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Last Sunday Jack, Kristen, Holly, Ross, Dawn and I went to Homestead Air Reserve Station for the first air show to be held there since Hurricane Andrew devastated the base in 1992.  It was a 3-day event – Family Day on Friday – then Saturday and Sunday open to the public.  Jack was on jury duty in Marathon so he couldn’t go on Family Day but I drove up, met old Air Force friends for lunch and saw the Thunderbirds do their practice show.  Saturday we heard there were 80,000 people there!!  Never heard about Sunday's attendance but it was packed.  The day started out gloomy but by mid-day the sun was shining and  a breeze kept us cool. Even after all these years of going to air shows and watching the fighters perform it still gives me goose bumps!  This was the first air show we had been to where there were legacy flights.  To represent the Navy the F-18 Hornet flew by in formation with a Corsair and to represent the Air Force an F-15 Eagle flew in formation with a P-51 Mustang.  VERY COOL! 

 

F-16 Falcon from Jack’s old squadron – the Mako’s

 

Ross  and Capt. Jack

Holly and Dawn

 

Jack and Kristen

 

T’6’s Texan’s WW II trainer

  

 

 

 

 

F-18 Hornet and a Corsair

 

F-15 Eagle and P51-Mustang

 

Goose bump time!!  Thunderbirds!

 

NEW PIANO BAR IN ISLAMORADA

Our friend, Skip Bradeen, charter boat Captain extrordinaire (on the Blue Chip 2) and his wife, Lisa, are opening a piano bar in Islamorada. Last night was the grand opening - with great music, ballroom dancing demonstrations, drinks, appetizers, dinner. Yum! All at our specially reserved booth! Thanks, Lisa! Good luck!

CHEF JOSEPH'S OCTOBER COOKING CLASS

Alina and I attended a cooking class the other night at one of our local restuarants. October's theme was Spanish. The menu was Spanish Floridian Avocado Watermelon Gazpacho (sounds weird - was yummy! And I don't like gazpacho!), white corn tostados as an appetizer, paella for our entree and apple guava shortcake for dessert (Alina and I both wanted seconds on this!). We ran into old friends, made new friends and enjoyed Chef Joseph's antics. He was charming, funny and very entertaining as he danced around his kitchen. It is good to love what you do!

FINN CHARLES

Our grandson, Finn (and his Mom and Dad) came to visit Capt. Jack and Mommy Susan for a week.  Below see some of the fun!!

First fish!

 

 

Lunch after a hard day of fishing!

Playing on the beach

 

 

 

Driving the boat to sunset

 

 

Swimming in Florida Bay

Theater of the Sea

 

 

Beautiful back country day

 

Fun at Founder's Park

 

At the helm of Freyja

A kayak in the canal

Four generations of Connelly's!!!

BEAUTIFUL CAPE COD

Alina and I always go on a girl's trip this time of year to celebrate her birthday.  This year we packed off to Cape Cod to visit our friends Co and Arthur.  We flew into Boston and took a train to their home in Northboro, MA.  After a lovely evening there - talking Co's famous Armenian  food!! - the 5 girls drove to Cape Cod the next morning -  the 3 of us and Co's 2 dogs, Trixie and Daisy.  Arthur stayed home to prepare his Model-T for a parade on the week-end.  He and Co are both collectors of old cars.  Co has had a beach cottage on Cape Cod Bay for many years and we were thrilled to be there on East Sandwich Beach and see the sights accompanied by a local! 

Arthur and Alina

Cocktails on the patio!

Trixie

 

 

Daisy

Daisy in the bag getting ready to travel to the Cape!

The Coast Guard Station - looks Cape Coddy, we thought!

 

East Sandwich Beach and the view from the cottage

 

 

 

Alina and I took off and did a little exploring.  This is a rope bridge through the marsh.  We fell in love with the marsh side of the island - so beautiful!

 

 

 

This picture is for you, Holly.  That's a hollyhock!!

Local lobsterman's traps and buoys - colorful!

Sunrise from the cottage

 

 

 

 

 

 

The cottage

Beach scenes

 

 

 

Here's comes Daisy back from the beach, ears flying!!

 

 

 

Early Wednesday morning we drove to Provincetown, at the tip of Cape Cod.  It's about a 75 mile ride with gorgeous scenery the whole way.  We stopped at assorted places along the way.  P-town, as the locals call, is picturesque - a bit like Key West, with a huge Portugese influence.  We were charmed! 

Ft. Hill, on the National Seashore

An artist capturing the scene on the marsh below Ft. Hill

 

Her vista

Surfing the waves at Nauset

 

The Harbor master's house at Wellfleet

 

The ladies on the pier at Wellfleet

 

 

Scallop boats at Wellfleet

 

 

 

 

Provincetown scenes

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was interesting....black and white photos on the side of a building to honor the women who stayed at home while the men went to sea

 

Yummy malassadas - Portugese fried dough

 

 

 

A big, beautiful shade tree on an estate under which they hold weddings!!

 

 

The feast - Maine lobster, steamers, fresh picked corn, sliced tomatoes and apple pie!!