/w640-h480/EvEtNT2ZRR+AM+7wq4VoRg.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You'll know my grave by the mango-colored schrooms adorning it<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"></span></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">THIS BAGEL HAD IT ALL<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I went into a bagel emporium here and ordered an "everything bagel". </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhitt0Ek_jD0xPjEBk4wRDwHPH8WfX3m82adnjJNH2zRJKBuoxrwPhOHIlosSR9USCq3PI0UV2h6bPkju9jtovsGJlL2YF0jtxmh7eIK2pvTAvQb-Hk4vEIrB1EXaC-PhF3O9ld1y1D5l5qi5_X06u3MOhHR_pdRrBJRw5fluQkrbCor2P3hMWEcMCZh3LU/s2744/fullsizeoutput_3ccf.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2694" data-original-width="2744" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhitt0Ek_jD0xPjEBk4wRDwHPH8WfX3m82adnjJNH2zRJKBuoxrwPhOHIlosSR9USCq3PI0UV2h6bPkju9jtovsGJlL2YF0jtxmh7eIK2pvTAvQb-Hk4vEIrB1EXaC-PhF3O9ld1y1D5l5qi5_X06u3MOhHR_pdRrBJRw5fluQkrbCor2P3hMWEcMCZh3LU/s320/fullsizeoutput_3ccf.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> The counterman asked me what I wanted on it. I replied, "Doesn't it already have 'everything'?". </span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">He didn't get it. </span><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">FRIED FLAT FISH <br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> We've got new luncheonette on Pleasant Street. Patty and Michael Sneed are livin' the dream with their new restaurant,</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzhXxH2eGbWkL_bDPoswgfEJTDl3JtXi-mH_yEsnAZg9nP0CfCBr34Z7gABKTtQITd-zjixVN6CZVa05HSHAKHQHvFYsvpGS6rUsezvQuq3vEtmnsAxwoMuIdb_TZKvKkRhWe9HirViSaxIGkJNDi1tyw3zNrcDa-5qbS__oM0pD240YvEmEaTZ0-MkQY3/s7524/fullsizeoutput_3c87.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3010" data-original-width="7524" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzhXxH2eGbWkL_bDPoswgfEJTDl3JtXi-mH_yEsnAZg9nP0CfCBr34Z7gABKTtQITd-zjixVN6CZVa05HSHAKHQHvFYsvpGS6rUsezvQuq3vEtmnsAxwoMuIdb_TZKvKkRhWe9HirViSaxIGkJNDi1tyw3zNrcDa-5qbS__oM0pD240YvEmEaTZ0-MkQY3/w640-h256/fullsizeoutput_3c87.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Flatfish Fish Fry (right) on Pleasant Street<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br />"Flatfish Fish Fry". It's open Mon-Fri from 10:30 to 3 at 308 NW 5th Avenue.</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> Yes, they have flat founder but also<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVNIcIZRh-FCBfLvTL_P0df1mf6QUe8P928wyZUqvXV-v8m3ksQyc4xdb4EqOZRTJIKOPjJ9m8PXtymZTG150MdHxWuYT7z9OQK_V868CeFQPWL7ib-l9E6tpzRbC_APV7oG52j8nKZ3qH0HoXtYykbE5-8RmSCpHk4ZyZStQZmYB83IR-JGEds6_nKYsB/s4032/8Yuye2MYRiKggH93h9jTsQ.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVNIcIZRh-FCBfLvTL_P0df1mf6QUe8P928wyZUqvXV-v8m3ksQyc4xdb4EqOZRTJIKOPjJ9m8PXtymZTG150MdHxWuYT7z9OQK_V868CeFQPWL7ib-l9E6tpzRbC_APV7oG52j8nKZ3qH0HoXtYykbE5-8RmSCpHk4ZyZStQZmYB83IR-JGEds6_nKYsB/w300-h400/8Yuye2MYRiKggH93h9jTsQ.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">shrimp, catfish, tempeh, and chicken thighs as well. Their stuffed donuts are to die for.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> Stop by for lunch soon. </span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRLUTT8ZJjoBHHnKC_ODq9EaBQbQ5K-9TFQRK4o18A7vGNx-DlwJdXtctFPk9h0GADn1hf_T-7udp0OuAlF4zb-FEyaIP7kiRsq-UGwEarym7Cu0D6ullFeMgCau5iNZZUUZW7sD_JJJCufaRwEl3tP1jFuUGRz-OBID6Gq1Wu-geZV-baALt4Bk6DMlKI/s3307/fullsizeoutput_3c89.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3307" data-original-width="2689" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRLUTT8ZJjoBHHnKC_ODq9EaBQbQ5K-9TFQRK4o18A7vGNx-DlwJdXtctFPk9h0GADn1hf_T-7udp0OuAlF4zb-FEyaIP7kiRsq-UGwEarym7Cu0D6ullFeMgCau5iNZZUUZW7sD_JJJCufaRwEl3tP1jFuUGRz-OBID6Gq1Wu-geZV-baALt4Bk6DMlKI/s320/fullsizeoutput_3c89.jpeg" width="260" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Patty's proud of her delicious donuts!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Tell them "Glenn sent you" and they'll have no idea who you're talking about.<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span><br /></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">STREET PARTY</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">On our way home from lunch we stopped on twelfth road for lemonade.</span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYWpFbuGvtehOofzPvPFwxz5dfrfty7cqD_ZVgD52ylDT3O30ZKdNxlyS4SAxaGnrMIH0N-qNXLk-ZI0uxcCPGMJ8YcE5T5XbV8QsuIHp0uTbjx-1RZL2fnrtGEow03VBMbqlryhG26u1YMmq8Oj_AJIvSw5d6Xkya9j1QTLEynfAtGaQ_L-xob2tiektx/s3666/fullsizeoutput_3c10.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2983" data-original-width="3666" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYWpFbuGvtehOofzPvPFwxz5dfrfty7cqD_ZVgD52ylDT3O30ZKdNxlyS4SAxaGnrMIH0N-qNXLk-ZI0uxcCPGMJ8YcE5T5XbV8QsuIHp0uTbjx-1RZL2fnrtGEow03VBMbqlryhG26u1YMmq8Oj_AJIvSw5d6Xkya9j1QTLEynfAtGaQ_L-xob2tiektx/w640-h520/fullsizeoutput_3c10.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">The charming yellow stand was a part of what every neighborhood should have, an annual street party. <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikYjsJCfvyCBheY6rfdW7ODa9azA96sFaDZMhIaHhCRI2jT_e2WzCQmX7GA22Vrb_ziUfjSYxEFcpNFlu8QdKqUhfYt-kTy1PUtrVJUDPT2Nw9ozqvkuccZISJhn8Om2weBgHYgWm0q87RGB7K-7eh5Tp4ZjbptQtaLwnrSS5bGnMLw36Av8B10sviX7f3/s3817/fullsizeoutput_3c1a.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2862" data-original-width="3817" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikYjsJCfvyCBheY6rfdW7ODa9azA96sFaDZMhIaHhCRI2jT_e2WzCQmX7GA22Vrb_ziUfjSYxEFcpNFlu8QdKqUhfYt-kTy1PUtrVJUDPT2Nw9ozqvkuccZISJhn8Om2weBgHYgWm0q87RGB7K-7eh5Tp4ZjbptQtaLwnrSS5bGnMLw36Av8B10sviX7f3/w400-h300/fullsizeoutput_3c1a.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Dozens of people came out to enjoy conversation, live music and each other. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTEDKDazGVnKHQpZoI1udPSWvYyqTiSbfwFYglxl97EPPJgd74d_1ZWso61srEE2ZS10j1XSUpEGvddc3_XCgGF8xIk01Hf2s1jm6N67qqYelDLWChmcWFXkvOndg7tbYiL0nUSymjEyj8SnwJo1JCySnZnlQN-mAaauUsSyg-mG3C1542KxVJ_92OjMBt/s4032/fullsizeoutput_3c1d.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTEDKDazGVnKHQpZoI1udPSWvYyqTiSbfwFYglxl97EPPJgd74d_1ZWso61srEE2ZS10j1XSUpEGvddc3_XCgGF8xIk01Hf2s1jm6N67qqYelDLWChmcWFXkvOndg7tbYiL0nUSymjEyj8SnwJo1JCySnZnlQN-mAaauUsSyg-mG3C1542KxVJ_92OjMBt/s320/fullsizeoutput_3c1d.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Our thanks to Megan, Eddie, Paul, and all the others who help make this happen every year.</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7mc6cRDerpGnkmHLtN5Q2mp5XzxKG0qtwrRt-YjCHYbI8k1hfjJ32KgnXyN1YXqASJwJiSFHl7vijE2Qceq1esBt4SwCT__BLgmSp-5jv75FEPKfN7-DI9bcytJjYRxSDyhnY_yGkRORb0THGipd1vv_JiID-eDXu041-xk87v3SEE66X00HnWPJcelzK/s3784/fullsizeoutput_3c1b.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3784" data-original-width="2838" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7mc6cRDerpGnkmHLtN5Q2mp5XzxKG0qtwrRt-YjCHYbI8k1hfjJ32KgnXyN1YXqASJwJiSFHl7vijE2Qceq1esBt4SwCT__BLgmSp-5jv75FEPKfN7-DI9bcytJjYRxSDyhnY_yGkRORb0THGipd1vv_JiID-eDXu041-xk87v3SEE66X00HnWPJcelzK/w300-h400/fullsizeoutput_3c1b.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can't go wrong with cold watermelon on a hot day</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> <p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">UPNA PICNIC</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Our next neighborhood event is our homeowners association's (UPNA's) </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuCcyP_NGWZad_coinMSi9MOVOD_EDJUp1JFJCYe-Mq_UZJ6_DTQSLAFF9QVSTYVBfWF0X9NfqpHvfi6i55m7gczvNCxzKlhTf6eOW9YJMiXmaNzNH7U_3N-47c3y4C6x7QGRT_jxDvsCtvYkLJgiRTbKJVp8w_J97RKiEdYMgbqlcE-xr0SaOMhJSa75h/s3597/fullsizeoutput_3ce8.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3597" data-original-width="2835" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuCcyP_NGWZad_coinMSi9MOVOD_EDJUp1JFJCYe-Mq_UZJ6_DTQSLAFF9QVSTYVBfWF0X9NfqpHvfi6i55m7gczvNCxzKlhTf6eOW9YJMiXmaNzNH7U_3N-47c3y4C6x7QGRT_jxDvsCtvYkLJgiRTbKJVp8w_J97RKiEdYMgbqlcE-xr0SaOMhJSa75h/w504-h640/fullsizeoutput_3ce8.jpeg" width="504" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br />picnic. It's another festive fall affair to enjoy. </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">You need not be an UPNA member to attend.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> 10-22-23, Sunday, 4-6 p.m., Parker Park<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> _______________________________________</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">- INTERMISSION -</span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"> It's a good time to search for snacks in the kitchen</span><br /></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">__________________________________</span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">RECENT GATHERINGS</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Dozens of</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">of us attend monthly "roundtable" meetings to address housing issues in Gainesville. At the most recent gathering at the Blount Center, city commissioner Bryan Eastman presented his </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">proposal to increase the number of "starter homes" here.<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHQerSmLnBjv6ZBxAZhfOysS4tGUhLAXOkxSCrRoWMOyyFg6yUAs-x_A671jreGnf1ra1W4drsIq8db-wgZfPyP8MyqdtmR23zTXOZqHc5khAfyxNJ3fzO3vVTE5P3NEfk4f8ZOmeXxMaihmABW9n2MVOL7QxiHFZGuzWOSO_55qXTWnUPBojL3cKSaBmG/s10770/fullsizeoutput_3c8b.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3774" data-original-width="10770" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHQerSmLnBjv6ZBxAZhfOysS4tGUhLAXOkxSCrRoWMOyyFg6yUAs-x_A671jreGnf1ra1W4drsIq8db-wgZfPyP8MyqdtmR23zTXOZqHc5khAfyxNJ3fzO3vVTE5P3NEfk4f8ZOmeXxMaihmABW9n2MVOL7QxiHFZGuzWOSO_55qXTWnUPBojL3cKSaBmG/w640-h224/fullsizeoutput_3c8b.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Comm. Eastman addressing the crowd at the Blount Center<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /> He suggests that we reduce the minimum lot size requirements from .28 acres to .18 acres. Now, the smallest lot allowed is about 50' wide. He'd like it to be reduced to 35'. His proposal will be considered by the city commission soon.</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I went to the Clarence Kelly Center in East Gainesville for the first time a few days ago. What a beautiful gathering place it is. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8OR7L-3BL-NLinViL75kiiwd7DDLxRSRJDtiA6AF7F55V2odaZjw4zkrkyEoZ8vJg-2ZyQNl5X7U-Q_A9lelCzgWmRrX6ZM34GMlGZ2-Swv3Efr1QTeLVQf3GWSnxpGs-LirlhBkdix2ejrHmyfR0NsQTuhDId16tr9r53T28BwNud7zSUrrvpwoQxMi-/s3224/fullsizeoutput_3cd0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2498" data-original-width="3224" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8OR7L-3BL-NLinViL75kiiwd7DDLxRSRJDtiA6AF7F55V2odaZjw4zkrkyEoZ8vJg-2ZyQNl5X7U-Q_A9lelCzgWmRrX6ZM34GMlGZ2-Swv3Efr1QTeLVQf3GWSnxpGs-LirlhBkdix2ejrHmyfR0NsQTuhDId16tr9r53T28BwNud7zSUrrvpwoQxMi-/w640-h496/fullsizeoutput_3cd0.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">The </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Mom's Demand Action</span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> group (our nation's largest grass-roots organization pushing for sane gun laws) was having a forum to discuss ways to reduce gun violence.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6nQeG1ZzO16FvPGciwpQmMfBFDfulk-l7PWrWP9BQcnDWz6nyTcVuZPNRRz8GJWq0EDN9cgTX8UPK7gphiwxuDGxRyszy8sTVyIMC1dCzM_WEMH0ZCjfqfdx3n6pngPlSQjLhKuYNZ8bEHBNWqX-2VYvi0yClWdSXXs2VEcuG2vRbPmdjMH-Ry0CdtevP/s4032/PFlgwdneRBSUWL2RypdUEg.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6nQeG1ZzO16FvPGciwpQmMfBFDfulk-l7PWrWP9BQcnDWz6nyTcVuZPNRRz8GJWq0EDN9cgTX8UPK7gphiwxuDGxRyszy8sTVyIMC1dCzM_WEMH0ZCjfqfdx3n6pngPlSQjLhKuYNZ8bEHBNWqX-2VYvi0yClWdSXXs2VEcuG2vRbPmdjMH-Ry0CdtevP/s320/PFlgwdneRBSUWL2RypdUEg.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">My suggestion? Get rid of the elected leaders who think we should all be gun totin' cowboys. </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Vote them out!</span></p><p><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1zEoCbrZe2ICitEKmhbF0rqYS37u6Vb6W8GlnV-wTal4o-TLxaARZ0cSQiPuMJohCc3nXw6CnZ6JJDmksGl-_hud-p7uhdSn8wVL6sgWReAIrWwo2KlqAToBmvphiwyhr41FiDNi_6VlUktDeoGRQWB7-mwWQCNhnz98phdyK9R_zaRIfhbOHn1BBxCKY/s4032/wHqgSy%25oQwe0FOuXnE4y7Q.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1zEoCbrZe2ICitEKmhbF0rqYS37u6Vb6W8GlnV-wTal4o-TLxaARZ0cSQiPuMJohCc3nXw6CnZ6JJDmksGl-_hud-p7uhdSn8wVL6sgWReAIrWwo2KlqAToBmvphiwyhr41FiDNi_6VlUktDeoGRQWB7-mwWQCNhnz98phdyK9R_zaRIfhbOHn1BBxCKY/w400-h300/wHqgSy%25oQwe0FOuXnE4y7Q.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jacqueline Patterson , Keynote Speaker<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Two weeks ago (Sept. 20th) the</span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">GAINESVILLE CLIMATE SUMMIT</span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> was held at the United Church of Gainesville. Sponsored by the NAACP, it featured local experts discussing how climate change is affecting our food, water, health, and energy sources. </span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">It felt good to be with the people fighting on the front lines for environmental justice. </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">ONE HOT NAVY BAND</span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGgZ4_tL87cJOt4CvbwAbPQUyRgfBFr5Btzp4AIuT09-5vtYM-8dSg1FuhUWFIXeQ6xPUNwWlznUwfoI7xYpTYZL-P4iIIksAsNjspmKIZDbxY-oKRhJuSweZFJW_wrf8j8WcTgcxMb1SV7_C31C4jXTaVg0c6zW0dmg3XBwyGOfQ6d7gl5HOJYbl9wCcQ/s1398/fullsizeoutput_3c99.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1398" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGgZ4_tL87cJOt4CvbwAbPQUyRgfBFr5Btzp4AIuT09-5vtYM-8dSg1FuhUWFIXeQ6xPUNwWlznUwfoI7xYpTYZL-P4iIIksAsNjspmKIZDbxY-oKRhJuSweZFJW_wrf8j8WcTgcxMb1SV7_C31C4jXTaVg0c6zW0dmg3XBwyGOfQ6d7gl5HOJYbl9wCcQ/w309-h400/fullsizeoutput_3c99.jpeg" width="309" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> They're playing at the Thomas Center on the 27th, 6:30 p.m. The performance and parking are free!</span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> <br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">EMERGING 12TH RD. ARTIST</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidVcFFYf9zqANztuMk_pJTPruUwu3J84TBR8BYhW_Z8VqoqEz35ZZKh_NztNmF2BIW7xElNoz_REkHldYeNIqvAxCMrXa94aYKn4Dw3RKv0WWwwn_hWCMaJapVHeErzE2LXKzskkKCJvu7vqx5YMl54X-p8YjB4RQaLiUJxMxYchHNE3AG2qJ3wzyHuTjF/s3801/fullsizeoutput_3c75.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2986" data-original-width="3801" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidVcFFYf9zqANztuMk_pJTPruUwu3J84TBR8BYhW_Z8VqoqEz35ZZKh_NztNmF2BIW7xElNoz_REkHldYeNIqvAxCMrXa94aYKn4Dw3RKv0WWwwn_hWCMaJapVHeErzE2LXKzskkKCJvu7vqx5YMl54X-p8YjB4RQaLiUJxMxYchHNE3AG2qJ3wzyHuTjF/s320/fullsizeoutput_3c75.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> I often visit a local medical center to be reminded that I am no longer young. <br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> I enjoy checking out the displays of local artists' work. Today I was thrilled to see a painting by my neighbor, a retired UF professor. "Mullet Meet-Up In a Spring" can be yours for a very reasonable price.<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx4XZV9SOguKMXuA0fMO6kcHlSNazZd05hs1AAVUW5S4ye6jUOr9jloIc2ovkwcH0LHvRth55sCeaCHyz4erwhJ4pxrAHK2fL8cxebQYD0GUX_XRL-bxHgtGj9W0gM6rjws2ivUv3fRDhDMY3DxlauNRhUHqj-3fAt42suuHO7vAFdyD-FeQo1nagHAg_7/s3189/fullsizeoutput_3c77.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3189" data-original-width="2413" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx4XZV9SOguKMXuA0fMO6kcHlSNazZd05hs1AAVUW5S4ye6jUOr9jloIc2ovkwcH0LHvRth55sCeaCHyz4erwhJ4pxrAHK2fL8cxebQYD0GUX_XRL-bxHgtGj9W0gM6rjws2ivUv3fRDhDMY3DxlauNRhUHqj-3fAt42suuHO7vAFdyD-FeQo1nagHAg_7/w484-h640/fullsizeoutput_3c77.jpeg" width="484" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">FRONT YARD FRIGHTS</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">When I was a kid Halloween was so simple. The only people making money off it were the manufacturers of candy corn. It seems so weird that there's now a billion-dollar 'Ween industry.</span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> At Home Depot, for instance, </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">you can buy a twelve-foot Chinese-made mummy that screams at passers by for $400.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJs4TH-9vniWQfTBhYxky1X7T0E5Qs8vfW2eP-9jSdhFm3Hu46YUu0TBJF8zBtwvFH7d8APfRnPxX14TK0S_5m_NoPWxdNBSXXyFaurvsPkbwTYszgtU6sS7i2bmM0ldk_UkD_fpywynvVS9dx7ISBA2DLY3j0Xjc0gHVpFMePvLnDPmNzfqCZeW5nIOv6/s3097/fullsizeoutput_3c81.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2748" data-original-width="3097" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJs4TH-9vniWQfTBhYxky1X7T0E5Qs8vfW2eP-9jSdhFm3Hu46YUu0TBJF8zBtwvFH7d8APfRnPxX14TK0S_5m_NoPWxdNBSXXyFaurvsPkbwTYszgtU6sS7i2bmM0ldk_UkD_fpywynvVS9dx7ISBA2DLY3j0Xjc0gHVpFMePvLnDPmNzfqCZeW5nIOv6/w640-h568/fullsizeoutput_3c81.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> A neighbor has taken the bait big time. He has filled his front yard (six weeks before fright night) with huge plastic monsters.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxkFYqzPNCgeovVJITIK3IEBEsxi5WMSFaDtCkbzDUI00R-_O05W96DnkgAWFKQAcSrQMrER2uVL8Fq0gkk1nNEvY3YlTTLL2h4hWufujGv7ilHAbQCA2UbTuSZE2tlBA34Yr8AiehAe8LxPZ5Be8YwmQ1zZMOJgEqOczU1-cJd-TYoTqM5S28UkejTOV3/s3867/fullsizeoutput_3c84.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3867" data-original-width="2900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxkFYqzPNCgeovVJITIK3IEBEsxi5WMSFaDtCkbzDUI00R-_O05W96DnkgAWFKQAcSrQMrER2uVL8Fq0gkk1nNEvY3YlTTLL2h4hWufujGv7ilHAbQCA2UbTuSZE2tlBA34Yr8AiehAe8LxPZ5Be8YwmQ1zZMOJgEqOczU1-cJd-TYoTqM5S28UkejTOV3/w300-h400/fullsizeoutput_3c84.jpeg" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I took the bait as well by stopping by to admire them. </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Hear them hiss and scream on the NE corner of NW 11 Ave and 12 St. They're plugged in and ready to freak you out. <br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">BANNED BOOKS ON DISPLAY</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> Scarier than any front yard monsters are our dreadful politicians hell-bent on censoring books and re-writing history.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">The United Church of Gainesville has a<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPLmAZ1QLYI5W2UO2DNS2pm1xzeIyJCRajqb8u0gGHYYWAjF_2187necVS5MEfM31KivE7Ws_D2Qn5MlKXVzSMUyRfqNcxMi3vq0uoNKnyhLRYtTPcryP2BP5FWkT3g8TRhk3uTwktZBoMZyl7C3c5WEr_Fvd0YRv_hHIhsxM6HEvEVzX-77Fus3tg16TV/s770/fullsizeoutput_3ce2.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="753" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPLmAZ1QLYI5W2UO2DNS2pm1xzeIyJCRajqb8u0gGHYYWAjF_2187necVS5MEfM31KivE7Ws_D2Qn5MlKXVzSMUyRfqNcxMi3vq0uoNKnyhLRYtTPcryP2BP5FWkT3g8TRhk3uTwktZBoMZyl7C3c5WEr_Fvd0YRv_hHIhsxM6HEvEVzX-77Fus3tg16TV/s320/fullsizeoutput_3ce2.jpeg" width="313" /></a><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> small library. This fall they have created asection for banned books. Feel free to check out "Peace Pilgrim" or Barack Obama's "Dreams of my Father".</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Find out why some people think you should not read them. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Who knows? "GT's Neighborhood Newsletter" could be next.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> __________</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB794tNqAum4XCY7bl4wKUwyimlGYCRDYBXMlq2u7I3QggIauLSXKkc_8otWmkqAYb0Ue-d29JVOiojBkRg-rO6XWwCyMOhkSj7ikn5V9hJ81YlkWqECQdptXp8iEnYaD3i0Md5NyNqKmrXiTOmvdj_8IkD5JMx14ABwVnSt6Gslv_0P27dydUl3QR2Axy/s3634/fullsizeoutput_3ce0.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3634" data-original-width="2765" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB794tNqAum4XCY7bl4wKUwyimlGYCRDYBXMlq2u7I3QggIauLSXKkc_8otWmkqAYb0Ue-d29JVOiojBkRg-rO6XWwCyMOhkSj7ikn5V9hJ81YlkWqECQdptXp8iEnYaD3i0Md5NyNqKmrXiTOmvdj_8IkD5JMx14ABwVnSt6Gslv_0P27dydUl3QR2Axy/w486-h640/fullsizeoutput_3ce0.jpeg" width="486" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">HARE KRISHNA's Welcome Wagon preparing for the Flying Pig Parade<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p></p>Glenn Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15362915360429603120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428534988922325676.post-88302430284722195632023-09-17T13:01:00.005-07:002023-09-19T14:41:34.235-07:00 Pig Parade Meeting, 9-14-23<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh16x32H0STKXweUHX6KCnT_YSyNk1aZbqi7UIXhV3nOJiBPnzxXqvrer7S5VHv-uBX6HnArz3wofRWW-AlyvZAQkLcbADB9U3hgFcsl343Rn3zv9Rkf030BxPuie5JqSxPHWIC0RqLuwzICWZBbZxxCJ5dN_NJA_HsQIAVlaQiQLuG8TmXKpfdlWAmCdgJ/s4032/xlHfonE6SjWS2H0djSeyPA.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh16x32H0STKXweUHX6KCnT_YSyNk1aZbqi7UIXhV3nOJiBPnzxXqvrer7S5VHv-uBX6HnArz3wofRWW-AlyvZAQkLcbADB9U3hgFcsl343Rn3zv9Rkf030BxPuie5JqSxPHWIC0RqLuwzICWZBbZxxCJ5dN_NJA_HsQIAVlaQiQLuG8TmXKpfdlWAmCdgJ/s320/xlHfonE6SjWS2H0djSeyPA.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> I would like to extend a BIG THANKS to the 25 of you who came to to Thursday's meeting at the Harn Museum's cafe. Yes, I talked too much but what else is new?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGiAR27oAMSejH0zolltXpIQZ2HXJ2tpy0I-vlAiheWA1EyzzdTOdhNVSpHDBRGTFAHnttCPC54H2RljWG1hIh58JiB2kK6XP-jlR4NlwI2gXNMViQNEB0x0gJR4cOxKig74dxezDZXkarGIITfqPcpT0KHL1aLfSpNeY8e0TFJCAdn4OIhQP8hGYr3xxd/s3861/fullsizeoutput_3c42.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2246" data-original-width="3861" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGiAR27oAMSejH0zolltXpIQZ2HXJ2tpy0I-vlAiheWA1EyzzdTOdhNVSpHDBRGTFAHnttCPC54H2RljWG1hIh58JiB2kK6XP-jlR4NlwI2gXNMViQNEB0x0gJR4cOxKig74dxezDZXkarGIITfqPcpT0KHL1aLfSpNeY8e0TFJCAdn4OIhQP8hGYr3xxd/w640-h372/fullsizeoutput_3c42.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">Our ages ranged from 11 months to 81years. It was an </span><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdBNQ8y52t-ftnwg0oPwYGXnIWZ1gGF3QMiKOySTXAxUMgSp_AB7wMzcDRF_zcDrGqqVeqFgstdIsLWl1EGaokGSNXEK5NGSj7wCPMbfvYTwqEnrANY_kX1xgMMMa8F0JD94E2qtJLh_vBy2NzHcivZ7uUeVX_A4C4iUL8a6v_eDReolTsefPDn6O0no6Z/s3597/fullsizeoutput_3c3e.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3597" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdBNQ8y52t-ftnwg0oPwYGXnIWZ1gGF3QMiKOySTXAxUMgSp_AB7wMzcDRF_zcDrGqqVeqFgstdIsLWl1EGaokGSNXEK5NGSj7wCPMbfvYTwqEnrANY_kX1xgMMMa8F0JD94E2qtJLh_vBy2NzHcivZ7uUeVX_A4C4iUL8a6v_eDReolTsefPDn6O0no6Z/s320/fullsizeoutput_3c3e.jpeg" width="269" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cartherine and Andreas brought five kids!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">older crowd, we need to bring in younger folks make our event representative of G'ville. </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> As I mentioned, the fund-raising is going well and </span><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD8WucjtqDW2NgGjGffSncMAZrJ6e-L-qB7vSmdb6tFc8E7eC9qlQu82YlRQ6ZwVFsfpqJZjCqRQg1Ajvw0KiMzuYMVTjfXDoZuuiXJUovDI5vzkUByhlJuzK41gCxbgsZoDJX4Qw91xinHZZspa2sBNxU7Jl1r5s_JHkjeiFRUeYkb-WTzOvp0rNznPRh/s2789/fullsizeoutput_3bf4.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2728" data-original-width="2789" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD8WucjtqDW2NgGjGffSncMAZrJ6e-L-qB7vSmdb6tFc8E7eC9qlQu82YlRQ6ZwVFsfpqJZjCqRQg1Ajvw0KiMzuYMVTjfXDoZuuiXJUovDI5vzkUByhlJuzK41gCxbgsZoDJX4Qw91xinHZZspa2sBNxU7Jl1r5s_JHkjeiFRUeYkb-WTzOvp0rNznPRh/s320/fullsizeoutput_3bf4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">our new </span><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;">website </span><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">looks great. Check it out, </span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">www.flyingpigparade.org</span><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">.</span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">Now it is time to encourage groups and performance artists to fill out </span><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;">applications</span><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> (online). Please consider entering a group of your own and encourage others to do so too. </span><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;">Spread the word</span><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">, that's how we put together a parade! <br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">Most of you at the meeting offered to be </span><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;">volunteers</span><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> on the day of the parade. If you have friends who would like to do this, ask them to fill our a volunteer application online (on our website).</span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">Our </span><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;">fund-raising brunch</span><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> will take place on Sunday, Nov. 5th, from 11:30 'til 1:30. Chef Mark Newman, </span><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYe-PRiY14Le-UkVg56h_Jb7uNVqLUwjghM_pJBdYQpI3yQClQj6N5UTCXmLzWYou2RhE37HTJIUi74B3Ade88LtfRfE1hhgD9MB-Fmkl8HMuH3ODkyBhijNp5o-2az1CQRpQ_kVNa3eI2TSPmjKTrNRRQV4x6NqCp0BvTiCHz1fMA4NHzV1higyvUpJJn/s3790/fullsizeoutput_3b10.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2855" data-original-width="3790" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYe-PRiY14Le-UkVg56h_Jb7uNVqLUwjghM_pJBdYQpI3yQClQj6N5UTCXmLzWYou2RhE37HTJIUi74B3Ade88LtfRfE1hhgD9MB-Fmkl8HMuH3ODkyBhijNp5o-2az1CQRpQ_kVNa3eI2TSPmjKTrNRRQV4x6NqCp0BvTiCHz1fMA4NHzV1higyvUpJJn/w400-h301/fullsizeoutput_3b10.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">former owner of Leonardo's 706, will be hosting this terrific event at his magnificent art museum/residence on Hogtown Creek. Tickets are $75. Invitations will be sent out next week.</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPx3gbLNwlO2R3m7GQLvBp1pcnND7L7ipmaMspvataGdv2XatHlsFlnooE9rYpjiY9M_4bGaVj6f3iWyMVZhPEM-CRKsIhvLD6v922hfq9ZN7aHSOYnXHxmk6qnNNXrPV38OnTd4VkbFquUyt5Dn37X3ufwBUgzz6GOEezgFN00Rv6btKTNQTvp7irtH0c/s4032/fullsizeoutput_3b0b.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPx3gbLNwlO2R3m7GQLvBp1pcnND7L7ipmaMspvataGdv2XatHlsFlnooE9rYpjiY9M_4bGaVj6f3iWyMVZhPEM-CRKsIhvLD6v922hfq9ZN7aHSOYnXHxmk6qnNNXrPV38OnTd4VkbFquUyt5Dn37X3ufwBUgzz6GOEezgFN00Rv6btKTNQTvp7irtH0c/w640-h480/fullsizeoutput_3b0b.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A typical room at Mark's place<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">The Hippodrome Theater will be allowing us to slowly drop a giant flying pig from their roof for the count down beginning the parade. This'll be a fabulous way to begin the world's first flying pig </span><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXg0ap0lqIIwSJYGJxo1P765CPspkcjXk2RrW1mdg6XFxsAoimwdL73LQEZqtl4L1W2MLtsnQPVWJRbSTWe3XORIRq8uDznyebkOzMA620_ePEI9UPiMAJh0WYto7nRYnIZv6iOzuIYiVNvl7iqbkk5plC3YsqPJT_e4H2-3MYAPaIepOaE2g90w9DyzJj/s462/hipp%20pib.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXg0ap0lqIIwSJYGJxo1P765CPspkcjXk2RrW1mdg6XFxsAoimwdL73LQEZqtl4L1W2MLtsnQPVWJRbSTWe3XORIRq8uDznyebkOzMA620_ePEI9UPiMAJh0WYto7nRYnIZv6iOzuIYiVNvl7iqbkk5plC3YsqPJT_e4H2-3MYAPaIepOaE2g90w9DyzJj/s320/hipp%20pib.jpg" width="277" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">parade!</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">OK, I'm outta here. Let me know of any ideas or suggestions you may have. </span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj96y9dOnFayqtApDnjwFxn_G9p4kqlvN3rm3eKy2vRQWwbw9TyR3JlCny5xJZ_MJNgHh7zCn3gpwmRK9pxOU2rYOM0AWf_CLLJq1cntemmgtSSKKu4A4aj8bIFQW_K81Y2VKxVtwqqMZYuIZthN28O4OnFnsJdyLmcfuJm1PAXhfefnd5zHN2YYz4bKOAF/s2308/fullsizeoutput_3a6a.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2308" data-original-width="1579" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj96y9dOnFayqtApDnjwFxn_G9p4kqlvN3rm3eKy2vRQWwbw9TyR3JlCny5xJZ_MJNgHh7zCn3gpwmRK9pxOU2rYOM0AWf_CLLJq1cntemmgtSSKKu4A4aj8bIFQW_K81Y2VKxVtwqqMZYuIZthN28O4OnFnsJdyLmcfuJm1PAXhfefnd5zHN2YYz4bKOAF/w137-h200/fullsizeoutput_3a6a.jpeg" width="137" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">Glenn,</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">representing the New Parade Committee</span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">bettermiami1@yahoo.com, </span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">305 299 5607 </span><br /></p>Glenn Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15362915360429603120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428534988922325676.post-14109899493786469972023-09-03T12:50:00.003-07:002023-09-04T07:12:28.003-07:00NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS- SEPTEMBER '23<p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"> ALMOST A HURRICANE</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: x-large;"> <span style="color: #351c75;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh98nHXSKvVGsPXce328usQ0SGaN9ZRWwoz1TsE0OiZpljz3NymWMsSMgzIsUvqDUWZjmCBnzQuAgW8HuGAhU0yWZBe0xJbujemjP8jEDKaK5Um87qqoV8SkkqYK82Lj13cOVCv9A5Xo1G7sf_ge_LXJ1VGh0bMXAiR7HgY4HBR-jlkxhDPWy96uMnXlXbz/s4032/QlI9+PbaSYeTKdnkjP+SXA.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh98nHXSKvVGsPXce328usQ0SGaN9ZRWwoz1TsE0OiZpljz3NymWMsSMgzIsUvqDUWZjmCBnzQuAgW8HuGAhU0yWZBe0xJbujemjP8jEDKaK5Um87qqoV8SkkqYK82Lj13cOVCv9A5Xo1G7sf_ge_LXJ1VGh0bMXAiR7HgY4HBR-jlkxhDPWy96uMnXlXbz/s320/QlI9+PbaSYeTKdnkjP+SXA.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> Gainesville got another pass when Hurricane Idalia blew through just north of us. Sadly, it knocked over one of our potted plants. </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> President Biden flew into G'ville yesterday. He headed to Live Oak to see where the real damage occurred. It's the first time Air Force One has visited us in thirty years.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: x-large;"><span>OUR NEW PARADE</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7DB4AahQ2KbeHOtXsw91D35-l3lk-wU4_a1iRuEvDANRLYBBbtdG8zTd3btSyGwJdFr0saJd-CsnTujm9mCPzh2ArpCmAvB9dUu1vlpFqrQOCu0aHZyWVrH8S3l2QkrYfYa8jYSy96rFtsDtXzVJhAlUpuZ0k9iqBYyRp-2djIOPG23NcAZc5XO1JPdME/s2951/fullsizeoutput_3aef.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2288" data-original-width="2951" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7DB4AahQ2KbeHOtXsw91D35-l3lk-wU4_a1iRuEvDANRLYBBbtdG8zTd3btSyGwJdFr0saJd-CsnTujm9mCPzh2ArpCmAvB9dUu1vlpFqrQOCu0aHZyWVrH8S3l2QkrYfYa8jYSy96rFtsDtXzVJhAlUpuZ0k9iqBYyRp-2djIOPG23NcAZc5XO1JPdME/s320/fullsizeoutput_3aef.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> We continue to do the work necessary to create December's Flying Pig Parade. We'll have a website </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;">by the end of the week. </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;">(www.flyingpigparade.org) </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ-lesJNSbeeYV9TY5cgAlyL1Lnf_w3omEuzY4mYmakTCs1e-276uEn12c0Us059Twb99GEyHYFHq9RzybmpTcWeIzgqW7XOFdRrxOzHar8Mr66gzWevRlOuNvPB_hSb2INxD5vi-9xJxQNSYdGaTFZQLDe_8KoSwUkJIWPH7Txr1yZFWrO9igQbzfYFbn/s3683/fullsizeoutput_3936.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3683" data-original-width="2827" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ-lesJNSbeeYV9TY5cgAlyL1Lnf_w3omEuzY4mYmakTCs1e-276uEn12c0Us059Twb99GEyHYFHq9RzybmpTcWeIzgqW7XOFdRrxOzHar8Mr66gzWevRlOuNvPB_hSb2INxD5vi-9xJxQNSYdGaTFZQLDe_8KoSwUkJIWPH7Txr1yZFWrO9igQbzfYFbn/w308-h400/fullsizeoutput_3936.jpeg" width="308" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> Attending the parade is free but it'll cost about $12,000 to produce. If you'd like to contribute we've got a GoFundMe campaign. Check it out at, </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #674ea7; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="https://gofund.me/5c3ca5e2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank">https://gofund.me/5c3ca5e2</a></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;">TOUGH CASE</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> <br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> I found a 1940's suitcase on 10th road last week. