GOOD TIMES, SUNSHINE AND SUMMERTIME!

Just a few photos of summertime fun...............don't forget to click on the pictures for a larger view!

 

Kristen, Romeo and I attended a tea party at the Palace with Mina.  (My Mother-in-law, Jack and Kristen's Mother)  Romeo is always a big hit with the residents!

 

 

Who said you can't photograph a rainbow?!

 

 

 

This was a double!

 

Casa Connelly seems to be the Happy Birthday house.  August found us celebrating Donald's birthday.

Alina and Kristen

Don, Jack Larry and Kaia (too much rum in the birthday cake for Kaia!)  It WAS a rum cake afterall....

Birthday boy with his bride...

 

Mina came to visit!  Her favorite activity while she is here (besides taking a tubbie!) is going to sunset!

 

Explaining the wonders of a cell phone.....

Enjoying the ride out to the bay for sunset

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love this picture.  It looks like Kristen was in awe of the sunset - and I think she was!! 

 

Breakfast at Kristen's beach cottage

 

 

 

The electricity was off one day and it got very hot in our house.  Dakota needed a wet towel to her forehead!

 

 

 

A pair of green herons nested in our mangroves.  We had the privilege of watching them fledge with Momma as their flight instructor! 

 

 

 

More sunsets..........

 

 

 

 

 

Romeo accidentally fell off the boat while watching the sunset one night. 

 

 

 

 

 

And finally - Labor Day dinner on the porch at Casa Connelly

 

Happy autumn everyone!  There is a chill in the air in the Florida Keys - 85 degrees instead of 90! 

YOGA

Those of you who know me well know I am addicted to the gym! I go at least 5 days a week. But, before I go I lay on the floor under the fan and do my abs here. There is something about putting my body on that mat at the gym.....ick! Dakota always joins me making crunches oh-so-much-more fun! Before we start she does her stretches. It's called down-ward facing dog in yoga lingo! She's so cute!!

BOAT-A-QUE

You know we love to go to sunset! It's an almost nightly event in Islamorada. We also have another tradition - a boat-a-que! We raft up with other friends, share dinner - often Cuban food - and enjoy the water and the sunset together. A lovely tradition - always an enjoyable evening!

A ROSE AMONG THORNS

 

I'm not much of a desert lover.  I'm a tropics kind of girl!  You know, lush green lawns, blooming red hibiscus, fragrant night-blooming jasmine, wild orchids growing in palm trees.....however, my neighbors have this magnificent cactus in their yard and every now and then as I am walking Dakota I see that it is going to bloom.  The flowers only last 24 hours so we were lucky to catch the bloom this morning.  The bees were there as well!

 

 

 

 

IBIS, ORCHIDS AND PELICANS

They called to show our house this morning so we took Dakota to the beach.  Jack's sister, Kristen, lives on Beach Road and the walk from her house to the beach is so beautiful.  Dakota wishes they would show the house every day!! 

Ibis on the high wires.

Orchids in the banyan tree.

Pelicans soaring overhead.

 

A palm grows crooked out over the water.

REFLECTION

 

A SPECIAL VISIT

 

Jack and I have had the privilege for the last 19 years of being godparents to our beautiful Dawn Kimberly Anne Adair.  She and her friend Katie were just here for a visit.  Her Momma - my dear friend, Holly - used to have to bring her for visits.  Now she comes on her own!  How did that happen?  But, we are glad she chooses to spend some of her free time with us.  She is loving, ,charming, funny, fun to be with and an all-around joy!  We love you, Dawnie! 

Dawn and Katie at the sandbar

Virgin pina coladas with Capt. Jack at the Lorelei

Sunset over Florida bay from the beach at Lorelei