The crazy life in Naples

Just a quick hello to say life has been crazy and is still moving and shaking, but all is well. I'm on the way out the door to start the journey to Charleston. I'm babysitting Penny and Juliet while mommy and daddy go to Australia. Wow right?!

Status of things -Kitchen renovation is done. We love, love it and well worth the hassle. And the insane moving back of furniture to the condo and delivery of new furniture in its place is also done. We did not sell the condo so made the decision to put it back as a seasonal rental, which required moving back some furniture and buying replacement. Of course the buying was going to be for the new house! And the movers were great (after they stopped laughing) about carefully moving back the same furniture they had just moved a few weeks prior. Ah well...

the clubhouse under renovation - old Florida style

Poinciana tree

Jumped out to play golf at Royal Poinciana, a venerated course in Naples. My long passed grandfather was a founding member and I have very fond memories of coming there, not to play golf but to eat lunch and wander. Fun to finally play it. There was a plaque dedicated to him beneath a tree somewhere (my brother actually visited it some years ago) but alas we did not find it. Noone there seemed to know anything about it. I still felt his presence anyway. Those grandparents are largely responsible for why we are down in Naples. Discovered it through them.

Time for me to leave Florida. It's waaaay too sticky and hot - the normal Florida summer. Charleston will be warm too, not quite as hot, I imagine, and then we leave for Colorado June 23. Yippee!