Update from snow free Florida

Yesterday -Thursday 13th January - was a cold 43F in the early morning but sunny,  so the expectations were that it would get warm quite soon and it did. By lunchtime it was warm enough to be out and about in tee shirts and shorts with a light top for the shady areas. There are no complaints from Christine and Ed though - as it appears we are the only snow free state in the US - even Hawaii has snow in some areas.

We have settled into a routine now and most days are similar. We go to bed between 10 and 11 pm and get up in the morning between 6 and 7. Christine is always up before Ed as she loves to sit with a cup of tea on the balcony, in the quiet, and enjoy the beatiful sun rises. Almost every morning there is a pink glow on the eastern horizon as the sun comes up - very peaceful.
Ed is not missing having to get up for work at 4:30 am but is more than happy to go for a run along the seashore at 8 in the morning. His running has become more consistent and has progressed in length to around 10K - just less than 60 minutes.

Mornings are often spent around the pool - swimming, beachwalking and reading are the major events. Ed will go out for a news paper and coffee once in a while but otherwise time just passes without urgency.

We have become very good at getting around on the local bus - some days are quite an adventure but we usually reach our destination without too much trouble. Christine seems to have a sixth sense of where to catch buses and at what times they will come. Bus schedules are not always available and it has become a bit of a game with us to collect the paper copies of the schedules. One of our voices can often be heard to say "Have we got this one?" or "Do you think we willl need this one?" - tough decisions I know.

A flock of parrots roost in the trees around our building. They are a pretty bird - bright green with yellow heads, and to us quite unusual to see,  but they are noisy. They make as much noise as a a bunch of magpies do at home. There are lots of birds in the area, as they over winter here, and at dusk they start to congregate for roosting. It is like a scene from the Hitchcock movie The Birds - there are thousands of them - don't look up or sit under trees as you will probably need the dry cleaners afterwards.

We will check in again in a few days - stay warm.