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGOMK3ixegMbiZxHpJzfRz8S6NV_h3Lgxde4pNJnP9KxJweiArR1CF8I7o8o8a1Kya164bAzXfkjtk8zoomK0WfYcIj7LiO8-LwPebd3faqTDmANk-hra25b82hCmHj_bBCBbWhrttiYYzZYV29oVqoFLGc-Ys0eX2b81g5CTRYkq6lgWOfVhqY_r9gtoT/s3480/fullsizeoutput_3b52.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2747" data-original-width="3480" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGOMK3ixegMbiZxHpJzfRz8S6NV_h3Lgxde4pNJnP9KxJweiArR1CF8I7o8o8a1Kya164bAzXfkjtk8zoomK0WfYcIj7LiO8-LwPebd3faqTDmANk-hra25b82hCmHj_bBCBbWhrttiYYzZYV29oVqoFLGc-Ys0eX2b81g5CTRYkq6lgWOfVhqY_r9gtoT/s320/fullsizeoutput_3b52.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> It's the same kind the Terrys packed for family vacations years ago. Inside I found unusual things including an elegant hair pin, a photograph from the late 1800's and </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUMX4VeoGtj36yOIBoNwBaPy3z-wVkPIK23twcUx7MEVyLx5PdaMY2ioUjhC7t0OBoF0Qdo8PyBm5qWKoMeAVvSbK--bC6NvbN68cTe_-ErHhunriDrbBFV4S8nm07RS-Kfwo4AIfx_Z5SWEhe071qjsCn7v63th3RQp3efkvenMfQgwN4k4gPrwcx16uc/s4032/fullsizeoutput_3b55.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUMX4VeoGtj36yOIBoNwBaPy3z-wVkPIK23twcUx7MEVyLx5PdaMY2ioUjhC7t0OBoF0Qdo8PyBm5qWKoMeAVvSbK--bC6NvbN68cTe_-ErHhunriDrbBFV4S8nm07RS-Kfwo4AIfx_Z5SWEhe071qjsCn7v63th3RQp3efkvenMfQgwN4k4gPrwcx16uc/w320-h240/fullsizeoutput_3b55.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All this plus a Confederate Museum match book<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">a receipt for income taxes paid in 1888 (14 cents). </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmMTDfqdjENJhSctu8JjyB9UokzQARoQ2ZlyMZYhX4SE2ADTR3A5HsV3xEGJh-TFfDN8bK9n0-5E35FeiFF60Ez2-vix-K-Go5HYt6DY2A2FfNic_zsG9arel1Yz768L-cHg6ZWtl7gI6qVbWXapiBLSWaikROyRpQmkxDY2x-ud8_wW3oYDoQpbLNPpIO/s4032/ofCIV1L1Qyeenuu4hu+QRA.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmMTDfqdjENJhSctu8JjyB9UokzQARoQ2ZlyMZYhX4SE2ADTR3A5HsV3xEGJh-TFfDN8bK9n0-5E35FeiFF60Ez2-vix-K-Go5HYt6DY2A2FfNic_zsG9arel1Yz768L-cHg6ZWtl7gI6qVbWXapiBLSWaikROyRpQmkxDY2x-ud8_wW3oYDoQpbLNPpIO/w300-h400/ofCIV1L1Qyeenuu4hu+QRA.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">We have all the suitcases we need. If you'd like this one let me know.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWF7VzbcZm4TPN3wfK6_kFd90kNvTjUezul2fNNU4600mTJfIqXH6EzHaJSZ6mGymT0cJ3437EHkUWWRpZM32FyhahJx0P32z8kUHHWiCKhfjjcQckN4LUF152cPfrBTtQnsllgSTzCwQOfqNs1fgPNLPhRrCxPigrfvvWTQMl2i-Lgkhq4ELSK2WjHqpk/s4032/fullsizeoutput_3b57.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWF7VzbcZm4TPN3wfK6_kFd90kNvTjUezul2fNNU4600mTJfIqXH6EzHaJSZ6mGymT0cJ3437EHkUWWRpZM32FyhahJx0P32z8kUHHWiCKhfjjcQckN4LUF152cPfrBTtQnsllgSTzCwQOfqNs1fgPNLPhRrCxPigrfvvWTQMl2i-Lgkhq4ELSK2WjHqpk/w640-h480/fullsizeoutput_3b57.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> <br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;">EASY CASE TO SOLVE</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> Francesca and I discovered 18 ticks and 246 chigger bites on us 10 days ago. We had failed to read "Swamp Hiking for Dummies" After a springs dip we walked a two-mile trail through a wetland wearing shorts and sandals. The good news (there isn't any), it allowed me to photograph magnificent Lake George.</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEd7rYYDi7r8N1QAtmdOOHGlK2dISB8pzM7HEkxXdx4NnrnhYAcUvFYqG90cEMPqfqkJHcakkhZGacuLcu1WpmrlHjXicIWzIflG-gmWKMNSdOVth0f2aAONpUoAE938wqRDjKY_nVkdlETm2QYcmqv17PV97oyKRmDQglRLDvU9r3M5Z5EYkqMGjrzHvS/s6020/fullsizeoutput_3b96.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3898" data-original-width="6020" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEd7rYYDi7r8N1QAtmdOOHGlK2dISB8pzM7HEkxXdx4NnrnhYAcUvFYqG90cEMPqfqkJHcakkhZGacuLcu1WpmrlHjXicIWzIflG-gmWKMNSdOVth0f2aAONpUoAE938wqRDjKY_nVkdlETm2QYcmqv17PV97oyKRmDQglRLDvU9r3M5Z5EYkqMGjrzHvS/w640-h414/fullsizeoutput_3b96.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> We had gone to Ocala National Forest to check out Silver Glen Springs. It's a wonderful place to escape the heat. Looking south, you see this,</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsWei22wos3UCv_d2gEh7Ps6yZXzkanrBU4X2l5XtwKyQcAkJYT9EwnOJzFdX-XhFBWl8hxnTnQJ95q81AKMVRVUNX3XqvbScUAKOf_0W-5L71XqdOfQlv5VWpzuuLEaD2qMjNGZQxe6dnMwc5phjYL9JBlu5NZPlBquPTFTBfGe9vlxYJYIxEVofWwPLb/s9880/fullsizeoutput_3b9a.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3812" data-original-width="9880" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsWei22wos3UCv_d2gEh7Ps6yZXzkanrBU4X2l5XtwKyQcAkJYT9EwnOJzFdX-XhFBWl8hxnTnQJ95q81AKMVRVUNX3XqvbScUAKOf_0W-5L71XqdOfQlv5VWpzuuLEaD2qMjNGZQxe6dnMwc5phjYL9JBlu5NZPlBquPTFTBfGe9vlxYJYIxEVofWwPLb/w640-h246/fullsizeoutput_3b9a.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Once submerged, there were hundreds of striped bass slowly swimming around us<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">and looking north, a community of funky boats anchored in paradise. <br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUmU0SnP7Bgw_okannoEQJvhGPUMvIwWvkCpqiUv0-awzkyPFH6mofhl0dImrXLqKyvTmFZDEVc8xJ0z89KJ60Q9PeMl5jzhgqqyY5nX39GE_2VgVlUiVusA1EES8H58njxK9_yy4ujNlC1s34EosjKcnodwZl4FxzNxD_wGQZEWr4m-lmEKoTzTX4QfeW/s3366/fullsizeoutput_3b98.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1646" data-original-width="3366" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUmU0SnP7Bgw_okannoEQJvhGPUMvIwWvkCpqiUv0-awzkyPFH6mofhl0dImrXLqKyvTmFZDEVc8xJ0z89KJ60Q9PeMl5jzhgqqyY5nX39GE_2VgVlUiVusA1EES8H58njxK9_yy4ujNlC1s34EosjKcnodwZl4FxzNxD_wGQZEWr4m-lmEKoTzTX4QfeW/w640-h312/fullsizeoutput_3b98.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some sold hot dogs, tacos, and sno-cones<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> The next time I retire I might end up springs squatting on a funky boat as well.</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;">SO LONG JIMMY</span><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"> <span style="color: #351c75;">Jimmy Buffett moved on to God's own Margaritaville a few days ago. I met him once but he was way too busy to consider becoming my new friend. Ten years ago I sent him a song but I never heard from him. <br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"> </span></span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5sPQm4P-cpYvZtb3yZ85b54oirL1C55KPTUxBsKVIn-r4mYOAOXwFpaWLAE1zmP49iwG1OMEKLA3o4rTi2mlmw5XtViDXXF-ncUaEfOkxTG0B6vQ-xkvPmeU2C4nDG-OvaoPze2ofmhdHSgKX_8RssPtZlXhuv8_-IFvptdUFA5seZ8ipzZe_fAnWsMzH/s4032/%252V5GFtcTTSckfrqLMMwIg.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5sPQm4P-cpYvZtb3yZ85b54oirL1C55KPTUxBsKVIn-r4mYOAOXwFpaWLAE1zmP49iwG1OMEKLA3o4rTi2mlmw5XtViDXXF-ncUaEfOkxTG0B6vQ-xkvPmeU2C4nDG-OvaoPze2ofmhdHSgKX_8RssPtZlXhuv8_-IFvptdUFA5seZ8ipzZe_fAnWsMzH/s320/%252V5GFtcTTSckfrqLMMwIg.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"> In
1974 Miami's PBS TV station announced that they needed an audience for a
concert taping. My girlfriend and I entered their small studio that
had hay bales for sixteen. The one up front was reserved for Jimmy who
had just hit it big with "Come Monday". It was a very special evening.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">LOCAL PUNKS PLAY</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">I was curious about the city-sponsored "Punks in the Park" concert series that took place this summer. I figured it would be good to expose myself to some raw, youthful, musical talent. </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGxouE_sBuvj8TUc9_pE-nPoqTRqlIz2AUjuMCEyJog_Rsb5EkWlAvSS3MLU4vsB9l4oy4NvZAFtDpXn9dS9bALH6ly2nysGVFlLtGaeOTvZmLPBEDFupzCH_Z3u0MCiCf0LTr48oWSR1OGM6sYHjTi1MoaCj6yPsJIe0z2SDznT1JRFfZQeZHVMxDR8n4/s3901/fullsizeoutput_3bed.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3901" data-original-width="2925" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGxouE_sBuvj8TUc9_pE-nPoqTRqlIz2AUjuMCEyJog_Rsb5EkWlAvSS3MLU4vsB9l4oy4NvZAFtDpXn9dS9bALH6ly2nysGVFlLtGaeOTvZmLPBEDFupzCH_Z3u0MCiCf0LTr48oWSR1OGM6sYHjTi1MoaCj6yPsJIe0z2SDznT1JRFfZQeZHVMxDR8n4/s320/fullsizeoutput_3bed.jpeg" width="240" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">I attended last Sunday. There were no punks or even a park. Eighteen kids gathered at the Thomas Center to share songs they had written. It was a lovely thing for the city to promote.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;">GOODBYE MAYOR FLAGG</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> Our former mayor, David Flagg, passed away two weeks ago. He and his family lived near our neighborhood for many years. The Gainesville native realized his dream when he was elected to our city commission in 1985 and served as mayor from '87 to '88.</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3ClrDQVcpCI6oozsmClCo9RqCw_Eb5Ax4-BnRjgcWOmv1jw2ypB2PSbBP54jraLB5XMwqaIjEI4JLpGppq-nezB-vL1EMhY2q_kzSUs1zGn_yvnOcDOBv9zBDUMmj7TGw9Ujn2O-VRL9hhBFhUOZwgdWQE0OltfS44ZMFbVvQYeFeV0Xj_pVf2WfUDGC/s2287/fullsizeoutput_3bee.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2287" data-original-width="1819" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3ClrDQVcpCI6oozsmClCo9RqCw_Eb5Ax4-BnRjgcWOmv1jw2ypB2PSbBP54jraLB5XMwqaIjEI4JLpGppq-nezB-vL1EMhY2q_kzSUs1zGn_yvnOcDOBv9zBDUMmj7TGw9Ujn2O-VRL9hhBFhUOZwgdWQE0OltfS44ZMFbVvQYeFeV0Xj_pVf2WfUDGC/w159-h200/fullsizeoutput_3bee.jpeg" width="159" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> Mr. Flagg was well-known for being Shands Hospital's director of governmental affairs.</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> His son, attorney Byron Flagg, told me, "He was a wonderful father and loved being an active part of the Gainesville community."<br /></span></p><p class="text | article-text">.</p><p><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;">BETTER LATE<br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDQMwAuiGIKFNcui2L5I0aR_WBu1AjyKRqfIP_4QApBvWM2m_37CzYUcej_-LrL9fTqsYi2w0xeuhppU1_y5YXNzIaRMyJeFR0djME-DSSZguqDrFOCaoRAFqPxNgwjyoVGgbKxXZM8hx501hTBkI74gwOM8VxqWm4Z83bGzssHoxDJPnCsw-un70NXeF5/s1268/fullsizeoutput_3bec.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1268" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDQMwAuiGIKFNcui2L5I0aR_WBu1AjyKRqfIP_4QApBvWM2m_37CzYUcej_-LrL9fTqsYi2w0xeuhppU1_y5YXNzIaRMyJeFR0djME-DSSZguqDrFOCaoRAFqPxNgwjyoVGgbKxXZM8hx501hTBkI74gwOM8VxqWm4Z83bGzssHoxDJPnCsw-un70NXeF5/s320/fullsizeoutput_3bec.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> It took a year and a half but the ice cream shop on NW 13th St. at 16th Av. finally got a sign. A friend pointed out, "It just says 'Sweet Dreams' with no mention of ice cream. Maybe people will think </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">they're selling dope". </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">LUKE'S</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> sign on South Main let's folks know they're in the bagel business. It's amazing to see their long lines<i> early</i> on a Sunday morning.</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhALjREHF0kz6KZmy4jp7bmV5G07EF6y7qRsF3YOFo04l023XdN9t4iqp1exhRuw8uQaHg3tF4uqCoFr6Uwp6gBfBtqyhOMSlSrFAiCsMMayTDogL0RXQmvyxyDgirV6WkvKq_DbEqTYnAuEq20NpOJzJXRwNx42p06iUSrt9qURTetjz73rmAvx0vWWJlP/s3235/fullsizeoutput_3bce.jpeg"><img border="0" data-original-height="2265" data-original-width="3235" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhALjREHF0kz6KZmy4jp7bmV5G07EF6y7qRsF3YOFo04l023XdN9t4iqp1exhRuw8uQaHg3tF4uqCoFr6Uwp6gBfBtqyhOMSlSrFAiCsMMayTDogL0RXQmvyxyDgirV6WkvKq_DbEqTYnAuEq20NpOJzJXRwNx42p06iUSrt9qURTetjz73rmAvx0vWWJlP/w640-h448/fullsizeoutput_3bce.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>It's probably G'ville's most successful tiny, part-time business.<br /><span style="color: #351c75;"></span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;">SPORTS BEAT</span><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> I play senior league softball. Last week one of </span></span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx0FVxLzAIhfIrTXHWRtG4n4cZGH0o4OETWyqBbCr86l2EdKNuoGTqjPeoBtzDH-f0LBEKCqkwY93NCqpof0rprtwLt55wQXD7aP9Oe2H7WnwJJotx16NctACpEq-fAIljh7JknbeWi1oVqXwE-k-0R5jA2vPSCtDjtqttnJv_EMB3T7FGK_6YGlBw_WZk/s4032/f3794WFhTKGas4wFKe5afQ.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx0FVxLzAIhfIrTXHWRtG4n4cZGH0o4OETWyqBbCr86l2EdKNuoGTqjPeoBtzDH-f0LBEKCqkwY93NCqpof0rprtwLt55wQXD7aP9Oe2H7WnwJJotx16NctACpEq-fAIljh7JknbeWi1oVqXwE-k-0R5jA2vPSCtDjtqttnJv_EMB3T7FGK_6YGlBw_WZk/w150-h200/f3794WFhTKGas4wFKe5afQ.jpg" width="150" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">our newbies, Mike Johnson, won our annual Most Improved Player Award. He's doing a good job of learning the game from the ground up.</span></span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHroMjpKIPCAHXGAnaf4kHUDD6d3hJE4BoI2PDA6FBKmHuHbRV-34_ZQw8GvGFj7-kyhsWDHcjvE6Sm5zGNHYoVvlUHyRW_CiA5Xb6nakvAidv6pHQf6THQqi9266jIel8_lA7GBi-qRzS7N1axpEpVBt4YvLBnlxRfTnyhjL0U-5oc2PfQT6XwAQ-TMV2/s3754/fullsizeoutput_3b8f.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2968" data-original-width="3754" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHroMjpKIPCAHXGAnaf4kHUDD6d3hJE4BoI2PDA6FBKmHuHbRV-34_ZQw8GvGFj7-kyhsWDHcjvE6Sm5zGNHYoVvlUHyRW_CiA5Xb6nakvAidv6pHQf6THQqi9266jIel8_lA7GBi-qRzS7N1axpEpVBt4YvLBnlxRfTnyhjL0U-5oc2PfQT6XwAQ-TMV2/w400-h316/fullsizeoutput_3b8f.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Any guy over 55 (45 for women) is welcome to play<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi756g7rp3orKdb58ae3JBEr3wFpdnsuACl2Q4SwRYn4y1ZjWW4Mbe7YwfVCuIFw9WVWnAsMhEnpnBcbE28bAtvjodYOtDQyNKCZNsaqLe6kNYGZOhTr8HnvagpJHP3Oj3cf28Fp-TTPOuGT6rURM20N1v_miP2PSzg2RGW_PZe3XsLt_DF2dL9bci2Rukn/s3367/fullsizeoutput_3b8e.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3367" data-original-width="2435" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi756g7rp3orKdb58ae3JBEr3wFpdnsuACl2Q4SwRYn4y1ZjWW4Mbe7YwfVCuIFw9WVWnAsMhEnpnBcbE28bAtvjodYOtDQyNKCZNsaqLe6kNYGZOhTr8HnvagpJHP3Oj3cf28Fp-TTPOuGT6rURM20N1v_miP2PSzg2RGW_PZe3XsLt_DF2dL9bci2Rukn/s320/fullsizeoutput_3b8e.jpeg" width="231" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ginny Bhatia making a catch</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;">LIVING IN HALF-A-CAN</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuMaZsaDHRZKnRma34Lf-q8Un6CV7aSQ3LCW2wswRLaOeL7uUubhW7GtW8GS8NsIuLlEdTl8OYVszw8b9HOGLcaeCJ35EOjBNv5L8qEsiDISF51f0UoNSUMSW_YMz9fmVthxEzTaZKdZe9jTHNS2zjjKGWA_5igt44JMAHSYRZlb9m-iZXGY3mm3_KscOZ/s4032/fullsizeoutput_3bd3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2135" data-original-width="4032" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuMaZsaDHRZKnRma34Lf-q8Un6CV7aSQ3LCW2wswRLaOeL7uUubhW7GtW8GS8NsIuLlEdTl8OYVszw8b9HOGLcaeCJ35EOjBNv5L8qEsiDISF51f0UoNSUMSW_YMz9fmVthxEzTaZKdZe9jTHNS2zjjKGWA_5igt44JMAHSYRZlb9m-iZXGY3mm3_KscOZ/w640-h338/fullsizeoutput_3bd3.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> I love the quonset hut village in SE G'ville. These WWll-era shelters have enjoyed a long life. We had many on the UF campus when I attended a zillion years ago.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQc-8_3ulktEvdX-B2fUclFtnPXZuwD6FFvQMvayfWKbxSgv86dU7ZWY3rDuYroS9RapZsOe_sEO67BxdWmhLJ0HgWMIuUjgIo71AND6MDbBH6FpNsTZ14djmK-jXLjRlx-lzjLDyiRKCr1L-8ox2MtdBYrQsZgXQB7mnNSPfX9nVd_iRK8kalqGSTGiHU/s4032/fullsizeoutput_3bd1.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQc-8_3ulktEvdX-B2fUclFtnPXZuwD6FFvQMvayfWKbxSgv86dU7ZWY3rDuYroS9RapZsOe_sEO67BxdWmhLJ0HgWMIuUjgIo71AND6MDbBH6FpNsTZ14djmK-jXLjRlx-lzjLDyiRKCr1L-8ox2MtdBYrQsZgXQB7mnNSPfX9nVd_iRK8kalqGSTGiHU/s320/fullsizeoutput_3bd1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Like living in a half a can<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> They were first </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><span>were manufactured in 1941 when the U.S. Navy needed an
all-purpose, lightweight building that could be shipped anywhere and erected easily. After the war, 160,000 of them were disassembled, sold and dozens ended up here.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><span> Perhaps we could created a modern version to provide low-cost housing. At the very least, I hope our city preserves these beauties for many years to come.</span></span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjewFtvPvM9EspFhArcBDtzo038G7w1eQUPj0XQ5XsS8PPZivodsPT14nZssXyNzvbdObIGDlOcmTDRQHzROjDrDMtdtatIISSsB7jfTyPECM_3UOI9TUBxoX9nE5jIU1eMMMjGMHUhYdxhwgeHTC7dQ1eAiMjWy43TMvcpFJqo80-eb5ozdwnl_99Kl6V_/s3663/fullsizeoutput_3bd2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2876" data-original-width="3663" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjewFtvPvM9EspFhArcBDtzo038G7w1eQUPj0XQ5XsS8PPZivodsPT14nZssXyNzvbdObIGDlOcmTDRQHzROjDrDMtdtatIISSsB7jfTyPECM_3UOI9TUBxoX9nE5jIU1eMMMjGMHUhYdxhwgeHTC7dQ1eAiMjWy43TMvcpFJqo80-eb5ozdwnl_99Kl6V_/w640-h502/fullsizeoutput_3bd2.jpeg" width="640" /> <br /></a></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75;"> </span><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;">ROLLING HISTORY</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">One final bit of news: Our neighbor, retired minister Larry Reimer, drove his 1929 Ford to church today. That rumble seat in the back? Popular Florida governor Lawton<br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvPDFHA25pHjU4DCdOFdjA2PZHPnYmt0Z2Hthe5ujwDKj_AqBWASStZ557jAhgOiZ7XUoP2NAPjedOtO2iDGJWN78W_UAluKcZO_igkYlogWlEkhsw2qZjIemceVuLBz0rPfPE1kupw4MtIaEBmYRxck_J4__OWIfNT3k7FxV0HVrMNWQM64BUMtFHHLKm/s4032/GafnBZufQp+MySdWJ2PenA.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvPDFHA25pHjU4DCdOFdjA2PZHPnYmt0Z2Hthe5ujwDKj_AqBWASStZ557jAhgOiZ7XUoP2NAPjedOtO2iDGJWN78W_UAluKcZO_igkYlogWlEkhsw2qZjIemceVuLBz0rPfPE1kupw4MtIaEBmYRxck_J4__OWIfNT3k7FxV0HVrMNWQM64BUMtFHHLKm/s320/GafnBZufQp+MySdWJ2PenA.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Chiles once rode in it in a UF homecoming parade, long before there were flying pigs.</span><span style="color: #20124d;"> </span> </span> _____________________<br /><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p>Glenn Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15362915360429603120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428534988922325676.post-43560553142573559942023-08-14T04:06:00.005-07:002023-08-15T12:59:09.934-07:00THERE LIES LAHAINA<p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"> Forty-two years ago I was taking a ceramics class in Santa Monica, California. A friend came in with a </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNW52CV3e3FhQA3VDDgoWQNtvO7tJJ8AnZ0ir-6mvifXU2T2rNb2QXxJoMZ12aSfGyBp_fqmxhvX7U4NJjqTWcdOsqaC471X4_veXn_lhNs4mKwF75Uiwqd4l7PiQR3laP6foyu-lDxTQVhJleD2vq5ZNqjbiwJqC-SpveCeoF5ahWohjyUHol7pUSwHnn/s3506/fullsizeoutput_3b3d.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3506" data-original-width="2355" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNW52CV3e3FhQA3VDDgoWQNtvO7tJJ8AnZ0ir-6mvifXU2T2rNb2QXxJoMZ12aSfGyBp_fqmxhvX7U4NJjqTWcdOsqaC471X4_veXn_lhNs4mKwF75Uiwqd4l7PiQR3laP6foyu-lDxTQVhJleD2vq5ZNqjbiwJqC-SpveCeoF5ahWohjyUHol7pUSwHnn/s320/fullsizeoutput_3b3d.jpeg" width="215" /></a></span></div><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"><br />deep tan and I asked, "Where'd you get the new look?". She answered, "In Maui last weekend. My friends live in Lahaina, you should go visit them!". And so I did. </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"></span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">The magical seaside Hawaiian town became my home for a month. </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP_Q_wkAqI7KhQ_isqx3vbeAW7kvxGIKL1GFoqpuHz9zZt_yDFS38t4wCOYHWYHcvkEDSGdMpqQWZ0lZ5Fo2MiaRCrHORR0Rp4AOXQolPKNZWIQE1PifSy55whwiEGq7JWIFyiJXNh25AIuA2pVgUtzXdiMUmGiHD7MTnEQhzkFMCnez6KpdiF4eHYlVzg/s3529/fullsizeoutput_3b32.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2359" data-original-width="3529" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP_Q_wkAqI7KhQ_isqx3vbeAW7kvxGIKL1GFoqpuHz9zZt_yDFS38t4wCOYHWYHcvkEDSGdMpqQWZ0lZ5Fo2MiaRCrHORR0Rp4AOXQolPKNZWIQE1PifSy55whwiEGq7JWIFyiJXNh25AIuA2pVgUtzXdiMUmGiHD7MTnEQhzkFMCnez6KpdiF4eHYlVzg/w400-h268/fullsizeoutput_3b32.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the last 40 years many of the sugarcane fields have been developed<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Ever since I've continued to think of it -nestled between the gentle surf and bright green sugarcane fields- as the perfect place to be. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"> When it was destroyed by a raging fire last week-taking over a hundred lives- it was beyond heart-breaking.<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"> To me, Lahaina was Shangrila, "just right", a friendly, multi-cultural community. The weather was perfect and the cool air, scented with frangipani flowers (we sewed them into a leis!). Heck, I even took a hula class and surfed for the first time.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrDSd31hFXLRHiL-gbcK7jEmkvyRByvIBvbcO4OQkRR4m6f1FE0SBfWabKGG76qqruRMAHLPVqplxGCZXD8b2LkKKIuKtX-gafTWhmmp4dRhItOFO5zrGfsCXXzJAyS_qsXLGO5ayHCqfvfTPOb69EkzO3Sbo44obtLHgpWcqGgfXeWYji3g9yHgmydsON/s3677/fullsizeoutput_3b35.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2845" data-original-width="3677" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrDSd31hFXLRHiL-gbcK7jEmkvyRByvIBvbcO4OQkRR4m6f1FE0SBfWabKGG76qqruRMAHLPVqplxGCZXD8b2LkKKIuKtX-gafTWhmmp4dRhItOFO5zrGfsCXXzJAyS_qsXLGO5ayHCqfvfTPOb69EkzO3Sbo44obtLHgpWcqGgfXeWYji3g9yHgmydsON/s320/fullsizeoutput_3b35.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"> Saturday, June 13, 1981 was their annual holiday celebrating their great leader of the past, King Kamehameha. I joined my friends there for a 5K race in his honor. All entrants were required to wear fresh flowered </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">headbands.</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"> Afterwards we enjoyed a grand parade down the main thoroughfare, Front Street.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxzCeGnaTwqZvPOUx8flIm4cY9TU27deMw_trOon3NTFEqpEXjqyNsE1ikpVEA_0-7jmWrf1REJij9pw8DM8EEf6sN2hd0iPasj7YcWRkUgcSQxOz5hNOQbxxiiKmhk1uj9yc_h2QCy5QVnwNhYnfCuY1btxWM_m2EatcSenUmPj1rsqxs4YDctlUPXS9c/s4032/fullsizeoutput_3b2c.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxzCeGnaTwqZvPOUx8flIm4cY9TU27deMw_trOon3NTFEqpEXjqyNsE1ikpVEA_0-7jmWrf1REJij9pw8DM8EEf6sN2hd0iPasj7YcWRkUgcSQxOz5hNOQbxxiiKmhk1uj9yc_h2QCy5QVnwNhYnfCuY1btxWM_m2EatcSenUmPj1rsqxs4YDctlUPXS9c/w640-h480/fullsizeoutput_3b2c.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From my "magical place" scrapbook<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVGGN6TD7TuDRfAZ-qnOeJOMKAnafOhHZklOzaG8Cu63xIkheQR3f24cnFAgrcvT4JM6wYMdiVXGyNqU_ZGYjsH3ua4-tFd4LOgX1syeuOtAEcvxQIBY7eWoh7cOIz6qFDvUyS3RdUIHJcgeekkSLDM4M69goUmVEvyjiI1xojCVAFuu_x-xvGvPXZoyU0/s3610/fullsizeoutput_3b2b.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2429" data-original-width="3610" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVGGN6TD7TuDRfAZ-qnOeJOMKAnafOhHZklOzaG8Cu63xIkheQR3f24cnFAgrcvT4JM6wYMdiVXGyNqU_ZGYjsH3ua4-tFd4LOgX1syeuOtAEcvxQIBY7eWoh7cOIz6qFDvUyS3RdUIHJcgeekkSLDM4M69goUmVEvyjiI1xojCVAFuu_x-xvGvPXZoyU0/w640-h430/fullsizeoutput_3b2b.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These lovely .young women in the parade really knew how to sew a flowered headband.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">And now the historic town is no more, burnt to a crisp, perhaps a harbinger of things to come. </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPtf9tFAM-inwPdEQKZQrX96jYBSHfEHohkwWpJ1jqvPDqdRnZvawYW0o2xcM1p6H5KJrd5XZhjK5MYSsgqwW36iR7Q3EIo3H2mwOyp3zomUOzN6E5URDW_Fw-uGeMYIYnFLBu0PecjO7QwOkJf9hZjUEjG87MMLHLxeatkn4_Lb7U9vBXfvuvsOkIzrkv/s3791/fullsizeoutput_3b2f.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2558" data-original-width="3791" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPtf9tFAM-inwPdEQKZQrX96jYBSHfEHohkwWpJ1jqvPDqdRnZvawYW0o2xcM1p6H5KJrd5XZhjK5MYSsgqwW36iR7Q3EIo3H2mwOyp3zomUOzN6E5URDW_Fw-uGeMYIYnFLBu0PecjO7QwOkJf9hZjUEjG87MMLHLxeatkn4_Lb7U9vBXfvuvsOkIzrkv/w640-h432/fullsizeoutput_3b2f.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Parade float passing the historic Pioneer Inn, now, reduced to cinders</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"> I do remember the extremely loud sirens that sounded regularly. Hawaii boasts having the largest system of outdoor public
safety warning sirens in the world, alarms that blare in cases of
danger. They seemed to sound too loud and too often -at a set time on Saturdays- when I was there. </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"> They were silent on the day of the fire. Those who survived it wonder why no one
activated them. I do too. They were impossible to ignore.<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"> I'm sure something like the town of my dreams will rise again, It'll take years but I probably won't see it happen. My Lahaina still exists. It will always be the perfect place and a happy Hawaiian memory.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"> _______________________<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">(You can help by donating to "</span><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">Maui Strong</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">". Here is the link: </span></p><p><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">https://www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/maui-strong</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYYys6j3Bz590qa5zoAvWzpAl3xKSaibTIVxQW2-1i2HQ5YJl_mlgH9Xrmszhk3hJX_i0iSpOmYZstWIi582ZqAybYsLmqJ2qsnq85rVBBFh_JaA5R1LHwf_BWi5W6srLheRtc952LmuG0ejAmJkeuG0yO_LA6ujWO5Fn5kOSbVThwrDwHinP7si82gUv0/s3714/fullsizeoutput_3b38.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2534" data-original-width="3714" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYYys6j3Bz590qa5zoAvWzpAl3xKSaibTIVxQW2-1i2HQ5YJl_mlgH9Xrmszhk3hJX_i0iSpOmYZstWIi582ZqAybYsLmqJ2qsnq85rVBBFh_JaA5R1LHwf_BWi5W6srLheRtc952LmuG0ejAmJkeuG0yO_LA6ujWO5Fn5kOSbVThwrDwHinP7si82gUv0/w400-h272/fullsizeoutput_3b38.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A friend and me after a boat trip that took to visit Lanai, an island on the far horizo <br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">n<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p>Glenn Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15362915360429603120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428534988922325676.post-74467146126282943562023-08-11T13:13:00.004-07:002023-08-12T18:11:44.075-07:00"UP THE CREEK Pt. VI"- August Neighborhood Newsletter<p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKBZvl3CmRGTlqArhGJSJhdGrxt8c_lz-uRdStxeRpLIwMNWi-tPGVZAKv6btldVFB62bsXYlEtTMt6HaC2xrano008KyQGQqgpQdIpoUcXpryxe_o8S1Zw85pwroM-KbWUdOBUcgva0Y_WKH6S36hGa64tNTQ6TqI4Pu-wNcX0Tt88PU7A_6d51ZQZi8p/s6790/fullsizeoutput_3b04.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3443" data-original-width="6790" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKBZvl3CmRGTlqArhGJSJhdGrxt8c_lz-uRdStxeRpLIwMNWi-tPGVZAKv6btldVFB62bsXYlEtTMt6HaC2xrano008KyQGQqgpQdIpoUcXpryxe_o8S1Zw85pwroM-KbWUdOBUcgva0Y_WKH6S36hGa64tNTQ6TqI4Pu-wNcX0Tt88PU7A_6d51ZQZi8p/w640-h324/fullsizeoutput_3b04.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our beloved Rattlesnake Creek<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKBZvl3CmRGTlqArhGJSJhdGrxt8c_lz-uRdStxeRpLIwMNWi-tPGVZAKv6btldVFB62bsXYlEtTMt6HaC2xrano008KyQGQqgpQdIpoUcXpryxe_o8S1Zw85pwroM-KbWUdOBUcgva0Y_WKH6S36hGa64tNTQ6TqI4Pu-wNcX0Tt88PU7A_6d51ZQZi8p/s6790/fullsizeoutput_3b04.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></a></div><p><span style="color: #4c1130;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><p><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> -U</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">P THE CREEK- </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><span style="color: #7f6000;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">AUGUST '23 NEWSLETTER </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"><span> </span></span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> Florida Park is a lovely, quiet, neighborhood. My neighbor, Patsy, commented yesterday, "The big news here is when a tree falls down". She's right. When it happens we gather, stare, and remind each other that trees don't last forever. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">This happened to our neighbor at the corner or NW 8 Ave. and 18 Terrace last week. </span><br /><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWaWqKFnsf_29mw3VLMMj7tWlm2VeaqYGvn5DcZD6lCytXMuwoLiNLF4Vh1h_PjKcfi389RfZaIbqSx2SzeG7qpYj2TXqifONYdMU2g8mR6iO0pgXNScqOVKKZBoLCwllUGHg0jxYCIbq_VUeMGDDxcsebxYLE6L1QlGh72-5kpexuO4o9tSqelxqUlvSa/s4032/ztUGLwxVSkWRurxB0Vf02A.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWaWqKFnsf_29mw3VLMMj7tWlm2VeaqYGvn5DcZD6lCytXMuwoLiNLF4Vh1h_PjKcfi389RfZaIbqSx2SzeG7qpYj2TXqifONYdMU2g8mR6iO0pgXNScqOVKKZBoLCwllUGHg0jxYCIbq_VUeMGDDxcsebxYLE6L1QlGh72-5kpexuO4o9tSqelxqUlvSa/w640-h480/ztUGLwxVSkWRurxB0Vf02A.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The stump of the tree that crashed into the house on NW 8th Avenue<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> Most houses in Florida Park were built 60 or 70 years ago. Back then many homeowners planted</span><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"> laurel oak trees</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> which are now toppling from old age. These trees have a relatively short life span, 50-70 years. When you hear chain saws chances are the are cutting down an aged-out laurel or one that just crunched a house. <br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">This big'n</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> toppled (fortunately, away from the house) on NW 12 Rd. a </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY2yIy7mFmwVdrvQ-ejd1Te7Mjurpn59-OTA5VckMLXwwoaEOa0h1YPpqYJCcZ4K91TdY8YMz96JT3zWo4S_guQYSowsqGlUS20aZNsO1ACFrCkp5PQ9l0k8AmOJOvwZ0_2pYbbGz25UCqkgBLc3U3G78fwXagmtb_RWG8MR-dUJvwnzT7sV1oTWqZZ7zy/s4032/Yd2vOjdbT9e2bOAAofmX+A.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY2yIy7mFmwVdrvQ-ejd1Te7Mjurpn59-OTA5VckMLXwwoaEOa0h1YPpqYJCcZ4K91TdY8YMz96JT3zWo4S_guQYSowsqGlUS20aZNsO1ACFrCkp5PQ9l0k8AmOJOvwZ0_2pYbbGz25UCqkgBLc3U3G78fwXagmtb_RWG8MR-dUJvwnzT7sV1oTWqZZ7zy/w400-h300/Yd2vOjdbT9e2bOAAofmX+A.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">few days earlier. It's best to have tree experts check you trees regularly if you have any doubts. Hurricane season is here so now's as good a time as ever.</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"> NEIGHBOR OF THE MONTH</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">, FOREST LISLE- </span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghjUs-mFgHYWGM2iYh9ivGrlqygHrXWvjVOnSsMsQ-53xXLgFfo05qW0ns1qTHPfP00tQCBQCrwqL85NYTiTV8AZOJlyKQClDPGe5m2a0gjKkHndo1yRu7w4yaDSAhIX6iwJMeVyeYo-EfTcUK62uqR9ZVY53CpubN4Dg3YAzdqZeYxHxgD1uetcpep-Vy/s4032/fullsizeoutput_3b05.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghjUs-mFgHYWGM2iYh9ivGrlqygHrXWvjVOnSsMsQ-53xXLgFfo05qW0ns1qTHPfP00tQCBQCrwqL85NYTiTV8AZOJlyKQClDPGe5m2a0gjKkHndo1yRu7w4yaDSAhIX6iwJMeVyeYo-EfTcUK62uqR9ZVY53CpubN4Dg3YAzdqZeYxHxgD1uetcpep-Vy/s320/fullsizeoutput_3b05.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The retired professor with his daughter, Katherine<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> The retired UF architecture professor lives on a splendid estate at 1920 NW 8 Ave. His remarkable residence is perched on a 60-foot ridge that overlooks the south side of Rattlesnake Creek.</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> <br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1MY6OwWTso3ty_WS2L1Unjl7Ztjp1xwLrb7aJNLOePfyAoVIOTn7Sq_m389WwjiaRd-UDghWIHjSh6lw4eA7ARLGfGRCK46qRsamD4BY65ahabiAF7YWaBMo7QkSKTIu9Lvf81eVLRKLw7b8rninqJhGGtwYR5W2GAMVIZeGb5f9m0gGc2jM7Dj7LdQPK/s7626/eMn%25M5AXSAa45kD901mOow.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3816" data-original-width="7626" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1MY6OwWTso3ty_WS2L1Unjl7Ztjp1xwLrb7aJNLOePfyAoVIOTn7Sq_m389WwjiaRd-UDghWIHjSh6lw4eA7ARLGfGRCK46qRsamD4BY65ahabiAF7YWaBMo7QkSKTIu9Lvf81eVLRKLw7b8rninqJhGGtwYR5W2GAMVIZeGb5f9m0gGc2jM7Dj7LdQPK/s320/eMn%25M5AXSAa45kD901mOow.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">His backyard drops sixty dramatic feet<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Professor Lisle has enjoyed living on his three-acres of lush, forested land since 1971. Far below his back deck, a second waterway, Magnolia Creek, heads north to meet Rattlesnake Creek. Just before it does it drops six-feet. This results in one of the G-ville's rare </span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNnUA9dgUesF9w1FgocVwRHXs57BZxeRPueV8eq_EebbcYkFF7JkiAZ2wrhRQRr9dwBvlAGyxBcQsI-OaVAqvQaVD0pSDDlvRKpdPSwajWm6ztzjS-uwDLcFo-JW7T8RAmfP9zBb5FSTXwIiiINgu0IEsJJ1zHYYMSc2XE-pyX1zEWhAoA48R0M3Oi_WST/s4582/fullsizeoutput_24c7.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4582" data-original-width="3584" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNnUA9dgUesF9w1FgocVwRHXs57BZxeRPueV8eq_EebbcYkFF7JkiAZ2wrhRQRr9dwBvlAGyxBcQsI-OaVAqvQaVD0pSDDlvRKpdPSwajWm6ztzjS-uwDLcFo-JW7T8RAmfP9zBb5FSTXwIiiINgu0IEsJJ1zHYYMSc2XE-pyX1zEWhAoA48R0M3Oi_WST/s320/fullsizeoutput_24c7.jpeg" width="250" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of Gainesville's rare waterfalls</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">waterfalls. Fifteen years ago Forest discovered a seven-foot alligator basking in the water below. He had the authorities take it away before it could eat anyone.<br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Forest is a good neighbor and when I drop by I am always greeted with a broad smile.<br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"></span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiF6dm5-PzNWy_vjFItNJcfZvRjTjLbpfrU1HbVHrF8uvXbbaubWZ-6Fiz33UAPndnK8WJlDn7U3qzXihUKXCFj8hKhZ2qiITAyIkTAzSqTzTkynqXe5XNPR9Yq1E3cdznVfjeCzxuiKi2ytJHWuWsEFBQ9VRBsYrA-wH6yq9mifLpVULH2irQ307C9A1y/s4032/IokaXAomTRK9f%25AnKiU3%25g.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiF6dm5-PzNWy_vjFItNJcfZvRjTjLbpfrU1HbVHrF8uvXbbaubWZ-6Fiz33UAPndnK8WJlDn7U3qzXihUKXCFj8hKhZ2qiITAyIkTAzSqTzTkynqXe5XNPR9Yq1E3cdznVfjeCzxuiKi2ytJHWuWsEFBQ9VRBsYrA-wH6yq9mifLpVULH2irQ307C9A1y/s320/IokaXAomTRK9f%25AnKiU3%25g.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">While there's little happening on the UF campus this summer, I did stumble upon a reception last Wednesday for guest artist, Amor Munoz. She is visiting from Mexico City, here to greet visitors to her art sound installation at the Libby Gallery on SW 13th St.</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">She explained that her piece represents how, in nature, one thing affects another. </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvmF4O23HIia0JnwPbcP2oXFLsjb243YDwCILiFhY1CCURhoyqhcZka-22RNXIhFJMsLHE06kVceoGyjW3Zg6RS_2Ys_GrpbUrPSBN4TFMIVecJaeGNhVVALjDcinI_hpxVKn4S_MbT0dlu-jD5BzZzeXj7clvnXQa0rl2jpSGE4XI6YKCuZ9zE7jIxd-x/s4032/DoChITxIQ0+1rfsZo2rwQQ.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvmF4O23HIia0JnwPbcP2oXFLsjb243YDwCILiFhY1CCURhoyqhcZka-22RNXIhFJMsLHE06kVceoGyjW3Zg6RS_2Ys_GrpbUrPSBN4TFMIVecJaeGNhVVALjDcinI_hpxVKn4S_MbT0dlu-jD5BzZzeXj7clvnXQa0rl2jpSGE4XI6YKCuZ9zE7jIxd-x/w640-h480/DoChITxIQ0+1rfsZo2rwQQ.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amor with her magnificent creation. When you touch a sculpted fabric column, a podium robot responds.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">This sounded much better than the press release which explained, </span> </p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7g_4ZKca3Z-RKTklz1KcskdIcfaB0T3VEXzps4FHC2_tFK2bGOV9596yg-cAYAWBcqSWO1JokIeFkBrXiq17PoAt4nvreJKACSdu_teyuKuQ0cGNIVUV8ybKnO2LThjdsKS7aPPD63BjkC2CxZodYkkHq7HylWM8wWsFyRzHmfmYtupOmDg4FkdWKGN-r/s4032/EWvCVEryS3mnLrAwYx2%253A.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7g_4ZKca3Z-RKTklz1KcskdIcfaB0T3VEXzps4FHC2_tFK2bGOV9596yg-cAYAWBcqSWO1JokIeFkBrXiq17PoAt4nvreJKACSdu_teyuKuQ0cGNIVUV8ybKnO2LThjdsKS7aPPD63BjkC2CxZodYkkHq7HylWM8wWsFyRzHmfmYtupOmDg4FkdWKGN-r/s320/EWvCVEryS3mnLrAwYx2%253A.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The "bioautomata" on top looked like pee pee.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><i>Chimera, Expanded Bodies</i>
