We are back home in Maine and waiting for the weekend storm.  We missed the big one while in Florida.
Among the nice things we did in Florida was visit our friend Eunice's college school mate, Lydia  from Bay Path College, both ladies being ninety years old. Lydia walked our legs off, but we visited the Tiffany stained glass exhibit and it was outstanding.  All of the glass that could be saved from their home that burned was on exhibit in a most glorious fashion.  Each room was cataloged so you could know what you were seeing.  I have no pictures as that was not permitted.  It is reputed to be the best exhibit of stained glass of this quality anywhere in the world and I can believe it.  the family had wintered in Winter Haven and that's why the daughter wanted it preserved in the little museum there.

Florida on Monday Went to see Eunice's college friend who lives on a lake. We took a boat tour of four lakes connected by canals made by timber men making a way to float logs from one lake to another. Much too hot for us and it sapped all our energy reminding us of why we live in Maine, and not down south. We are just having a good time resting either on the cool patio of the cool rooms.

Florida

We are in sunny Florida. Our condo has a nice screened in patio where I was just sitting and drinking tea. The resort is lush and we will be able to relax around the many pools or walk the lovely trails across the pond. It is 80 degrees.The barren trees in the back are hanging with gloomy looking Spanish moss and there are palm trees all around the grounds. We have a central cooking and eating area with bedrooms and baths on the far ends. We will be very comfortable.

Well, here we are in Georgia with warm sunny skies. the bleak winter woods have come a little to life with the red buds beginning to show. Spanish moss hangs limply from bare trees over the swampy land. A few magnolia trees peak through with their deep shiny green foliage. The Crepe Myrtle trees are still bare, but we did see lots of birds at the welcome station. (The feathered kind). the car is quiet in the back seat as Mary and Eunice read or play games. The boys take turns driving and discussing tehnical matters that we can't understand. We stop often to walk and get snacks or drinks. We arrive at the Time Share tomorrow. It will be fun to stay in one spot for awhile.

Tom and I both have e-books on the market now. His Ghost Walkers of the Western Desert is doing well and he is already working on a sequel. My "Window into the past" is on Kindle and will be o others soon. Her is a description. Windows into the past is a re-write of “A Window into the Past”. It is actually a series of short stories in the life of a young girl growing up on a farm in south Mississippi in the height of the depression. It highlights the activities that she experienced in over a year’s time on the farm. The stories are connected but can stand alone.

Well, it looks like my Window book is now an e-book. Tom says its not on line yet, but it's it the works. I edited my book "A window into the past" and we put it in e-book form under a new title. Windows into the Past, Depression era short stories. Each chapter is actually a short story, so that works. Will write when we get it on line for sure.