Photo of the Day - Days 142-154

Day 142:

We've been taking the pugs on evening walks more and more often these days - this is how poor Tele recuperates after her intense workouts. She pants on one part of the tile for a minute until it is far too warm for her, then she drags herself to a cooler spot of tile and pants there for a bit, and on and on until all the tile surrounding our living room rug is just on fire due to her exertion. It's a tough life.


Day 143:
No pic today - :(

Day 144:

Not a thrilling pic, but I was about to leave on a one week vacay and wanted to track the progress of the orchid (I know...so lame of me). Also, while I was out my office was having the interior side of our windows cleaned so I had to temporarily move this lovely from her perch with a view to join this very sad collection of cups and tissues. But check out that trendy exposed duct work - so hip!

Day 145:
No pic today - packing!

Day 146:

Tom and I scored a cheap vacay when one of his cousins had a time share in Florida that she couldn't use. We snapped it up and here was the view from our room the very moment we pulled back the curtains to the balcony...not too shabby.

Day 147:

Happy handsome husband! I was paranoid about sand and my camera, and sand and my iPhone, so I didn't take too many pics actually on the beach...this pretty well shows how happy and calm the trip was though. And check out that romantic lighthouse off in the distance - so east coast.

Day 148:

So as Tom and I have been trying to be healthier and shed some extra pounds, fried food has not exactly been an option for quite some time. We decided to let vacation be vacation though, here is Tom's face after placing an order of conch fritters at this tasty little hole in the wall cafe. So good!

Day 149:

We decided that even though it wasn't exactly close to where we were staying, we wanted to go explore Key West while we were in Florida. We made the 4 hour drive south and got to see the sunset at (almost) the southern most point of the US.

Day 150:

The next day we left Key West (after a couple of really amazing meals and no less than 3.5 pieces of key lime pie...) just as storms were rolling in from the east. I snapped a pic of this little island about to be showered on.

Day 151:

So the weather on our trip was pretty rainy - this was kind of a blessing as it definitely kept us from getting uncomfortably sunburned and we were lucky enough to have a just enough sun to hit the beach for a few hours each day. This *distorted* panoramic pic shows how well our luck played out - clouds to the north of us, clouds to the south of us, but a clear stretch of sky right over our beach chairs.
Day 152:

The last pic of our vacay - it was cloudy but even then it wasn't easy to leave all that relaxation.

Day 153:
No pic - far too busy doing vacation laundry, c'mon!

Day 154:

After many months of being the shop, we FINALLY got the Scout back!!! That inspection sticker did not come cheap but Cal Ripken Jr. Jr. (as Tom dubbed it/him) is now driving like a champ (confession, it may have taken one more trip to the shop and then Tom replacing the starter to be a real champ, but now he's in top form). Yay for Scouting!