(2022) is “a sound installation made up of a set of bioautomata,
artificial entities that contain living matter and generate</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"></span><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"> performative
gestures through their biological processes, which are monitored by
sensors.”</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS7NZ8ZUAPPwdcVQfA4lZ2OW7m6fRfq1FtmOQGEj0tSAG8G2Cm7ParjtKeFgvRD4gzR8ZD3Fh3GN4WTxYG-twN5ndJlKRt7EpbAuZcEm2LIBwwbFUgUZsm6qZXH2DeAHKUF1jIckCJJWRKADLhT-L7GBSmSfsb4p0Kv4aw4yWTLDXvfgO6hQPkZZoprO14/s4032/tLMyD2s2RFOx6ku1ZJLLnA.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS7NZ8ZUAPPwdcVQfA4lZ2OW7m6fRfq1FtmOQGEj0tSAG8G2Cm7ParjtKeFgvRD4gzR8ZD3Fh3GN4WTxYG-twN5ndJlKRt7EpbAuZcEm2LIBwwbFUgUZsm6qZXH2DeAHKUF1jIckCJJWRKADLhT-L7GBSmSfsb4p0Kv4aw4yWTLDXvfgO6hQPkZZoprO14/w200-h150/tLMyD2s2RFOx6ku1ZJLLnA.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Anyway, it's a cool show in an air-conditioned building. It'll be there for you to enjoy 'til September's end. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">ONE MORE AIR-CONDITIONED WONDER TO VISIT on a hot summer's day... The <span style="color: #4c1130;">Theater of Memory Museum <br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSJk6RYRDo0IZCMr6WVIJG2LZrmmP_jND4WAXhQoE4UnkFvh8hmDpzd0u2HaPrrJzfe77uFbVduvnegMI83OiwqbEddejUZSMG68QqPWX4Gc7YNJFvpqDywb-HrJTMgp3mLAOqJVM-4Emp4qopprGOsaLNzu0ydvYuAIIeFGcEDWuYNlLpN4E20l2eV7Hm/s3930/fullsizeoutput_3597.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2946" data-original-width="3930" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSJk6RYRDo0IZCMr6WVIJG2LZrmmP_jND4WAXhQoE4UnkFvh8hmDpzd0u2HaPrrJzfe77uFbVduvnegMI83OiwqbEddejUZSMG68QqPWX4Gc7YNJFvpqDywb-HrJTMgp3mLAOqJVM-4Emp4qopprGOsaLNzu0ydvYuAIIeFGcEDWuYNlLpN4E20l2eV7Hm/w400-h300/fullsizeoutput_3597.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><br /></span>at 1705 NW 6th St. Open Wed. thru Sun., 10:30-4:30. It's a wonderful place to visit any time of the year.<br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin0amvtJFgVnhrPSg08zXaM04hDQaUoMOQtZk75_TPecNdYK9d6edYqk7PhXE07Y8uX1O17YSESPQ9DtUkoFn9u_3ioo9jDvSeKrcSxNqEW-hIbD3fl_r-LGjBP_C71BfjHDjujleX8yKx0RzVhF7hCB8Jwtyg0fDNno7rg37LRbhXo65H1WctGoz7QExJ/s3930/fullsizeoutput_3597.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></span></div><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> ANOTHER COOLING TIP, Today we traded our 96 degree air for the 72 degree water in Poe Springs. </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRANI0jJx12fl-kkQzJ0zCBqZ01DBh7cb1HfnduWV6HwaOwfFyruNpU4CxZZRDIOljGYbThyuwjsFjsS7m7NbGyQbGncILuZjrSefBcKW1B4HLFWDm4qrURL1-WB_uBOrcfu1X1D0XgJluoOlL7C_I17f6k7I2rh6zCTKja9_KH0fKlAanJ4SMjPLPJeOu/s3846/fullsizeoutput_3b1e.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2884" data-original-width="3846" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRANI0jJx12fl-kkQzJ0zCBqZ01DBh7cb1HfnduWV6HwaOwfFyruNpU4CxZZRDIOljGYbThyuwjsFjsS7m7NbGyQbGncILuZjrSefBcKW1B4HLFWDm4qrURL1-WB_uBOrcfu1X1D0XgJluoOlL7C_I17f6k7I2rh6zCTKja9_KH0fKlAanJ4SMjPLPJeOu/s320/fullsizeoutput_3b1e.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">The water was cool but green, somewhat reminiscent of Jello.</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> <br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">I'm not complaining. </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">It's probably something left over from a St. Patrick's Day celebration.</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTWj9JAliU4vQPzrrtX609F428t1Z9yIjZJgVJGaF0RpF80gPRbkeNp8vZTQT5nUskGqYtHjQONcPNfu0bkwWAB1qNmbKhtPvGWv_1XZzDF4BDhxfZmV0O1jQ6pxklXTCX9Cb8ykTO-xYjssbcW1p3vKdYRZQuOjqg2dXEK7uqAYjHTVj5jzKZdMI1gpyj/s4032/fullsizeoutput_3b18.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTWj9JAliU4vQPzrrtX609F428t1Z9yIjZJgVJGaF0RpF80gPRbkeNp8vZTQT5nUskGqYtHjQONcPNfu0bkwWAB1qNmbKhtPvGWv_1XZzDF4BDhxfZmV0O1jQ6pxklXTCX9Cb8ykTO-xYjssbcW1p3vKdYRZQuOjqg2dXEK7uqAYjHTVj5jzKZdMI1gpyj/w300-h400/fullsizeoutput_3b18.jpeg" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Francesca and I visited Gainesville's version of the Sistine Chapel -otherwise known as "Room A" at the downtown library- Tuesday evening. It was another monthly "</span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;">Roundtable Discussion on Housing</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">" sponsored by Gainesville Neighborhood Voices. For a change a wide-range of people were able to speak up about development and housing problems in their neighborhoods. This group led the way to get rid of the former city commission's efforts to eliminate single-family housing. Now we're seeking better solutions.</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvkWhMe0QJo3uxJeSdnvU8sv_-CaU3zMxwBz2-G9gAImdZ4Yj69cOj-hX7tnXlLPLAx3WDEZg6c-xYxZh1lS59aS98y8yKx0F_RdAJZuctrKjI8Ob9qRui4XTlt0uf7JLFJABZenjk44YS1tIv9m-yIueGganfKKKxS9QjHWuqCUAWmzDaUiNFgDKVWE6j/s8398/eIJ4m2VdSFGODrDPAGDLVg.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3940" data-original-width="8398" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvkWhMe0QJo3uxJeSdnvU8sv_-CaU3zMxwBz2-G9gAImdZ4Yj69cOj-hX7tnXlLPLAx3WDEZg6c-xYxZh1lS59aS98y8yKx0F_RdAJZuctrKjI8Ob9qRui4XTlt0uf7JLFJABZenjk44YS1tIv9m-yIueGganfKKKxS9QjHWuqCUAWmzDaUiNFgDKVWE6j/w640-h300/eIJ4m2VdSFGODrDPAGDLVg.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Developer Andy Coffey explains his affordable housing plans<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">This month's </span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;">Good Neighbor Award</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> goes to</span><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"> Lee Zeitlin</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">. He and his </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcPKSt43QCZmowYU39lJWeLPP_hnlElYWefktGxNPH6OR8PzlvWiupcqu6ABUlUGvpiO9Tw2cJowu3evkDC88tsy544SYvVtrSvNYknh2FmV0QQhdTfQVbPR6ACEVr7ytBx565y-eo6JGqRVkSHhna-LF087tcv5E0ee2fqRqPUYuHjcr1TcFWIix37jxr/s4032/zPedKHEqR4ieNlOz2nFzmw.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcPKSt43QCZmowYU39lJWeLPP_hnlElYWefktGxNPH6OR8PzlvWiupcqu6ABUlUGvpiO9Tw2cJowu3evkDC88tsy544SYvVtrSvNYknh2FmV0QQhdTfQVbPR6ACEVr7ytBx565y-eo6JGqRVkSHhna-LF087tcv5E0ee2fqRqPUYuHjcr1TcFWIix37jxr/s320/zPedKHEqR4ieNlOz2nFzmw.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">wife live next to an abandoned construction site on NW 11 Road. In a week's time he filled an empty dumpster with all of the crap the non-resident homeowner and her workers left in the yard. </span><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Thank you, Lee!</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Plans for December's </span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;">Flying Pig Parade</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> are moving right along. We've raised almost half of the funds necessary. Next week we start our Go-Fund-Me drive. We have many </span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipfuetkrYm7xpfkAyIKmndwRYXbz6DdMlSU3DVYhdZ7sYa6PsbDnByyk8LRqxyq8_hjVH_VLzGO__pjFUMLUhEdcthsOyAoDlQT65szuox8VE0LnoLsFXL1yb2-xTwmHsMZblubh9jbyaEH_FBOEIXWjUh3zRAJEoZ_NOeydKcwWtfzGf72Z_eaeHbgt4r/s2951/fullsizeoutput_3aef.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2288" data-original-width="2951" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipfuetkrYm7xpfkAyIKmndwRYXbz6DdMlSU3DVYhdZ7sYa6PsbDnByyk8LRqxyq8_hjVH_VLzGO__pjFUMLUhEdcthsOyAoDlQT65szuox8VE0LnoLsFXL1yb2-xTwmHsMZblubh9jbyaEH_FBOEIXWjUh3zRAJEoZ_NOeydKcwWtfzGf72Z_eaeHbgt4r/s320/fullsizeoutput_3aef.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Come join our planning group! That's Chef Mark in the grey shirt.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">exciting fund-raising events planned for the fall. </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Mark Newman, the former owner/chef at the much-loved Leonardo's 706 restaurant, will be hosting a brunch in November. That will be one hot ticket!</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">You might have heard that our governor says he going to spend a year </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJQ3okKKFhrSOxfp0GKjQzevWVpCKeM8WbQbtS-uk9z26Ufru6WAxsl10HuCkCiqVfhiLCaR2Ce4RZOEA0CWP1PUctoOQc0ShIIpotfvfvVw1E6fGlyD9w2994SEXEHd_93EXa3FtMNAxofeCX2J9ylZFD0S6V4DFnWiZxz2K4ZME_cnZJ_hPCyBDyVj8t/s3642/fullsizeoutput_3b16.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2420" data-original-width="3642" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJQ3okKKFhrSOxfp0GKjQzevWVpCKeM8WbQbtS-uk9z26Ufru6WAxsl10HuCkCiqVfhiLCaR2Ce4RZOEA0CWP1PUctoOQc0ShIIpotfvfvVw1E6fGlyD9w2994SEXEHd_93EXa3FtMNAxofeCX2J9ylZFD0S6V4DFnWiZxz2K4ZME_cnZJ_hPCyBDyVj8t/s320/fullsizeoutput_3b16.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">enslaved on a plantation to prove that the slave life was actually not that bad. I don't know if this is a joke or not but if he's holed up in Haile Plantation I'm gonna complain. <br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">LOCAL BUSINESS NEWS</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">- We're getting a new Thai restaurant on </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnfC8Xz-U5dz-ZWcpDOQQPSvbmykT0qiUosVdGF9V8ZlfcCWXCo9XEtcivTFaYsuo1lGdz_VZwiSjgkvMbuoEUTCMvE4Zt80Zf45Xi9RlwO5Y-oofy572pjQYRmZ10psZdgpp-XK-bLsZkUVm_9zkNpS0o2tuNkvKdHLjBWebcsSc_viye2jNpqfw2AoY_/s3536/fullsizeoutput_3ae7.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3536" data-original-width="2792" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnfC8Xz-U5dz-ZWcpDOQQPSvbmykT0qiUosVdGF9V8ZlfcCWXCo9XEtcivTFaYsuo1lGdz_VZwiSjgkvMbuoEUTCMvE4Zt80Zf45Xi9RlwO5Y-oofy572pjQYRmZ10psZdgpp-XK-bLsZkUVm_9zkNpS0o2tuNkvKdHLjBWebcsSc_viye2jNpqfw2AoY_/s320/fullsizeoutput_3ae7.jpeg" width="253" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">the SE corner of NW 10th Ave. and 6th St. It opens in the spring.</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">It's great that we'll have more options than Appleby's for walkable restaurant locations. It's unfortunate that we don't have more useful retail stores south of 16th, on busy 13th Street.<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">The building they've been working on the NW corner of 16th Ave. and 6th? Sadly, a worker there told me its going to be another smoke shop.<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> <br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQkOvUbRJMkyaCIbJinkYK6cxdEDvkCpsri0HJ8aeX5hZjPdQK0BtOjakv4WG-xekVRaPwEKQ1VQpiuMMldpAQmmHkIb_8-MBQprASyQaOyl8aXNhcFjm-yD8NaORDf34byBICeXXQFrQI7AMZqsMiwxriNSDS_z_pNXF8DqtAmnsk-Lqvo8lsJbLrqbzQ/s3302/fullsizeoutput_3af7.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2167" data-original-width="3302" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQkOvUbRJMkyaCIbJinkYK6cxdEDvkCpsri0HJ8aeX5hZjPdQK0BtOjakv4WG-xekVRaPwEKQ1VQpiuMMldpAQmmHkIb_8-MBQprASyQaOyl8aXNhcFjm-yD8NaORDf34byBICeXXQFrQI7AMZqsMiwxriNSDS_z_pNXF8DqtAmnsk-Lqvo8lsJbLrqbzQ/w400-h263/fullsizeoutput_3af7.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> They're still cleaning up the fire mess at Lloyd Clarke Sports. They have been good </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">neighbors and we hope they will be in business again soon. </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJmjrKyPpXOLbD1ckqTdPuh9lc22h9Xd_K3FTnkE7lV20GMgFkVpKfwGdeOL7tApP1SbRZqETQG_ZtzZMia0xUeEoivmQcKYBYLDkNqkcd18SuoLr5OcTgKAq_VEDV6pxfolbtg1H2QppxoivllVFvm5HHPvCQW0AULDnWr8q9W7eFoB7HMfs6Gt9wEa5L/s3916/fullsizeoutput_3b1b.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2578" data-original-width="3916" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJmjrKyPpXOLbD1ckqTdPuh9lc22h9Xd_K3FTnkE7lV20GMgFkVpKfwGdeOL7tApP1SbRZqETQG_ZtzZMia0xUeEoivmQcKYBYLDkNqkcd18SuoLr5OcTgKAq_VEDV6pxfolbtg1H2QppxoivllVFvm5HHPvCQW0AULDnWr8q9W7eFoB7HMfs6Gt9wEa5L/s320/fullsizeoutput_3b1b.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">The secret ice cream store just north, at the corner of NW 16th Ave. and 13 St. has been open for 17 months and is still -without a sign- continues to looks like an empty storefront. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">GETTING THE WORD OUT</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">- Someone asked me, "Why are you spending hours writing another newsletter when you wrote</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpATjqGviRDMykXNJRVEK5DJuum_Kw0ZNFpyPgIlKT58A8Hm3sAF_fdQUJil1vSbB7lF_pGMDj5RlR6Ae33wtMWamOwE3As0XsNbDvgG1sHmEyySqjmzFO_YGiactelGrJ8mousweTN60fvaAcHMOWtjwvDbg0zReQujYBmtx3FTzZCx3SsCqe7HUaGGsw/s3889/fullsizeoutput_3ad7.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2883" data-original-width="3889" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpATjqGviRDMykXNJRVEK5DJuum_Kw0ZNFpyPgIlKT58A8Hm3sAF_fdQUJil1vSbB7lF_pGMDj5RlR6Ae33wtMWamOwE3As0XsNbDvgG1sHmEyySqjmzFO_YGiactelGrJ8mousweTN60fvaAcHMOWtjwvDbg0zReQujYBmtx3FTzZCx3SsCqe7HUaGGsw/s320/fullsizeoutput_3ad7.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> What remains of ours...<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> one three weeks ago? I explained, "Heck, I could write one everyday. People used to do that for these things we called 'newspapers'."</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">(Note: I actually still subscribe to several!)<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></p><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Hate in the Hood</span><span style="color: #351c75;">-</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> Two years ago we had antisemitic brochures delivered to our driveways. Three months ago the "We Say Gay" banner was stolen as it hung from the United Church of Gainesville on NW 5 Ave. When they replaced it with a similar sign last week, a night visitor ripped a hole in it.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOjjrRx_IP08lal6FGxneIvkAdwgnUe9zYsNlSjgVwb_aJBGlPx-O-tA2XVwKggqkQoCoovN3FOT6gPUuOrV8wetkKF1IBAhx0nA7UCtEXmtBSnEyqhZIw-PnPq6eMhTTlBjUUEAzHSOEZxayDKGmMLntJBhxEbT8ln_gJqdN8BeEQATqdpxPa-ENzSRTR/s4032/fullsizeoutput_3b1a.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2308" data-original-width="4032" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOjjrRx_IP08lal6FGxneIvkAdwgnUe9zYsNlSjgVwb_aJBGlPx-O-tA2XVwKggqkQoCoovN3FOT6gPUuOrV8wetkKF1IBAhx0nA7UCtEXmtBSnEyqhZIw-PnPq6eMhTTlBjUUEAzHSOEZxayDKGmMLntJBhxEbT8ln_gJqdN8BeEQATqdpxPa-ENzSRTR/w400-h229/fullsizeoutput_3b1a.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> Repaired, it is displayed once more.</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> (Who does this stuff?)<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Let me close with </span><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">happy news</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">. </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> The Fairy Village in Rattlesnake </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Woods is open again. Summer storms caused some problems but our elfin friends are back in business. Their ice cream store even has a sign.</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiORztmi-4yfA0gZVsdCJViqHl_92HvmDaVzbh3sG2dYC9-1KehP7SYTC1C3FK0fKsJ1tMCs4r6AlEd7eFpvtUI8Dcb5QH8RVNMFeuNhLbBmu2k1dAP63CGIJ650a7RV8EhPRA75SE8GDhJN6DV6eDZP73zRfMHMQpTJeVvjQQ4nP-oo57qWFkvGubjnsJ/s3511/fullsizeoutput_3af9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2904" data-original-width="3511" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiORztmi-4yfA0gZVsdCJViqHl_92HvmDaVzbh3sG2dYC9-1KehP7SYTC1C3FK0fKsJ1tMCs4r6AlEd7eFpvtUI8Dcb5QH8RVNMFeuNhLbBmu2k1dAP63CGIJ650a7RV8EhPRA75SE8GDhJN6DV6eDZP73zRfMHMQpTJeVvjQQ4nP-oo57qWFkvGubjnsJ/w640-h530/fullsizeoutput_3af9.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><br /> </span><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span><br /></p><p> ______________________________________________________________________________________</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF2VLoMCz72qzT4T0g_iz8LXDcHZHvuPaeKg0bgn3_8_uPCI1jr1c1wWyZBAtRmA7h2SEat5rmTEugZjxogLUkUze0LUGc2X0xXq-7nCIBgATOIRIPitRKvAVwq9jIpv-U9zpQKGfivOLPHPGESkUADKb8afmofhDcGonNFRxH5To_le7QHTwxczPWIUtX/s4032/YRGbSDYxQHuSI6SkAmzhsg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF2VLoMCz72qzT4T0g_iz8LXDcHZHvuPaeKg0bgn3_8_uPCI1jr1c1wWyZBAtRmA7h2SEat5rmTEugZjxogLUkUze0LUGc2X0xXq-7nCIBgATOIRIPitRKvAVwq9jIpv-U9zpQKGfivOLPHPGESkUADKb8afmofhDcGonNFRxH5To_le7QHTwxczPWIUtX/w480-h640/YRGbSDYxQHuSI6SkAmzhsg.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p>Glenn Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15362915360429603120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428534988922325676.post-55250884595763423232023-08-04T07:57:00.003-07:002023-08-05T14:58:32.712-07:00Giving the Pig Wings<p><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"> Another monthly PARADE REPORT- </span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">August 4th, 2023</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> I brought the watermelon, Bryce, the red licorice, and Cypress & Grove provided the beer for Wednesday's Flying Pig Parade meeting. It went well. </span></p><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> Ten of us gathered at our favorite 10th Ave brewery to discuss the latest </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">on December's parade. </span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx6yuHPKqoEZsTW26F7euJEQxM3myWBgaKX6drofEpxV3MG0ZFPFUdubr2-vEP-sbLbMrI58dYzX9iYlKfJO_OjC7VEoibtbzw7afDhfHahvAlOa6rEZ4ijz704dW7piSXHV7wrGvKwGWLeWm6EiGIi0rKj46o90dO0TMRKsmikwhqvkieoBoSD7Q_Oy0_/s2951/fullsizeoutput_3aef.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2288" data-original-width="2951" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx6yuHPKqoEZsTW26F7euJEQxM3myWBgaKX6drofEpxV3MG0ZFPFUdubr2-vEP-sbLbMrI58dYzX9iYlKfJO_OjC7VEoibtbzw7afDhfHahvAlOa6rEZ4ijz704dW7piSXHV7wrGvKwGWLeWm6EiGIi0rKj46o90dO0TMRKsmikwhqvkieoBoSD7Q_Oy0_/w640-h496/fullsizeoutput_3aef.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> Most of our work continues to focus on fund-raising. We have applied for 7 grants. We rec'd one, did not receive two, and are waiting to hear about the other four.</span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> In the mean time we are beginning to reach out to the G'ville</span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">business community to see who will help us create a terrific new event for our city. Speaking of, the City of G may change its mind about giving us some help. If they do, we will know in a month.</span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> Treasurer's report- We have rec'd four donations from individuals</span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">and one homeowner's association totaling $800. The city's redevelopment agency gave us a $2500 grant which means we'll get </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"></span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">that $ in January. We have spent around $100 on flyers, $250 for</span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXEs5jk-KstmPVizJcQbwSK3pAqwC3U5DS86GfgVQ1qG_KL6ZrwUt_hsi_2eQe7bps8RpffsjcKz2hkg1Y6JqJcmCYSkIwbVKziEBFt5UKZdnnQj0obGiAyIz7ngTJMiZaS21pSs9IwmwlIpgw40kJQ1BT-vrrzFDNGL6d7j6LMSZ4ZxfnFYmynq7X8hdV/s3340/fullsizeoutput_382a.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2569" data-original-width="3340" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXEs5jk-KstmPVizJcQbwSK3pAqwC3U5DS86GfgVQ1qG_KL6ZrwUt_hsi_2eQe7bps8RpffsjcKz2hkg1Y6JqJcmCYSkIwbVKziEBFt5UKZdnnQj0obGiAyIz7ngTJMiZaS21pSs9IwmwlIpgw40kJQ1BT-vrrzFDNGL6d7j6LMSZ4ZxfnFYmynq7X8hdV/w200-h154/fullsizeoutput_382a.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">a traffic engineer's fee and $22 to convert kitty litter containers in to aerial oinkers.<br /></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzVKQIHBoDoh2SHpMpdkCfHhg27iBVHVbOqHCQpyPNMKj0Yg92fIQOXooVP6kVhDVyAQ-1-LlYEjClehrfy5wX0ikzaYr3ldmamPTGaH626wQoTpSYqV7Wkl7I8_kHj8qbp02uByeyqPcHBE92_TlQD0oGzbiUi7op5T8ts40m4kgWm_isP1z2kUe6Q3dj/s3371/fullsizeoutput_3ad0.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3371" data-original-width="2646" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzVKQIHBoDoh2SHpMpdkCfHhg27iBVHVbOqHCQpyPNMKj0Yg92fIQOXooVP6kVhDVyAQ-1-LlYEjClehrfy5wX0ikzaYr3ldmamPTGaH626wQoTpSYqV7Wkl7I8_kHj8qbp02uByeyqPcHBE92_TlQD0oGzbiUi7op5T8ts40m4kgWm_isP1z2kUe6Q3dj/s320/fullsizeoutput_3ad0.jpeg" width="251" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michael and Carol's garden pig<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> We have $428 in our account, $2500 expected in January, and need to raise another $9000.</span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> We hope to cover this with grants, donations, and a Go-Fund-Me campaign (Savannah volunteered to head that project). </span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> A new member of our crewe, Mark Newman, is well-known as the</span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">former co-owner of Leonardo's 706 restaurant. The talented businessman/chef has offered to put together a fund-raising dinner at his beautiful home on Hogtown Creek. </span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">More on that later.</span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> While Hutch was not at the meeting, he let me know our parade would greatly benefit by having a large flying pig balloon. We're looking into that. While Shirley Lasseter could not be there either, she gave me glow-in-the </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdBndfmOcfJ7u0UOHIwc3NZE0NoEgEsAfR0G2n39U2HVtlhGmgGyYjC8-huQjrAQSUjhTnofF5beSLjEjaRYpUWojw2c_N7IBDlG5rYrKaFpN4_dIi8jlphGTiXlMPv87JXfI6FacFWw3Q8jSLZvBw7Pk-njm8eSr2cLfAA6U48h3J8EW3aHENwKf5xQvz/s3514/fullsizeoutput_3afb.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2766" data-original-width="3514" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdBndfmOcfJ7u0UOHIwc3NZE0NoEgEsAfR0G2n39U2HVtlhGmgGyYjC8-huQjrAQSUjhTnofF5beSLjEjaRYpUWojw2c_N7IBDlG5rYrKaFpN4_dIi8jlphGTiXlMPv87JXfI6FacFWw3Q8jSLZvBw7Pk-njm8eSr2cLfAA6U48h3J8EW3aHENwKf5xQvz/s320/fullsizeoutput_3afb.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">dark pigs to pass out. Much appreciated they were.</span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> We kicked around a few parade ideas like having UF faculty members marching with their mouths taped shut and having our governor wrestle Micky Mouse (or Kamela Harris...or both) in the procession.</span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> Hopefully the funding part will soon end and we can concentrate on making the world's first flying Pig parade the greatest event ever.</span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Hangin' in there, <br /></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">-Glenn</span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdLt7RdKbF858BCSm5pqhI78Zr18l3PvHbjEm0BR9Ee8mEIf_mR8sXS40CDOvIkeSWN1coyxgOwC6GV7aUXy5pwQaYlHvK9Y8JQkKvfaL-TnCUm5YMNZqBeqSaxhyQE9VndJmqPLKPQTuEda2GynAW7qlNMQNVjI78UPK8iGc_v5hN2VWLvHjPcht4TLpk/s2908/fullsizeoutput_3ad3.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2908" data-original-width="2016" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdLt7RdKbF858BCSm5pqhI78Zr18l3PvHbjEm0BR9Ee8mEIf_mR8sXS40CDOvIkeSWN1coyxgOwC6GV7aUXy5pwQaYlHvK9Y8JQkKvfaL-TnCUm5YMNZqBeqSaxhyQE9VndJmqPLKPQTuEda2GynAW7qlNMQNVjI78UPK8iGc_v5hN2VWLvHjPcht4TLpk/w139-h200/fullsizeoutput_3ad3.jpeg" width="139" /></a></div></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p><br /></p>Glenn Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15362915360429603120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428534988922325676.post-76526662094674515602023-07-26T11:59:00.002-07:002023-07-27T05:24:31.002-07:00"UP THE CREEK"- A Few Stories from Gainesville's Rattlesnake Creek Neighborhood<p></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX8eqYYsPcXpZGG8_ENHs37-dS20f4NhydOCbPKudeyqki-mICAWzhLbquogekZc681fcj5IHvBCDezaRFGEjOcMO8hBqv-i7AKOqFNP67doVRCQlUkESNOniYn6VddKr7mD2hepi3Fm6jCvFcoVd-TcxcPQsTgotj5TE2KHEAznmtJj1WuvURsdjEhWkp/s4032/sD2yUASqRuuYseGxBRo9Ng.jpg" style="color: #990000; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">ii</a></div><span style="color: #990000;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">UP THE CREEK</span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;">An Occasional Neighborhood Newsletter- July, '23</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> Everyone's hiding from the heat this summer.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> I'm doing my best to poke around to see what's going on. The biggest news is the opening of Denise's barber shop.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5aAYssF7FbUg63awmkDXPrc3HVlqlwkym5XfHKOyQU_I77mfOB6g0pvrSFiVwbWYIByQLFyKU_u-WsSB7YsuomSy9sGcZKx_mI5-QOYqfOPY1VE73wjkFctVmzR76Qm_bOdYX23L6HgDpKLyp7JUPUP9LcLZiM_fsicwjoOTo604oqX87frI9q4cW0DVf/s1057/fullsizeoutput_3a70.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="187" data-original-width="1057" height="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5aAYssF7FbUg63awmkDXPrc3HVlqlwkym5XfHKOyQU_I77mfOB6g0pvrSFiVwbWYIByQLFyKU_u-WsSB7YsuomSy9sGcZKx_mI5-QOYqfOPY1VE73wjkFctVmzR76Qm_bOdYX23L6HgDpKLyp7JUPUP9LcLZiM_fsicwjoOTo604oqX87frI9q4cW0DVf/w640-h114/fullsizeoutput_3a70.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> While the outside looks a bit funky the inside is clean and pleasant. Here I am posing with,</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">"Larry", the gentlemen who</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb5JUzgVIqttk7mDeJRG-vUnAp00E7U7H-bnSnjb27Evku_z9N9SuCFADBr2GhQXEF90kNiR-3Q-KfaiKGBi5P2japqo3sSdZUkhR9SgfKNGN4ot6x6hWrIFgIoL07XQhr9znC9bK6HWM807vTj21NlUT-H7f7Gx_hbGHy9tJzigZT7hGePPIzO-ZK9J6d/s2706/fullsizeoutput_3a6f.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2209" data-original-width="2706" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb5JUzgVIqttk7mDeJRG-vUnAp00E7U7H-bnSnjb27Evku_z9N9SuCFADBr2GhQXEF90kNiR-3Q-KfaiKGBi5P2japqo3sSdZUkhR9SgfKNGN4ot6x6hWrIFgIoL07XQhr9znC9bK6HWM807vTj21NlUT-H7f7Gx_hbGHy9tJzigZT7hGePPIzO-ZK9J6d/w400-h326/fullsizeoutput_3a6f.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> keeps the place lookin' good. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> Its gotten great reviews online One says, "Denise has a pretty face and she knows how to cut hair". I'm sure its worth a trip to Melrose.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: #990000;">HOUSING</span> continues to be a major problem in every American city. It's the homeless, unaffordable rent and home prices, and </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjocxodFcYUoa8piDEDJDXUbnetsp-phyS_r3bRW9YnYZuHqVbnk82VxbZl8OEvL1CKycSJhspzmjwD5xPZzsxZMlhwSNQb0MeFeB82rnGxcfRBSn14446vYUJBfpKrMt3eAa1i5mcUky7q2j7TotNvqCmx4ObBNbT-s3ViCinAVtkA18FlWAe8oz0UoPa7/s1005/fullsizeoutput_3a96.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="1005" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjocxodFcYUoa8piDEDJDXUbnetsp-phyS_r3bRW9YnYZuHqVbnk82VxbZl8OEvL1CKycSJhspzmjwD5xPZzsxZMlhwSNQb0MeFeB82rnGxcfRBSn14446vYUJBfpKrMt3eAa1i5mcUky7q2j7TotNvqCmx4ObBNbT-s3ViCinAVtkA18FlWAe8oz0UoPa7/s320/fullsizeoutput_3a96.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br />so much more. Looking for answers, "<span style="color: #990000;">Gainesville Neighborhood Voices</span>" has formed a group to comes up with solutions. We had our first roundtable discussion last month. We'll have another in a few weeks.<br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Isn't <span style="color: #990000;">RING PARK</span> special? <span style="color: #990000;">Our creeks</span>, like the one there, are one of our city's greatest assets. The <span style="color: #990000;">Alachua Conservation Trust</span> has a subcommittee working to preserve all of our city's greenways (the flood zone land next our creeks). Much of it is forested land on private property. We are trying to get the City to use the $8 million in its tree mitigation fund to purchase land next to the creeks. This will preserve these properties for future generations.