Monthly Archives: March 2011

Strong cold front tangling with warm moist air kicked off a day of rough weather across the sunshine state today, and while friends and family in the Tampa/Lakeland area saw the worst, we had our share here on Skinny Island. … Continue reading →

A little betwixt and between weather wise here on Skinny Island today, full overcast, muggy and still, but with tornado warnings due to heavy weather to our north.  No rain here yet though.  A purgatory, if you will, made for … Continue reading →

First Street South in St. Petersburg to I-275; 275 across the bay and through Tampa to I-4; I-4 to just past Lakeland, then get the hell off.  We don’t take I-4 through Orlando and home anymore from the Gulf coast. … Continue reading →

Skipped off Skinny Island again Sunday to do a little upkeep on the Gulf Coast offices of the Post.  Work went well, leaving a little time in late afternoon for a trip to the beach.  We normally go in the … Continue reading →

Saturday is our day to have The Baby.  He’s three and a half now, but we still call him The Baby, and probably always will, even to his great discomfort.  Saturdays have been our day together since he was an … Continue reading →

Long beach walk this morning; infinite range of rose and lavender on horizon reflected in wet sand retreating tide had left; mauve palmettos on still-dark dune.  Reverence comes to mind; little else.  A few birds, a few walkers, all seemed … Continue reading →

Some umbrage and a confession I think are due.  I wasn’t fair about the work done today, the hauling out to the street of all the tree work, etc.  I was in a hurry; not with the work itself, but … Continue reading →

Pretty tuckered out here.  Spent the morning moving about three months worth of clippings, palm fronds, and the dastardly invasive we cleared from the dune, out to the road for pick-up tomorrow.  We have been putting out a little at … Continue reading →