Tag Archives: Fort Myers Beach

Saying goodbye to the condo

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Kathy

Tomorrow I’m going to fly south through (hopefully) friendly skies.  Over stick-figure tree skeletons way down below.  Perhaps the sun will set through our jet window.  We’ll pass across the snowy vista of the Upper Peninsula and head south across … Continue reading →

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Palm trees, egrets, shrimp boats (and home again, home again, jiggety jig)

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Kathy

    Hello, dear reader.  I am back from a lovely week of vacationing at Fort Myers Beach, Florida, with my mom, brother and sister-in-law. Am feeling rather mellow and tired, but wanted to upload these photos this afternoon. It … Continue reading →

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Driftwood dreamin’

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Kathy
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Life’s a Beach

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Kathy

Every morning this week, here on Fort Myers Beach, we’ve left my parent’s condo on the Back Bay and ambled for about 25 minutes toward the beach. We gain beach access through a grassy path.  This week the sprinklers shot … Continue reading →

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My Mother Got Stuck in an Elevator!

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Kathy

Ohmygosh, Blogging Friends, Big News! My mother, my sweet mother, the mother you’ve all met & heard about, just got stuck in an elevator in her condominium in Fort Myers Beach! She just called with the exciting news! “Oh, Mom, … Continue reading →

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Ha! Fooled ya, didn’t I?

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Kathy

Ha!  You thought we were done with Florida, didn’t you? You thought we were going to be viewing SNOW photos tonight, didn’t you?  (Because snow photos are what greeted Ms. Rebel this morning when she snapped her lens outside the door.) However, … Continue reading →

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The fin we’ve all been waiting for!

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Kathy

Yes, indeed, here is the dolphin photograph we’ve all anticipated! I’m sorry that it’s not jumping out of the water.  I’m sorry it doesn’t look like Flipper.  We tried.  We truly tried to lure it skyward.  We requested jumps and … Continue reading →

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Magnificent sculptures of sand

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Kathy

Please join us on Fort Myers Beach for the 2010 American Sand Sculpting Championship.    You probably won’t be counted as one of the 50,000 estimated attendees–as you’re only viewing the magnificent sand sculptures on your computer.  You won’t need your … Continue reading →

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While we enjoy vacation in “Paradise”…a murder two blocks from my parent’s home in Lower Michigan

Posted on November 13, 2010 by Kathy

We have been dreadfully sad since yesterday.  My brother, Scot, called at 7:15 a.m.  My mom said, “Oh no,” as the telephone rang at that early hour.  She hurried to answer the phone here in Fort Myers Beach. Two blocks … Continue reading →

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~~The amazing Pink Spoonbill~~

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Kathy

How many of you guessed after yesterday’s clue? Guessed what we saw on my mother’s birthday? You are so right! We spotted the elusive, the wonderful, the amazing Pink Spoonbill.  OK, if you insist, you can call it by its … Continue reading →

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