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzAMwwf7B_f1aXUqg2nZGfwmp2Cn2aLTC9d1lJO3XkIfIRINqCwDWFPPgEEx8ft7TRaG3NC_MQejELm_z9oLp7-_Go4OiOL1dtwKRU2IEVXU9SFAVpVlYvDTKKRIMFOfwrNHKXovZ88eXOvmqKx31R7OS_2pDAvbFakAMlx6AicpqSA_x-dy_HVtj1JYrO/s2962/fullsizeoutput_3a4a.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2620" data-original-width="2962" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzAMwwf7B_f1aXUqg2nZGfwmp2Cn2aLTC9d1lJO3XkIfIRINqCwDWFPPgEEx8ft7TRaG3NC_MQejELm_z9oLp7-_Go4OiOL1dtwKRU2IEVXU9SFAVpVlYvDTKKRIMFOfwrNHKXovZ88eXOvmqKx31R7OS_2pDAvbFakAMlx6AicpqSA_x-dy_HVtj1JYrO/w200-h177/fullsizeoutput_3a4a.jpeg" width="200" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> Want <span style="color: #990000;">PRETTY PLANTS</span>? We love our front porch coleus's because they're bright as flowers all the time. The cuttings grow easily. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> Its time to trim them back. If you want any let us know.<br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0h3PxL5U_E7GbYMlXtmMJwB-jmN0qXskohSYfcHMN7vM9Xo0JR19ouNJjt9jZtbaVEhapsQyNQayuAadUJBOnDUPvkWOR_ED0bijDUXyfGLoNkNo_3Ve7lYBvwZ50V-Yo4C3JUmhrSwiAMwYiWpj0lOl_hD0Gnrecq_rfhdGC1KmfRQxtEjFiYNIbyES3/s4032/fullsizeoutput_3a76.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0h3PxL5U_E7GbYMlXtmMJwB-jmN0qXskohSYfcHMN7vM9Xo0JR19ouNJjt9jZtbaVEhapsQyNQayuAadUJBOnDUPvkWOR_ED0bijDUXyfGLoNkNo_3Ve7lYBvwZ50V-Yo4C3JUmhrSwiAMwYiWpj0lOl_hD0Gnrecq_rfhdGC1KmfRQxtEjFiYNIbyES3/s320/fullsizeoutput_3a76.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">LONELY?</span> Get a dog. I was driving by the county's dog pound and decided to stop last week. I checked out the homeless pooches. 70% are pit bulls and most of them seem,mmm, quite angry. For $50 you can get a pit or, one of these sweethearts.<br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgozUNJv3eKUsckPs059TdABB-JEKVzBlduHFEYEWEPJmZawFjfBWZXH3oQzcrkfT-oRDrNejGfjA17F4ryfH6Q_QgT4dPcIitTaLpWAjJLzQj2stggq4er20k5Hfjj13lByDIPdeI2oGS8s3NuSL1_aqfbpoE_2IpZvBiukwlT0lvoA7SrI59AYG7Y9vl0/s3695/fullsizeoutput_3a74.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2558" data-original-width="3695" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgozUNJv3eKUsckPs059TdABB-JEKVzBlduHFEYEWEPJmZawFjfBWZXH3oQzcrkfT-oRDrNejGfjA17F4ryfH6Q_QgT4dPcIitTaLpWAjJLzQj2stggq4er20k5Hfjj13lByDIPdeI2oGS8s3NuSL1_aqfbpoE_2IpZvBiukwlT0lvoA7SrI59AYG7Y9vl0/s320/fullsizeoutput_3a74.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">When you pass by the sad-eyed orphans you wants to take them all home. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I did see one, "Freddy", get adopted by a happy couple. I took a picture of them getting their picture taken.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Freddy and his new family had much to celebrate, including this month's Big Event,<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">the <span style="color: #cc0000;">FOURTH OF JULY</span>. It rolled by without too much fanfair in Gainesville. It had the usual "Let's Roast in the </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeSikb3C7EUhGwy2ZH15QzPkQ8vPzrYV3BVNzahFtbWYb0Gl2-d8bpfOxPwXQBFlppPLksaaGovq9TV5nqYjg6jg9QIda1TyR8-h3JMCY97xOD9dt_8tLA8XEQylubexpDKYMl-HSD66KgZCBPzTJz-2sMrwct8RP6jmxbnreB3RdBbkSyBC_bj-Wi5gQh/s4032/fullsizeoutput_39f6.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeSikb3C7EUhGwy2ZH15QzPkQ8vPzrYV3BVNzahFtbWYb0Gl2-d8bpfOxPwXQBFlppPLksaaGovq9TV5nqYjg6jg9QIda1TyR8-h3JMCY97xOD9dt_8tLA8XEQylubexpDKYMl-HSD66KgZCBPzTJz-2sMrwct8RP6jmxbnreB3RdBbkSyBC_bj-Wi5gQh/s320/fullsizeoutput_39f6.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;">Sun Concert" on campus, followed by fireworks.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> Micanopy had its charming parade (why doesn't G'ville have one too?). <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> After the parades are over what do you do on a</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">HOT DAY IN GAINESVILLE </span>?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> You can sit in the shade by Rattlesnake Creek. If you'd like to cool off <i>and</i> get a skin disease you can lay down in its cool, flowing </span><span style="font-size: large;">water produced by street run off. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlViUI2CkTun0DKwIBq4jf3Av2tysXoya-YcgjxkCqFddoM1fOL7Zg1-Tqhk-Bsbex98JWrANnQyhBgVg8-TtGnvM--QGD6VDsvLHuH08NAE00E4H1ZSImLOxwIJrRS2iuw7qx-F9mn-d7-NfzIvyrh4CfyV6QSnlzPSrpE8eUHWHWv0ipf20_jljF2IHb/s4032/mi2n8RxcRPS8JBG0BrUpHw.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlViUI2CkTun0DKwIBq4jf3Av2tysXoya-YcgjxkCqFddoM1fOL7Zg1-Tqhk-Bsbex98JWrANnQyhBgVg8-TtGnvM--QGD6VDsvLHuH08NAE00E4H1ZSImLOxwIJrRS2iuw7qx-F9mn-d7-NfzIvyrh4CfyV6QSnlzPSrpE8eUHWHWv0ipf20_jljF2IHb/s320/mi2n8RxcRPS8JBG0BrUpHw.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">If you'd like your water clean you can take a dip one of our springs, or, in the new pool at Westside Park. It cost just four bucks (half that if you're hair has lost its color).</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjghkemVLX61E4E8hGZYeTJudJ2R-stNUh1G8sQCOxnBHloCro1HMvBB-FZNmkLrzuG2wpD9N-LV0EvxMBoOI7aGMjrUeARSL9kLpfvzPNBCvplx4E59L1DVT4vmkoQeUAcISKo59Jf1JrW_0tdnmgw41v6OWUhJXWGJbF9dl_5OS0WrCYJ3srcI-rr-cH/s3877/fullsizeoutput_3a91.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2569" data-original-width="3877" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjghkemVLX61E4E8hGZYeTJudJ2R-stNUh1G8sQCOxnBHloCro1HMvBB-FZNmkLrzuG2wpD9N-LV0EvxMBoOI7aGMjrUeARSL9kLpfvzPNBCvplx4E59L1DVT4vmkoQeUAcISKo59Jf1JrW_0tdnmgw41v6OWUhJXWGJbF9dl_5OS0WrCYJ3srcI-rr-cH/w400-h265/fullsizeoutput_3a91.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Drinking cold beer and listening to live music at <span style="color: #990000;">Satchel's Pizza</span> works for me. When I visited last Saturday night Satch himself was holding court. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> We discussed one of his long-time projects, the restaurant's "Faces of Man" mosaic. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgabAd7H5xBK-Cmw2Bllxsw8JP-HkXR-w3BDiw5KdJM89d5o7lJW4J2U9Y_L3sNLbU4luZ_TqEpJ7EGgqhbfixbmZ8_A0aDS7kwqeTZhrNMn0FZw0pGHVqBRIQr262NhCOYMLdm6lt6ounzgnotjqVG_gFQx7sn5u702RF2VbSvqJdPUSDfuE-xWLZnNzG3/s3582/fullsizeoutput_3a8d.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3582" data-original-width="2093" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgabAd7H5xBK-Cmw2Bllxsw8JP-HkXR-w3BDiw5KdJM89d5o7lJW4J2U9Y_L3sNLbU4luZ_TqEpJ7EGgqhbfixbmZ8_A0aDS7kwqeTZhrNMn0FZw0pGHVqBRIQr262NhCOYMLdm6lt6ounzgnotjqVG_gFQx7sn5u702RF2VbSvqJdPUSDfuE-xWLZnNzG3/w374-h640/fullsizeoutput_3a8d.jpeg" width="374" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">He made it all, including the </span><span style="font-size: large;">tile pieces, himself. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> Like Satchels, our many museums are also air-conditioned. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span>We go to the<span style="color: #990000;"> Harn Art Museum</span> on Thursday nights because it has an incredible collection, it often has live music, and, (did I already mention this?) it is air-conditioned.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> They also have "The Camelia Cafe" on the lower level. We had dinner there. Its a simple soup, sandwich, & salad kind of place</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnol8oRBHOCgxlZ57WLdkEuPQU6EJBqJBy0mfOGOFUzgdHhtDV2ucmgg5ImEHu42MqAZSd4XJOB_jS1nPjiYaR_TdeoidDAyd_X2e88ztC-FgFpX4KOzieCFBTY-gTxW7hZmTyjiybycqjh28oipdx8Am3d_yjgDOn_2dUUjKiV6c1PQGrFV3tuHbsNgGJ/s6747/fullsizeoutput_3a61.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3616" data-original-width="6747" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnol8oRBHOCgxlZ57WLdkEuPQU6EJBqJBy0mfOGOFUzgdHhtDV2ucmgg5ImEHu42MqAZSd4XJOB_jS1nPjiYaR_TdeoidDAyd_X2e88ztC-FgFpX4KOzieCFBTY-gTxW7hZmTyjiybycqjh28oipdx8Am3d_yjgDOn_2dUUjKiV6c1PQGrFV3tuHbsNgGJ/w400-h215/fullsizeoutput_3a61.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">with a view of the sculpture garden outside.<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzX46PyQnLSU6Ct0IOVrjEszLk9vy4YS5VedHAIte73f7stYwQH2x3NMPY1jwTcXvqSx1Dumql_1A1c5HcLuB8ZkMtbWa1wWNL5gVIcHZjMZsMYePVT_ff4i4QtXnfNcOWx8ZcECAKKScCOKAfe8cPEDoPUhpH6TJAS-VNbnYLdt70_j-m5OcNGBSVtJUB/s4032/fullsizeoutput_3a60.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2757" data-original-width="4032" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzX46PyQnLSU6Ct0IOVrjEszLk9vy4YS5VedHAIte73f7stYwQH2x3NMPY1jwTcXvqSx1Dumql_1A1c5HcLuB8ZkMtbWa1wWNL5gVIcHZjMZsMYePVT_ff4i4QtXnfNcOWx8ZcECAKKScCOKAfe8cPEDoPUhpH6TJAS-VNbnYLdt70_j-m5OcNGBSVtJUB/w400-h274/fullsizeoutput_3a60.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> The museum's current exhibits include an outstanding grouping of <span style="color: #990000;">Jerry Uelsmann</span>'s photography and their latest show, </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">"Under the Spell of the Palm Tree", the <span style="color: #990000;">Rice Collection of Cuban Art</span>.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrE-e-zvyKLhokTMJbdlCmf33CuOWI6XXjm52pcnf3C-e0wIJUhPTxhTnkzJ6xEMKAdGCh_jUxZZZP-nb0ed-qX_XkK8d2zpj8_6DcFXWu_Zg5HfDrVm1P8ouUUKKTkmG_Gd1YuGYu42alEzivOWcqf8j9IGGJu7p0rMP4teV7ogogGeroTApqbZjvh6W8/s4032/gpFDmewTQcKPxWNwBQ9VEQ.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrE-e-zvyKLhokTMJbdlCmf33CuOWI6XXjm52pcnf3C-e0wIJUhPTxhTnkzJ6xEMKAdGCh_jUxZZZP-nb0ed-qX_XkK8d2zpj8_6DcFXWu_Zg5HfDrVm1P8ouUUKKTkmG_Gd1YuGYu42alEzivOWcqf8j9IGGJu7p0rMP4teV7ogogGeroTApqbZjvh6W8/w640-h480/gpFDmewTQcKPxWNwBQ9VEQ.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;">One could spend many Thursday nights there taking it all in.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> One of my favorite pieces is sculpture parked out front, "Everyone Wanted to Fly".</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5aTgrSKB5BJ7BS6MvKnptI8_C9uSrlpBmdjhgM4UlISf7Cnu1qTTU56JqPF9nlb_NH3VWM_Pp0lFxAQPfJ5Sp2Xo90Xcp48Gud_lB_vbAQm8prGZrzCI2E1fA9Ej7ginujoYj2wIAiFl9OfY8W-q35I7Q9Ri0p30S7Dap4WOzggrobPy3YsqNCglJB8eQ/s3821/fullsizeoutput_3a68.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2172" data-original-width="3821" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5aTgrSKB5BJ7BS6MvKnptI8_C9uSrlpBmdjhgM4UlISf7Cnu1qTTU56JqPF9nlb_NH3VWM_Pp0lFxAQPfJ5Sp2Xo90Xcp48Gud_lB_vbAQm8prGZrzCI2E1fA9Ej7ginujoYj2wIAiFl9OfY8W-q35I7Q9Ri0p30S7Dap4WOzggrobPy3YsqNCglJB8eQ/w640-h364/fullsizeoutput_3a68.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"> This is a new kind of hybrid, a 1953 Chrysler New Yorker with a 326 c.i. Spitfire Straight 8 under the hood paired with four GE B-47 turbojets suspended under the wings.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> Unfortunately no one is allowed to fly it or even sit inside. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> Satchel's has its own airplane. Its not a hybrid but at least they let you sit in the cockpit to enjoy dinner. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZjfqcC2CidbfUcwhXN8tbwryR12onyouOaGH-XHcZJOnnqOr4AO_1HCRbKxu5jjxSch4o5ldo21EXRSZIYIABPFjEj7EbCPcWLz3-_hw3qxHgWNQcb8UYCiwjGL3SqKMBO9EmorwZLDwH2yKXgpYvWBn0BVcSdEvj-eLC0GnMz7ZEOwOhzFPW7tjkwb87/s5152/IMG_1438.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZjfqcC2CidbfUcwhXN8tbwryR12onyouOaGH-XHcZJOnnqOr4AO_1HCRbKxu5jjxSch4o5ldo21EXRSZIYIABPFjEj7EbCPcWLz3-_hw3qxHgWNQcb8UYCiwjGL3SqKMBO9EmorwZLDwH2yKXgpYvWBn0BVcSdEvj-eLC0GnMz7ZEOwOhzFPW7tjkwb87/w200-h150/IMG_1438.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;">Neighbors Tina and Ward drove their Big White Guppy camper van to New England to escape the heat.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> While Ward flew off to Taiwan to do one of his architectural performance pieces, "<span style="color: #990000;">The Islands</span>",<br /></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMKf2UvaeBpuRUuWeOa1M4GEPCDLJC7QpYlo3SNQhDXDvLl8HCLuvmG98yeLX91HNDA0a1kNP-6nNTlu3nTEhsmO9fW2rGV4dx-cpj1iWiQgatw7mlM0Y6m_mXejPw5nS_uNto3G33eTckPl-gvbNDJugiM_7DFRYNsCiuiZHne9W1fIbIzUGLjj0WgnBQ/s2663/fullsizeoutput_3a12.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1964" data-original-width="2663" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMKf2UvaeBpuRUuWeOa1M4GEPCDLJC7QpYlo3SNQhDXDvLl8HCLuvmG98yeLX91HNDA0a1kNP-6nNTlu3nTEhsmO9fW2rGV4dx-cpj1iWiQgatw7mlM0Y6m_mXejPw5nS_uNto3G33eTckPl-gvbNDJugiM_7DFRYNsCiuiZHne9W1fIbIzUGLjj0WgnBQ/w400-h295/fullsizeoutput_3a12.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Islands<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Tina traveled to Vermont to try to talk her friend, Bernie, into running for President again.</span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFpTedQ8-oYLf_f5lxS2pUdhuUM05ifqvdPZpbKOzBhg-jaXsf8OzeDtlfhmTwwnbrD3UpoFhS74lBE4rEewO2WBl4GW9TVHwuUWVRHMMYri2dDFqGu5IRx930eaMARCf-1NjlvJnLfCEspSQljS7P7UoTS3qeFvciRuCW3wRdEtUGF-ZXkVW272TtwY3z/s3089/fullsizeoutput_3a0f.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3089" data-original-width="2521" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFpTedQ8-oYLf_f5lxS2pUdhuUM05ifqvdPZpbKOzBhg-jaXsf8OzeDtlfhmTwwnbrD3UpoFhS74lBE4rEewO2WBl4GW9TVHwuUWVRHMMYri2dDFqGu5IRx930eaMARCf-1NjlvJnLfCEspSQljS7P7UoTS3qeFvciRuCW3wRdEtUGF-ZXkVW272TtwY3z/s320/fullsizeoutput_3a0f.jpeg" width="261" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tina meeting Bernie at a Fourth event<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> It amazes me that terrific events come to town that few people know about. In the old days, when we had real newspapers and people reading them, this would be less likely to happen.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih3PvtSFsa-Gmyyg9oBMsK36wgPQEG89r9cSuNyrtha57I_nxyh2VTjSR55zG6CzLoSQQhITfdBXTtZs-msYHIx3w09_vmoiLRJUyIAurUXqbQqn1R8Ff_fGpkaPlqcup64W65oaJKAoN8A-bxS7aVye53ZUX3CUj00_BdCDIZSLQuHcoF4J_bywP_KjOy/s1901/fullsizeoutput_3a8c.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1148" data-original-width="1901" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih3PvtSFsa-Gmyyg9oBMsK36wgPQEG89r9cSuNyrtha57I_nxyh2VTjSR55zG6CzLoSQQhITfdBXTtZs-msYHIx3w09_vmoiLRJUyIAurUXqbQqn1R8Ff_fGpkaPlqcup64W65oaJKAoN8A-bxS7aVye53ZUX3CUj00_BdCDIZSLQuHcoF4J_bywP_KjOy/s320/fullsizeoutput_3a8c.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> Five days ago a dramatic performance, "<span style="color: #990000;">Black Like He</span>", was staged at the Phillips Center. Eight men acted out different vignettes that flowed together incorporating dialog with music, dance and song. Each part related to the challenges of being a black man in America. </span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyAi5aArcicEv7NUZUeXgRDytUov11zJYA-2jgXj7Gqz1xui8tzzQfT-Lb8PTLnKdyXaU8O-312N686j5kZGXwTZ-FjE_Dw0OYUCkk8N2sqkZCO5_p6Ye-zTcw2tuN4sxRRyPkf_jn0iAhrVY1IEnH1z8BCS0xhD_vOc6b6Ei7cVxuof9D0Wmv_GyNQrHD/s1173/fullsizeoutput_3a81.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1173" data-original-width="1088" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyAi5aArcicEv7NUZUeXgRDytUov11zJYA-2jgXj7Gqz1xui8tzzQfT-Lb8PTLnKdyXaU8O-312N686j5kZGXwTZ-FjE_Dw0OYUCkk8N2sqkZCO5_p6Ye-zTcw2tuN4sxRRyPkf_jn0iAhrVY1IEnH1z8BCS0xhD_vOc6b6Ei7cVxuof9D0Wmv_GyNQrHD/s320/fullsizeoutput_3a81.jpeg" width="297" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cast and crew after the show <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">My wife and I both thought, "This is an amazing show. We're so lucky to be among the few who knew about it. Sponsored by the UF Arts in Medicine program, admission was free. On top of all that, the entire building was air-conditioned!<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> In this loony world, where we are bombarded with dorky commercials, it can be hard to learn about the good stuff.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> Bats are good. They fertilize plants, eat insects, and inspire certain super heroes to do great things. But it is hard to hear them.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfbMSCVm6e03tQDWgTVrHF7kqXQYOIASG1wy662hlcq_MJCZSmbOj5IXqchUvu8GwkQKH-An2SjHACxns1EhEeEz_slWIovnoODnJsFfAkB0A8X1FNCDrYNoPO2_vxX7mOR2H_yAzffXk0VfabX-1AgGPz6bn7Bu0gbqiocePLheQjrVvKKvA_WGO3sZPK/s2957/fullsizeoutput_3a71.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2691" data-original-width="2957" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfbMSCVm6e03tQDWgTVrHF7kqXQYOIASG1wy662hlcq_MJCZSmbOj5IXqchUvu8GwkQKH-An2SjHACxns1EhEeEz_slWIovnoODnJsFfAkB0A8X1FNCDrYNoPO2_vxX7mOR2H_yAzffXk0VfabX-1AgGPz6bn7Bu0gbqiocePLheQjrVvKKvA_WGO3sZPK/w400-h364/fullsizeoutput_3a71.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For moment we forgot it was hot.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"> That all changed when our friend, Phil, came to visit Sunday night. He had a <span style="color: #990000;">bat chirp amplification device</span>. After the sun went down (and the temp dipped below 90) we ventured outside to watch bats take over the Gainesville sky. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> Gradually, when it was almost dark, we not only saw them but <i>heard </i>their clicks as the flitted madly about.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">After a few minutes someone<i> </i>noticed that our yard was not air-conditioned. "Yikes!" we exclaimed as we scurried back inside to bright lights and artificial cool.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> If you made it this far, thanks. Quite a slog wasn't it? If you're in G'ville July 27th, come meet us at Art Night at the Harn. There will be great art, live music, and most important of all, air-conditioning!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> ___________<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Glenn Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15362915360429603120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428534988922325676.post-72915099067595343142023-07-18T13:09:00.000-07:002023-07-18T13:09:38.082-07:00MAYBE PIGS CAN FLY<p> <span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> It's happening. This airborne oinker thing is taking off. Since we started planing December's Flying Pig Parade I'm seeing more and more of those winged critters.</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> Last Sunday I was at an event that including a</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfZhFDJl4tEj-TJsdwnXV38TDvWFhGd76jQUVtFuLM2VbAObNdvLi0Vi8LWWq0P7k_DR_J32RiPtoID26zwspKKXFk82KkJo-stD50Y8KLZds0aDK0nMLIyMhRyWCu2QUbtPMmQ7Mkqcpp-36JC_2XhdZEUbsmwk6q8udhIc6Oq3EUu1UTAZQcEwjG0aI0/s3467/fullsizeoutput_3a4e.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3467" data-original-width="2630" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfZhFDJl4tEj-TJsdwnXV38TDvWFhGd76jQUVtFuLM2VbAObNdvLi0Vi8LWWq0P7k_DR_J32RiPtoID26zwspKKXFk82KkJo-stD50Y8KLZds0aDK0nMLIyMhRyWCu2QUbtPMmQ7Mkqcpp-36JC_2XhdZEUbsmwk6q8udhIc6Oq3EUu1UTAZQcEwjG0aI0/s320/fullsizeoutput_3a4e.jpeg" width="243" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> reading of "Maybe", a book by Kobi Yamada and illustrated by Gabriella Barouch. It's about the thoughts of a young girl. There's little pet pig by her side.</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> She wonders about everything one can do and everything that one can be.</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFqGK5MZOoziap4GAmooL0DZaAh3NqsZ-JnqIV_lEio09RpbVhNdKIscmPmlEkKDMaJBbqickuf9030t_uZvuwvHRmujB82lyiIY3FnIJjo-kcNMPscBduFkf0PDFOGUcw1iLxGkaeuGR89jxEqggk9tp-BX_U8NYUR6d3i27v7tFB2WM-lKzvZ_zzrLBe/s4002/fullsizeoutput_3a52.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4002" data-original-width="2954" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFqGK5MZOoziap4GAmooL0DZaAh3NqsZ-JnqIV_lEio09RpbVhNdKIscmPmlEkKDMaJBbqickuf9030t_uZvuwvHRmujB82lyiIY3FnIJjo-kcNMPscBduFkf0PDFOGUcw1iLxGkaeuGR89jxEqggk9tp-BX_U8NYUR6d3i27v7tFB2WM-lKzvZ_zzrLBe/w295-h400/fullsizeoutput_3a52.jpeg" width="295" /></a></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">"You are the only you that has ever been or ever will be. "</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0YKkh6j1DqRplaccd1GjyOUMu3aDFyobNLEVQW--gQ4pV1I2ZPgXLllZ9yJwwsA48BAVEdrsCHAmbQCSbj2kWb2y7fWjp6STOlNfH_derlCTYy_8WrRHnsg6z_TwrKMGp0K7fqOtFC3_OZz7RtQinqpm_nLLsj1miAAh57AYw4Qcequ8D7kjQ7S3y5QhK/s3892/fullsizeoutput_3a56.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3892" data-original-width="2849" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0YKkh6j1DqRplaccd1GjyOUMu3aDFyobNLEVQW--gQ4pV1I2ZPgXLllZ9yJwwsA48BAVEdrsCHAmbQCSbj2kWb2y7fWjp6STOlNfH_derlCTYy_8WrRHnsg6z_TwrKMGp0K7fqOtFC3_OZz7RtQinqpm_nLLsj1miAAh57AYw4Qcequ8D7kjQ7S3y5QhK/w293-h400/fullsizeoutput_3a56.jpeg" width="293" /></a></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">"Maybe you will invent something that no one has ever seen before."</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTHGvD-ejbL1tNHLJeCBFcbeMebxSKXjZ1YX6qODtMip6_Gk1rH43iFxYUa88QaVBQchFniligRkRYpUbBgK3LzlMKlep92AmBtG8slN5rr7BQngJunnldtjgzpc62k_W12m8ID8ZSCm7UqU46Vuf8xrFCRJH4InF3-o1dGd0fIPw5mypiikHRkG5KPrLp/s3607/fullsizeoutput_3a55.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3607" data-original-width="2806" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTHGvD-ejbL1tNHLJeCBFcbeMebxSKXjZ1YX6qODtMip6_Gk1rH43iFxYUa88QaVBQchFniligRkRYpUbBgK3LzlMKlep92AmBtG8slN5rr7BQngJunnldtjgzpc62k_W12m8ID8ZSCm7UqU46Vuf8xrFCRJH4InF3-o1dGd0fIPw5mypiikHRkG5KPrLp/w311-h400/fullsizeoutput_3a55.jpeg" width="311" /></a></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">Your life is yours. </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">Try as many things as you can try. See as much as you can see.<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCf9BJXWt_SaHHxE2JYC1liAsVqKyu-ULjt9w0xsr9pBUrKfPFpWjlkuSLyxjL50kumaSCiqkCLqH_AvCG0e5dIOXujHjG-9kCFWbjZnmXGvAYF7S_uQxLzIyGJYnCnI_IllvMrbAFF6tX-KGRkXFeitCX-j3MRhAyGLw74b0TdEKqztTqvn0MlxA1O73f/s4029/fullsizeoutput_3a53.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4029" data-original-width="2997" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCf9BJXWt_SaHHxE2JYC1liAsVqKyu-ULjt9w0xsr9pBUrKfPFpWjlkuSLyxjL50kumaSCiqkCLqH_AvCG0e5dIOXujHjG-9kCFWbjZnmXGvAYF7S_uQxLzIyGJYnCnI_IllvMrbAFF6tX-KGRkXFeitCX-j3MRhAyGLw74b0TdEKqztTqvn0MlxA1O73f/w298-h400/fullsizeoutput_3a53.jpeg" width="298" /></a></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">Maybe you will help others to see the beauty in each day.<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwgtDy6Kg_f_laHHYl94su9FA2M84j9rpszC0bweHXGtxRP-HTOTIXQCQG5PQA_8YlOwr-L6psRaRsj_3b3qdYGULfThXwRmgaJQ0AuoG_I82QqCAjLamKGT1czFt189EOE8qRgaQrIgBO1CvoVBlXHOwc4LKm4TaPNZuyzDybELHj0y_djO0UKK4OoKvz/s3585/fullsizeoutput_3a4f.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3585" data-original-width="2536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwgtDy6Kg_f_laHHYl94su9FA2M84j9rpszC0bweHXGtxRP-HTOTIXQCQG5PQA_8YlOwr-L6psRaRsj_3b3qdYGULfThXwRmgaJQ0AuoG_I82QqCAjLamKGT1czFt189EOE8qRgaQrIgBO1CvoVBlXHOwc4LKm4TaPNZuyzDybELHj0y_djO0UKK4OoKvz/w452-h640/fullsizeoutput_3a4f.jpeg" width="452" /></a></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">or speak up for those who<br /> can't speak for themselves.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> The book reminds us of all of the magical, unbounded potential we hold inside. </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqURmDKac9RO9uvIf3xaeTu4q7udFQjtW1xy_u5se_s5wXtB4omuacLQti-rfc1tQGYQ29sgYrrGGkAu9XYwgK_uel8vWS4Zgx8-4_Aj10ABhDov5-CiKyqS1KO_uoxk6lbW4b3ZB2KItysOypEJe_QYFFkCtnKlaYZZiz1gUqNkvjg0b3aPOkb1Hqd0GQ/s3079/fullsizeoutput_3a58.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2943" data-original-width="3079" height="383" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqURmDKac9RO9uvIf3xaeTu4q7udFQjtW1xy_u5se_s5wXtB4omuacLQti-rfc1tQGYQ29sgYrrGGkAu9XYwgK_uel8vWS4Zgx8-4_Aj10ABhDov5-CiKyqS1KO_uoxk6lbW4b3ZB2KItysOypEJe_QYFFkCtnKlaYZZiz1gUqNkvjg0b3aPOkb1Hqd0GQ/w400-h383/fullsizeoutput_3a58.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">And of course, at the end, the little pink pet reaches her potential as she takes to the sky.<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> <br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYy84gGVhJWnKYz1iUiRdIGl9NEiWb5ab7ZZ2guhIFULstJIhsARH4HBHUemy4Rwa0R3u_56pAdqYRVRwklNAOR4Y8phZRByj2aJAzx9lKrEV8rWBUnVXYtHSFLoMU54nrCFlE3XCbXJN0RvbUQPBeEpPNOmncCPBaR9IUl5yE2Rd3kj4aG1ORUwDcVN1h/s4032/S9ZTXR7ATCqVxW4hLSqP3Q.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYy84gGVhJWnKYz1iUiRdIGl9NEiWb5ab7ZZ2guhIFULstJIhsARH4HBHUemy4Rwa0R3u_56pAdqYRVRwklNAOR4Y8phZRByj2aJAzx9lKrEV8rWBUnVXYtHSFLoMU54nrCFlE3XCbXJN0RvbUQPBeEpPNOmncCPBaR9IUl5yE2Rd3kj4aG1ORUwDcVN1h/w640-h480/S9ZTXR7ATCqVxW4hLSqP3Q.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> _______________<br /></span><p></p>Glenn Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15362915360429603120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428534988922325676.post-14276030637884339612023-07-18T11:30:00.002-07:002023-07-18T11:30:18.009-07:00THE TREES ARE FREAKIN' OUT!<p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> It's ridiculous how men try to prove their worth by arm wrestling, engaging in war, and even in pissing contests. Any chance I had in the last one ended when my prostate gland started expanding years ago.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> A Miami urologist explained, "It's restricting the flow of your urine and will only get worse." When worse meant getting up to pee four times a night I knew things had to change. </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw6vco9-IunwPTvIVBqEnK02qbU7XcKwEwO40E6DEiBiiOsW3BaVmkHpawYIKpGnQ-ICojmxsDoIle5u3f0NmdQhKWjW9YQYrsUdk9BTrXYPgudNW3HWLeqTU5oWbG05Rzay-RszCKsz4c0NGOtkkhsnGUyW3L6ht5cC4JdDxJfrgO6inFsBcvOK6uB0Oj/s2933/fullsizeoutput_3a3c.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2597" data-original-width="2933" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw6vco9-IunwPTvIVBqEnK02qbU7XcKwEwO40E6DEiBiiOsW3BaVmkHpawYIKpGnQ-ICojmxsDoIle5u3f0NmdQhKWjW9YQYrsUdk9BTrXYPgudNW3HWLeqTU5oWbG05Rzay-RszCKsz4c0NGOtkkhsnGUyW3L6ht5cC4JdDxJfrgO6inFsBcvOK6uB0Oj/w200-h177/fullsizeoutput_3a3c.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> Last week I underwent an operation to reduce the size of my prostate. It will allow me to whiz like a normal guy again. <br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> I'm glad I did. It went well. </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> As silly as it sounds, it's thrilling to be able to hit a tree four-feet away once more. For a moment it's as if I have found a small part of my lost youth.<br /></span><br /></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> It'll take a while to recover. I can't ride a bike for a month. In the mean time I made a thank-you card for my surgeon. It reads,<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKLpG2adTeMHTr7axbRijOL0odteIDLnNTEf3PdtpyNFv8qEubpf98_VQvUaOGdjHbdae3AxVAYHaGE4MoIT5kpiIZD1fywY5EfBWMon1XEfcf-FOwYpBlIhIPCeVJUyEp5X7zgwlwmluliwfcTO1CoyjrssJ6AmlVZhootM8q4A26RjqlQrXTOKT6FJAW/s3816/fullsizeoutput_3a43.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3816" data-original-width="2646" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKLpG2adTeMHTr7axbRijOL0odteIDLnNTEf3PdtpyNFv8qEubpf98_VQvUaOGdjHbdae3AxVAYHaGE4MoIT5kpiIZD1fywY5EfBWMon1XEfcf-FOwYpBlIhIPCeVJUyEp5X7zgwlwmluliwfcTO1CoyjrssJ6AmlVZhootM8q4A26RjqlQrXTOKT6FJAW/w444-h640/fullsizeoutput_3a43.jpeg" width="444" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKx9nFaUAaZIhTMX5eXJDtz3J83cBI9QoWqM7e0GoGtRDSarFRffqx35eXZR8FpOxaGWX3NZlIvw7PsWNIuDcAigkVfWuE0vMWI_i0vxLTCb-5jxjEYnTBvbIJTkqSyWmjq9Vppm-ZG3lzGpHeoqVSEGkD0uu1SfltEhnCT9NLjKAsCdAbQfFoW4cYgoQP/s3584/fullsizeoutput_3a44.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3584" data-original-width="2184" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKx9nFaUAaZIhTMX5eXJDtz3J83cBI9QoWqM7e0GoGtRDSarFRffqx35eXZR8FpOxaGWX3NZlIvw7PsWNIuDcAigkVfWuE0vMWI_i0vxLTCb-5jxjEYnTBvbIJTkqSyWmjq9Vppm-ZG3lzGpHeoqVSEGkD0uu1SfltEhnCT9NLjKAsCdAbQfFoW4cYgoQP/w390-h640/fullsizeoutput_3a44.jpeg" width="390" /></a></div><br /> </span><br /><p></p>Glenn Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15362915360429603120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428534988922325676.post-25120668631736500152023-07-04T10:59:00.000-07:002023-07-04T10:59:07.027-07:00SUMMER FUN- PART ONE<p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> Our camper van was spending too much time in the driveway. Last month we took it north to enjoy friends, family and cool mountain air. Our first stop was the faux-alpine village of Helen, Georgia. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7CMIJDbgeC_Z_jn2fSl1B4lwJcLy9egV4QcSXYVtvoH8vFdnJOevMWlJmLeJqK1k6fKR7z01snB5zRGv5o-8W6FxnNXPsDn0BgQN78-tqny6mte2y98hMT_unMI_fKxmV87WdPaqe_gXhHbl7XRs_S6oT5XMIsF1KmBse9hiYJ96csZdKltyrJCNKY8oo/s1999/fullsizeoutput_39e7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1999" data-original-width="1497" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7CMIJDbgeC_Z_jn2fSl1B4lwJcLy9egV4QcSXYVtvoH8vFdnJOevMWlJmLeJqK1k6fKR7z01snB5zRGv5o-8W6FxnNXPsDn0BgQN78-tqny6mte2y98hMT_unMI_fKxmV87WdPaqe_gXhHbl7XRs_S6oT5XMIsF1KmBse9hiYJ96csZdKltyrJCNKY8oo/w480-h640/fullsizeoutput_39e7.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><br />It was like Micky Mouse in lederhosen. </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">What was even stranger was the red gypsy wagon we rented nearby. <br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYL71gbKvde_8WqU1V7UG46Mz-0-2WNHbCY69Sx2dRmbCBM2HLynWf3znmu3n07FNr1hnhXFe_BLzUQdSBRG5uIcZ-xoCLcqtBx4OJkQm548xY5c95gIRruZgS4I9uI5H_zMcOc0bYtrz_hdbxqJROGHmeYjElG6rWd8jf_kGv1pdKDEBoQlDUk5BdWnbr/s3874/fullsizeoutput_3845.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3011" data-original-width="3874" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYL71gbKvde_8WqU1V7UG46Mz-0-2WNHbCY69Sx2dRmbCBM2HLynWf3znmu3n07FNr1hnhXFe_BLzUQdSBRG5uIcZ-xoCLcqtBx4OJkQm548xY5c95gIRruZgS4I9uI5H_zMcOc0bYtrz_hdbxqJROGHmeYjElG6rWd8jf_kGv1pdKDEBoQlDUk5BdWnbr/s320/fullsizeoutput_3845.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><br /> With no campsites available we reserved what seemed to be something more spacious than our Toyota van. We soon learned it was smaller, had torn sheets, and smelled like dirty laundry. The van suited us just fine that night.<br /><br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieinVUwo-QQ6ECsk8NxCHetFpgfoUa-1Vtu5xDoSdFxKEHGtlwjR7n7vWajGIJ6z_byMlrzcAQ3l6TCDUTYmP29YD_TrBWXcFOSPwXNTxzA3mHoQRo4IPptnIUCy4hRMimP3Lr07d_GlE7GmzHfD8CUMFA9aWNt6tIsAl0iFaHIF1O5EijxUt3VQDky9Q6/s3927/fullsizeoutput_3847.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3927" data-original-width="2945" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieinVUwo-QQ6ECsk8NxCHetFpgfoUa-1Vtu5xDoSdFxKEHGtlwjR7n7vWajGIJ6z_byMlrzcAQ3l6TCDUTYmP29YD_TrBWXcFOSPwXNTxzA3mHoQRo4IPptnIUCy4hRMimP3Lr07d_GlE7GmzHfD8CUMFA9aWNt6tIsAl0iFaHIF1O5EijxUt3VQDky9Q6/w150-h200/fullsizeoutput_3847.jpeg" width="150" /></a></div><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">Camping in North Carolina's Cataloochee Valley is always extraordinary. Since elk were re-introduced a few years ago, it is not uncommon to have these </span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"></span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">600-pounders lumbering past the campground.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirMk8WwWo7ZUROwkOOTc77nat5FFTbA8SjjjM0NML0fDggF6jTcwE1E0IQ2EHKXAtNehelF7glPOgTdrT8MDJYbD2QzUpmarjEKzLIWT-9ObGzdXLOAs3IeUJEqw87tuUnVjUTse6-DdlenafhplGy3YpnyM6YJBgUgC3NNhBJEs6zIa9NWyQWnQoqYInx/s4032/AOVlJIzESdix6%25RmbIOR0g.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirMk8WwWo7ZUROwkOOTc77nat5FFTbA8SjjjM0NML0fDggF6jTcwE1E0IQ2EHKXAtNehelF7glPOgTdrT8MDJYbD2QzUpmarjEKzLIWT-9ObGzdXLOAs3IeUJEqw87tuUnVjUTse6-DdlenafhplGy3YpnyM6YJBgUgC3NNhBJEs6zIa9NWyQWnQoqYInx/s320/AOVlJIzESdix6%25RmbIOR0g.