Hopefully in spite of the wrath of this unpredictable national weather we will all eventually have some calm which will ensue without effort.
Actually, just tonight on our local news, we have been informed that we have several forest fires going on nearby, less than five miles from our home, but also in two counties south of here.
We are in our dry season which interprets into fire season.
Living literally on the water we have not had too many that near to us, or any that I can remember.
Some good does come from coastal living!
It is ridiculous to me that we had to justify to the company that made our stainless steel barbecue grill just recently about it that Florida is in a drought when they insisted that our year old grill burner cracked because we live in such a wet climate! They at first were not going to honor the five year warrantee on the burner, but once explained to them they have now have promised to send us five new ones by ground UPS in a week to ten days, we can only hope so! They have already charged us the delivery charge, a little over twenty bucks. Our local dealer said he would help if we needed him to if they reneged.
I have also noticed that although we see quite a bit of wildlife, from raccoons, opossums, river otters and too many water foul to mention them all, but we have not had any coyotes, which others in our state and even in county have had.
They have been vicious and notorious for attacking and killing small dogs and cats.
This is a national problem they say due to over building in their territory, well, our home was built in 1958, and at that time the area was basically vastly empty.
Our home was built when they put wall heaters in and one small wall air-conditioner, which we found the remnants of when we purchased our home; it was considered a vacation bungalow for that era.
Fortunately, central heat and air had been added two years prior to our purchase back in 1998.
But there was a cute cubby in the wall of the foyer for the air-conditioner, which they made into a shelf for an artificial ivy plant, and in the dinette where the wall heater was that was turned into a four tier book shelf.
Although, when Hurricane Charley hit the exterior unit had been knocked off its platform we had it checked out thoroughly and for six hundred bucks it was reconditioned to a new status, inside and out. I thought that we needed to replace it but the professional who examined it insisted it did not, and it has worked like a champ ever since. He was an honest man he could have made a bundle from installing a new unit, which at the time we were willing and able to pay for.
A lovely thing just happened just this minute while writing this, an old friend that was from my healthier days just sent me a note to let me know that she has been reading my Blog and left me a comment stating that she is here for moral support, well, I feel like I just won the lottery!
That’s all I really want is to know someone is out there…listening… giving credence to me, or my existence and knowing that anyone can be understanding and supportive to any of our plights, which during this horrible time in our history, we are many for sure, with as many different stories of different woes.
Each and every one of us needs to know that somebody cares enough to say just that; I hear you!
Tears of joy are now running down my cheeks with just that human acknowledgement of being.
I thank you dear friend, and now I am happier in spite of my tears, than I have been in a long time, and all because of you!
On that note I wish you all good night and to all count those blessings and I will too!
And this has just given me another one to count.
Speaking My Mind is about: Tobi, who is a middle aged, no, oh all right a slightly over the hill woman with all the imperfections that go with that, and this concerns her daily life's perceptions and experiences.
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