Never a dull moment

Trite but true: no two days are alike here in St. A., whether we’re talking about the weather or who’s sharing the fun. Thursday, Beth, Steve, and I were starting to get sweaty at 88 degrees at Blue Spring State Park. We took the fabulous St. John River nature cruise, happily spotting limpkins and alligators, egrets, ibises and cranes by the dozens, vultures and turtles and the mysterious bald cypresses. And even my favorite wood stork, looming over said ibises.

Two days later, we're bundled up in all the clothes we have as the wind rages up to 40 mph and the temps struggle to hit 50. Of course we had to try the beach anyway. The surf was stupendous, but we didn’t last long. It was a good day to shop for Mexican pottery and find new restaurants to try. And take in the Lightner Museum, filled with Victorian collections of everything from amazing chandeliers to a stuffed lion to a working blown-glass steam engine.

Last week the guests were Maureen and Oscar. Their tourist choices included Ripley’s Believe It or Not, the Castillo, and of course the Fountain of Youth.

Maureen especially liked things like the Spanish moss on Magnolia Ave. and the rotunda of Flagler College (formerly the Gilded Age landmark, the Hotel Ponce de Leon).

Oscar and Uncle Steve were the chefs and servers for an excellent spaghetti dinner.

And so the fun continues. We're still finding new things to try, though in the second day of cold weather, we're having to stretch our imaginations.