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> Stranger than Germanic Mickeyland was the Jeff Mathews Museum in Galax, Va. </span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> This is a personal project, a life-long collection of one man and his friends. </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">They started with arrowheads and when they had too many, they began turning them into weird "Indian art". </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyA85H98qaunhkMQ0Rp3r5vi9gSIg3IouQbDUWJi_-T6fPWMbzbXRODWYGl0Da6maX-TLeKILdXKDRcOn1Dq9c10SRqVvPK0bReIoPMx_tQWrwBYD5lnKQUCjejNbteT7GrpiBHlwAK18hH6UgqVqxzE9wme2Z5CJcF95Q3JlmiOPw2okZfc35Glyn4qm3/s4032/py9eK9w0QCa0fYG93HGQhg.jpg" style="clear: left; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgov8zRX8gx4W98R5mw9IBIQHSq-kQoZIo59-r1MbKR_jgu8_8ytL-zCSco5lfCm8Yka87Di6u20M8fMVGZyNkyfUqfLKHXaMSI8OSXzKB-ojgKcdKd_Z-ZXtCr6M4ljWGK5GoPf-roxlSuYYo62VX7xvogUEErdYqEmdFxwde1PLjhUWtEalhFEJIpPwSq/w640-h480/YhV+5Ix9QPKn+%25LZKsr6Pg.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clovis Jackson and his award-winning arrowhead mosaic<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq-9LUyVH1nUFP6MlrVHCh5agRMRgfEF7Rw1g6mSAoDFsjZD-OFtPF_EolQLsTc0zZkNkHuWUlTyFx0Gd5WwczZuY0Dk5-csdonRBp3cT4BG0H-vGVa6hwVJ-IqX8ksU6m42TBiYp7RknYNonXkRW9PLFnYr7CRxfaWLcNTvPBiXYcwbu95J7UB2L6R6IE/s4032/fullsizeoutput_3886.jpeg" style="clear: left; 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Glenn Cox scraped those bothersome lymph nodes out of his patient's throats, </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">next to,<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">a display of assembled plastic movie monsters.</span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqegBorOsPbktGSvzD06A4IUSUmm5Pk1LuOb9SACWMobi0tonjBy-sqkNHtC2tJf4DFnRgDFOHCseuF3rQKctyS7zfLFioJ5td_K6cTcu_juDvtO2UymRtcqkbPugqqX9YFsQnHBlzw6PPrgVse2SuQ81z1j1aKWahc4P6VfdvsxtXfC67PA4kAen0rr8F/s7866/fullsizeoutput_3893.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: large;"> <br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">Nearby was what was said to be the city's first electric hair curler machine. </span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">And not far from that,</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXkf7vOHmal4MRD7w9oRKqek0bTrSjKrERWsiCbPI5m-u8bVpg_5aNdESKlnKs3cORMT8l9yPZUv3THFruP1RFrrAWBj0aT4k1GjEDBObfVWCRM5WesL9kuRY7-PszvFiVPA_nCaWXTkOu4vZovYJQ_MQJgqCrizuv50XarU3ini3aByDO383t-7WVmJQ0/s4032/fullsizeoutput_388e.jpeg" style="clear: left; 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font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">The museum founders took great pride in the killing exotic animals for display.<br /></span></p><p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIuTwabthwoMvY7t8aLQ27rhDlO-WQ922_9UFKoQqVLv1M8mFC41o5Hytfp3MMOLMfGntHrsIKoQlfZbcoOHlXUjvNAHh26BbpAb5dX6ydXwgTKaTftq6_htxD9ueu8WCiWpnn93qhCZITf5U0Y_Gu9BOx-KUisjI2wRSHevHtDviKTXcJVOUgfs-01FuP/s4032/fullsizeoutput_3897.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIuTwabthwoMvY7t8aLQ27rhDlO-WQ922_9UFKoQqVLv1M8mFC41o5Hytfp3MMOLMfGntHrsIKoQlfZbcoOHlXUjvNAHh26BbpAb5dX6ydXwgTKaTftq6_htxD9ueu8WCiWpnn93qhCZITf5U0Y_Gu9BOx-KUisjI2wRSHevHtDviKTXcJVOUgfs-01FuP/w480-h640/fullsizeoutput_3897.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"One of the world's largest mounted Kodiak bears" the sign said.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy9_EgtIk0IAJVw1vQVPVZlBoJtfDNyknMxuJQy4tMhVhGFYfBsAIOy7pIbgpmmfpUOo9Cn5FxwmgQ8yVsN8-5YgcFoYidh4AFNVgfKaZET1LFGMUwQw95mXyhT8O7pjxQ5X1tArVAhQF2JBAy16ddo780aW-ICk6r02eisf8STqY3QPApscfxE8EuZ3Ri/s3746/fullsizeoutput_389c.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2809" data-original-width="3746" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy9_EgtIk0IAJVw1vQVPVZlBoJtfDNyknMxuJQy4tMhVhGFYfBsAIOy7pIbgpmmfpUOo9Cn5FxwmgQ8yVsN8-5YgcFoYidh4AFNVgfKaZET1LFGMUwQw95mXyhT8O7pjxQ5X1tArVAhQF2JBAy16ddo780aW-ICk6r02eisf8STqY3QPApscfxE8EuZ3Ri/w640-h480/fullsizeoutput_389c.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Many people donated photos of their ancestors to the musuem's Civil War display<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; 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font-size: large;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">While there were over 500,000 enslaved people living in Virginia at </span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqB30pbKgoGwiaSv9zSJyuQq_BNivcbNmZxgMIR4DpN6oN4GXOQ0332Ak45gS-vCGiQAU_U11BYhxDyHJZBJKLpxH-K3j3geTEUKhyJ4ynaQ5mNA5DZk6_DEXTJXME-GwsPCL7-suwJqqqQAllojlzJ9sUlb7-S67nzvpqHGSQDviuOMIT2umkPeCszGfI/s4032/tdb90XCfQEWw%25QI0oRPURQ.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqB30pbKgoGwiaSv9zSJyuQq_BNivcbNmZxgMIR4DpN6oN4GXOQ0332Ak45gS-vCGiQAU_U11BYhxDyHJZBJKLpxH-K3j3geTEUKhyJ4ynaQ5mNA5DZk6_DEXTJXME-GwsPCL7-suwJqqqQAllojlzJ9sUlb7-S67nzvpqHGSQDviuOMIT2umkPeCszGfI/s320/tdb90XCfQEWw%25QI0oRPURQ.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">the time of the Civil War (and the black population is three times that now) there is no mention of them in the Jeff Mathews Museum. The closest thing to it are two carvings of Congolese warriors purchased on an African hunting trip.<br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPh6Dsn4HurZJNkGGrZxL2Wuq5muZKOPStut3Mt3bj8EUrt9JlJdaQVVeqw3CqmnHdmLXCilvqjxijilxL5y5hG9Gb0PTUjRvZjiTHhlcRINtduskNGLbAZfwxMCNlVnVStGujuuQmJMC3vEpIWjaG0unB6vGf8wFCWSSVt1XQE1iJ3GnPfu3JplA1GXMF/s4032/lFOicGetSYWC7QSftwosAg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPh6Dsn4HurZJNkGGrZxL2Wuq5muZKOPStut3Mt3bj8EUrt9JlJdaQVVeqw3CqmnHdmLXCilvqjxijilxL5y5hG9Gb0PTUjRvZjiTHhlcRINtduskNGLbAZfwxMCNlVnVStGujuuQmJMC3vEpIWjaG0unB6vGf8wFCWSSVt1XQE1iJ3GnPfu3JplA1GXMF/w640-h480/lFOicGetSYWC7QSftwosAg.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><br /><br /> Many Virginians have fought in wars since then. One of them, World War II, came to an end when an American B-29 dropped an atom bomb on Hiroshima.</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> You can see the bombing that won the war in the lower level on the Jeff Mathews Museum. <br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> <br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg__tczwlOxK__usyJ0GXzNIFxDoZPtMGbdg1S6GQQhUxpPNc3r3W-O80yXIfXzKp19BSxrylmVvBhzj1wCACmGcyAGNhJy_prHo5oPcSLuujxE4Zw9tSE79jd9LupgUboNdSRynTilWkXjAgVz4GbzHAAPHdxYzj_0s2sl9n_J91gPG0znHgSB8HWuzKmc/s4032/fullsizeoutput_3890.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg__tczwlOxK__usyJ0GXzNIFxDoZPtMGbdg1S6GQQhUxpPNc3r3W-O80yXIfXzKp19BSxrylmVvBhzj1wCACmGcyAGNhJy_prHo5oPcSLuujxE4Zw9tSE79jd9LupgUboNdSRynTilWkXjAgVz4GbzHAAPHdxYzj_0s2sl9n_J91gPG0znHgSB8HWuzKmc/w640-h480/fullsizeoutput_3890.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> Less momentous is the dashing black car that won the city's<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgidJp6te_JWZpWIV-_t0q9DnRSZgrXjCo_OHO1FSELym5-6M1FERP9XBSgFA4C7dS82-q9WgR_5Ut3Xt-i1ZllL-UqF_S_CE__J6MRyY-g_4otMoxo7AykqeE2-nisvw77IrW-TFYO0O5fg3FCBeu30ClMz-TXqTe-u052NThBbcyx6VL0zCRRkcwdA7jN/s4032/%25O18MXs2RZahhmwoqe1TmQ.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgidJp6te_JWZpWIV-_t0q9DnRSZgrXjCo_OHO1FSELym5-6M1FERP9XBSgFA4C7dS82-q9WgR_5Ut3Xt-i1ZllL-UqF_S_CE__J6MRyY-g_4otMoxo7AykqeE2-nisvw77IrW-TFYO0O5fg3FCBeu30ClMz-TXqTe-u052NThBbcyx6VL0zCRRkcwdA7jN/s320/%25O18MXs2RZahhmwoqe1TmQ.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">soap box derby back in 1952. </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">History was made again 27 years later when Galax's Kylene Barker was crowned Miss America.</span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXuUPV5_5z4RBKsgJeYpZaaEHLUDMjy0Nn1MgLdnHR3eyBkiVzp9cxSjTn8RqW3HPHdwJQBZ9wTt4Jq2NhimFPbEHbTKtH4P9Z8gW4cu9UiakrARFDlpyx5s0iWJCMK-6ZHo7Ga6t0yo_TC1MP7N6kFaiZeXbMldlKXY0gDXZ6wClmIlQd0HZKkeB-sQAd/s4032/%25apTKkicTCSWOTd7HVGTuw.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXuUPV5_5z4RBKsgJeYpZaaEHLUDMjy0Nn1MgLdnHR3eyBkiVzp9cxSjTn8RqW3HPHdwJQBZ9wTt4Jq2NhimFPbEHbTKtH4P9Z8gW4cu9UiakrARFDlpyx5s0iWJCMK-6ZHo7Ga6t0yo_TC1MP7N6kFaiZeXbMldlKXY0gDXZ6wClmIlQd0HZKkeB-sQAd/w480-h640/%25apTKkicTCSWOTd7HVGTuw.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">This corner is devoted to her remarkable achievement.</span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">I met her dad once, the only person who has ever told me, "Y'know, my daughter was Miss America".</span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">I was impressed and being single at the time, asked if she was too.</span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">Dad let me know she was married to some fella she'd met in Nassau. <br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> A little bragging goes a long way in Galax, Va. The legend of Talmadge Jones may go on forever just because he donated his little green wagon to the Jeff Mathews Museum.<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKTpjMOMeslkngtrFp48tuIdyDsa-G66pXaV8SWsRFkFj89OzvUDtzgx0T1E-ofJTCSZ4kOMxeXCTQ16OqvqZpBbg12NeOmhijDQ02SxLAn1DvZXrb9DcCG5upTYm1HURQQsCbsDdTpN2yTU91lsYoqR83aA7NiAjeiu77nCV0RgtvCn9P9aMY3f0uNjpR/s4032/32CfY2fMQX+70IZawPCK%25A.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKTpjMOMeslkngtrFp48tuIdyDsa-G66pXaV8SWsRFkFj89OzvUDtzgx0T1E-ofJTCSZ4kOMxeXCTQ16OqvqZpBbg12NeOmhijDQ02SxLAn1DvZXrb9DcCG5upTYm1HURQQsCbsDdTpN2yTU91lsYoqR83aA7NiAjeiu77nCV0RgtvCn9P9aMY3f0uNjpR/w640-h480/32CfY2fMQX+70IZawPCK%25A.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> You can visit this marvelous collection Wednesdays through Saturdays, 11 and 4 p.m. Admission is free and donations, happily accepted.</span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> After visiting Jeff's museum we headed home with visions of Miss America, painful tonsillectomies, and Johnny Reb ("ten times tougher than any Yankee") dancing in our heads..</span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">Thankfully, they did not dance long, I started thinking of creating my own museum. Would you come to it, "Glenn's Incredible Driftwood Collection"?</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga-xYoHDbFV8S6VSakZj596n0JBcenKH84POBEVIvRosRECp1qZeP0Dz_uAMFaCh_PEMW3fCAJBaLjaeKt2ZIRcKhygcC_uLUUzujYaDWA6Zei3nsg-Dwn8wG4OiZLBo6U3ASmtQrTempz-Z9m0Lk6-ehwq1N5VMghHCbl3Yf4np-MFOMOHx9sj0fhLI1T/s3169/fullsizeoutput_39e6.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2761" data-original-width="3169" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga-xYoHDbFV8S6VSakZj596n0JBcenKH84POBEVIvRosRECp1qZeP0Dz_uAMFaCh_PEMW3fCAJBaLjaeKt2ZIRcKhygcC_uLUUzujYaDWA6Zei3nsg-Dwn8wG4OiZLBo6U3ASmtQrTempz-Z9m0Lk6-ehwq1N5VMghHCbl3Yf4np-MFOMOHx9sj0fhLI1T/w640-h558/fullsizeoutput_39e6.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> _______________________________<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> <br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /></p>Glenn Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15362915360429603120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428534988922325676.post-27551351541344029012023-06-18T03:54:00.001-07:002023-06-18T03:54:51.159-07:00 NEIGHBORHOOD NEWSLETTER<p><br /></p><div class="ydp6520f6a4yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div id="ydp6520f6a4yiv4795563487"><div><div class="ydp6520f6a4yiv4795563487yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><b>UP THE CREEK, Florida Park's Summer Newsletter</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> -Glenn Terry</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b> </b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqWaZP3pPM3Hj3d54SuQr59Kqg7i8-Y-Xye7phCNiRO2fKL9ERi2Yuyk2bgRULUAdH9BNnaWXySHf_ShFR3KY0bKNboHRwRedL_DkDK5mgj38wwf9Chnmz95KV-B_QQP93FZ3lMswi1XLP12td8E77mdlp2_sdqcikYHVLR-77MlKtmUGw-Fnoc7tFXw/s4032/fullsizeoutput_38b5.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqWaZP3pPM3Hj3d54SuQr59Kqg7i8-Y-Xye7phCNiRO2fKL9ERi2Yuyk2bgRULUAdH9BNnaWXySHf_ShFR3KY0bKNboHRwRedL_DkDK5mgj38wwf9Chnmz95KV-B_QQP93FZ3lMswi1XLP12td8E77mdlp2_sdqcikYHVLR-77MlKtmUGw-Fnoc7tFXw/w300-h400/fullsizeoutput_38b5.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"> Welcome
to another perfect summer in Florida Park</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">, one of G-ville's coolest communities. A few weeks
ago we greeted new neighbors with a watermelon party. All of them live on our block.<br /></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> Terri </span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">and Tom bought the house behind us three months ago and are busy fixing it up. They are serious sailors who
spend half of the year aboard their Shannon 38 breezing around the Caribbean. This winter though, they'll probably still be creating the GNV abode. <br /></span></div></span></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> <br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> David and Ha bought two houses
west of us. They have been in Gainesville 20 years but wanted something
closer to town.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> Lisa bought the charming 2-1 on the corner next to them nine months ago. Extensive renovations seem non-stop there. Amazingly, she grew up in Coconut Grove next to the grandparents of her new neighbor, Ward.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">
A home designer, "Mila", purchased the distinctive Nicholson House
on the NW corner of 11th Ave and 20 Dr. over a year ago. The
re-building seems to never stop. It could go on for another
year.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>TOM ROCKED HERE</b> <br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Our former neighbor on 11th, Barbara Arnold, has</span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig1PXQZzENl0_D_2akH1kiq2dKZSdBywbWjffpJQ-UGaKKLIMb10CMJ5uXeNYh3Jwi79py41XNUau9Aq-A0yqgqJPdZJuSLaUR6xyIFugzvO_Dbg_rfNg0jv5wnohzwcgRPjwdyRHJT4GDM0NumuhxZyjFsQQts-vgOnSp6fFZ6kXuNFiJGodIXM5CiQ/s3995/fullsizeoutput_38b0.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2996" data-original-width="3995" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig1PXQZzENl0_D_2akH1kiq2dKZSdBywbWjffpJQ-UGaKKLIMb10CMJ5uXeNYh3Jwi79py41XNUau9Aq-A0yqgqJPdZJuSLaUR6xyIFugzvO_Dbg_rfNg0jv5wnohzwcgRPjwdyRHJT4GDM0NumuhxZyjFsQQts-vgOnSp6fFZ6kXuNFiJGodIXM5CiQ/s320/fullsizeoutput_38b0.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">purchased the classic, mid-century Tench House on NW 24th St. She had us over for
a tour. It was designed by Coconut Grove architect,
Alfred Browning Parker, in 1967. Benmont Tench, the keyboardist for Tom
Petty's band grew up</span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWl-1YzfUWstiyp0Fi7t77DXT1vdiwVRY8T8tSoCPyeK5s8CQVP9aPa_WR86cLa_HxjM8svJEhpJSdGxJu3OSr10qmygwdFmv2CDYQXwrDaiWGHPCw2cgnttQiTPY6wfcGD64lfZ0lX6A4Ft84HSEOrKQSWpaPVArxF8rUcHKB3r5o3yz8OZ2tpsZZ6g/s3918/fullsizeoutput_38ae.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2936" data-original-width="3918" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWl-1YzfUWstiyp0Fi7t77DXT1vdiwVRY8T8tSoCPyeK5s8CQVP9aPa_WR86cLa_HxjM8svJEhpJSdGxJu3OSr10qmygwdFmv2CDYQXwrDaiWGHPCw2cgnttQiTPY6wfcGD64lfZ0lX6A4Ft84HSEOrKQSWpaPVArxF8rUcHKB3r5o3yz8OZ2tpsZZ6g/s320/fullsizeoutput_38ae.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> there and it is said they recorded their first
album in the living room.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Our home-town rock legend
is now, "Dr. Tom". Mr. Petty was awarded an honorary doctorate of music
by the UF posthumously last spring. </span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc6hmBIyJruyaN383d5Bu4IjLXsuQpRuT6a62Gx0jc0Rw9eFmmCINB0TwJ6uP4pHBLLfrj56eprBqpoTQxNRrRqqXxhS3uHR-KiSbvWF-bm4twztLm4S9ogXqIDAXXe36sG_yoJULW-iBI2wPOOtuGjk1nFB3m3I3gNx-wcs8I6JnwTVbdlYRkvL5b3A/s3766/fullsizeoutput_3836.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1829" data-original-width="3766" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc6hmBIyJruyaN383d5Bu4IjLXsuQpRuT6a62Gx0jc0Rw9eFmmCINB0TwJ6uP4pHBLLfrj56eprBqpoTQxNRrRqqXxhS3uHR-KiSbvWF-bm4twztLm4S9ogXqIDAXXe36sG_yoJULW-iBI2wPOOtuGjk1nFB3m3I3gNx-wcs8I6JnwTVbdlYRkvL5b3A/w400-h194/fullsizeoutput_3836.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>BIG BOY LIVES!</b></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b> </b></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b> </b>Our
neighbor on NW 17th, Gaurav Lohiya is a talented architect.
He is employed at Walker </span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaoi3aC5-2SjAYcKwdiXQKTT3x21lTKBUTCCp0pB23joicaozG7D-UMkJS4pDiTckO2jnoU_bZ1JgvYEJb0lMbKwFRN-KQYauJlbM6_hcsZTOyEdmzqj95qTdIwfkV0nYrqsQRd_ok1yrWc0pUEHuTc928mYWYQJziuW4CgNHMh7Znz_0unKxzsFibPQ/s4032/R96LyxzgSra5A1kfo7FnUg.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaoi3aC5-2SjAYcKwdiXQKTT3x21lTKBUTCCp0pB23joicaozG7D-UMkJS4pDiTckO2jnoU_bZ1JgvYEJb0lMbKwFRN-KQYauJlbM6_hcsZTOyEdmzqj95qTdIwfkV0nYrqsQRd_ok1yrWc0pUEHuTc928mYWYQJziuW4CgNHMh7Znz_0unKxzsFibPQ/s320/R96LyxzgSra5A1kfo7FnUg.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Architects at the site of the former Bob's Big Boy Burger
Restaurant on NW 13th St. When I asked him recently, "What happened to
Bob and his cheeseburger, the statue that used to be out front?", he let
me know Bob was still smiling, re-located out back. Thank you, Gaurav!</span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSCUGbPjYvkfipYHs_1vNoRLcAyHqNqMFDKuhomqRTYtGoTQYfT05DmbrNZfEEeiEC1HOtl7K7nVBuQy21PjTUZR892x51hlt20bjUlQAyLOeU0XUSvYTbCWYaWF_4jKjA7CPZbxMyK7GK04zT2USUgG67uQLcDrH9Z3gjYQGbz8pMUbxjWf-3Etuktw/s4032/KZbMVSZHQBO+Z2bkgTn+jw.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSCUGbPjYvkfipYHs_1vNoRLcAyHqNqMFDKuhomqRTYtGoTQYfT05DmbrNZfEEeiEC1HOtl7K7nVBuQy21PjTUZR892x51hlt20bjUlQAyLOeU0XUSvYTbCWYaWF_4jKjA7CPZbxMyK7GK04zT2USUgG67uQLcDrH9Z3gjYQGbz8pMUbxjWf-3Etuktw/s320/KZbMVSZHQBO+Z2bkgTn+jw.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>???<br /></b></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">What's
with the ice cream shop on 13th and 16th Ave.? "Sweet Dreams" moved
there 15 months ago and it still doesn't have a sign out front. It's gotta be the only store that lacks one. <br /></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Maybe its really a speak easy and their ice cream flavors include moonshine and absinthe!<br /></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Our
neighbors on 14 Ave., Dan and Brenda, returned from their 9-month
sabbatical in Denmark. Dan confirmed that they had a terrific time. Perhaps
we can make Gainesville more like Copenhagen. We can put a Little Mermaid statue by Lake Alice and turn Rattlesnake Woods into a Tivoli Gardens.<br /></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">11th
Avenue artist, Ward Shelley, took off for Taiwan two days ago. He will
the spending a month there creating an architectural performance piece.
He has promised to tell us all about it on stage at the Limestone Theater this fall. It is conveniently located in my front yard.</span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>CREEK CLEAN-UP</b></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> A couple of months ago we rallied the neighbors to</span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">clean Rattlesnake Creek (photo below). Walking in the cool, shallow </span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">water with tall trees all around amazes. Walking a creek is one of the most wondrous things you can do in Florida Park. </span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> I met with the county subcommittee that helps protect our creek green-ways two weeks ago. They have been working for years to acquire more land adjacent to our creeks. I reminded them that some of it is for sale in Florida Park.<br /></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9pKRMnCKIQwLkTjsGO4jZxsh18KCXEXWqrgsByUIIVYm-nAPrQL4zH4-l114AULAdanlsTuU_PULf5gPWFkb5BKrdBLXc8Z4owsDGv5q3hhpalhx_YKEhPPMZnMTH4lmHBP2dRZ8Xrntg8fpB2LRWExbYODqE5sMrWSTf2vGPSCWtBenpZYA8O7o-CA/s3496/fullsizeoutput_36f7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2622" data-original-width="3496" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9pKRMnCKIQwLkTjsGO4jZxsh18KCXEXWqrgsByUIIVYm-nAPrQL4zH4-l114AULAdanlsTuU_PULf5gPWFkb5BKrdBLXc8Z4owsDGv5q3hhpalhx_YKEhPPMZnMTH4lmHBP2dRZ8Xrntg8fpB2LRWExbYODqE5sMrWSTf2vGPSCWtBenpZYA8O7o-CA/w400-h300/fullsizeoutput_36f7.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>BIKE ACCIDENT<br /></b></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">How often do you get a phone call saying, "I need some help. I got run over by a truck". I got such a call from a neighbor, two months ago. </span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">My friend was riding his bike on a sidewalk when an oil truck emerged from a driveway. It dragged him (underneath) down the street and fractured a few bones. He also lost a lot of skin but he's healing, recovering to the point where he's riding a bike once more. The lesson, he says, is "drivers should look both ways when entering a roadway".</span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>UPNA</b></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Our
University Park Neighborhood Association keeps doing all kinds of
good things. We are trying to have noise ordinances enforced, new parks
created, and</span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL04qo25NsuGja0u2UNkVq_v_MTu9I74C6UCVeuGtwI_oraqcKngoJ08lgKhea-a1zYaQnb8e3MQEH4jIR02uMh_35g8zD_oGOj_1UnIzSJHwjCxb_vFtnTiooBeWBigEQ1VGPFKIoXswpqr_rMuhL3THnYLsROvsgj57D1tubgjiqRBh4Do5jbo_yoA/s3958/fullsizeoutput_3668.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3958" data-original-width="2968" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL04qo25NsuGja0u2UNkVq_v_MTu9I74C6UCVeuGtwI_oraqcKngoJ08lgKhea-a1zYaQnb8e3MQEH4jIR02uMh_35g8zD_oGOj_1UnIzSJHwjCxb_vFtnTiooBeWBigEQ1VGPFKIoXswpqr_rMuhL3THnYLsROvsgj57D1tubgjiqRBh4Do5jbo_yoA/w480-h640/fullsizeoutput_3668.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> meeting with city commissioners to come up with new ideas
to resolve our city's housing problems.</span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Would
you be interested in serving on our board? I have been on it for three
years now and it is a pretty interesting bunch. Contact me if you're
interested, bettermiami1@yahoo.com .</span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>DUMP TOUR</b></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEWDg7XRQJ5fOdkA7S84XWwFju6Y5vqeeuflAlZzdBRGcjo41OZVk5kPq3-fjoPvvu6z5uKyiHzPx4n3OYh1Krxz4YQ4kfdCq30LhWLr94ZADp8mHWo1NGWNDpv2ucfHRLBne8OhyIAbhrNWHMQYefSjV-Uk87t2L61fBYlBpDcC_S7owj3oleJhKOCw/s4032/fullsizeoutput_3797.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEWDg7XRQJ5fOdkA7S84XWwFju6Y5vqeeuflAlZzdBRGcjo41OZVk5kPq3-fjoPvvu6z5uKyiHzPx4n3OYh1Krxz4YQ4kfdCq30LhWLr94ZADp8mHWo1NGWNDpv2ucfHRLBne8OhyIAbhrNWHMQYefSjV-Uk87t2L61fBYlBpDcC_S7owj3oleJhKOCw/s320/fullsizeoutput_3797.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> Fourteen of us had a transcendental experience at our county's dump/recycling center last April. We had a rollicking good time rolling along in the dump's "trash trolley". We went as a group but anyone can sign up for the weekly rides.</span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>ON THE WINGS OF PIGS<br /></b></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzXcxww-NnlY5MDJaMUW944v-jV3XCcF2LET2p9KQkwncVHMgUtpIJqXMeo6X2CJQkmAz7l3U9_TUfSPA1R0VxCf8mBad9BcOxgRUoT2JOizIV-78pf87xpUQ71Bx8VNBJ7RXOhsTFxp_ZbwAJMLd5yEOfNgQtXZjm2-f5v9P46OvPRWblIaD-4etkRw/s3494/fullsizeoutput_3729.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3494" data-original-width="2671" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzXcxww-NnlY5MDJaMUW944v-jV3XCcF2LET2p9KQkwncVHMgUtpIJqXMeo6X2CJQkmAz7l3U9_TUfSPA1R0VxCf8mBad9BcOxgRUoT2JOizIV-78pf87xpUQ71Bx8VNBJ7RXOhsTFxp_ZbwAJMLd5yEOfNgQtXZjm2-f5v9P46OvPRWblIaD-4etkRw/s320/fullsizeoutput_3729.jpeg" width="245" /></a></div></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We're busy trying to raise $10,000 so we can put The Flying Pig Parade on the streets of Gainesville
December 30th. We have monthly meetings and are busy applying for a
number of grants. The City usually helps pay for parades but they're low on funds this year.</span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Our neighborhood Halloween parade is coming up
on Tuesday, October 31. That costs next to nothin'!</span><span style="color: #990000; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> (Below, the wonderful people who are creating our new parade).<br /></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZR_rKYtX6t_ncKorf895j2RMULTJWUaSh7fBuZUOV7OZBMNa8ECmB_MfMy75MavI0cptPQBoYsZtR65Byu7We2Oex2ji5-zYgllfca5P9O7xYkpwhu5-HBPiQfomKuCufjvVoCj4LEo9prUcfh0J48Yrao1eho_1Yfe3H0W5ke-rZrEoIzhJc_TUCpg/s640/thumbnail.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="640" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZR_rKYtX6t_ncKorf895j2RMULTJWUaSh7fBuZUOV7OZBMNa8ECmB_MfMy75MavI0cptPQBoYsZtR65Byu7We2Oex2ji5-zYgllfca5P9O7xYkpwhu5-HBPiQfomKuCufjvVoCj4LEo9prUcfh0J48Yrao1eho_1Yfe3H0W5ke-rZrEoIzhJc_TUCpg/w640-h482/thumbnail.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE DADS</b></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Here's
hoping you dads have a Happy Father's Day tomorrow. We are going to the
Father's Day concert at Heartwood, 5-8 p.m. Mike Boulware will
be introducing his new surf band, "The Green Room" and "Zee-R" a
Brazilian band that plays American rock'n roll will perform as well. Free admission and free beer (well, the first one) for those who have
experienced fatherhood. </span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> <br /></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Happily, I qualify,</span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Glenn<br /></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></div></div></div></div></div>Glenn Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15362915360429603120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428534988922325676.post-83288999159962031062023-04-28T10:28:00.006-07:002023-05-07T16:44:04.970-07:00 THE LIFE OF PI<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #783f04;"> <br /></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgiCiiN1q-s-zjUf6xuvAHAhBq2uDY5zof5yGDnjPsgB0sQ4BtBaA1Cm9JSX0UF3TGxZalfFmICr2z5O-Bt-bi-w3XunhfxYMfm3YkSI3j1PmjsMl4SLtwIRDU5rijJ5tN2Q3C7xxc81pOL0fWXD_zRkr8J4CE_nvtaqXI_uerRS8hZdKRs6j5yXn4_w/s2049/IMG_3008%205.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="2049" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgiCiiN1q-s-zjUf6xuvAHAhBq2uDY5zof5yGDnjPsgB0sQ4BtBaA1Cm9JSX0UF3TGxZalfFmICr2z5O-Bt-bi-w3XunhfxYMfm3YkSI3j1PmjsMl4SLtwIRDU5rijJ5tN2Q3C7xxc81pOL0fWXD_zRkr8J4CE_nvtaqXI_uerRS8hZdKRs6j5yXn4_w/w640-h640/IMG_3008%205.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <span style="color: #4c1130;">I never had an old dog before. When I grew up we had hounds like Willy, Waldo, Tippy, Peppy, Putney, and Zack. The list was long and their lives were short.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"> Back then dogs ran free. Usually they'd either run away or run into cars. I've had mutts to whippets but one dog I never had was an old one... until now.</span></p><p><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"><br /> "Pi" came to us as a surprise birthday gift. We </span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5WIFHuBrfZIO2N-LfIdZhOPnEyYbxksiQJ7PuNhS5YjEw9BhZCYpRuD5RMKBkD475qx_ijg6_rYv3vfQOPzHtNiYSbx-GdvOaA_c3gJQeCQcJU2yOzEuj3tjRN0J7YJdsDypT6TkmyYfc4K7miyPhDqBoTsyQLT-3i2iQ9y8FE1yoFvyg6pRuOEZnQA/s3943/fullsizeoutput_3822.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3943" data-original-width="2750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5WIFHuBrfZIO2N-LfIdZhOPnEyYbxksiQJ7PuNhS5YjEw9BhZCYpRuD5RMKBkD475qx_ijg6_rYv3vfQOPzHtNiYSbx-GdvOaA_c3gJQeCQcJU2yOzEuj3tjRN0J7YJdsDypT6TkmyYfc4K7miyPhDqBoTsyQLT-3i2iQ9y8FE1yoFvyg6pRuOEZnQA/w279-h400/fullsizeoutput_3822.jpeg" width="279" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;">had a small pond in our yard. The only thing I wanted was a fish. We went to a pet shop to get one and came home with a dog. </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"> We had no choice, the little brown terrier was caged in a temporary adoption center. Her deep, doleful eyes said, "take me home". </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggulaCGrGi_ee0Wn5PM1anB91V8MxAoGgDjgV1WAezsyB5p2aqQIbJb-TW4UYdHBOdq_HqtAJmLOJIzCZDf0dPX2z3xAAvyjxpwwSlhDFYyoAr8UjSkStcKpM1xHmrWBRN3ugf7RLx08qjneoYb8O0ir7slfesk-Vj-f9qxvg3-Gac09nFKPKQYM5QTQ/s2448/IMG_0106.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggulaCGrGi_ee0Wn5PM1anB91V8MxAoGgDjgV1WAezsyB5p2aqQIbJb-TW4UYdHBOdq_HqtAJmLOJIzCZDf0dPX2z3xAAvyjxpwwSlhDFYyoAr8UjSkStcKpM1xHmrWBRN3ugf7RLx08qjneoYb8O0ir7slfesk-Vj-f9qxvg3-Gac09nFKPKQYM5QTQ/s320/IMG_0106.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"> When I started writing this last month she was fourteen and spiraling down, the result of a brain tumor. <br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"> She left us last week -softly lapping ice cream on the back porch- as a compassionate vet led her through the gates of Heaven.</span></p><p><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHjyegb91q6fhJAwiBlOIMf-6_NnLJ5kI-Zv_yAqCFHEy58t4Mu6v3Zz-Hv383EXbWhlwmSwAw-BQ-ETI_P9YAgNLqFbYLyR3IvPnQHMsfcWD-BMVzfxOC1juKaJFqYoxA8JlcK4uPq-sqy0yCbttOrzZ7TzuvXX0cLLAEPnb8LC_q_n7HymgSSlZcaw/s2469/fullsizeoutput_379a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2421" data-original-width="2469" height="628" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHjyegb91q6fhJAwiBlOIMf-6_NnLJ5kI-Zv_yAqCFHEy58t4Mu6v3Zz-Hv383EXbWhlwmSwAw-BQ-ETI_P9YAgNLqFbYLyR3IvPnQHMsfcWD-BMVzfxOC1juKaJFqYoxA8JlcK4uPq-sqy0yCbttOrzZ7TzuvXX0cLLAEPnb8LC_q_n7HymgSSlZcaw/w640-h628/fullsizeoutput_379a.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"> Most everyone thinks their dog is "the best" and we were no different. Pi was so clever she named herself by imprinting the pi sign on her chest. She knew an incredible number of tricks (4) including "sit" and "shake". </span></p><p><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLNgPOaYJV4F1TSlxgqTSHmLM3Agx_QIGhDj7H8eGv8BWteYMqZnKQmIeQtliQHn61E-f8H0TgcKqAFih-tBDhoMbq0ur6o6hyCyE8vm9XKS5_gtehotYbp4NKkk4fSheCUxYLhgHzJ4q1nKv_9u6ytl9CbZfBCkyMoSQtjScF3N9p2o8Bc4TWeyyGRw/s1242/fullsizeoutput_3825.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1242" data-original-width="932" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLNgPOaYJV4F1TSlxgqTSHmLM3Agx_QIGhDj7H8eGv8BWteYMqZnKQmIeQtliQHn61E-f8H0TgcKqAFih-tBDhoMbq0ur6o6hyCyE8vm9XKS5_gtehotYbp4NKkk4fSheCUxYLhgHzJ4q1nKv_9u6ytl9CbZfBCkyMoSQtjScF3N9p2o8Bc4TWeyyGRw/s320/fullsizeoutput_3825.jpeg" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"> She loved to travel. Pi got to lick glaciers, admire buffalo and watch balooga whales frolicking in the St. Lawrence Seaway. <br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"> She even went to jail, impounded by the Canadian border police so our van could be thoroughly searched for </span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSBzUBZC4rdy6hK_ck2phX-oZM-MHq26NRV7wA8u7VH524eAhP3foZoxrlaY_8p5WUp2cOnQ--3nxFGfObf6J6IVQqsiWdzHBFEHU2J_ID6F5cY1r1373GQyLZLcVmiAvA0z1924eqVoDYDn5RpgtPmV5sTctjSNGsR9VxlggtmBUZO4zriA4uqcEdig/s2048/fullsizeoutput_3824.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSBzUBZC4rdy6hK_ck2phX-oZM-MHq26NRV7wA8u7VH524eAhP3foZoxrlaY_8p5WUp2cOnQ--3nxFGfObf6J6IVQqsiWdzHBFEHU2J_ID6F5cY1r1373GQyLZLcVmiAvA0z1924eqVoDYDn5RpgtPmV5sTctjSNGsR9VxlggtmBUZO4zriA4uqcEdig/s320/fullsizeoutput_3824.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Summering in southern Utah<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;">contraband (they found illegal fire wood).</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBLMbI5rqIBCFgU_PdR3CMCQXkdYBhdKK2m1ILpyLaZQ2LcjfbloXx_HUtsXJ62Lxk1VXvPFncjANNQ9-um7j63TkzHQHUNxk53JG-k9yUnAPAmYC9H5WmelsTnwx3HUAyKkDnYxkafwFwm-98KNTOI7BO4ikEot0ulq1XcFDXRfeHajP9XHqDyAMr9Q/s2049/IMG_4025%203.JPG" style="clear: left; color: #4c1130; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1537" data-original-width="2049" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBLMbI5rqIBCFgU_PdR3CMCQXkdYBhdKK2m1ILpyLaZQ2LcjfbloXx_HUtsXJ62Lxk1VXvPFncjANNQ9-um7j63TkzHQHUNxk53JG-k9yUnAPAmYC9H5WmelsTnwx3HUAyKkDnYxkafwFwm-98KNTOI7BO4ikEot0ulq1XcFDXRfeHajP9XHqDyAMr9Q/s320/IMG_4025%203.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dylan with his favorite <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"> As she was the one that stuck around, Pi was the dog our kids knew best. </span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;">Her gentle, outgoing personality allowed her to make friends easily.