Shell Factory & Nature Park

We had a wonderful time at the Shell Factory & the Nature Park with family. Although it is sad to see the trapped, caged animals it was nice to spend time with family. I didn't get pictures of all the family that was with us. I just don't seem to be good at this kind of stuff....lol   Oh well, I did manage to get pictures of my beautiful grand baby tho!!

Bug's 2nd Birthday!!

Wow...2 years old!! It is going by fast! Our granddaughter turned 2 last weekend. She is wonderful. As much as we are enjoying watching her grow I miss holding her little bundle of new born-ness in my arms.

Look how beautiful!!

Playing Some Golf

So the guys sometimes play golf. And when they do Mom and I get to drive the carts! We're probably the worst caddies they have but oh well! We make it fun....lol   This was a few weeks ago.

Trip to Melbourne!

So hubby had to go on a business trip to Melbourne. And as his lucky wife I got to go with him! I have not been to Melbourne and was excited to go. Granted I would be on my own during the day. Being a business trip for hubby he has to go to work every day.....awe sorry. But we can still enjoy time together when he gets off work.

Timeshare June 2016

This is our first year with the timeshare being ours! We purchased it last year. So this year we stayed in it as OUR's....yay. It feels nice to have a place to go and not have to worry about pre booking anything. We know exactly how it will look and everything. A timeshare isn't for everyone but it works for us! I love taking pictures of the ocean and the sunrise too.

Rain, rain go away!

We had some real good rain here in SW Florida. We usually do get good rain but this was different. My in-laws community flooded! That has never happened in all the years they lived there. A lot of other area flooded also, we were okay. Our community didn't flood, thank goodness. But that was due to the manager drained the pond a lot!! So with all the rain it really helped to keep us from flooding.

The pond in our community.

Monarch Butterflies

Well, my mom-in-law started a hobby of raising monarch butterflies. She enjoys it. I had no plans to do it but it happened.....by mistake. I got a plant to add to my collection. I didn't know what it was and don't care. As long as it lives I'm happy. One day my in-laws were over and my mom saw the plant and told me what it was. It is a host plant for monarch butterfly eggs and caterpillars. Every time they came over she inspected my plant for eggs. Then one day she saw a baby caterpillar! Holy shit was it adorable!! So tiny! She told me that I had to take the plant on my screened porch to protect it from being eaten. So here I am taking care of a baby caterpillar. Then one day I went out to check on it and there was another one! There were two but we missed seeing the second one at first. They eat the crap out of the host plant too. And they grow fast!

This is the one my mom-in-law found. It is so tiny. I was close to get the picture. But then took a picture of the plant so you can see how small the plant itself is.