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| SIGN ON SANIBEL ISLAND |
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| ENTRANCE TO OUR PARK....WE SURE ENJOYED OURSELVES THERE, HAVE NEXT MARCH ALREADY TO GO. |
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| TIMES SQUARE, FT. MEYERS BEACH.....JUST A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY FROM US. |
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| BEAUTIFUL SUNSET AFTER A BEAUTIFUL DAY. I WOULD LIKE IT IF YOU HAVE A NICE PIC TO PUT ON MY BLOG, SEND IT TO ME, VIA EMAIL. torolaea@gmail.com thanks. (i have used some pics off facebook, with the owners permission) |
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| I DISCOVERED THIS PHOTO IN "CYBERSPACE", I JUST COULDN'T FIND WHERE IT WENT. WAS MONKEYING AROUND W MY IPAD, AND THERE IT WAS. THIS BEAUTIFUL PHOTO IS OF THE JIM AND MARGIE MARKHAM FAMILY AFTER MARGIE'S FUNERAL. I EVEN LOST THE NAMES, BUT MOST OF YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE. 2016 |
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| HERE'S ANOTHER PHOTO THAT WAS IN "CYBERSPACE" AND FOUND THIS WEEK. IT'S IN MENAHGA AND SOMEONE'S FARM, WHERE THEY HAD A THANKSGIVING DINNER IN THE BARN...MANY FAMILIES AND A HAYRIDE FOR THE KIDS. IT'S A GREAT PIC; SORRY I LOST ALL THE NAMES TOO. SENT BY DAVIN T. (appreciate it when peo send me pics...i have over a million hits on this blog, so it seems to be well read) |
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| BACK TO FLORIDA, MARCH 2017 COOKIE HARJU FLOATING AND RELAXING IN THE POOL |
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| ENTRANCE TO OUR PARK |
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| "HEAVY TRAFFIC" ON OUR STREETS...MANY WERE HAVING YARD SALES THRU THE PARK, AND TRAFFIC CONSISTED MOSTLY OF BIKES, GOLF CARTS AND FEW VEHICLES. |
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| EATING A "SMALL" SUNDAE AT THE LOVE BOAT ICE CREAM PLACE WITH THE KAIPIO'S....20 PEOPLE IN LINE AHEAD OF US, AND 20 BEHIND...POPULAR PLACE. THE WORKERS SEEMED TO ENJOY HOLLERING, MORE? WHIP CREAM? CHERRY? AND THEY PILED IT ON!! YUM!! |
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| HAVING A MEAL AT "JAKE'S" WITH JACQI AND RAY KAIPIO FROM DOWNSTATE. HE WAS BORN IN CALUMET, LIVED IN HIGHWAY LOCATION....THEY BROUGHT US TO WALMART A COUPLE TIMES TO GET GROCERIES (we had no car) FRIENDLY PEOPLE ALL AROUND AT THE RESORT. |
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| Really nice pool.....heated. Another one on the other end of the resort. |
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| Excercise class...give er tar! |
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| So this is today's Saga. we decided we needed a few groceries so we were going to walk to Walmart. Before we got out of the park cookie decided she was going to hitchhike so we could get a ride there. Most of the people leaving we're going to the same square we were because that's where they all go for breakfast and to shop. But she made a big mistake when she stuck out her thumb. she was smiling so everybody thought it was funny and were laughing at us, hence no ride. So we walked the mile there which was no problem. After shopping, we went to the Sunflower Cafe and had breakfast, then to the bus stop because we were going to take the bus home as our groceries were kinda heavy, especially cookies bag of navel oranges. But we were waiting for the bus, Ellen Ylitalo, and no bus came. we would have had to wait one more hour so we got on our imaginary horses carrying our bags of groceries and started walking home with many rests in between. As we were limping up to our house the neighbor guy said anytime you want to go to Walmart just tell us and we'll give you a ride. NOW he tells us! we are tired but we're happy to be home in fact were too tired to Waddle to the pool to jump in and cool off. what a day. (Hey, I said we're happy to be here and VERTICAL!) |
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| On the trolley |
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| Dig the name of this restaurant....eating outside while we ate lunch. And people watched was fun...(eyepopping) |
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| The other side of the peir |
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| Bumper to bumper traffic coming into the beach area....(glad to be on the trolley) |
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| Cookie drooling over the chocolates! |
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| Beach scene....people as far as the eye could see |
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This is what I meant by " flocking"...someone's birthday or
anniversary....they "plant" a pile of flamingos in the front
of their Ho me...the sign says "your Home has been flocked".