<br /></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"> Over the years much of her short chocolate fur turned grey much like the "fur" on my head. She and </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwSYfysBbJdz1vDh6gdai1Dngn6E5PdXc03gHUMIaMgo6jy4DDh9eYgqXny4aq9FngrJcUzvHmfafwr3EEabPvXxllM9XGGR6R4r0xmXFgKnjR9lbuyKDZb4cJnJpX7L5XDuY6MA9vqUBIa51i2g8d6cu45OyrEAPgeSBCEkYYG4i927iU8up9fTrsA/s320/IMG_8752(1).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwSYfysBbJdz1vDh6gdai1Dngn6E5PdXc03gHUMIaMgo6jy4DDh9eYgqXny4aq9FngrJcUzvHmfafwr3EEabPvXxllM9XGGR6R4r0xmXFgKnjR9lbuyKDZb4cJnJpX7L5XDuY6MA9vqUBIa51i2g8d6cu45OyrEAPgeSBCEkYYG4i927iU8up9fTrsA/w150-h200/IMG_8752(1).jpg" width="150" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;">I seemed to mirror each each other as the years rolled on.</span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlJvrOdkUuaMsGZfL0kEUHVcQb1e1sPYsXYsJMTjIz0cRRlnog2vc0TOIKQ7F8SE9hGWWUmJyKfSCKfg2NBdh93yJWYEyhe6Yb7iexoUdMjxCN3JyBQfC1OqeWYD3gb_oge3mhf2xKnRZ4ajlzd08a3-cyGOsJQQReW1LXmdtWwESl1f3NDxdIE68UtA/s4032/6YgvMlInT4mRt4uPbJaQ7g.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlJvrOdkUuaMsGZfL0kEUHVcQb1e1sPYsXYsJMTjIz0cRRlnog2vc0TOIKQ7F8SE9hGWWUmJyKfSCKfg2NBdh93yJWYEyhe6Yb7iexoUdMjxCN3JyBQfC1OqeWYD3gb_oge3mhf2xKnRZ4ajlzd08a3-cyGOsJQQReW1LXmdtWwESl1f3NDxdIE68UtA/s320/6YgvMlInT4mRt4uPbJaQ7g.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"> Francesca and I loved each step Pi took from puppy hood to the struggles in her declining years. </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"> She sleeps under our grapefruit tree now. We sit with her often. </span></p><p><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"> Left with our memories an added treat surprised us. As we packed her things Francesca picked up a throw rug, the one Pi slept on. She sniffed it and smiled. It was still strong with the scent of our little doggy. </span></p><p><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;">We may never wash it.<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"> It's one more memory of Pi, the best dog ever.<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKe_hb-GTOjY_1EjhOTN4zvGCA7VH7KP-zbKntH0h76PtK6i0eDuUlhkCB2PfK1vcolmjDN_zTe1vNizPSRfwMjtJgkkKraAL8WXfqsMufm6uOfQ8fO_pdFBOiXlg9O8oJgl-DdAVGRo2ie6xqv0DkD7V-XT6EB9Ep4qWfzM2BkMzSD_pswU0eFjtWEg/s960/fullsizeoutput_3826.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKe_hb-GTOjY_1EjhOTN4zvGCA7VH7KP-zbKntH0h76PtK6i0eDuUlhkCB2PfK1vcolmjDN_zTe1vNizPSRfwMjtJgkkKraAL8WXfqsMufm6uOfQ8fO_pdFBOiXlg9O8oJgl-DdAVGRo2ie6xqv0DkD7V-XT6EB9Ep4qWfzM2BkMzSD_pswU0eFjtWEg/s320/fullsizeoutput_3826.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"> </span><br /></p>Glenn Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15362915360429603120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428534988922325676.post-37180802089840615672023-04-13T17:21:00.003-07:002023-04-14T03:35:55.246-07:00DOWN IN THE DUMP<p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> Ever wonder where your garbage goes? Twenty-two of us went on a tour of our local dump today (hint: It doesn't get flushed down a giant toilet).<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4T-1Dun6jpbFXT8di8XW_Inikv5SI_45jJgZKynss_9fddpA2DKAWZkCYichyp_hgiKSHwk8470w6o-lST2NtSTS35d-LGzq6Q7u63JQ2QRU7AZzqv2OS8yIErvkrqbytSV41buOrx_IkOjd7Ix_zX7Qg_hpshSBHJu9X-od3qQO7nW-ZIUN2ZJLbIg/s4032/fullsizeoutput_3797.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4T-1Dun6jpbFXT8di8XW_Inikv5SI_45jJgZKynss_9fddpA2DKAWZkCYichyp_hgiKSHwk8470w6o-lST2NtSTS35d-LGzq6Q7u63JQ2QRU7AZzqv2OS8yIErvkrqbytSV41buOrx_IkOjd7Ix_zX7Qg_hpshSBHJu9X-od3qQO7nW-ZIUN2ZJLbIg/w640-h480/fullsizeoutput_3797.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">To solve the mystery we boarded The Trash Trolley,a Disney-esque ride that gave us front row seats to Where it Goes.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Most of it is dumped into the arena-like garbage barn. After our trash hits the floor bulldozers shoved into the maws of mega-trucks waiting below.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeXrN_NV5BpncsfPPpqNhxeF5fCjliojdkB6tppODusuzFlydjhaRnYComLLltEFaibqxlHQesG4bV7bR1UW2NVmclNQ_pYndkpcvZ0WCqaPJ3gVF2ko8w5WeUAqOCFSdi810ia8Elf5azgZmZLSNMm--JJYpMir4e1SsV122rkkGO-X2gqeH14TYRuw/s4032/WStyfoskTPunrS6%25DKxPqw.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeXrN_NV5BpncsfPPpqNhxeF5fCjliojdkB6tppODusuzFlydjhaRnYComLLltEFaibqxlHQesG4bV7bR1UW2NVmclNQ_pYndkpcvZ0WCqaPJ3gVF2ko8w5WeUAqOCFSdi810ia8Elf5azgZmZLSNMm--JJYpMir4e1SsV122rkkGO-X2gqeH14TYRuw/w640-h480/WStyfoskTPunrS6%25DKxPqw.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">They transfer our refuse to a dump in nearby Union County because,</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">1) We don't want a mountain of stink, </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">2) They are willing accept our 120 tons of our daily throw-out for a price and, </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">3) the 1100 people living next to the dump are state prison inmates. They're used to getting dumped on. </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">For the reasons above the place we visited does not consider itself a dump but rather a "temporary holding facility". Whatever. At the "Leveda Brown Transfer Station and Recycling Center" people do a great job of sorting our refuse into, <br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">a) The tons of trash that go to Union County.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">b) Tires that get ground up into rubbery mulch that will outlive you and your grandchildren.</span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEDD7mctlApSHck29AMzJPKd8c2-rjKmS019E2EW2BwgahPog57dAH-wwcAr_h9BqRs_sPkh6EQNmHttwsj5Psy-oqEYA2tZa0gm2Po_aswf36T3GNKHkTUaw7fekKQoMgXGwI8Q0vVM5UVWRl8NFlYTbODWHqi_pX65nke1GMDTOwyKZOrg1_0JPKXw/s4032/01vYPI1BRFWvwNqA2I5vCA.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEDD7mctlApSHck29AMzJPKd8c2-rjKmS019E2EW2BwgahPog57dAH-wwcAr_h9BqRs_sPkh6EQNmHttwsj5Psy-oqEYA2tZa0gm2Po_aswf36T3GNKHkTUaw7fekKQoMgXGwI8Q0vVM5UVWRl8NFlYTbODWHqi_pX65nke1GMDTOwyKZOrg1_0JPKXw/s320/01vYPI1BRFWvwNqA2I5vCA.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">c) Hazardous waste materials that get re-cycled (you can get free paint there)</span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOKIKZAaqud8mAuKKlGSH5vQ96jwrTiN0TXjz1Z-lfsYGK7DZm1YYZtYie_katX7MDv-nLwNYgv7Gh1TvZt7wd36k3MEk4xYAU2I2SsJdzv0VbHRJ3l35PgIVTMQICok5NECrqUGUpJkRJkmqa1hmCrp7EQUc54eeIu6N8EmkBQO6Lw7H619E_EeHBfg/s4032/10tu%25yo5QW2iuZu+LWngKA.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOKIKZAaqud8mAuKKlGSH5vQ96jwrTiN0TXjz1Z-lfsYGK7DZm1YYZtYie_katX7MDv-nLwNYgv7Gh1TvZt7wd36k3MEk4xYAU2I2SsJdzv0VbHRJ3l35PgIVTMQICok5NECrqUGUpJkRJkmqa1hmCrp7EQUc54eeIu6N8EmkBQO6Lw7H619E_EeHBfg/s320/10tu%25yo5QW2iuZu+LWngKA.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julie scores free water sealer</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> or incinerated and,</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">d) Recyclable materials that we put into our roadside bins.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5xtXq9CkHft2Cw_CDc-2xYnqcXDCcRhckB-Nh3Bf2qoeB_3KnlrZqB-KAHnQ_-tHVWJZvtNKaVUcRRG9bKrw2wt_1HwNb5DyTW-8Ct9tkiLuu2yjj8ASYQ8ACvJWCHV3o3hKCZcBlGEJSDW8s1wh-WIv5lEOGI7_ovbMiyDJWlsfOnCEjHqtFv86RCA/s4032/md6zbbPbSHGv3pgyjNmOFw.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5xtXq9CkHft2Cw_CDc-2xYnqcXDCcRhckB-Nh3Bf2qoeB_3KnlrZqB-KAHnQ_-tHVWJZvtNKaVUcRRG9bKrw2wt_1HwNb5DyTW-8Ct9tkiLuu2yjj8ASYQ8ACvJWCHV3o3hKCZcBlGEJSDW8s1wh-WIv5lEOGI7_ovbMiyDJWlsfOnCEjHqtFv86RCA/w400-h300/md6zbbPbSHGv3pgyjNmOFw.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The hazardous waste manager was truly dedicated and knowledgeable. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> <br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidxUJz7qjf4tfsscVTmtDWRGFe67FIL9Y7o6yUHfft8gSd4IQeFGN325YB8vcLy4kWE853HKhrCzOYDBaUeh7FjqoaRTh-47eJ6PjeKIVEEJuF9nc_20PoPbW00tkXyDaefy9XKpz1CKl0QzGCeL8H2TLWdPQu-yemJ9H4ZRbGF0oNvc7zspxPbKBfRw/s4032/fullsizeoutput_3795.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidxUJz7qjf4tfsscVTmtDWRGFe67FIL9Y7o6yUHfft8gSd4IQeFGN325YB8vcLy4kWE853HKhrCzOYDBaUeh7FjqoaRTh-47eJ6PjeKIVEEJuF9nc_20PoPbW00tkXyDaefy9XKpz1CKl0QzGCeL8H2TLWdPQu-yemJ9H4ZRbGF0oNvc7zspxPbKBfRw/w640-h480/fullsizeoutput_3795.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our guide points out the recycling barn. The ceilings insulation is ripped up because the raccoons who live there keep trying to eat their rodent roomates. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4UdkV_v1uM8eL1-kHpN3mWheH9nX__1MH71j3ycwEsbehPaC7VExgKY7eGSNvWma3kxh9QGkaSBXXNFYoqtKfVQX3LQp-UMhdpl9P7faoYJpluAiJxKb9BskdYNgJaYYZEiJDDUdINlrfzS1FW737pOiPO9EsTk7K05ztgH_Mx7DZu38Tq7u1H6rekA/s4032/r3w5CmBPQJuxpD24tUDhhQ.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4UdkV_v1uM8eL1-kHpN3mWheH9nX__1MH71j3ycwEsbehPaC7VExgKY7eGSNvWma3kxh9QGkaSBXXNFYoqtKfVQX3LQp-UMhdpl9P7faoYJpluAiJxKb9BskdYNgJaYYZEiJDDUdINlrfzS1FW737pOiPO9EsTk7K05ztgH_Mx7DZu38Tq7u1H6rekA/s320/r3w5CmBPQJuxpD24tUDhhQ.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These popular cups, made from compressed styrofoam, can't be recycled<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> The last facility we passed by was the most interesting as we saw county workers making an honest effort to make much of the crap we</span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> toss available for re-use.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Our recyclables are sorted by hand. Everything in this huge pile below gets tossed onto a conveyor belt. The person you see at the top spends her day quickly tossing glass this way,</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTOhd27OUutPjbn6GpCuoXPIHSo-lUe1P2Kr368ClxY6AlZTk7fJL5_O9ILAzTBm9PSVRfBK8bXAGw6Z9U0zDEior182sI-glTSeLb2medAuFT6ZnI5AEA1p04aPnvIZ8wEUsoSiFkMuWlpeSD7NPNtW5EfbrJ_eRcZVNT7RszV1C5llwsg8N_wTJZog/s1316/fullsizeoutput_3796.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1289" data-original-width="1316" height="626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTOhd27OUutPjbn6GpCuoXPIHSo-lUe1P2Kr368ClxY6AlZTk7fJL5_O9ILAzTBm9PSVRfBK8bXAGw6Z9U0zDEior182sI-glTSeLb2medAuFT6ZnI5AEA1p04aPnvIZ8wEUsoSiFkMuWlpeSD7NPNtW5EfbrJ_eRcZVNT7RszV1C5llwsg8N_wTJZog/w640-h626/fullsizeoutput_3796.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">plastic that way, paper goes up and and metal, down. There's a fifth troublesome category, the things we put in the bins that can't be recycled. These include clam-shell containers, plastic bottle tops, and most plastic cups. They're sent back to the garbage barn. </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM55qHaA4spNMf1TW4Cii7x4hX7Edq8WUx-SWcS4v-0y0f4h1pUCPeb2tqlaS2ALzRKyjeT3hmitds4V9lO-7NslmJgL8scvwcuXmu5it-C6DYb8Qa6bumJ7uzEiXJl6VOmCFTRuiOrvVggDuOlM-84JfrB0Ee7kVlJ_vgKYdQyK262on4_NHwiEiw-A/s3369/fullsizeoutput_3799.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1881" data-original-width="3369" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM55qHaA4spNMf1TW4Cii7x4hX7Edq8WUx-SWcS4v-0y0f4h1pUCPeb2tqlaS2ALzRKyjeT3hmitds4V9lO-7NslmJgL8scvwcuXmu5it-C6DYb8Qa6bumJ7uzEiXJl6VOmCFTRuiOrvVggDuOlM-84JfrB0Ee7kVlJ_vgKYdQyK262on4_NHwiEiw-A/w640-h358/fullsizeoutput_3799.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> Want to work there? Drivers make $35 p.h. The sorters start at $12 per plus benefits. To make the sorter's job easier we were reminded to stop putting the "wrong things" in our recycling bins. "If in doubt, throw it out", they say.<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The glass gets ground up and put into asphalt. That's why new roadways sparkle.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN-OHMZxNdXXFJLwIPgnubR3YoJKuLUMOOJxWvwIwJR_GYeKCYKQG4Q1f98HaJ53BJA010gCNV2H2JYoLiP1HIwtHcaXEDiAueVus56Juol6Fa-K-PUfr7BpAyNSWOiDFeif6dbSV06k6unGpdpWgDJZQTdK3WtSE4jkHzagMu7KjN6a-72jBJ4z-ufQ/s3466/fullsizeoutput_3793.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2460" data-original-width="3466" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN-OHMZxNdXXFJLwIPgnubR3YoJKuLUMOOJxWvwIwJR_GYeKCYKQG4Q1f98HaJ53BJA010gCNV2H2JYoLiP1HIwtHcaXEDiAueVus56Juol6Fa-K-PUfr7BpAyNSWOiDFeif6dbSV06k6unGpdpWgDJZQTdK3WtSE4jkHzagMu7KjN6a-72jBJ4z-ufQ/s320/fullsizeoutput_3793.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Buzzards love this place<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Yard waste is ground into mulch (free, stop by for a car full!). </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The plastic, cans, and paper are smashed into these bundles which are available for purchase.<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-QcHHaI2h79QiGyQo6xJ04F1ZpEU3n2LwGbWW5IeX4363_f0tKiTh67_m-_fo9j2TJ2LlgjOb2aGVBmtDLKJX3iIbnv8LGRDQBf6oZpeFBXkmDhEBECSCMVpV_Od-6X4VgpUgajmXOr-ixp1I8wuAuwLbmCFa0G_huBonqsOMf5mWSmd4YSkgJbNrQ/s3701/fullsizeoutput_3794.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3701" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-QcHHaI2h79QiGyQo6xJ04F1ZpEU3n2LwGbWW5IeX4363_f0tKiTh67_m-_fo9j2TJ2LlgjOb2aGVBmtDLKJX3iIbnv8LGRDQBf6oZpeFBXkmDhEBECSCMVpV_Od-6X4VgpUgajmXOr-ixp1I8wuAuwLbmCFa0G_huBonqsOMf5mWSmd4YSkgJbNrQ/w400-h326/fullsizeoutput_3794.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> We came away with new knowledge about one of the many things we don't want to think about. We can certainly ease the problem by using less plastic, composting un-eaten food, and a myriad of other solutions. </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Ready to organize your own tour? Alana Carino, county tour coordinator, is waiting to take you call (352-338-3233). It might be a great way to celebrate your next wedding anniversary with friends. </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM1V2PuNnLcMeCQvx64-Xq6C773BMb0EnTyfpQ2qnIVaCG52JuAdWFOrwxJgyCDEf4Cr5OCERoY1f1hsVrxCYFqvSYPTq4fF4jD_DdXZPSesmiuRBRVkHy0yP3-yVveEsjFLbY8u4QO7EWg7Sp_lk2mYPC9mtRWPZqU_3IBzH5y2sAIaKVzRE_1OkO_A/s3805/fullsizeoutput_378f.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2854" data-original-width="3805" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM1V2PuNnLcMeCQvx64-Xq6C773BMb0EnTyfpQ2qnIVaCG52JuAdWFOrwxJgyCDEf4Cr5OCERoY1f1hsVrxCYFqvSYPTq4fF4jD_DdXZPSesmiuRBRVkHy0yP3-yVveEsjFLbY8u4QO7EWg7Sp_lk2mYPC9mtRWPZqU_3IBzH5y2sAIaKVzRE_1OkO_A/w400-h300/fullsizeoutput_378f.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><br /><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Glenn Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15362915360429603120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428534988922325676.post-33871267440946137022023-03-26T18:58:00.004-07:002023-03-27T02:19:23.802-07:00RIDIN' THE WHIRLYBIRD<p> <span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">WHIRLYBIRD</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">What's with the big grin, Glenn? <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUtVqy6Ba-AyrZ8AQBfVp6-GffPxU7eC681JxFZhr9PzONbcsELwgQ8U27UTQ1tjxV2PTI2PR4T4jyxU2UlFNLKXfU9h3tUCBng8WzuOlMLaYS5fA6uV3o4XAE9MiqBj7IW7VKpHA4wzsQiFHbOq2foR0JJVUUGRw-Jhqyp1Qq26soDnO_aPLDtXVpNQ/s3088/RVIURkKPR+umT1EcBWubnA.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUtVqy6Ba-AyrZ8AQBfVp6-GffPxU7eC681JxFZhr9PzONbcsELwgQ8U27UTQ1tjxV2PTI2PR4T4jyxU2UlFNLKXfU9h3tUCBng8WzuOlMLaYS5fA6uV3o4XAE9MiqBj7IW7VKpHA4wzsQiFHbOq2foR0JJVUUGRw-Jhqyp1Qq26soDnO_aPLDtXVpNQ/w150-h200/RVIURkKPR+umT1EcBWubnA.jpg" width="150" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">Does everyone do that when they take their first helicopter ride?</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">"Yep", I answer, " It's totally AWESOME!" <br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCExksyzKgXaNrJtPQUzvfb0ZxSCFnfvEQDKAidUV2Vf6iVtMNO9YCDC9KevtV_49fEyySRK9F5n5YgV7QC9_-5z01oqFf1cE4-odoQfn8y4iDCurylZvXLcjzodBHFqseGA2nYZeRdH6jAex0cy1vYFthJH3tylWMPb8nfIHosf8A4dmmfuCLtxX8nw/s4032/fMS4kuy2R5u79RpiG3uMCg.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCExksyzKgXaNrJtPQUzvfb0ZxSCFnfvEQDKAidUV2Vf6iVtMNO9YCDC9KevtV_49fEyySRK9F5n5YgV7QC9_-5z01oqFf1cE4-odoQfn8y4iDCurylZvXLcjzodBHFqseGA2nYZeRdH6jAex0cy1vYFthJH3tylWMPb8nfIHosf8A4dmmfuCLtxX8nw/s320/fMS4kuy2R5u79RpiG3uMCg.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> Yesterday was </span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: x-large;">"Aviation Day"</span><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> at the G'ville airport. I have a passion all things flying so I sauntered over to check it out. </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">The airplane greeting me was this simple Cessna 150. It's what I learned to fly back in '66.</span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2aAPNfY45H63-ERRW2hTUdkxXVJvcn1bCbfnh4CY4QCdfLUlv6gGYqhs7NfUwQTDeXLZnWesmsJF6H5_Ul3n7AriErZufkQsOQ9zr-jzd5TLIMADea3q2cCgO4yvSF0HPax_lUBv17F1uIt6wrQ7AsKXyFYuxJ3OXl3Qt7rPzSEw2Y3ES-Fdk1JFQ1A/s3441/fullsizeoutput_3749.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2787" data-original-width="3441" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2aAPNfY45H63-ERRW2hTUdkxXVJvcn1bCbfnh4CY4QCdfLUlv6gGYqhs7NfUwQTDeXLZnWesmsJF6H5_Ul3n7AriErZufkQsOQ9zr-jzd5TLIMADea3q2cCgO4yvSF0HPax_lUBv17F1uIt6wrQ7AsKXyFYuxJ3OXl3Qt7rPzSEw2Y3ES-Fdk1JFQ1A/s320/fullsizeoutput_3749.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> I noticed a group of kids marching past me with guns. I think they were there to protect us from the crazies who thing aviation enthusiasts are "woke".<br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"></span><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">Moving on I toured a big'un that can drop buoy bombs on submarines</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCDG0G97PFSKqDoX4tj6AR-C5DBUV9ohs4zUyEPg_AmVRpwNzx9sljGvCLICPVlWEAgJdh7eFG_R8vgAp2Z60MDc2o9-vx3TjqcMJjuBf9Rz1xWWLkDr73Lfw5Q5yzi3Jkl1IvUnZxai4rIwqtnEfhqpTC3INlCsoaJgWKCucV1P-JnGxrgw1SECUuXQ/s4032/fullsizeoutput_3745.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCDG0G97PFSKqDoX4tj6AR-C5DBUV9ohs4zUyEPg_AmVRpwNzx9sljGvCLICPVlWEAgJdh7eFG_R8vgAp2Z60MDc2o9-vx3TjqcMJjuBf9Rz1xWWLkDr73Lfw5Q5yzi3Jkl1IvUnZxai4rIwqtnEfhqpTC3INlCsoaJgWKCucV1P-JnGxrgw1SECUuXQ/w400-h300/fullsizeoutput_3745.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boeing 737 converted for anti-submarine welfare<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">and this natty Benson Gyrocopter. <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNkUJQmdQur9IZjb4sZFyeOu8VmdyRqNGfPtcpksT9NbNtDCkXmNcHFaX6j6AtPkXb3TfyDTzFdxIHpSkapbJGUE-5uJs9vaLDQug6ZjRuXpwggoPAQ5Kq-un8ZmvYQ6R1CeJCxpL6VGkk7buBEDpdDztudY7Q6P3lYpJiuJhQbOR70TX3N6gd_zfUkQ/s3839/fullsizeoutput_374c.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2907" data-original-width="3839" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNkUJQmdQur9IZjb4sZFyeOu8VmdyRqNGfPtcpksT9NbNtDCkXmNcHFaX6j6AtPkXb3TfyDTzFdxIHpSkapbJGUE-5uJs9vaLDQug6ZjRuXpwggoPAQ5Kq-un8ZmvYQ6R1CeJCxpL6VGkk7buBEDpdDztudY7Q6P3lYpJiuJhQbOR70TX3N6gd_zfUkQ/w640-h484/fullsizeoutput_374c.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> I bought a broken one once. I tried to fix and fly it, and nearly killed myself. Young men do dumb things.</span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">I spotted a sign saying for $60 I could take to the sky in this sleek blue helicopter. <i>Yippee!<b><br /></b></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCT9X1-ApGzN9nXHxM5taIRF-VGG5OuzOrY8deSxLeasHHsdzUnTLKj5AlPtvwLGsMlbxCkBZv4GNZI0m6VzaWTIrOWGfgXZU_XFk8HEV62hBjQnetDFVj_jFT7yUoU54ZH3HAiv7_4CUKqWhk_crV3hvvP5sz225HI6b-QVrqxsLEBfd6c_-q59-LoQ/s4032/fullsizeoutput_3757.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCT9X1-ApGzN9nXHxM5taIRF-VGG5OuzOrY8deSxLeasHHsdzUnTLKj5AlPtvwLGsMlbxCkBZv4GNZI0m6VzaWTIrOWGfgXZU_XFk8HEV62hBjQnetDFVj_jFT7yUoU54ZH3HAiv7_4CUKqWhk_crV3hvvP5sz225HI6b-QVrqxsLEBfd6c_-q59-LoQ/w400-h300/fullsizeoutput_3757.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">The first six seconds was worth sixty bucks.We were up and away!<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">My flight was more than exhilarating. Chris the pilot gave me headphones that made the chopper's engine as quiet than a prayer.</span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">As he twisted the control stick we rose like smoke to head towards the UF campus. As we flew over Satchel's I could see the university's original orange-roofed buildings in the distance.</span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrZzOXVRtldbvjAzcz-ieC3hkEPpYzRjIyVK2xdKg8ROfmQURIzQJlF9b4pwGSwM2vA2frXzi6dTpDMauoy2aCzdjGSgiP1Vr5opagFz5x1XG21kAarXEg51o1r-DsBz-TXZGcWCHGpVK-s4D5D7_p38uWavaXBtNKdFKpzZzNtgyjywwvK-YRmvZ2jw/s2930/fullsizeoutput_3750.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2118" data-original-width="2930" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrZzOXVRtldbvjAzcz-ieC3hkEPpYzRjIyVK2xdKg8ROfmQURIzQJlF9b4pwGSwM2vA2frXzi6dTpDMauoy2aCzdjGSgiP1Vr5opagFz5x1XG21kAarXEg51o1r-DsBz-TXZGcWCHGpVK-s4D5D7_p38uWavaXBtNKdFKpzZzNtgyjywwvK-YRmvZ2jw/w400-h289/fullsizeoutput_3750.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">Just before them were the conglomeration of ugly mega-apartments that clog up NW 13th St. at University Ave. Ky-rist, there are more on the way.<br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> I felt free as a bird -retaining my goofy smile- as we drifted over the UF's secret zillion-dollar football training complex. There was the air-conditioned indoor field house I'd read about plus, a couple more playing fields outside.</span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">There's even a rec area with a b-ball court, a pool shaped like a jig-saw puzzle piece, and a putting green. The masseuses and manicurists must be just inside.<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfCyAjG1QXFr836POQli1N8XLMnUYybVb38lKc8p_jRoRHb0oZuMS8nsGyvMa1tpkhLmIVVruUsZqFmvZovuaq4I1YPrsTtThchtK1YOaI_bAKDJtn_EatEDX2nu8WJZdko-Trufhn3Kumlzeb8R8lbe_TqZlGi6nyoJdNpl2oj7JKgZeVU1RlDCOGnA/s3234/fullsizeoutput_3753.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2287" data-original-width="3234" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfCyAjG1QXFr836POQli1N8XLMnUYybVb38lKc8p_jRoRHb0oZuMS8nsGyvMa1tpkhLmIVVruUsZqFmvZovuaq4I1YPrsTtThchtK1YOaI_bAKDJtn_EatEDX2nu8WJZdko-Trufhn3Kumlzeb8R8lbe_TqZlGi6nyoJdNpl2oj7JKgZeVU1RlDCOGnA/w640-h452/fullsizeoutput_3753.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">On the green field I could see gator gladiators, uniformed white specks working on secret plays that only I could see (Chris the pilot was too busy keeping us from crashing). <br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGd_GAcDFDFhP8Lbe9zFCLfb0wsCaiWVeASt7UA_fXVwD2V01NxGNi3eeMJa09nM_B8VUfMhGevPeVlLS0v6q3R5h_N7AzNEtHMUIbOr2BUd2qrmmq1OlBrYzBbNr1VxmNPav0f-HIdliyc0P3NvGYQrtlghk48ghhn0OXjd2xpI1Ph0D_S52m8EbXmg/s4026/fullsizeoutput_3758.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2675" data-original-width="4026" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGd_GAcDFDFhP8Lbe9zFCLfb0wsCaiWVeASt7UA_fXVwD2V01NxGNi3eeMJa09nM_B8VUfMhGevPeVlLS0v6q3R5h_N7AzNEtHMUIbOr2BUd2qrmmq1OlBrYzBbNr1VxmNPav0f-HIdliyc0P3NvGYQrtlghk48ghhn0OXjd2xpI1Ph0D_S52m8EbXmg/w640-h426/fullsizeoutput_3758.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Swamp<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">The Church of All Things Gator soon drifted into view. Isn't it weird that this big baby hold services just six days a year?</span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">Ever busy with my camera I shot the University Auditorium. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhti8pdOvcpdsY3dEY2AncGY2cNKlugGYT7wPCxoP1kNfGDHDtaoM6MLKs0zRpADEbpDyuV0xxnH8ua7WKxdUMUhraEYH1h5cek2jy4_eRGyK6pcNMIDcsHsDOEFmAo62Je-qktKcc-YlXWaItA47XYPJ4YvBpdoyQ-m-bM0fx4ILPVbL_mgH7mezUL7w/s3133/fullsizeoutput_3756.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2788" data-original-width="3133" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhti8pdOvcpdsY3dEY2AncGY2cNKlugGYT7wPCxoP1kNfGDHDtaoM6MLKs0zRpADEbpDyuV0xxnH8ua7WKxdUMUhraEYH1h5cek2jy4_eRGyK6pcNMIDcsHsDOEFmAo62Je-qktKcc-YlXWaItA47XYPJ4YvBpdoyQ-m-bM0fx4ILPVbL_mgH7mezUL7w/w640-h570/fullsizeoutput_3756.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">A long time ago I saw Andy Warhol step up to the podium there and not say anything. He was terrific. Andy at his best. We applauded his silence.</span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">I looked to my left to see our house just a mile north of The Swamp (our football stadium). </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_0l-6CI1j3oB7S7PtYRp2q5UOtkO-2B2pURKYsF9TQpfmGExoRtfOcnnHULuC5WZmL1FE2t_4ZtbCfRlVjaWx0hcV8Od6AsfYxAuVlAO_9E4yaBn_OBGQCQ5Kl23zZu8fETmKjwfy7GXfxVnkJ37OxRL5pDNPOBS_WexraecMrKxHwbj4GwLbNF37bA/s3350/fullsizeoutput_3751.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2782" data-original-width="3350" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_0l-6CI1j3oB7S7PtYRp2q5UOtkO-2B2pURKYsF9TQpfmGExoRtfOcnnHULuC5WZmL1FE2t_4ZtbCfRlVjaWx0hcV8Od6AsfYxAuVlAO_9E4yaBn_OBGQCQ5Kl23zZu8fETmKjwfy7GXfxVnkJ37OxRL5pDNPOBS_WexraecMrKxHwbj4GwLbNF37bA/s320/fullsizeoutput_3751.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">It was reassuring to see that it, and almost every other residence, is hidden by trees. We're a "tree city" y'know.<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">Chris then pointed our chopper back to the airport. As Lake Pithlachocco glistened in the distance he brought us home for a gentle landing.</span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">That's why you saw a helicopter touring our university all day. Woke or not, it was Aviation day in G-Town.</span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> <br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">TWO FOR TEA</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJpfHbv9G8IsnKAEc6srVVWjcI2Xx8uewgSo3h82abVWRaeYFjh3_ScGm9MEExsmZzXecIUZBQV1k5hQWqFE2-qbg6ewY0PdYLk_Oac89YskP0zoRAJwRJ-NlYNi1Q4x2jiweOMJ6S8RhFlBEIPvrRgu_3Dcv3Ip0LIBSz9YiCBzmkPubn7U2t5b-o3A/s3407/fullsizeoutput_35e8.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3407" data-original-width="2640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJpfHbv9G8IsnKAEc6srVVWjcI2Xx8uewgSo3h82abVWRaeYFjh3_ScGm9MEExsmZzXecIUZBQV1k5hQWqFE2-qbg6ewY0PdYLk_Oac89YskP0zoRAJwRJ-NlYNi1Q4x2jiweOMJ6S8RhFlBEIPvrRgu_3Dcv3Ip0LIBSz9YiCBzmkPubn7U2t5b-o3A/s320/fullsizeoutput_35e8.jpeg" width="248" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">I recently learned that Gainesville has two businesses catering to lovers of tea. Both are hidden in plain sight.</span></p><p><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: x-large;">A Thousand Leaves Herb Shop</span><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> is in an industrial area at 22 SE 5th. Ave. The herbalist on duty will assist you with any teas, </span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb05kUf3916tHpZ885bqQe4P_Bch6vfvC2fwJbsPTz_PYTdQKQ8cPg3dW-boDzjoq4kWq7r0eQaeSBSnXaYE-5l9Ldn5bmF5kcgITyuyPEV0Cy-Mlhb_m6bflau5Lsq5YFnk9AU1tfpyTbk6VCXJmmNreFejeG7pBbCpVgb_PfcFkuNfLUtxuCCK0yvA/s3939/fullsizeoutput_35d0.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3939" data-original-width="2954" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb05kUf3916tHpZ885bqQe4P_Bch6vfvC2fwJbsPTz_PYTdQKQ8cPg3dW-boDzjoq4kWq7r0eQaeSBSnXaYE-5l9Ldn5bmF5kcgITyuyPEV0Cy-Mlhb_m6bflau5Lsq5YFnk9AU1tfpyTbk6VCXJmmNreFejeG7pBbCpVgb_PfcFkuNfLUtxuCCK0yvA/s320/fullsizeoutput_35d0.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">tinctures, or spices you may need. It reminded me of a tea shop I once visited in NYC's Chinatown. You tell them what ails you and they mix of a batch of secret something. <br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioPlKqxa3_csOsSVmpoqiASlAX49-efnnZT19U2AGB7xUZM8WIo99MskAoOogvLYbh8caT3AN0nEjhuFMxzrogecNbGXHVITxDvTDGsbaJnNzWb8TT-E9fMg4OYYuab5c20K7w0JwwrsK6_NAsavM84d27GZYfxsfJjoC5OgIr148N0QDvxxfmkX_rEg/s4032/51edsCRKQ0+HxbS+fPye4g.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioPlKqxa3_csOsSVmpoqiASlAX49-efnnZT19U2AGB7xUZM8WIo99MskAoOogvLYbh8caT3AN0nEjhuFMxzrogecNbGXHVITxDvTDGsbaJnNzWb8TT-E9fMg4OYYuab5c20K7w0JwwrsK6_NAsavM84d27GZYfxsfJjoC5OgIr148N0QDvxxfmkX_rEg/s320/51edsCRKQ0+HxbS+fPye4g.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzwaSQMVhS_b_Cjq1s7O9d7aMNa4fTwpkzhTuWVXrvSOavnjV1-PsuCHDzm_VA0J3Hn3PB1MvUAgZ1H7Thl1STWexFWrwQsfYGlBCUAl9ZPSyEhlpknApV-pEVbjxY5hd-ew42bBC_RP-LEiQEbuwgFnQWkpiCjHPEMX3I_xf8V7Ck-BPettaDLjyPBw/s4032/pGk4r%25TFRxmsvCeF41Ipng.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzwaSQMVhS_b_Cjq1s7O9d7aMNa4fTwpkzhTuWVXrvSOavnjV1-PsuCHDzm_VA0J3Hn3PB1MvUAgZ1H7Thl1STWexFWrwQsfYGlBCUAl9ZPSyEhlpknApV-pEVbjxY5hd-ew42bBC_RP-LEiQEbuwgFnQWkpiCjHPEMX3I_xf8V7Ck-BPettaDLjyPBw/w640-h480/pGk4r%25TFRxmsvCeF41Ipng.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">The other tea emporium I discovered is </span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: x-large;">"HOWL"</span><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> a converted residence at 109 SE 4th Avenue.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPHIiHdZ19cyi70srtVDMBqPK1RUUubxcrEc5_UZNSBmgsZYKmeggM0YKUJ-7_QhPSbsRWGVM2FosDMH3QO-ia4CWai5dJQpWDuNvkpkaSp9JHqxyv7xgTMOZk8yt1H2kYm3HHXYnFkmGSGuxnlJ0-D1oNnat7b6mTW2GUZo6FcZe4tFPQATi3JFeBKg/s4032/lBypuf3MREqme78svAE00g.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPHIiHdZ19cyi70srtVDMBqPK1RUUubxcrEc5_UZNSBmgsZYKmeggM0YKUJ-7_QhPSbsRWGVM2FosDMH3QO-ia4CWai5dJQpWDuNvkpkaSp9JHqxyv7xgTMOZk8yt1H2kYm3HHXYnFkmGSGuxnlJ0-D1oNnat7b6mTW2GUZo6FcZe4tFPQATi3JFeBKg/w640-h480/lBypuf3MREqme78svAE00g.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's my son, Ian, saying "hello" at HOWL</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">The folks that run the place, Bluejay and Caleb, could not have been nicer. They offered my son and I a vast array of prepared teas, coffees, and muchables.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdbrb1HSUTFyDZK_h-jVnXXuFYBSipptGgb8GGRByapqFWwFzLhJ7ssizfJ6DJHN1VmFfkoJj3VG4zZGdiCrJFG_hFEa7t4gJrvWckVgRApEj7ZXWOsa_Hmkn1TOle3mlQB0lKekoAMshkj4AxhsI2xY7ftE74TgVHgHhDBPAQCP9vle77y2xLncAlJw/s3895/fullsizeoutput_35e7.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3895" data-original-width="2372" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdbrb1HSUTFyDZK_h-jVnXXuFYBSipptGgb8GGRByapqFWwFzLhJ7ssizfJ6DJHN1VmFfkoJj3VG4zZGdiCrJFG_hFEa7t4gJrvWckVgRApEj7ZXWOsa_Hmkn1TOle3mlQB0lKekoAMshkj4AxhsI2xY7ftE74TgVHgHhDBPAQCP9vle77y2xLncAlJw/w390-h640/fullsizeoutput_35e7.jpeg" width="390" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"> Bluejay spotted King Mango on my t-shirt and exclaimed, "The King's in d' house!". Turns out she's from Coconut Grove. Her family has enjoyed the zany King Mango Strut parade there for years.</span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">We enjoyed sipping tea at HOWL (the "House of Waking Life") and know you will too. Stop by and tell Bluejay King Mango sent 'cha.<br /></span></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjje2Klm_sXrAp0RsJxVIlBMASAD63c5kNM2ccZtKBCwCBM4z8xTTruaHoY8AYWBB71Cwpg8QlJe74ewKa1QvcTZft-F7HP10fsccC14YnG_4AS0ZzJizQfEgf2KgGf1dHZ2W2yfwnElx3Cd8N0DaXqekVjWxN2Sis9YUnZrErXr7iIKcBMNpAiArgzKA/s6436/fullsizeoutput_35cb.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3814" data-original-width="6436" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjje2Klm_sXrAp0RsJxVIlBMASAD63c5kNM2ccZtKBCwCBM4z8xTTruaHoY8AYWBB71Cwpg8QlJe74ewKa1QvcTZft-F7HP10fsccC14YnG_4AS0ZzJizQfEgf2KgGf1dHZ2W2yfwnElx3Cd8N0DaXqekVjWxN2Sis9YUnZrErXr7iIKcBMNpAiArgzKA/w640-h380/fullsizeoutput_35cb.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bluejay and Caleb tending the bar<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="color: #741b47;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">HONORING OUR CONSERVATIONISTS</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #741b47;"> Five hundred of us gathered in a lush meadow yesterday, the home of the Alachua Conservation</span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh61JPTGkVQsufVs_hfa_YSmeC15gy6bnWit2UCppPV7koO0KV_3OzQu74reU7-uHp5LMX9EsoNYk6LtqvAxPayZJGkheZmLfa4u6E76SoZQJhIvGzFIKiOrf2f6lydi_aFDv-Vh45A0hI5IwsCXEVZ-9cw0oIKKhT5s8oh2VmH7Ow5QGiyQFMjlo7MGA/s3902/fullsizeoutput_375b.