Catching up with photos and pirates

I love the trees in my backyard. This was the view from our barbeque yesterday.

Bocce ball, friends, bbq, and a gorgeous day.

Katie, John, and I drove over to Titusville to watch the space shuttle launch. The launch was scrubbed about 10 minutes before lift-off. Mind you, this was at 4:30am. We were definitely bummed out, but this picture was taken before they called it off. That's why we look happy.

Katie, a friend from college, moves to Tampa!

Katie's new place. Great location, cute apartment, and palm trees galore.

Bella May and the quirky ear.

John and I partaking the the Gasparilla festivities. Read about here!

A Jack Sparrow look-a-like.



One of the many boats celebrating Gasparilla in the bay--and pirate chaos.

Gasparilla was really rainy. We decided not to stay for the parade because it was wet, cold, and our umbrella kept on inverting due to the wind. Yikes!

The pirates file off the pirate ship and into charter buses. Who knew pirates travel in such an orderly and organized fashion?