I thoroughly enjoyed this morning's walk...they're
having yard sales...."heavy traffic"....bikes, walkers,
motor scooters, golf carts, and a few cars...seems
the whole community is on the move. Lost cookie at
the first block and she's not back yet. I'm sitting on
the deck w a cuppa, watching and helloing....fun in the sun!
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| Today we were going to go swimming in the pool so we went there and they were having an exercise class in the water so we joined them. Right after there was an aerobics water class so we stayed and did that too until we got so tired we had to crawl out of the pool and rest. We walked home then and later decided to go to the library. We walked one way to the library and then we walk back to the main pool where the shuffleboard court was and we played shuffleboard for an hour, walked back to our house. And that was almost 1 mile of walking besides playing shuffleboard and exercising in the water. So we were absolutely bushed. We were groaning and moaning in the evening and it felt good to go to bed but what fun. |
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| Our visitors...Clarence and Yvonne fisher fr Hancock, cookie, Ray and Jaqi Kaipio....he was born in CALUMET, live downstate.....we call him our knight in Shining armor.....drove us to Wal-Mart for groceries ....(cousin to Yvonne) |
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Craft fair at our resort....
Fun day in the sun...
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| An anhinga (bird) drying his wings |
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| Big joke down here |
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| I thought this was a snake skin but it's dried seaweed...on Sanibel island |
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| This is one of the two lakes at our resort...I walk past this every a.m....when the alligators get over 4 feet, they are taken out. No swimming. |
March 5, 2017
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| Me and the Tulkki sisters, (gertie and Emil) at Sanibel island for the day...me, Stephanie, Carla, Sally (Pete), cookie, Wendy...great day an unexpected treat as we don't have a car. |
March 4, 2017
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There's lots of activities going on in this resort for
seniors...this morning was a pancake brkfst, eggs, sausage,
juice and coffee...as much as u want. There's also tennis,
horseshoes, swimming, hot tubbing, library, excercises,
water aerobics, games, programs, pickle ball( like mini-tennis)
garage sales, fruit mrkt., etc. Very friendly people..everybody
says hi... Just did my mile walk...puff puff...
Hey, I like it here! |
March 3, 2017
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Our home for a month in Ft Meyers Fla... |
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First flight out of Marquette was cancelled because
the runways were full of snow. We went the next morning
fr iron mt so here we are in Florida and happy to be here
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| WIFE CARRYING CONTEST....IT WAS HILARIOUS |
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| IS HE HEIKKI??? |
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| LISTENING TO A BIT OF MUSIC WITH THE UNUSUAL INSTRUMENT |
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| WOOD CARVER |
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| MARIA STUROS AT AITI'S CHAIR |
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| ME AT AITI'S CHAIR...I WANTED TO SIT ON IT, BUT IT KEPT ROCKING AND I COULDN'T GET UP ON IT...NOT OLD AGE, SURELY??? |
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| MORE PARADE |
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| YES, WE KNOW HOW TO HANDLE SNOW IN THE COPPER COUNTRY! |
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| TECH JAZZ BAND DOING THEIR THING....NICE PARADE, MANY DISPLAYS, A FUN DAY. HERE I LIVE IN THE COPPER COUNTRY, AND IT'S THE FIRST TIME I HAVE BEEN TO THESE DOINGS. SHAME ON ME. |
