Latebloomer

I’m in my late 60s and have been mowing my own yard for at least 20 years I’m incredibly picky about keeping my lawn looking great. When I first divorced,I had big corner lot with a pool. I took care of lawn, shrubbery and pool. Have since retired and downsized but I do more yard work than ever. Front has lawn and flowerbeds. Back has no grass, just large shrubs and flowerbeds. I work in it several hours every day. Husband loves how nice everything looks and will mow if I’m out of town. I do all the hedges, pressure washing, weeding, etc. I put out a dozen bags of mulch last Friday and put 20 bags out for my elderly neighbor a couple of weeks ago.

My mom grew up in Boyd just outside of Perry. She and my dad would go to Keaton Beach when they were dating back in the late 30s. I have photos of them in their swimsuits on the beach.

My 82 year old neighbor drives a PT Cruiser and absolutely loves it. She’s also got a Lexus but recently gave it to her daughter because she prefers driving the PT around town. She’s kept it immaculate and no complaints in the years I’ve known her.

Saw helicopter footage of the bridge and then over some marinas they said were on Sanibel. Lots of damage

Watching helicopter footage over Fort Myers and Sanibel. The bridge is breached in at least 4 places. It’s pretty bad. My heart goes out to everyone.

We stayed at the Westin that is near that lock maybe 8 years ago. It was a really nice high rise. Feel terrible for everyone going through this.

Lady we sold our house to in Louisiana was killed when a tree fell on her car while driving to work. It was a right after we had a hurricane drop a lot of rain. Tree uprooted and she was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Have some nieces and nephews in Fort McCoy too. Not too worried about this where we are. We went through some rough ones in Louisiana.

Really helpful! Makes me feel much better with it dropping off so rapidly by landfall. That’s such a shallow area from Tarpon up to Cedar Key. We lived in Crystal River for quite a few years. I know it’ll cause them some flooding problems there.

I’m in Ocala and have a sister-in-law flying home from Dallas to Tampa on Tuesday. I’m concerned about coming back to Ocala from the airport. A friend is supposed to pick her up but I’m pretty sure it’ll end up being me. No big concern in Ocala but losing power.