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2926" data-original-width="3902" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh61JPTGkVQsufVs_hfa_YSmeC15gy6bnWit2UCppPV7koO0KV_3OzQu74reU7-uHp5LMX9EsoNYk6LtqvAxPayZJGkheZmLfa4u6E76SoZQJhIvGzFIKiOrf2f6lydi_aFDv-Vh45A0hI5IwsCXEVZ-9cw0oIKKhT5s8oh2VmH7Ow5QGiyQFMjlo7MGA/s320/fullsizeoutput_375b.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ACT's headquarters, Prairie Creek Lodge</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #741b47;"> Trust ("ACT"). The non-profit is Florida's leader in land conservation. They own -or manage- 56,000 acres in North Central Florida.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #741b47;"> At last night's annual affair we honored Randi Cameon, Richard Hamann and Vivian Filer for promoting ACT's goals through education.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #741b47;"> </span><span style="color: #741b47;">It was a wonderful evening to suppor</span><span style="color: #741b47;">t a terrific organization.</span></span><br /></p><p> <br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg30sSXle5uu6k5r6N4faWUcV8qrnQiLeIu9P3kfASyTfjMcOcK1g2JhlfE0BkfP5CIAueSPfJm7u0hXK6_laZjmKxTjw7ALrMu1vH645G_eFClDSaKBKeUYbE8oxKQ0NP2GglsccD_2h_dvLNjHT5iSMy1_WRjRu2zBNrPlvwmsijWlAk2Ae8qL_bNZw/s4032/ZR1G8RQsQLeBGqKMym%254oQ.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg30sSXle5uu6k5r6N4faWUcV8qrnQiLeIu9P3kfASyTfjMcOcK1g2JhlfE0BkfP5CIAueSPfJm7u0hXK6_laZjmKxTjw7ALrMu1vH645G_eFClDSaKBKeUYbE8oxKQ0NP2GglsccD_2h_dvLNjHT5iSMy1_WRjRu2zBNrPlvwmsijWlAk2Ae8qL_bNZw/w400-h300/ZR1G8RQsQLeBGqKMym%254oQ.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As the Sooza Band played Art Crummer did the "Locomotion"<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvzqPXKn_8EnRIqc2rbf0ccgfME891zb6q9hmIhm593U1eg27v7mx5Wcfz4_tzBtzDXFXT6LFcZLguQZOLeenXR-0mkjUBE6FYw7qUMnrysHIZJLgGEkhTcp_R8rFconhJ84QIu_OrvmsCCUUYFYDeJABAj1XXEFf5C9YsdVKnxCbyid8aax-er_1jDw/s4032/fullsizeoutput_375c.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvzqPXKn_8EnRIqc2rbf0ccgfME891zb6q9hmIhm593U1eg27v7mx5Wcfz4_tzBtzDXFXT6LFcZLguQZOLeenXR-0mkjUBE6FYw7qUMnrysHIZJLgGEkhTcp_R8rFconhJ84QIu_OrvmsCCUUYFYDeJABAj1XXEFf5C9YsdVKnxCbyid8aax-er_1jDw/w640-h480/fullsizeoutput_375c.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another spectacular event on the prairie</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><br /></p><p> __________________________________________________________<br /></p><p><br /></p>Glenn Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15362915360429603120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428534988922325676.post-14166064028268388052023-03-21T03:07:00.001-07:002023-03-21T03:08:05.293-07:00THE ROCKET'S RED GLARE<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <b>UP THE CREEK</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> NEWSLETTER OF THE RATTLESNAKE</span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> CREEK GARDEN CLUB </span><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Almost April , 2023</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">A ROCKET'S RED GLARE <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #351c75;">What's up in space? I read about rockets blasting off once-a-week from Cape Canaveral and thought I'd be cool to see one myself. Recently I googled "Next Rocket launch from Cape Canaveral" and learned Space-X was sending one up the following day.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> Four of us went the highest point in the county, Orange Lake Overlook, to see if we could see a rocket rising 110 miles in the<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihTAOM9chOw3q5XkKtPL3GkvtqoQhrw_2qxqmMuhxgTIAFQn_wnIgwbyRY7IVyXJ2EbFMbmEDVZvz4K8lqd2iMxy67ODcFx8dYDD9wa_FiSjbtyc9DdrSOAwkrFx722fjLR7H7dzRQsfYq8IVnnGHUrIekhirituF7Mw8_4kpj9XuIMdTP8ie5nwnW7A/s3976/fullsizeoutput_36f1.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2982" data-original-width="3976" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihTAOM9chOw3q5XkKtPL3GkvtqoQhrw_2qxqmMuhxgTIAFQn_wnIgwbyRY7IVyXJ2EbFMbmEDVZvz4K8lqd2iMxy67ODcFx8dYDD9wa_FiSjbtyc9DdrSOAwkrFx722fjLR7H7dzRQsfYq8IVnnGHUrIekhirituF7Mw8_4kpj9XuIMdTP8ie5nwnW7A/w640-h480/fullsizeoutput_36f1.jpeg" width="640" /></a><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">. distance. We could and...we did! </span></div><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> On a phone we watched the televised count down. At "zero" there was the usual orange blast on the tiny screen. Seconds later -far far away- we could see a red glow rising. </span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjydBDi1lMwQVO4aiK4ipNjLymRLi6Jvl4vLmJ1Vy3W-D94jNNUwZ3m4q2VgqBFaRtCJs6cCGENnisgACmNNliUqz_aeLrvHKfCxg7JeX6NmLMXTk-C7_1Ls3Km5q2F4bAVoATccKaC6RQGDxFixv-biEVmawL-_dURsVHGPXX2jWwTCUF3aUheWOh2rg/s3153/fullsizeoutput_36f4.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2455" data-original-width="3153" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjydBDi1lMwQVO4aiK4ipNjLymRLi6Jvl4vLmJ1Vy3W-D94jNNUwZ3m4q2VgqBFaRtCJs6cCGENnisgACmNNliUqz_aeLrvHKfCxg7JeX6NmLMXTk-C7_1Ls3Km5q2F4bAVoATccKaC6RQGDxFixv-biEVmawL-_dURsVHGPXX2jWwTCUF3aUheWOh2rg/w200-h156/fullsizeoutput_36f4.jpeg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three more go up in April<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">I don't know but its shimmering tapered trail seemed miles long. It was bright, bright, bright even in daylight.<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> Two minutes later using binoculars, we could see the first stage breaking off to begin its descent to an offshore landing pad. </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> <br /></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilapsRaGK0WHfvC16TELUHD-fvM2-mb9T5opc3EdAhQXMucUk-3LzX4cx9X_MxZkeOnRCiUno8TygZIrafeVOe-KToThkoPopuKfpuaW9ujMErTj_tKopZQ6m1DMRZtVwtnsV8py4LpnVLLxUhE_0RDgAB0T_qesde11a68JbUccBIFqLSXygJAd-nGQ/s2555/fullsizeoutput_36f2.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2555" data-original-width="1849" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilapsRaGK0WHfvC16TELUHD-fvM2-mb9T5opc3EdAhQXMucUk-3LzX4cx9X_MxZkeOnRCiUno8TygZIrafeVOe-KToThkoPopuKfpuaW9ujMErTj_tKopZQ6m1DMRZtVwtnsV8py4LpnVLLxUhE_0RDgAB0T_qesde11a68JbUccBIFqLSXygJAd-nGQ/s320/fullsizeoutput_36f2.jpeg" width="232" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carlos and I acting goofy<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> We were impressed but later wondered, "What did we just witness? Incredible technology used make spying a little easier? Elon Musk adding another million to his wallet? </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> It's unfortunate that zillion dollar efforts like this can't be used to solve real world problems.</span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiUnA9EZlmGsJEzEKisVyAyw1OjGPDiQAqRuqljX0rRFJKN_JWryGesLPV1-5wlQHBdRHjMbJ8DEHRZGmXDFiTtGZiwK8oybN4leQ4fq_fDNgK_Sqh7UuFds7x9AsXDgtEZhJxOWzg_-kOpkJpjcXjX9E_FFO3e8oy-FTqoboKZCLcUGPbZlR6NfUMcw/s4032/bZxxejXYR4OlW0Xl+Jg4gQ.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: large;">CREEK CLEANING</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5oISDooaFAWmdzbIX2wK8zxV_UyWrVJyb6WB-xnsGr-uvDtF4zOaZO0Hju-sb20rjG9ODh4T0SsETcBPHMOb2zzGLrto7PnfAgOdtna6yCbwkff6oc_DYGnbpu2SfNGqStr_UU2dCIsjD7sb5vnE5BTBUY_RZ0dX-nUV6pUNj6FKAMFDdHpweQyh6GA/s3496/fullsizeoutput_36f7.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2622" data-original-width="3496" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5oISDooaFAWmdzbIX2wK8zxV_UyWrVJyb6WB-xnsGr-uvDtF4zOaZO0Hju-sb20rjG9ODh4T0SsETcBPHMOb2zzGLrto7PnfAgOdtna6yCbwkff6oc_DYGnbpu2SfNGqStr_UU2dCIsjD7sb5vnE5BTBUY_RZ0dX-nUV6pUNj6FKAMFDdHpweQyh6GA/w400-h300/fullsizeoutput_36f7.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This year's creek cleaners <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> We removed 140 pounds of trash from Rattlesnake Creek two weeks ago. We thank the 17 of you who joined the effort. </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> Speaking of trash, our club is going on s field trip next month to tour the county dump and recycling facility. Give me a shout if you want to join us.<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> <br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiUnA9EZlmGsJEzEKisVyAyw1OjGPDiQAqRuqljX0rRFJKN_JWryGesLPV1-5wlQHBdRHjMbJ8DEHRZGmXDFiTtGZiwK8oybN4leQ4fq_fDNgK_Sqh7UuFds7x9AsXDgtEZhJxOWzg_-kOpkJpjcXjX9E_FFO3e8oy-FTqoboKZCLcUGPbZlR6NfUMcw/s4032/bZxxejXYR4OlW0Xl+Jg4gQ.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiUnA9EZlmGsJEzEKisVyAyw1OjGPDiQAqRuqljX0rRFJKN_JWryGesLPV1-5wlQHBdRHjMbJ8DEHRZGmXDFiTtGZiwK8oybN4leQ4fq_fDNgK_Sqh7UuFds7x9AsXDgtEZhJxOWzg_-kOpkJpjcXjX9E_FFO3e8oy-FTqoboKZCLcUGPbZlR6NfUMcw/w300-h400/bZxxejXYR4OlW0Xl+Jg4gQ.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> I explored the Hogtown Creek wilderness area, north of NW 23d Ave., last week. It's pretty amazing how the land drops 60 feet -from the back of Lowe's- to the creek far below. 90 % is pristine and the rest, trashed out by the homeless people living there.</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCw6hENe7rg4ribX8P5946hodAxuIy1Da_OAEY8NGej4uFb4xjITD60Hbj4wFBphG1BcNuAaued-2q8z4oC0N2Gombfjtz9wMTPHI3KuKujbxFbqSHOujdN0wPCW7B65zVmM-deMnkr9Ljn3tskkOctT2ctMT-s-bURQIK3RrCWnVAW63NfiXDsPqZUQ/s4032/96ZmK%25TOQ62SfzqUBKqqbw.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCw6hENe7rg4ribX8P5946hodAxuIy1Da_OAEY8NGej4uFb4xjITD60Hbj4wFBphG1BcNuAaued-2q8z4oC0N2Gombfjtz9wMTPHI3KuKujbxFbqSHOujdN0wPCW7B65zVmM-deMnkr9Ljn3tskkOctT2ctMT-s-bURQIK3RrCWnVAW63NfiXDsPqZUQ/w400-h300/96ZmK%25TOQ62SfzqUBKqqbw.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75;"><br /></span></p><br /><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> WEARIN' O' THE GREEN </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqgHOlJ8kpgTMXEyvI1GHrkrbpf_Im6a5itn6946mB5oyj2TokN_l3R8z3H-IO71h5Z_9t1W4jWgHvb4_M648VZuwHZk-8yu71fIU__SqizAq2o6J-ExhUGT_9cnuyhWkuJ5Am4STkaLoJ72xQN2MXcTH7L04wtFfgr_Z8RcNb5ZECqCyMCFYeoRbemg/s4032/oejA%251FqRwWadTWhGFzFmA.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqgHOlJ8kpgTMXEyvI1GHrkrbpf_Im6a5itn6946mB5oyj2TokN_l3R8z3H-IO71h5Z_9t1W4jWgHvb4_M648VZuwHZk-8yu71fIU__SqizAq2o6J-ExhUGT_9cnuyhWkuJ5Am4STkaLoJ72xQN2MXcTH7L04wtFfgr_Z8RcNb5ZECqCyMCFYeoRbemg/s320/oejA%251FqRwWadTWhGFzFmA.jpg" width="240" /></a><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> Last week we followed sidewalk shamrocks until they took us to Jim and David's annual St Patrick Day Party and Parade on 14th Ave. The beer and wine flowed freely and everyone wore green to avoid getting pinched by Dave. Jim roasting a pig on a Cuban <i>caja</i> brought back memories of Miami. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNVoVDHKaYNzh_Fg5L6Rr7Nh_dSMuscIMFD23SC26GVoNtmqcwkg8ORc620d8gxtM86fk44_YXtZSY1EnhgNHUBc4Z7RrIif9JIb-zyw8Bj4aa5tXwC9lkSkfNzJvQr_FOeT5qkCMowJMvqJklGXrhMdgqfTHxzgaIMkp5RUBtTim-HvNtdPzkDLvTXw/s4032/hnfSQ4q1SkCucLprD%25+UiA.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNVoVDHKaYNzh_Fg5L6Rr7Nh_dSMuscIMFD23SC26GVoNtmqcwkg8ORc620d8gxtM86fk44_YXtZSY1EnhgNHUBc4Z7RrIif9JIb-zyw8Bj4aa5tXwC9lkSkfNzJvQr_FOeT5qkCMowJMvqJklGXrhMdgqfTHxzgaIMkp5RUBtTim-HvNtdPzkDLvTXw/w400-h300/hnfSQ4q1SkCucLprD%25+UiA.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">We thank our neighbors for another generous holiday gesture.</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">IT"S A WONDERFUL THING</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> when people come out of their houses to talk, drink, and eat together. The next 'hood party will be our neighborhood association's SPRING PICNIC. You need not be a member of "UPNA" to attend. </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">It'll take place on Sunday, April 30th, from 3 to 6 in Parker Park ( NW 5th A</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">ve. at 20th St.). Houston will be there to show is one of his elec</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">tric bikes (see "Batteryland" below).</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">TREES THAT HEAL</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWXWT5jBCMQu-iSiuUmeITLlxfKrrw-G06MNHYOgDEHforXr3iJDa9DtPzGGXPq2jVapQK6OwGrBVo_BdJYeBZkMkDKz5DvcP__4DyxI8DmFu_4_DGbLZ-jzpnoQOJ7JLvwK64yCOnFGEPOan7HdpomD14EhyKu48fDDN2QnQe-75CbN5yBObSfvtP7g/s1645/fullsizeoutput_372c.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1645" data-original-width="1616" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWXWT5jBCMQu-iSiuUmeITLlxfKrrw-G06MNHYOgDEHforXr3iJDa9DtPzGGXPq2jVapQK6OwGrBVo_BdJYeBZkMkDKz5DvcP__4DyxI8DmFu_4_DGbLZ-jzpnoQOJ7JLvwK64yCOnFGEPOan7HdpomD14EhyKu48fDDN2QnQe-75CbN5yBObSfvtP7g/w196-h200/fullsizeoutput_372c.jpeg" width="196" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> Yesterday our guides, Diane and Bill, led us through quiet woods southeast of G'ville. We were taking a lessen in "forest bathing".</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHWnN2ern3a74bfE021Fuwb1jtgz5VLQMIcyJ-YFXyuRZIYX_GCuESY3vu-n5k5llBl-na2PNt8cI_Sfgv5MjR_gt3qw-dSTehvNCNJXMRUNRoDhHxNSPG3IkfCDkecp8Y-eLxhVlrWha4toPFYD4O2aSrgpQrRSTz35lJ7BhjZsLS1Py-1bXivtgSvQ/s3036/fullsizeoutput_372a.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3036" data-original-width="2295" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHWnN2ern3a74bfE021Fuwb1jtgz5VLQMIcyJ-YFXyuRZIYX_GCuESY3vu-n5k5llBl-na2PNt8cI_Sfgv5MjR_gt3qw-dSTehvNCNJXMRUNRoDhHxNSPG3IkfCDkecp8Y-eLxhVlrWha4toPFYD4O2aSrgpQrRSTz35lJ7BhjZsLS1Py-1bXivtgSvQ/w303-h400/fullsizeoutput_372a.jpeg" width="303" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Our trail next to Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> We were taught how a slow, solitary walk can help you enjoy things you never noticed before. <br /><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;">BIG ROCKS</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> The highest point in Gainesville is now atop the rocks that landed on NW 17 St. last week.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjquISdbGGJjZSC7DFfEI5p-F21uq-fligDOkzVu3eGPMJbdddZqnVkjZ8zUOPmwDUy638z4RkElm2uHFyrcGhVEZ97pc9CNeAaHB7JY74jjj_a31blh7DkwB0OxiSZJ1nxqwVbIbt4ncN8FpED52yqpdagC6kAy_mA4MymQ3kni5U6hK1qZIEH5brCtA/s3432/fullsizeoutput_370a.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2925" data-original-width="3432" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjquISdbGGJjZSC7DFfEI5p-F21uq-fligDOkzVu3eGPMJbdddZqnVkjZ8zUOPmwDUy638z4RkElm2uHFyrcGhVEZ97pc9CNeAaHB7JY74jjj_a31blh7DkwB0OxiSZJ1nxqwVbIbt4ncN8FpED52yqpdagC6kAy_mA4MymQ3kni5U6hK1qZIEH5brCtA/s320/fullsizeoutput_370a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><br /><br /> The big one on the left weighs 11,000 pounds. I plan to climb it to watch the next rocket launch.<br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #800180; font-size: large;">CATCHIN' SOME ZZ TOPz </span><span style="color: #800180; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Have you ever thought you might be better off if you had a long scraggly beard? Artist Julie Anspach nipped that thought in the bud last month when she led a beard-making workshop at UCG. Thanks, Julie!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiff2Ko70X7oFmuyPCXCIu370Au7CCH4TIO29wDqMeajRZpfcoy16183Ak_ScLb4iArR0HSVwFbBz4Pizj9pNGpVFTnjSfH6JKsXFIawQ-UwWWO61hxe3siMQx3S7H3X1FHXOYUoBKGRpRLvKzQNnw0h9m3QA51zyOVB2aLV4auKwzKx1yl9CNeMcDmmg/s2966/fullsizeoutput_36e3.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2228" data-original-width="2966" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiff2Ko70X7oFmuyPCXCIu370Au7CCH4TIO29wDqMeajRZpfcoy16183Ak_ScLb4iArR0HSVwFbBz4Pizj9pNGpVFTnjSfH6JKsXFIawQ-UwWWO61hxe3siMQx3S7H3X1FHXOYUoBKGRpRLvKzQNnw0h9m3QA51zyOVB2aLV4auKwzKx1yl9CNeMcDmmg/s320/fullsizeoutput_36e3.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">And speaking of hair...<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> <br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">MORE THAN A HAIRCUT</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> I go for the stories as much as shortened hair. Once a month I plunk down $20 to hear tales from another world. I don't say much as Danielle tells me why she got each tattoo. Recently her 11-year old bought a BB-gun without permission (she made him send it back). And finally, "Mama" has a few miniature cows. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4joXQSvBrcSUcAQasl4-ZQ3EtugqFmzKA7cbbxIA8kNI77D4Ac1wzFge5T1MOMpETgjYrGY_Mr-mgpa310u5jpKYGCGg_gLOlCPDENYl7mEEPJnAifar-4RRHXNwIUY19W3FbKx8d8BRO1m-9a_-cffaeQk_ZVOwn_1B9e_ZHc1tbuJpeb6Qe7oezGg/s3562/fullsizeoutput_36f6.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1872" data-original-width="3562" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4joXQSvBrcSUcAQasl4-ZQ3EtugqFmzKA7cbbxIA8kNI77D4Ac1wzFge5T1MOMpETgjYrGY_Mr-mgpa310u5jpKYGCGg_gLOlCPDENYl7mEEPJnAifar-4RRHXNwIUY19W3FbKx8d8BRO1m-9a_-cffaeQk_ZVOwn_1B9e_ZHc1tbuJpeb6Qe7oezGg/s320/fullsizeoutput_36f6.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">"They're like big dogs and they got her an agricultural tax exemption". </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> And after all that I thank her and walked away with new stories and a new haircut.<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;">BATTERYLAND </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> I wonder about stores that sell one thing. Remember the "Spatula City" on SNL? East of our neighborhood, where 16th meets 6th Street is "Batteryland". I stopped there recently but I didn't need a battery for my phone, scooter, or watch. I wanted to check out the groovy electric bikes that had been placed out front.</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> I introduced myself to Batteryland's owner, Houston Whitehead.</span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCEZIuuQ7WDxpHRdfF8KJd8XnAdhLVGjf1WLJEegq5FQLg34a8LwSvIUxo0uDTq-7I52eJJFrL6FZcnjHF8uYefQzW1iNOegv0W9QnmH5PqwpqBcDLE8tVU9KSQjZs4TQqOzgv7QtunplC9HoHfIPa_j0_rSKrG7VMmOU5nSYhKntsUiAmPqe0zrGtxQ/s4032/YaFaBP1xTDWYCL6wrk5Oew.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCEZIuuQ7WDxpHRdfF8KJd8XnAdhLVGjf1WLJEegq5FQLg34a8LwSvIUxo0uDTq-7I52eJJFrL6FZcnjHF8uYefQzW1iNOegv0W9QnmH5PqwpqBcDLE8tVU9KSQjZs4TQqOzgv7QtunplC9HoHfIPa_j0_rSKrG7VMmOU5nSYhKntsUiAmPqe0zrGtxQ/s320/YaFaBP1xTDWYCL6wrk5Oew.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Houston with one of his bad-ass e-steeds<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> He told me he had switched his main product line from car batteries to e-bikes recently. "They're selling like hot cakes to happy people", he explained adding, "Business is better and I don't have to deal with customers bummed because their cars won't start."</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> He's got new signs too. "Batteryland" is now "Gainesville Electric Bike Garage". Stop by and go for a test drive today. Houston guarantees that his products will make you smile and even climb the big hill on 8th Avenue.</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">ON THE WINGS OF A PIG</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> Gainesville is going to get a new parade come December. On Sunday we had the first meeting of the visionary people who will make </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilR6pgAsdHnA73gs8b0hgRlZyDGGvyMFy_rdKGAubOH4KRMtzHkxJTopgm9tGOzlSpC5eSLYms5lq0BoOK9j-5ffYRUaFBqX3QASeXrwJaL80IqKT6nz-1V00JF-axedwZc1QDs5bWulsTRvySyQjHinhLt9t4LuRTLNtwRJBOiXi8XXkENT8veab7eA/s2999/fullsizeoutput_371b.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2999" data-original-width="2727" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilR6pgAsdHnA73gs8b0hgRlZyDGGvyMFy_rdKGAubOH4KRMtzHkxJTopgm9tGOzlSpC5eSLYms5lq0BoOK9j-5ffYRUaFBqX3QASeXrwJaL80IqKT6nz-1V00JF-axedwZc1QDs5bWulsTRvySyQjHinhLt9t4LuRTLNtwRJBOiXi8XXkENT8veab7eA/s320/fullsizeoutput_371b.jpeg" width="291" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">it happen. </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> The plan is to create something like the King Mango Strut, a Coconut Grove procession that's been around since 1982. We're calling it the "Flying Pig Parade", a riff on G'ville's original moniker, "Hogtown". </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">If you'd like to help make it fly, let me know.<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> -Glenn</span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRoJipUAXZybBaOcvFt8r9cKTDhMsXx8EgGmrTUJ7npHlpv99OVmjvX-JPf5ea6DHePELcxD84zWKMieb1EEP0xXRpig6N2NZ54QNRZE1DWWawQCoy7tASn7EiMIqBCD3Rfq3WyyHs1Th_AJDRJvwFgto8_7SFbLQ0OWaaex6_4koHrhS40vPWGWarKw/s4032/FAd4oir2Q22qbgzHGRLGPQ.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRoJipUAXZybBaOcvFt8r9cKTDhMsXx8EgGmrTUJ7npHlpv99OVmjvX-JPf5ea6DHePELcxD84zWKMieb1EEP0xXRpig6N2NZ54QNRZE1DWWawQCoy7tASn7EiMIqBCD3Rfq3WyyHs1Th_AJDRJvwFgto8_7SFbLQ0OWaaex6_4koHrhS40vPWGWarKw/w640-h480/FAd4oir2Q22qbgzHGRLGPQ.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Florida Park is a little different. On rainy days everyone inflates afront yard bounce houses.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"> </span><br /></p>Glenn Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15362915360429603120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428534988922325676.post-45458324324809712672023-03-16T13:03:00.002-07:002023-03-16T13:03:51.259-07:00UP THE CREEK<p> <span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"> <b><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> UP THE CREEK</span></span></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"><span><b><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> THE RATTLESNAKE CREEK </span></span></span></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"><span><b><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> GARDEN CLUB NEWSLETTER</span> </span> </span></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: large;"> SPRING, 2023</span><br /><br /></span></b></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRHkvUfvNRxwekyZ_3S3Zzt-9iXHg0F61ecIHmsLDidsFRdZ239eTx4VdO5w8NqPk8uIvz7Ep6A0gZ5ww-GvForHJrv4xDruRNn7jjJknW5pY2MyxPC2Lo5XSzXIh1GZqZ0F62kIPV4ulOPBGNrhPec5Q2FVigdyGUPVU0NXx7W7OTyvpP5R5q4ew-0g/s2787/fullsizeoutput_369d.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2787" data-original-width="2656" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRHkvUfvNRxwekyZ_3S3Zzt-9iXHg0F61ecIHmsLDidsFRdZ239eTx4VdO5w8NqPk8uIvz7Ep6A0gZ5ww-GvForHJrv4xDruRNn7jjJknW5pY2MyxPC2Lo5XSzXIh1GZqZ0F62kIPV4ulOPBGNrhPec5Q2FVigdyGUPVU0NXx7W7OTyvpP5R5q4ew-0g/w381-h400/fullsizeoutput_369d.jpeg" width="381" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> The "Pinxter", our native azalea<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></span></span><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_WbWKGB_3jX8fi2PLGAB3timQhFURKl5OqSUHKyZ01snYfoi3_IO65zKyyandBxZzttBM06NBiLgOetqPoZV-3lUSIam453ltt_C4fqOYiyF-oe5nsUFHVvaS13CxbO20tk4aEtaFVfCe4LEaWT3Ga-gPhVehrWYwhLgxqL2rkN1SL4r2q6ePQUnN0Q/s4032/fullsizeoutput_369b.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_WbWKGB_3jX8fi2PLGAB3timQhFURKl5OqSUHKyZ01snYfoi3_IO65zKyyandBxZzttBM06NBiLgOetqPoZV-3lUSIam453ltt_C4fqOYiyF-oe5nsUFHVvaS13CxbO20tk4aEtaFVfCe4LEaWT3Ga-gPhVehrWYwhLgxqL2rkN1SL4r2q6ePQUnN0Q/s320/fullsizeoutput_369b.jpeg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="color: #e06666;">SPRING HAS SPRUNG!</span> We're enjoying the sweet scent of citrus </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">blossoms wafting through the air and, azaleas bursting with color.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"> Lucky us!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"></span></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEZIdWPSdTDxS4QLtTClDAQo3GSRTnRZsUvKwybH1z-twGzqBNjHqMiIzTtvOiayzYKCjUcH41l7uS7wVsppXoqjkCYEHVKIkQki7GCXurLo80Shks8Nf-pxBBg8-0WnLLmcwxpl7xMQq7Y7EqWD_2d4WeaZQMSZzZRUGV6dcnqEatiH9hvJ8bBW6Q6g/s3677/fullsizeoutput_3698.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div></span></b></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"> </span></span><p></p><br /><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Our neighborhood <span style="color: #e06666;">University Park Neighborhood Association</span> ("UPNA") is keeping busy. On March 1st, fourteen of us met with our district's city commissioner, Bryan Eastman.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Most of our discussions were about his recent effort to re-vamp single-family zoning. </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuDQKnAlyljyX9ey8A7FZxF4U8Azly5OVp3dWcSuE2pmX29DdJHSLUneVao-QUuiY25IwvkeZZZPD8NRkLV5iWPFTApWuOaSs_Ht8UECpkAsYQJcdbkU_KzlaTiIrC4wWvxvZxNMOQ4vLOshMhbb2ig5zjqg2uziYIBRI8PyowbbbTv2f3VEDbDTLzWQ/s3869/fullsizeoutput_367b.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2953" data-original-width="3869" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuDQKnAlyljyX9ey8A7FZxF4U8Azly5OVp3dWcSuE2pmX29DdJHSLUneVao-QUuiY25IwvkeZZZPD8NRkLV5iWPFTApWuOaSs_Ht8UECpkAsYQJcdbkU_KzlaTiIrC4wWvxvZxNMOQ4vLOshMhbb2ig5zjqg2uziYIBRI8PyowbbbTv2f3VEDbDTLzWQ/s320/fullsizeoutput_367b.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Our association has many talented people who want to work with him to improve housing (and zoning) in Gainesville. He said he looks forward to our help. </span></span><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">We went on to discuss creating new parks along with parking, noise, and traffic issues.</span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">The <span style="color: #e06666;">UPNA SPRING PICNIC</span> will take place in Parker Park on Sunday, <span style="color: #ea9999;">April 30</span>, from 3 to 6 p.m. Make plans to attend!.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="color: #e06666;">CREEK CLEAN UP</span>- <br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4cuL2qGagj9GIcrNgIGJFE5Y5ufk1d_1gqB9pMTcZliea1b2fXTCBrxdb1m_qrAuQjAIAMyRaJbQ0E60ONGXKx8EzR2As8lalQ_lHB2eCNGL0pdP6je1au_hQkjv6Fjjb21sy5r_HtiJBGTxF6Vw2xxCjvOiVzBoMFmHEjkorx9XDtt_5zAIliwZJug/s4883/fullsizeoutput_24d2.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3662" data-original-width="4883" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4cuL2qGagj9GIcrNgIGJFE5Y5ufk1d_1gqB9pMTcZliea1b2fXTCBrxdb1m_qrAuQjAIAMyRaJbQ0E60ONGXKx8EzR2As8lalQ_lHB2eCNGL0pdP6je1au_hQkjv6Fjjb21sy5r_HtiJBGTxF6Vw2xxCjvOiVzBoMFmHEjkorx9XDtt_5zAIliwZJug/s320/fullsizeoutput_24d2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">The annual Rattlesnake Creek Cleanup will take place on Saturday, <span style="color: #ea9999;">March 11</span> at 10 a.m. Meet at "the dip", where the creek runs under NW 18 Terrace, a half-block north of NW 8 Ave. You'll be walking in water. Wear old shoes and bring a bag to collect trash.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"> </span></span></p><div class="ydp44146ea6yiv6485685752elementToProof" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
Note: Our Rattlesnake Creek Cleanup coincides with <span style="color: #e06666;">First Magnitude's 9<span><sup>th</sup> annual </span>Clean
Creek Revival</span> festival. They host the
largest creek and waterway cleanup in the Gainesville area. If you all
want join that as well, info
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<div style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> At First Mag, you can get tools, dump creek trash in their dumpsters, and get a free beer for your troubles! All this from the brewery's owners, Christine and John Denny, who are also 14th Avenue neighbors.</span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNoV4pA-6mSMXVfEvTVV5HKuUy1a4aesu9nPZ_UhnnyIZvU27_gWoxT4AFnvmll78txRkybfjkkCbvgeif61xjNtbrpU26CTJKV9rH9mU6txoh9A7yUK1WRzrJAU-UOPMAIuIrn2TcEQMUhjOi_ImE3ep5paK9pptBqUZcqapXYvcoVasnUYLGxL5Fhg/s5152/IMG_3230.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNoV4pA-6mSMXVfEvTVV5HKuUy1a4aesu9nPZ_UhnnyIZvU27_gWoxT4AFnvmll78txRkybfjkkCbvgeif61xjNtbrpU26CTJKV9rH9mU6txoh9A7yUK1WRzrJAU-UOPMAIuIrn2TcEQMUhjOi_ImE3ep5paK9pptBqUZcqapXYvcoVasnUYLGxL5Fhg/w640-h480/IMG_3230.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Our creek crewe two years ago.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="color: #e06666;">PARK REPORT</span>- We are working to create new parks in Rattlesnake woods and in the wooded area west of Parker Park. Commissioner Eastman encourages our efforts and assures us that he will help. </span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHbHbt1adLFu22XcHo6KUxt32SWb7Jekv8qNkWbQJyzMN-V75CciXn-RC49xPTllk2kzsQgPwrKcY1F7Qs-j46wUhni7toi3R66P-O0FQjS8UMnxppKkUc8Zs9pGd-bCAFZZo_6x_zortY4VI5LfFN9aBQyUtBuuGPhiZv0wviIzyfjKFylKlR0gsDoQ/s5152/fullsizeoutput_2ca0.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHbHbt1adLFu22XcHo6KUxt32SWb7Jekv8qNkWbQJyzMN-V75CciXn-RC49xPTllk2kzsQgPwrKcY1F7Qs-j46wUhni7toi3R66P-O0FQjS8UMnxppKkUc8Zs9pGd-bCAFZZo_6x_zortY4VI5LfFN9aBQyUtBuuGPhiZv0wviIzyfjKFylKlR0gsDoQ/w640-h480/fullsizeoutput_2ca0.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is the publicly owned right-of-way in Rattlesnake Woods. We need to convert it into a linear park!<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #e06666;">BROKEN BRIDGE</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"> Out local bike club has been nice enough to build a few bridges </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDjuPdKbQ3EAQlUerxYsTM4q4hFazE7r_gnMVVVrJVhNgaWX2QJYjWW3cnrABhMzb_nQ80mmiKcvoecI3-_zsd8pF8FKx5upQmpcFBwAt3-AclUib0SPyOKGIFsZ3Vm7WE2W5mVjrCCJ0RO8hcBcP440Bc1xZ0IUkWDez1WJx00dhZjXLFSk-EHQ1Bw/s4032/k1HXNSpBRRSeGx90AknjWA.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDjuPdKbQ3EAQlUerxYsTM4q4hFazE7r_gnMVVVrJVhNgaWX2QJYjWW3cnrABhMzb_nQ80mmiKcvoecI3-_zsd8pF8FKx5upQmpcFBwAt3-AclUib0SPyOKGIFsZ3Vm7WE2W5mVjrCCJ0RO8hcBcP440Bc1xZ0IUkWDez1WJx00dhZjXLFSk-EHQ1Bw/w400-h300/k1HXNSpBRRSeGx90AknjWA.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">in the woods west of us. They allow us to cross Rattlesnake and Hogtown Creeks without getting our feet wet. The one just north of NW 8th cracked in half last month. A bunch of us disassembled it Saturday (I only fell off it once!) so water can easily flow past again.<br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglz9C-yXFQ4pOqBWvlVKMh07mu8O5NzujscyDh4009vWFc2UEVDss--04nLxPVvsnQ2kyL4Wu5RrNF0EyizUx1ZHHZmRI6C-oWXaHOxonxzhowV-39pCHTkTOykDCd7iKOMttH6LjAszIMRANtsjREgHM5B3gwaew1N1QgBiAsCPNaACfcA8TOnJiclA/s3915/fullsizeoutput_366a.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3915" data-original-width="2936" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglz9C-yXFQ4pOqBWvlVKMh07mu8O5NzujscyDh4009vWFc2UEVDss--04nLxPVvsnQ2kyL4Wu5RrNF0EyizUx1ZHHZmRI6C-oWXaHOxonxzhowV-39pCHTkTOykDCd7iKOMttH6LjAszIMRANtsjREgHM5B3gwaew1N1QgBiAsCPNaACfcA8TOnJiclA/w300-h400/fullsizeoutput_366a.jpeg" width="300" /> </a> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Our UPNA<span style="color: #e06666;"> Bulletin Board</span> has been sharing information on 18th Terrace for two years now. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"> Feel free to use it whenever you need to get the word out.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"></span></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLS4DKD9yDAZvrU_fqmi0igR_q1dlb7TJb8zPHFV-sZ_To-Vsk7HysoMNV7NnufWzdfW9e4uKMQQ9h7rs1hMtHPWNyU6_42MKfXhYTitp3nFZw5E4ZoFw2x_hCn4tBH5U11QAyBJ2XI3_77Vfa7oVkSq6wqqP6JJCnxBDZqakOhs3JwUe_z5o_3MlXTA/s3958/fullsizeoutput_3668.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3958" data-original-width="2968" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLS4DKD9yDAZvrU_fqmi0igR_q1dlb7TJb8zPHFV-sZ_To-Vsk7HysoMNV7NnufWzdfW9e4uKMQQ9h7rs1hMtHPWNyU6_42MKfXhYTitp3nFZw5E4ZoFw2x_hCn4tBH5U11QAyBJ2XI3_77Vfa7oVkSq6wqqP6JJCnxBDZqakOhs3JwUe_z5o_3MlXTA/w300-h400/fullsizeoutput_3668.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="color: #e06666;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs3CIxdwwdi58GXrxh-0cSYoV8sOG0tLQ-YSglwVC4ayWefUNN_CxXf1AYBmCyZcZNIFCtk7tWBrVlyXsNfQUP98pkI6jRGos-STnzrLyjOIYl7JiOM4FsR9rKP2yfLARX5j1mcn1stL94DTmA40In3bxZVs5zh1kLahiH0kiioaIMieQVvsGCzmga4Q/s4032/iXoqr+urS1mkpZdQIv5oLw.jpg" style="clear: right; color: #e06666; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs3CIxdwwdi58GXrxh-0cSYoV8sOG0tLQ-YSglwVC4ayWefUNN_CxXf1AYBmCyZcZNIFCtk7tWBrVlyXsNfQUP98pkI6jRGos-STnzrLyjOIYl7JiOM4FsR9rKP2yfLARX5j1mcn1stL94DTmA40In3bxZVs5zh1kLahiH0kiioaIMieQVvsGCzmga4Q/w480-h640/iXoqr+urS1mkpZdQIv5oLw.