Monday, 2 August 2021

Water weekend

 I enjoyed a fabulous day out on the water yesterday celebrating Megan and her birthday.  The weekend of water first started on Thursday evening with some excitement...

Thursday evening:
Patrick went out with our friend Joe on his boat hunting for snapper.  At about 8pm I got a text from Joe's wife Emily saying the boat battery had failed but that everything was ok.  She invited me over to their house to wait for them to come in... aka Pool Time and Chats with her :)

Anyway! All's well that ends well.  Joe called his tow boat service and they came out and were able to charge the battery.  They made it in (in the dark) by the light of a flashlight and their phones.  And Emily and I were there in the pool as they pulled up to their dock beside it!  
The next day there were lots of jokes flying around about these: Widow Walks Of Key West | Shoestring Weekends Blog (wordpress.com)

Friday:
Patrick had a day off and went out with Garrett and Dave trolling for big fish.  Look at the monster he caught!  Mahi Mahi, one of the finest fish of the Florida Keys


Saturday:
Patrick went to Cudjoe Key to get my fishing rod repaired.  Thank you!

Sunday:
A fabulous day out on the water! As can be seen by all the photos below.  

I'd never been on a pontoon boat before!  It is slow but worked brilliantly for a group and for a the activity.

Individual key lime pies! Made by Jenni from limes and vanilla grown in her garden!!

It was like herding kittens getting this group photo!

Loads of great food.  Not shown here: Matt & Jenni's cheese and meat platter, Megan and Chris' Dion's chicken and our sushi

Snipes Key

Bubbles! Always nice for celebrating



Timmy. Adorable personality, very well behaved


New work computer

 




I've had an old inherited computer for two years now.  And while it has never been fast, recently it has just been getting slower and slower.  My boss ordered me a new one and it arrived promptly 2 days later - quite amazing seeing how a lot of things are on back order/delayed at the moment.  Our IT dept set it up overnight and I arrived in the next day to a fully functional and beatiful new pc.  And fast!

Wednesday, 28 July 2021

Bel Mare, Key West











Visited Alonzos and the new Bel Mare down in the historic seaport district.  Bel Mare gets a massive thumbs up from me - high end Italian dining with a beautiful view of Key West marina.  A lovely evening all in

 

Olympic Games Mona McSharry




Enjoyed being able to watch Mona McSharry represent Ireland and swim in the 100m breastroke LIVE - compared with all the Irish who would have had to get up at 3am to see it.  She came 8th.  8th in the world!  Go Mona!

 

You've been ducked

 





Found this little guy on the jeep in the Publix car lot!

Round up / random pics

 

Picked up some of those religious candles for Sheila when I spotted them in the dollar store.  I've asked her to pray for the covid - this bloody Delta variant and all those who aren't getting vaccinated

Lane Snapper
Lovely dinner cooked by Patrick

Road trip to Cudjoe Key to get fishing supplies and I got my Baby's Coffee on the way

We ate in a cute little new Italian in town - Bruschetta Francesca.  That is Francesca pictured


Biggest grunt caught on the baby boat! Woo hoo

Girls night out - Half Shell Raw Bar

Lovely evening spent chatting, eating and drinking at Half Shell Raw Bar.

And Isabelle found a pearl in one of her oysters!!!