TwoGether

Friday 1/27/12.        

I was awakened by the sound of gentle rain on the deck around 5:30A. Then the rain became  heavier and  the distant sky would glow with flashes of lightning. Just before 6:00 we both came up to the salon and the rain was heavy with pretty strong winds. It was still dark but the flashlight showed the burgee standing straight out. The lighting continued and the thunderstorm moved by several miles to the north. By 6:30 we were back to a gentle rain and the lightning was over. Slowly the darkness gave way to morning light. By 8:00 the rain stopped.

 This is a special day for us. 

Linda broke out the Captain and First Mate T shirts and then she fixed me a great omelet for breakfast.  This is our 44^th wedding anniversary.  She said at breakfast she would have never dreamed back then, in 44 years we would be spending our anniversary anchored out in our own houseboat.  Then she said “It’s been quite a ride.”

After breakfast we have our devotions.   Then we usually finish up whatever coffee is left in the pot.   I like to have a few cookies with my coffee.  This morning however, I found my cookies were being nibbled on by Hamster.  I wonder… how did a mechanical Hamster find  my cookies???

We had another email from my cousin Rodney and his wife Linda.  If you have been following the blog, you might remember back in November, when we were in Yorktown, VA, they were only about 12 miles away in Williamsburg.   Neither of us knew about it until after the fact, so we missed each other.  Now they are in Naples only about 40 miles south of Ft. Myers.  Rodney’s Mom and Dad (my Aunt Dot and Uncle Jim) are in Ft, Myers Beach.  If all goes according to plan we will be getting together Monday afternoon.  We live only 12 miles apart in PA but had to come 1200 miles to FL for a visit!  It’s great to run into friends along the way… but seeing family will really be something special.

Little Buddy showed up again.  When I went outside to take his picture, he stretched his neck, and called  “Guuul, Guuul, Guuul, Guuul” and took to the air.  He flew right to the overhang on the front deck and hovered in the wind.  I had to back up to get the pic.  If I would have reached out, I believe I could have touched him.  Linda’s really going to miss her Little Buddy.