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br />CURIA</span>- If you haven't been to Curia-On-The Drag yet, stop on March.10th. This collection of shops, restaurants and Dad's Bar has something for everyone. Their <span style="color: #e06666;">Auk Market</span> is </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">sponsoring a mini-fest with 20 vendors and live music Friday evening.<br /></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"> </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"> </span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="color: #e06666;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="color: #e06666;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="color: #e06666;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="color: #e06666;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="color: #e06666;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="color: #e06666;">NEW MUSEUM</span>- The "Theatre of Memory" Museum opened, just a mile east of us last month. It's Bill Hutchison's life-long collection, all kinds of wonderful things. It is located at 1705 NW 6th </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhMJtQ-zJaivBxasFhZosX4VlmCNqKaPjZz46Nf68FLeHn36BxFMnrkMU3fVobbSs419vfXit_QjbUrZrZbc1MPeFEfxUKBtp_HbyQiRmmZpjb14ZsaZ0q9clb4_MREI39SkmQgniX3si1rhcaNCgwmbQDPa-ic7S4dies61-7viAO93W7ioIVHO9fuA/s3930/fullsizeoutput_3597.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2946" data-original-width="3930" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhMJtQ-zJaivBxasFhZosX4VlmCNqKaPjZz46Nf68FLeHn36BxFMnrkMU3fVobbSs419vfXit_QjbUrZrZbc1MPeFEfxUKBtp_HbyQiRmmZpjb14ZsaZ0q9clb4_MREI39SkmQgniX3si1rhcaNCgwmbQDPa-ic7S4dies61-7viAO93W7ioIVHO9fuA/w400-h300/fullsizeoutput_3597.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><br />Street. Admission is free (donations are accepted). Join us there at 3 p.m. on Sunday, <span style="color: #ea9999;">March 12</span>, for our Neighborhood <b>field trip</b>. Bill will give us a personal tour. </span></span><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">More information at <span style="color: #ea9999;">www.theatreofmemory.org </span>.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span></p><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><span></span></span><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="color: #e06666;"> THE BEAUTY AROUND US</span> - Remember we live where there are more natural springs than anywhere else in the world. Why not jump in one today? or, at least glide a kayak down that lazy river we call "The Ich".</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3gMCt7sJtOr_Hg5gmLbIuLig6dOud4xUNxTEy7ki5wT8xmd0oJaikrme5H50-UUhSMoLUo4MCkknG_hSM1o13vysmbBL9B9aysRTa2XtP9w3967-2U_3lKkb317NbHYxFJJbvUT4kRU962j5AK152cATlWt9oUNiXZTfG7eqUrLJNBp71rooDTlED-Q/s3981/fullsizeoutput_3688.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2986" data-original-width="3981" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3gMCt7sJtOr_Hg5gmLbIuLig6dOud4xUNxTEy7ki5wT8xmd0oJaikrme5H50-UUhSMoLUo4MCkknG_hSM1o13vysmbBL9B9aysRTa2XtP9w3967-2U_3lKkb317NbHYxFJJbvUT4kRU962j5AK152cATlWt9oUNiXZTfG7eqUrLJNBp71rooDTlED-Q/w640-h480/fullsizeoutput_3688.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Above, a shot taken by my brother-in-law, Frano, three days ago. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">On his excursion he and his wife, Sheila, were amazed by a bulbous manatee, two gators, three otters, and more alligator gar than they could count. Our springs are like a dream...</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"></span></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGVrtHS2gEljveLtGYFzvyGVI5nQnAaVGdstXbJL0uGy1M5SBBeR8PeYdt1OJr7bAD0dzr5lyA2u2PPNj1r7eHuVwyDQZD4E5YJJfjghrW1S1qIv5SfaUbFk9YTFc1EErBy_xjzBzU23x8mfMI7dV7d30JEu2gjwb1vM8IXZkAAFXfOMURUdEZ8J0CaQ/s3993/fullsizeoutput_3697.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2712" data-original-width="3993" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGVrtHS2gEljveLtGYFzvyGVI5nQnAaVGdstXbJL0uGy1M5SBBeR8PeYdt1OJr7bAD0dzr5lyA2u2PPNj1r7eHuVwyDQZD4E5YJJfjghrW1S1qIv5SfaUbFk9YTFc1EErBy_xjzBzU23x8mfMI7dV7d30JEu2gjwb1vM8IXZkAAFXfOMURUdEZ8J0CaQ/w400-h271/fullsizeoutput_3697.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="color: #e06666;">Proud </span>we were, to be attending my sister-in-law's lecture at the UF school of architecture last week.<br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Last Sunday, <span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #e06666;">5th Generation farmer, John Nix</span>,</span> came to University</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Y-DG78JxS3FEZts0HLqqOf0z9OYWiWEQxbu1isLTkrl7-nvkxmIfwekyTvrFcfYeFhVRSxLhIdj-mAwe6vwvR0gKnjdHGAW1lcVU81SUievXUkpjBagogAsCMs-LcuGQ5r_2pLnKdhOgS3CvLOa29ak0VpXtg5oXzUowOjkD-ltDTJIFVIhi4H9j8w/s2345/fullsizeoutput_368e.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2111" data-original-width="2345" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Y-DG78JxS3FEZts0HLqqOf0z9OYWiWEQxbu1isLTkrl7-nvkxmIfwekyTvrFcfYeFhVRSxLhIdj-mAwe6vwvR0gKnjdHGAW1lcVU81SUievXUkpjBagogAsCMs-LcuGQ5r_2pLnKdhOgS3CvLOa29ak0VpXtg5oXzUowOjkD-ltDTJIFVIhi4H9j8w/w200-h180/fullsizeoutput_368e.jpeg" width="200" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"> Park to speak about the discrimination black farmers have faced in this country for 150 years. </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"> Farmer John Nix, left, at UCG Sunday</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFPwJB7ZZxTRN3cMiCZPz-cB57VzRj7c28kw5RPPwIxdrP7ZJ1oIxuAbb-asush4v_3P4DolCDwGxCLN8ao8aQAZ1U0oOERXxuoMVKgCn5Qrrtt3CwujvICO04gvopJY_Jqvst5nOZhzAFyvX_wIIQ8Wl88dhpAFZc5RLcjb11jf9FE8ul-y3CNai1xQ/s3843/fullsizeoutput_3693.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2882" data-original-width="3843" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFPwJB7ZZxTRN3cMiCZPz-cB57VzRj7c28kw5RPPwIxdrP7ZJ1oIxuAbb-asush4v_3P4DolCDwGxCLN8ao8aQAZ1U0oOERXxuoMVKgCn5Qrrtt3CwujvICO04gvopJY_Jqvst5nOZhzAFyvX_wIIQ8Wl88dhpAFZc5RLcjb11jf9FE8ul-y3CNai1xQ/s320/fullsizeoutput_3693.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">His great-grandparents were enslaved in Alachua County. Gained their freedom in 1865, they started a farm in Rochelle, eight miles east of Gainesville, which is still in the family. They raise cattle.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">John wants us to support creating a meat processing plant in Newberry. This will allow small farmers, like him, to sell local, grass-fed beef to folks living here. For more information on supporting local black farms check out <span style="color: #45818e;">https://www.northfloridablackfarms.com/black-farms</span>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">It is rumored that <span style="color: #e06666;">King Mango </span>will be coming to town on the wings of a pig. Stay tuned for details.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"></span></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizKmpNMNGyTQnNwnuQUF8uksjuPk1pRn2hy3TD05GLAbrPqhnk5xRPmtlzA5h0zl-87YsHMbUMsXxte54L6cDm2VGoSDKkPlZ0rxPyaVGxj4Jr9JTyEowmnsxtpcmr2zWMZvBiPJ62MT47DOZlQaIZchYa4cu1eKJt4mhPo1WGk0B_QK67FW2fccoBEA/s3393/fullsizeoutput_3696.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3393" data-original-width="2634" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizKmpNMNGyTQnNwnuQUF8uksjuPk1pRn2hy3TD05GLAbrPqhnk5xRPmtlzA5h0zl-87YsHMbUMsXxte54L6cDm2VGoSDKkPlZ0rxPyaVGxj4Jr9JTyEowmnsxtpcmr2zWMZvBiPJ62MT47DOZlQaIZchYa4cu1eKJt4mhPo1WGk0B_QK67FW2fccoBEA/w310-h400/fullsizeoutput_3696.jpeg" width="310" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">The Governor and his legislature continues to ban books. We are honored to have the painting, "Florida's Book-of-the-</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Month Club' " gracing the cover of the New Yorker this week.<br /></span></span><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="color: #e06666;"> </span></span></span></p><br /><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">That's it for now,<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Fecte7N6-smAtp1DlO67Od_DgYOYYWJHq63zDqCKvfCMataiQdlTf6FLUZOQrqrFei5BOREF9Ryh2idYaxNlZJZgbASEK42ZhQ3xUDUorq1AwwCIEeQT3W17Wm_hQVleALu1ZVyLU-EoCmmv7wrp7DANMCpvAc8C_YriKFhSW7xg1lklQY6llvjbSA/s3902/fullsizeoutput_2c85.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2926" data-original-width="3902" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Fecte7N6-smAtp1DlO67Od_DgYOYYWJHq63zDqCKvfCMataiQdlTf6FLUZOQrqrFei5BOREF9Ryh2idYaxNlZJZgbASEK42ZhQ3xUDUorq1AwwCIEeQT3W17Wm_hQVleALu1ZVyLU-EoCmmv7wrp7DANMCpvAc8C_YriKFhSW7xg1lklQY6llvjbSA/w640-h480/fullsizeoutput_2c85.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"> <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"> <span style="color: #e06666;">Best wishes for a happy day,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span>-Glenn<br /></span></span></span></p><br />Glenn Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15362915360429603120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428534988922325676.post-87949746215609867532023-02-01T05:43:00.000-08:002023-02-01T05:43:01.391-08:00WINTER SOLDIER<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <span style="color: #073763;"> Yesterday was the 52d anniversary of the Winter Soldier Investigation. That's when 300 Viet Nam veterans gathered in Detroit to tell the world what was really going on in that tragic war.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #073763;"> Their testimony helped end it.</span><br /><br /></span></span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBV1qM-_tw5VPgayuaB4BOKsH31o7z-tW9wqvRo2h2EVO3mtFMOhbGb6HK4XYsPIuZiEy53DQCALCfR36duLfB0rSpqKJvL-4OUH0CJl5UPKP0kdWv6-7g7qp4K2AXyhdNs-kxj1fDotYC_i4bX_j77wigRucrOtZthuPMxAbHqGT3_h6YydLhnk9j3g/s3092/fullsizeoutput_35a7.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2659" data-original-width="3092" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBV1qM-_tw5VPgayuaB4BOKsH31o7z-tW9wqvRo2h2EVO3mtFMOhbGb6HK4XYsPIuZiEy53DQCALCfR36duLfB0rSpqKJvL-4OUH0CJl5UPKP0kdWv6-7g7qp4K2AXyhdNs-kxj1fDotYC_i4bX_j77wigRucrOtZthuPMxAbHqGT3_h6YydLhnk9j3g/s320/fullsizeoutput_35a7.jpeg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <span style="color: #073763;">Gainesville's Scott Camil was one of them. His personal account stood out because it </span></span></span><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">was so detailed and graphic. The UF student's experience there helped transform him into the anti-war activist that he is today.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Scott was our guest at a front yard forum last night. Our main topic was "how can we resolve conflict without violence?".</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYPkuiHxfZ8VO04OU34uMep1pJbZnA1oaU5ACV7jyVOgX4cuMJoY9870Vk6n7DMfbXN4rTtLeb4ji7_x1s1w3Ap2yaj5LKFKazanZKf31xYk8guh9tpvaL5nBH0j3S624VrO2IKwU2PufWkXfDF-AiLdqob2lf64X3QFXcxNRXhZy8GVAgG1JqTIq9mw/s4032/fullsizeoutput_35a8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2888" data-original-width="4032" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYPkuiHxfZ8VO04OU34uMep1pJbZnA1oaU5ACV7jyVOgX4cuMJoY9870Vk6n7DMfbXN4rTtLeb4ji7_x1s1w3Ap2yaj5LKFKazanZKf31xYk8guh9tpvaL5nBH0j3S624VrO2IKwU2PufWkXfDF-AiLdqob2lf64X3QFXcxNRXhZy8GVAgG1JqTIq9mw/w640-h458/fullsizeoutput_35a8.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> My Hialeah High School classmate saw a lot of it in 'Nam as a Marine infantryman. Scott recounted, </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihT0PqwdUQX2ySNP7zGTqB-TTxT8Jmx0n17YxMjQSK2PvWxDBql3Mo8c-_aHwah7y248LHAOZ0dEcfPoJIPI48zQ_gfmxNOu8tQpn_eHoByrWjeXaP0CTgsqcG_lX7c938koQKvJ1kN8OsPu2GEzOdObZE6gsbQMoksO03bee3LVgrKWuQJLnoZna7WA/s5152/IMG_2112.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihT0PqwdUQX2ySNP7zGTqB-TTxT8Jmx0n17YxMjQSK2PvWxDBql3Mo8c-_aHwah7y248LHAOZ0dEcfPoJIPI48zQ_gfmxNOu8tQpn_eHoByrWjeXaP0CTgsqcG_lX7c938koQKvJ1kN8OsPu2GEzOdObZE6gsbQMoksO03bee3LVgrKWuQJLnoZna7WA/s320/IMG_2112.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">"The fire fights weren't the worst, it was slogging through the jungles everyday wondering if a mine was going to blow off your legs ... or those of your buddy next to you". <br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Scott came home after 20 months of combat. His 13 medals included two Purple Hearts. The former member of "The Gainesville Eight" is married, has </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi394quHGh5eC5LJfjKQVHYvFhcfLlWaewSf3NtDaFchn5jPKIjgTY5cyDzn16Gf1AXRaU-PkZuTHf8EfcXxg-n6rArDHO3QxogFwV5-1at49wfqxDUho4IW43fJTBGqARtVyXvNQXhkgK43ZGr1iXOO7j0llqj_Xj94HPHjWtsU0y8vCP-C8Eq3Vq7bw/s4032/5pPukYMhQmq1iEk0Omqu%25Q.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi394quHGh5eC5LJfjKQVHYvFhcfLlWaewSf3NtDaFchn5jPKIjgTY5cyDzn16Gf1AXRaU-PkZuTHf8EfcXxg-n6rArDHO3QxogFwV5-1at49wfqxDUho4IW43fJTBGqARtVyXvNQXhkgK43ZGr1iXOO7j0llqj_Xj94HPHjWtsU0y8vCP-C8Eq3Vq7bw/s320/5pPukYMhQmq1iEk0Omqu%25Q.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">three kids, and has been President of the local chapter of "Veterans For Peace" since 1987.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> We were proud to have him leading our platoon last night.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> _______________<br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span><br /></p>Glenn Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15362915360429603120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428534988922325676.post-82167288859316428842023-01-30T12:49:00.005-08:002023-02-01T03:50:35.190-08:00 WILD BILL AND HIS SIXTH STREET CIRCUS<p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <span style="color: #351c75;"> It's Gainesville's best kept secret, the new attraction on NW 6th Street. The "Theatre of Memory Museum" has something for everyone. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFMDe3KmpUSDuwVSsY_OwTHg8QUl3Gt72iOrTlbhUgp4ZRXdZasBbZ8E4tLmMZ_6-rKYrLS78pNMWwKxSu2vifWCtxP8QAQEXJczTxkSkFWbISjw9sv1UDqTDdqWVVWMoHkEGQmUsbcyTGrPMeIK6iTx2SGVdLzd37IGtisP6SvJodXDHTLqjfAUIn7g/s3930/fullsizeoutput_3597.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2946" data-original-width="3930" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFMDe3KmpUSDuwVSsY_OwTHg8QUl3Gt72iOrTlbhUgp4ZRXdZasBbZ8E4tLmMZ_6-rKYrLS78pNMWwKxSu2vifWCtxP8QAQEXJczTxkSkFWbISjw9sv1UDqTDdqWVVWMoHkEGQmUsbcyTGrPMeIK6iTx2SGVdLzd37IGtisP6SvJodXDHTLqjfAUIn7g/w640-h480/fullsizeoutput_3597.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The home-grown collection includes all sorts of things... music memorabilia, seashells, ancient scrolls and so much more. If one oddity does not intrigue you the next one will. </span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> Bill Hutchison and his wife, Jennifer Johnson, bought the historic cottage to share their treasures with the world. It's just a mile from downtown Gainesville. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> <br /></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></span><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG6vrQKDorL211cqlQP8DE8bbPAAqzV7GRJe3SyAp2fLQ37yDukyI_LMhF-Gl23LF-CrlAVWWgcrThT0jPzH7ZBB5ZJM_IF8yU3wSzUiaEC2IZkObuxegwSUkzjViFQvOgU1A7-FI2y4c11-55EFb7lmox7Ba7Wd56aQLzmGGsjb9ZojETV7MewcKflA/s3803/fullsizeoutput_3594.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3803" data-original-width="2851" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG6vrQKDorL211cqlQP8DE8bbPAAqzV7GRJe3SyAp2fLQ37yDukyI_LMhF-Gl23LF-CrlAVWWgcrThT0jPzH7ZBB5ZJM_IF8yU3wSzUiaEC2IZkObuxegwSUkzjViFQvOgU1A7-FI2y4c11-55EFb7lmox7Ba7Wd56aQLzmGGsjb9ZojETV7MewcKflA/s320/fullsizeoutput_3594.jpeg" width="240" /></a><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> I spent hours there Saturday trying to take it all in. The director (Bill) </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> gave me a tour.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> This house of curiosities is a result of a lifetime of collecting. You enter the 1903 cottage in the first of twelve rooms, "The Wheelhouse". Bill has a thing for all relics round</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyPOxnRzWZGo8W1-EC8R41QYRD1JyOBCH2nkI2Sn6kzLOAMJrEteODDWB5kyB3DrhWpza6QjTslQHhIcAyD2Y4Jle3CmmEhawhgLiSGIaK6jnZZo10_vA_FXeE08jYUqQPrcclTkQRdpmQ-BpPSI6BBcQ_NHJv7Z1EwOaMb5yni1oscUGVpeXr73WN8g/s4003/fullsizeoutput_3588.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3002" data-original-width="4003" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyPOxnRzWZGo8W1-EC8R41QYRD1JyOBCH2nkI2Sn6kzLOAMJrEteODDWB5kyB3DrhWpza6QjTslQHhIcAyD2Y4Jle3CmmEhawhgLiSGIaK6jnZZo10_vA_FXeE08jYUqQPrcclTkQRdpmQ-BpPSI6BBcQ_NHJv7Z1EwOaMb5yni1oscUGVpeXr73WN8g/w400-h300/fullsizeoutput_3588.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;">and,</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> for the Beatles. </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;">The next room revealed his extensive Fab Four collection.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYGnZBnWM0S4_zQRgXHdxgVdYBeYKJRfyIUhfr49aE7IgYQS4nEmC8RcodT9L1l2M00BAG1fu5c3F1bZVx_vujNkwYWeHT6Mff3lhSloltBk84UweS1DTBGrHsY4652-2nJ6wg5VTCrHWanSP3dP-0Po9QfzCjAVzt8obmjBgUr818MoIp5NnQ85nqQ/s3612/fullsizeoutput_3593.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2743" data-original-width="3612" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYGnZBnWM0S4_zQRgXHdxgVdYBeYKJRfyIUhfr49aE7IgYQS4nEmC8RcodT9L1l2M00BAG1fu5c3F1bZVx_vujNkwYWeHT6Mff3lhSloltBk84UweS1DTBGrHsY4652-2nJ6wg5VTCrHWanSP3dP-0Po9QfzCjAVzt8obmjBgUr818MoIp5NnQ85nqQ/s320/fullsizeoutput_3593.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The center room is devoted to Bill's love of music. He and his wife have already hosted small concerts there. <br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTFFc0aLcLREnTaAkGdjUsUXop6aoxeWPvmva3gHfEXKStWuxNKNtRTtHyyyvDYPsR4Ovm1ADD3c8d5sWnMXQC0vMLL0XNzHKa7DOBvvGKEbFTKZKYxhU2o4MBzbAOj7kKzxdp_QEkT-xdy7L4nTL0BSXstYy4C1WcE88PLWBu-eyVoPv2q_LOhZDuuw/s4032/03pQmaTWSQW4bEExDoLVvQ.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTFFc0aLcLREnTaAkGdjUsUXop6aoxeWPvmva3gHfEXKStWuxNKNtRTtHyyyvDYPsR4Ovm1ADD3c8d5sWnMXQC0vMLL0XNzHKa7DOBvvGKEbFTKZKYxhU2o4MBzbAOj7kKzxdp_QEkT-xdy7L4nTL0BSXstYy4C1WcE88PLWBu-eyVoPv2q_LOhZDuuw/w640-h480/03pQmaTWSQW4bEExDoLVvQ.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">FEEL FREE TO BANG A GONG, TRY TUBULAR BELLS OR MAKE THE BOWLS SING<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></span><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhchgU11T0WdkNIWPPSXHO_yv8Zd2IhdmorQ6l7s7TulZqPv0v7oQzMq_57t6hiOyk4aaSKSswoCskx8zflFmUAtDiLQkZSFYkNQXbQ7yxuFcBoh2UfVedjWlyE0N9Rgfdbqnp1NQKd3mOLUKqy7iZM6WkRUqxrc5IIFjaGPP5lLFA08HQvRXT9aIzzhA/s4032/G1XA2u+4R6mg0+ryQaoseQ.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhchgU11T0WdkNIWPPSXHO_yv8Zd2IhdmorQ6l7s7TulZqPv0v7oQzMq_57t6hiOyk4aaSKSswoCskx8zflFmUAtDiLQkZSFYkNQXbQ7yxuFcBoh2UfVedjWlyE0N9Rgfdbqnp1NQKd3mOLUKqy7iZM6WkRUqxrc5IIFjaGPP5lLFA08HQvRXT9aIzzhA/w480-h640/G1XA2u+4R6mg0+ryQaoseQ.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Bill is a Viet Nam Vet. He shipped out in '68 and served in both the infantry and in the Army's entertainment division.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVjRwSzFe_fR12rN_3SJp1BgCRziIe-ynYOmRvcT0AsAdA2QZ9coFJ5CMx-AXPZ6oH5xgn7sFiZAhJZNHdwXjyC4jIszuLIi-GTSlBFJmvdWqYTA3CItI6AH1By-eNOhzijirxs8wvb4WU1cSwlgLMumD2v-vm9RXXR4vZBkedon71MaQP_8ipwJ1t2w/s3696/fullsizeoutput_359f.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3696" data-original-width="2999" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVjRwSzFe_fR12rN_3SJp1BgCRziIe-ynYOmRvcT0AsAdA2QZ9coFJ5CMx-AXPZ6oH5xgn7sFiZAhJZNHdwXjyC4jIszuLIi-GTSlBFJmvdWqYTA3CItI6AH1By-eNOhzijirxs8wvb4WU1cSwlgLMumD2v-vm9RXXR4vZBkedon71MaQP_8ipwJ1t2w/w325-h400/fullsizeoutput_359f.jpeg" width="325" /></a></span></span></span></div><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Jennifer and Bill's shoe collection is nonpareil. Where else in Florida can you</span></span></span><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> see so many amazing ways to adorn your feet feet?<br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Y1bPNGmwLd-3aohZ_rC_WH8eMRaO2A9scX_T3qMlfMLfqaef96nTvuKMr0neAv--ZUPw_Z26PIrxi8-mcg6ZUf-wDMxKTxpF95SVmWKh9GXllrpZn7P0L5t-k-NvsVBAGA074IcGduhrgHCYvff_9GHDEaCmuqp8oI0sy64_5litLoUmDLtO0VIKqQ/s4032/8QIVT7daSj+jw+Agqjy1UQ.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Y1bPNGmwLd-3aohZ_rC_WH8eMRaO2A9scX_T3qMlfMLfqaef96nTvuKMr0neAv--ZUPw_Z26PIrxi8-mcg6ZUf-wDMxKTxpF95SVmWKh9GXllrpZn7P0L5t-k-NvsVBAGA074IcGduhrgHCYvff_9GHDEaCmuqp8oI0sy64_5litLoUmDLtO0VIKqQ/w640-h480/8QIVT7daSj+jw+Agqjy1UQ.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></span></div><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSrqwM2guKxWK71vyA7heFedUhmeYjPZFADuuyvwELEQ1yMzaSg1AKiMLmterkyL2XrNt208O0vYY-3a51pAdTPLY7ZSAA3iQea0JFVB8gthfTGNJOB4t0R18ZdfaJ17EsdZr1tkS-wGIvT9zWYB4MMLM-5ec3D4Mpv6BWaj7uFrLjvTo58hd6MBK6Bg/s4032/0hXr0d9YQn+msdCkzcBo%25Q.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></span></span></span></div><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguObIT3yYznpbLVRAMqVMstK-4EjfxKTnW45gNds_g-fnhwZnpGJb0T-VD-KcglA7BXOfVpQyFx1wVhcgO04_UOaw5M_VK2Ls6rchTJlqEHlKmtC1R-xKVjsnNeWrk72uDVJwWfFaFh-68S720PR27J6UQKSG_lcpjtj8ZrpeYR2MaFPfwSekCV4lZTw/s3024/fullsizeoutput_35a0.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2836" data-original-width="3024" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguObIT3yYznpbLVRAMqVMstK-4EjfxKTnW45gNds_g-fnhwZnpGJb0T-VD-KcglA7BXOfVpQyFx1wVhcgO04_UOaw5M_VK2Ls6rchTJlqEHlKmtC1R-xKVjsnNeWrk72uDVJwWfFaFh-68S720PR27J6UQKSG_lcpjtj8ZrpeYR2MaFPfwSekCV4lZTw/w400-h375/fullsizeoutput_35a0.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></div><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">These crusty clown shoes sparked my interest. The previous owner probably wore them to keep people laughing for years.<br /><br /> An east wall was adorned with "scholar stones" collected from the far East. They are the rare ones</span></span></span><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl-NOn-mBG29ZloXvUZ9BsUxgfZKx0HeVTswGJpFEjoA40BAJPLZkvLxt_9C9XC4dB1mna3ziKHwDYRdDhn347_vLdd9OTw5oUBqYl-WK8IZSiuCNiUvzkvPSqHajKEUHvjmtPxCL1OEarXO1tHpnw0FL7_wA13bnXbcf1sUJD_KY5_EvIF4DD3DP_2A/s3678/fullsizeoutput_3589.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3678" data-original-width="2550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl-NOn-mBG29ZloXvUZ9BsUxgfZKx0HeVTswGJpFEjoA40BAJPLZkvLxt_9C9XC4dB1mna3ziKHwDYRdDhn347_vLdd9OTw5oUBqYl-WK8IZSiuCNiUvzkvPSqHajKEUHvjmtPxCL1OEarXO1tHpnw0FL7_wA13bnXbcf1sUJD_KY5_EvIF4DD3DP_2A/w444-h640/fullsizeoutput_3589.jpeg" width="444" /></a></span></span></span></div><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> resembling natural landscapes. </span></span></span><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Most come from China, Korea, India, and Japan. I know of at least one dug up in the United States.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtPNFTBBIpTQWaPrJjnuflLNTQPe9Q1ytqCe2PRTvES58WnZ7-HtCLvb8toiGX8ttV71VHQaheTPW4cllvy5uHk1QNHIj2Jwf97gzupv88MfUkAb_LLXSm93c2pahhUl37lVOTHuOoBSR0FZQx4QvLTLBoxeG6o346LDjToaRezSsL6bKskDKERpVtEg/s2673/fullsizeoutput_35a3.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2673" data-original-width="1676" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtPNFTBBIpTQWaPrJjnuflLNTQPe9Q1ytqCe2PRTvES58WnZ7-HtCLvb8toiGX8ttV71VHQaheTPW4cllvy5uHk1QNHIj2Jwf97gzupv88MfUkAb_LLXSm93c2pahhUl37lVOTHuOoBSR0FZQx4QvLTLBoxeG6o346LDjToaRezSsL6bKskDKERpVtEg/w251-h400/fullsizeoutput_35a3.jpeg" width="251" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CORAL ROCK FROM COCONUT GROVE<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">It's in my back yard.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> In the Writing Room I saw fragile books, ancient scrolls and 4000 year-old stones inscribed with words. They were carved in cuneiform, the first known written language from Mesopotamia. </span></span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZgXPzoNA4bWpOyTxq5mVwIXRQlOvlBLvf8JDG0bHM8xRO-GO1QOXgNE2FFZvDd88OSz_AS6lgXviwWfoOI51sEp-vvWKL1DQKRf1i83S25Mt3vqI8KLke7-nnnTNaUUHI3q3GUnra2BBAj2MFqBrTH_p-fx5DhKKQpQHq61rizfs6Qb8335Etys-_mA/s4032/fullsizeoutput_35a1.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZgXPzoNA4bWpOyTxq5mVwIXRQlOvlBLvf8JDG0bHM8xRO-GO1QOXgNE2FFZvDd88OSz_AS6lgXviwWfoOI51sEp-vvWKL1DQKRf1i83S25Mt3vqI8KLke7-nnnTNaUUHI3q3GUnra2BBAj2MFqBrTH_p-fx5DhKKQpQHq61rizfs6Qb8335Etys-_mA/w400-h300/fullsizeoutput_35a1.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The one on the right is a tax bill for grain produced. <br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I thought it was weird that someone saved a tax bill for four centuries. Mine are quickly deposited in my "circular file".</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBsavo0GN_B045SzIZxU9m4-AcyfBNeZbJ6HxsWP6gAW2paSGGCgZVAGvmtWNYXSJmzKm79K7TLciFkj1dBQOhwNvn-keyxiKFvmIdhfBMD0gGf0_oTNJkB0_QZVRcqaeTD4OzC-qKMXeJUPBeIylVFKntCi_TO3rgN7kmHUmmNFgIQuTxcmTGM_V4ig/s2908/fullsizeoutput_358f.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2908" data-original-width="2121" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBsavo0GN_B045SzIZxU9m4-AcyfBNeZbJ6HxsWP6gAW2paSGGCgZVAGvmtWNYXSJmzKm79K7TLciFkj1dBQOhwNvn-keyxiKFvmIdhfBMD0gGf0_oTNJkB0_QZVRcqaeTD4OzC-qKMXeJUPBeIylVFKntCi_TO3rgN7kmHUmmNFgIQuTxcmTGM_V4ig/w291-h400/fullsizeoutput_358f.jpeg" width="291" /></a></span></span></span></div><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> These horse hair calligraphy brushes were hanging nearby. While I could not decipher the words on the plaque above they seemed to be say,</span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> "Borrow these and paint a masterpiece on the SW 34 Street's Graffiti Wall."<br /><br /></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUFaKeO0QPgyL4ZLrNDJ2ce6mjS7c_8jCGAMiUFEgkF3WhEDRNZoCrCebbOQB4myW0JznTV4fu9gRexWNeoXqqrd-GaUop6G5ROEA9RBGHB1-8-Su2JxQ-uuYwi-MTtwZxVnjpsDfKZEPIlZOaLsB57y5Y1gURD8VmGbmzkDjMcYXq9WLZjsm68tFmCQ/s12180/fullsizeoutput_359a.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3458" data-original-width="12180" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUFaKeO0QPgyL4ZLrNDJ2ce6mjS7c_8jCGAMiUFEgkF3WhEDRNZoCrCebbOQB4myW0JznTV4fu9gRexWNeoXqqrd-GaUop6G5ROEA9RBGHB1-8-Su2JxQ-uuYwi-MTtwZxVnjpsDfKZEPIlZOaLsB57y5Y1gURD8VmGbmzkDjMcYXq9WLZjsm68tFmCQ/w640-h182/fullsizeoutput_359a.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">(I can't decipher what the kids paint there either).</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I might do that next week.<br /></span></span></span></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8GxSyXOwGUjBqoApywu4XOGqB7kmB_R2fqe8yLydPyBgQgrlztOik89iJhWACLoLv44nG_bcr5jvDXThX26jsSh5t8Awo__sHVeZI7nMMKhGOaWHiV07oDXPwUiRdRQcJXS3hKaklCxwrRq-hh63Lbb_lJNLP0ycQdpTCxNpAaGQZPMUUFT7aqpvTDg/s3599/fullsizeoutput_3590.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3599" data-original-width="2523" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8GxSyXOwGUjBqoApywu4XOGqB7kmB_R2fqe8yLydPyBgQgrlztOik89iJhWACLoLv44nG_bcr5jvDXThX26jsSh5t8Awo__sHVeZI7nMMKhGOaWHiV07oDXPwUiRdRQcJXS3hKaklCxwrRq-hh63Lbb_lJNLP0ycQdpTCxNpAaGQZPMUUFT7aqpvTDg/s320/fullsizeoutput_3590.jpeg" width="224" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Bill let me hold thousand year-old spear points collected in North Florida. Some were still as sharp as steel.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSrqwM2guKxWK71vyA7heFedUhmeYjPZFADuuyvwELEQ1yMzaSg1AKiMLmterkyL2XrNt208O0vYY-3a51pAdTPLY7ZSAA3iQea0JFVB8gthfTGNJOB4t0R18ZdfaJ17EsdZr1tkS-wGIvT9zWYB4MMLM-5ec3D4Mpv6BWaj7uFrLjvTo58hd6MBK6Bg/s4032/0hXr0d9YQn+msdCkzcBo%25Q.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSrqwM2guKxWK71vyA7heFedUhmeYjPZFADuuyvwELEQ1yMzaSg1AKiMLmterkyL2XrNt208O0vYY-3a51pAdTPLY7ZSAA3iQea0JFVB8gthfTGNJOB4t0R18ZdfaJ17EsdZr1tkS-wGIvT9zWYB4MMLM-5ec3D4Mpv6BWaj7uFrLjvTo58hd6MBK6Bg/w400-h300/0hXr0d9YQn+msdCkzcBo%25Q.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">LONG BRANCH SALON</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Being allowed to touch -or hold- many of the artifacts was one of things that endear me to Jen and Bill's theatre.<br /> </span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></span><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></span><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0zOcv35STXnNoHzPgGYPt54WHpSZlZq50_c7n8_Yqwfgsj8rlqs4QLdEOrN7llJtLcjwnMYmxatMR_6QiYbnbZwLpjA45FzkE6Ga6bECCBJVIk3gLwT_oIcHLaWs-Uf0FN-6tEnioeGdgQxfwsEPF0JoQZ39GK4e21SOcwxSGTkRSnCAjaxyv2HRIYg/s3833/fullsizeoutput_3591.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3833" data-original-width="2732" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0zOcv35STXnNoHzPgGYPt54WHpSZlZq50_c7n8_Yqwfgsj8rlqs4QLdEOrN7llJtLcjwnMYmxatMR_6QiYbnbZwLpjA45FzkE6Ga6bECCBJVIk3gLwT_oIcHLaWs-Uf0FN-6tEnioeGdgQxfwsEPF0JoQZ39GK4e21SOcwxSGTkRSnCAjaxyv2HRIYg/w285-h400/fullsizeoutput_3591.jpeg" width="285" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">SHELL ROOM</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <br /> <br /></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGPLc8ZzXvsrTmQ2SadqWQ1iF-dL_WafKJ079cOtBSi1hSDzI3FLPKtdkXVnXVEcWiL8xgIozzqO0rLatmdqmPZeywj-SeFAD3CRadKgY7StPYHAFb5eTuioPvqIFSa_Di6081fYNNoIRQKPuxcqWcAT1EEEAPWvocBuwsI9PJGJ2rmjWoXYOkpy0TvQ/s3625/fullsizeoutput_3592.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2941" data-original-width="3625" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGPLc8ZzXvsrTmQ2SadqWQ1iF-dL_WafKJ079cOtBSi1hSDzI3FLPKtdkXVnXVEcWiL8xgIozzqO0rLatmdqmPZeywj-SeFAD3CRadKgY7StPYHAFb5eTuioPvqIFSa_Di6081fYNNoIRQKPuxcqWcAT1EEEAPWvocBuwsI9PJGJ2rmjWoXYOkpy0TvQ/w640-h520/fullsizeoutput_3592.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">TEA ROOM<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> <span style="font-family: verdana;">It's places like this that make cities special. Who would ever visit Portland without a stop at the original Voodoo Donut Shop? </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> The Theatre a perfect compliment to the Harn and our amazing natural history museum on the UF campus. Yes, there's the cool Tool Museum on East University but the door is usually locked. Satchel's Pizza? It's a museum too. I tell visitors it's like having lunch at Pee Wee's Playhouse. </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> We've got the Matheson and Cotton Club museums too. Big museums and small, They tell the world who we are and make us proud to live here. <br /></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> There you have it, twelve rooms for discovery on NW Sixth. Make plans to visit soon. The director (and collector), effervescent Bill, will probably be there to greet you. </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> </span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPmxOx_dO_wv62K33EkpAmyokwHZS7BEVoziT5OOufd29cma1C6dVRKc0TPk17lGiAgqDroGxJMXtxVqLcTZZE7UUEUGsgoBMi7RsqcPGH-aOHbKRlVXZpazmlp6xNrbXNjfR2xNu79QutRh7AjYFFiAWM-lhAXqhYQB6uq_yxXto4TarhpfPtLlxo8g/s4032/pv4k4u8wTl+K9DzOEDj+Jw.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPmxOx_dO_wv62K33EkpAmyokwHZS7BEVoziT5OOufd29cma1C6dVRKc0TPk17lGiAgqDroGxJMXtxVqLcTZZE7UUEUGsgoBMi7RsqcPGH-aOHbKRlVXZpazmlp6xNrbXNjfR2xNu79QutRh7AjYFFiAWM-lhAXqhYQB6uq_yxXto4TarhpfPtLlxo8g/w640-h480/pv4k4u8wTl+K9DzOEDj+Jw.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #660000;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> Admission is free but donations are graciously accepted. Parking is easy. Head down the driveway and tie up your horse (or car or bike) in the back pasture. Heck I'll probably be there enjoying my 17th visit.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;">-Glenn</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Theatre of Memory Museum</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;">1705 NW 6th St., Gainesville, FL, 32609<br /></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Open Wednesday through Sunday. </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> 10-30 - 4:30 p.m.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> website: www.theatreofmemory.org</span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>Glenn Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15362915360429603120noreply@blogger.com0