April 15th - April 17th, 2018

Monday, the day after the storm was windy and cold. A lot of people in long pants and shirts and the beach was a very lonely place. We had a barbecue with Greg and Deb at their cute spot before we headed to airport to pick up Karen and Elaine. They were lucky and made their connection in Toronto, the last two on the plane.
Tuesday the 17th, is warm, sunny and still breezy. The gang from Amherst gathered around our umbrella and we had a lovely day chatting, walking, reading, swimming, laughing. At 3 pm we did get a group picture of the Amherst group ( a few missing and they arrived 15 min late) and the boys had their Investment Group picture taken.

 The Cormiers, Hatheways, Smiths, Carrs, Sigits, VanVulpen, VanSnick, MacLeods, MacEacherns, Brennans

 Donnie, Roy, Jim, Bernie, Joe, Rick, Corey, Barry, Paul

Jenn Brennan

 Umbrella trouble

Jen VanSnick

 After a late afternoon on the beach we barbecued with Karen and Elaine and then a visit to Friendly's

April 9th - 14th, 2018

Monday is another beautiful day to walk, yoga class, afternoon on the beach with Vicki, Rosemary, Judy and Karen, big salad for dinner and finish the evening off with a hot tub session

Tuesday morning the rain, wind and lighting came so it was a shopping day at Bealls and lunch at Miller's Pub. The boys were rained out in Daytona also. The McKees arrived today for 2 weeks. The weather cleared in the evening and the girls headed out to a delicious dinner ay Guppy's - scallops, salmon and crab cakes.

The next couple days were hot, sunny and beach days but we had to say goodbye to Vicki on Wed and Rosemary on Thurs but hello to the guys arriving back from golf. Only 4 games this year, cool temps, no swimming but did have a good time and watched the Masters. The Hatheways came for dinner, spotted the space station and then an early night. On Friday it was walk and yoga morning and another afternoon on the beach. The MacEacherns, McKees and us headed to the Martins for a great pasta dinner, lots of stories ( Paul and the float plane and alligators), laughs, sunset and memories. 

Paul, Judy, Deb, Greg, Jenn, Bernie, Gisele, Fred

April 7th - 8th, 2018

Saturday was beautiful and we spent the whole day on the beach, swimming, reading, relaxing, etc. At supper time a huge rain and wind storm formed on the horizon and headed south of us - we only a bit of it for 1/2 an hour. Gorgeous to watch

 Sunday was Rosemary's day - her birthday as well as my little brother Alan's birthday. Karen had the girls in for brunch, birthday cake and girl pictures before we spent the day on the beach. To top the day off we had a delicious dinner at Guppy's restaurant at Indian Rocks - scallops, crab cakes, salmon, lobsters scargos and of course a glass of wine. The boys are having fun golfing in Daytona

Jenn, Karen, Vicki, Rosemary, Judy and Auntje (Judy's sister in law)

Modeling the prom dress 

March 24th - April 6th

Weather has warmed up and is beautiful, still windy some days but perfect. Leigh, Cathy and Adrian left on Monday for home and before Bob and Karen left on Tues we had dinner at the Salt Rock Cafe - delicious. We have our little umbrella and chairs on the beach and are amazed at the number of people. It is March school breaks and Easter so the beach is busy.
Tuesday the 27th (Greg's birthday) was golf day with Sharman and Roy at East Bay Golf Course. Had a lot of fun, lost a lot of balls and dodged the alligators beside the ponds.

Judy and Paul arrived on Wed the 28th to stay for 4 weeks at Ram Sea next door. Dinner, beach time, barbecue. Karen and Donnie arrived on Sat the 31st for 3 weeks and the cycle continues - beach, dinner, laughs, swimming, sunsets, reading. We had a delicious dinner at a new restaurant we found TJ's Italian Cafe in Indian Rocks

 I have joined the yoga group again this year so every Mon, Wed and Fri morning Bernie walks me to Yoga on the beach. Fun listening to the waves and watching for dolphins while we stretch.

On Wed the 4th Vicki arrived at Clearwater airport and Thurs the 5th Rosemary arrived at Tampa airport to spend a week with me while the boys are golfing in Daytona. The weather  is perfect for a few days on the beach under our umbrella. It is girls week with the 5 of us. 

On Friday after a great afternoon relaxing Vicki, Rosemary and I headed to Bellair Beach to visit Fred and Giselle and spend some time fishing off the beach. Had a ball and Vicki did catch a fish but the highlight was her diving to rescue a shrimp that she lost as bait. Pizza for supper in Clearwater - Fred's treat