A perfect example is this pool cover.  It is 100% effective in stopping leaves from falling into the pool and it is always 100% effective in blocking the view!  It was an easy decision…its gotta go!

The destruction or should I say the “dismantling begins……already the view is improved.

Job complete and what a difference!!!  We have a view that extends out into the Gulf of Mexico without interruption…well apart from that little pump house, but he is now on the hit list as well……

The electronic age of printing is upon us and it spells doom for newspapers, magazines and books in the long term…and it may be difficult to define “long term”. Perhaps a matter of years? I have made my book “Silver Spoons, Mad Baboons and other tales of Tea” available in the “kindle” to download from Amazon.com. I will probably do the same when Apple comes up with their format….Anyway for those who are interested in a “quick fix” my book is available at:

 http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=Silver+Spoons%2C+Mad+Baboons+

The author thanks you!! Click on the link and all will be made clear..just follow the instructions….

The iconic picture that was taken in Times Square NY at the end of the second World War (and now thought to be posed) dominates the horizon in Sarasota FLA…..I suppose it makes sense.  A lot of the residents or snow birds in Sarasota come from the generation that fought the war and this daily reminder defines their generation.  I wonder what my generation will be remembered for….the Vietnam War for sure…the generation that was the first generation that had a real shot at being educated?  Looking back I wonder if we made the most of our opportunities…? I know that when I see the sailor kissing the nurse I am looking at a time long gone by….strange in a way because the uniforms have not changed that much…..

It has been so cold in Florida over the past two weeks that a lot of the fish are dying! Apart from being a dismal picture, it could also a telling sign …or not!  The only animals on the planet happy with this sight were the seagulls.  The are FAT and HAPPY birds right now…stuffed to the gills (poor expression that, given the context of the story) and riding low in the water!  This is a 20 lb fish that has given up the ghost and succumbed to the chill….

The battle ha

Just look at the suckers that have attached themselves to my Palm Tree. They did not want to be moved. They had insidiously moved up the trunk and had settled in for the duration. My arrival has ruined their lives and they clung on…..

I check the grounds of the estate in Florida and find a tree that is being strangled by a creeper tree….the life is being choked out of the palm around which this creeper has latched onto…so with saw and clippers I set to work….