This is the St. Marks lighthouse, one of the oldest in our country. A cisplay was put
on here for earthday. It drew quite a crowd, and we enjoyed it.
Of course the fact that it it is near the
Riverside Cafe helped us to like the day!

Part of the lighthouse display.

The Riverdide cafe, my kind of saloon.

Dogs are welcome at the porch wing

Lunch is served at one of our favorite Tallahassee sports bars

what's for lunch?

Lunch outside at the Riverside Cafe

Hobo has a friend!

This picture taken after the one below, but the same comment applies.
RHD

Marge and her dog, [mine too of course].
this must be about the best therapy
available to man!

our anniversary dinner at Chez Paree, THE in place in Tallahassee!

It was very nice, and I made a reservation for next year


WOW! 61 years

61st anniversery dinner

yesterday,4-14-09, I had a senior type fall. It could have been bad, broken bones or more.
I fell on our concrete driveway. No lasting damage, but I had to have stitches inside my mouth. I tripped over my own feet! The point of blogging it? to remind me I am now a very senior citizen! It also reminded me once again why we moved to Tallahassee. To be near our daughter, Deb. I am not sure I could have handled the whole episode without her!
RHD

The few pictures below are some I took at the Waculla festival, April 4th. This area seems to have a festival of some kind every week. Deb knows all the perfromers, and is one of them

sometimes. They are fun but all similar. Deb loves the music,all folk. To me it sounds justlike

Country and Western!. Every one just like the one before. This is both a college town and a throwback to rural america. A far cry from North Palm Beach, or Grosse Pointe, Mich.
However, Marge and I love it!
RHD

Good view of the territory. That's an Anhinga in the tree.
He has to spread his wings to dry after about 2-3 dives for
fish. He has no sudface oil on his wings, and needs to
dry them for the dives.
Had camera trouble sorta, and the next pictures are black and white
BobD

Same manatee, different view, the antenna stivking p ao the tail is for keeping track
of the animal.

a full grown manatee swimming alongside the boat.

Place was lousy with alligators, manatees,turtles, and birds.
look closely and you'll see a gator

View of he river as we left dock

Boat dock, Waculla Springs.

a very nice trip

Marge and Debbie

Waculla festival

Just got a call from my friend Herman McCrae. Herman is a black activist I met at a
PTA meeting when I first arrived in Florida in 1969. I early on got involved in local politics,
and found out we could work together.
Sure enough, we became good friends, and we still are.
Wish the whole world would work that way.
RHD