Back at the zoo...er...I mean home...

I loved every moment in the UK...

the scenery both in the countryside, and in the glorious city that is London, awed me, and left me wishing I had more time still for looking around and taking it all in.

Well, after a night trapped at the airport in Newark, NJ, I hopped one of the only flights getting out - after final boarding...and the fact that it was headed to Fort Myers - and am home again with my crazy animals. I missed them. (okay, so mostly the poodle)

It's nice to be back, and even though I'm doing battle with an over grown Pink Grapefruit tree right now - the tree is winning! - I have to admit that I love being in flip flops, feeling the warmth of the sun on my back while I working in a tank top, and that

Florida is still the place for me!

Food, glorious foooood...

Sausage & salad...

Jams & chutneys....

Fresh produce at the local stand...

Fish pie...trust me, you MUST try this!

Toe-mah-toe and Bahzill soup...delish.

I feel like I'm eating my way across the countryside!

A Floridian in the English countryside...

I might need to wear 2 coats (at the same time),

a hat, some warm gloves,

and I've had to leave my beloved flip flops back in Florida...

but I have to admit that even though it's a bit chilly...

and the sky is mostly grey...

I'm loving every minute of it!

Have you been here to the UK?

Can you point me in the direction of your favorite pub?

(Wo)Man's Best Friend...

My constant companion...

even if it means sunbathing in a fur coat.

Butch

I love him.

He completes me.

Love at first walk by on the way into Target...

Great old GMC truck parked outside Target in Spring Hill, FL...

They just don't make'm like they used to!

A chilly weekend in The Big Freezy...I mean Easy...

We took a girl's weekend trip over to New Orleans for a little sight seeing, shopping, and some fun on Bourbon Street. What we weren't expecting was that most of that shopping would be for hats, scarves, gloves, and a vast majority of the drinking we did consisted of hot chocolate! It was a very cold weekend in the Big Easy, but that didn't keep the good times from rolling!

icicles dripped from the balconies

the fountains were frozen

and sometimes hot chocolate just wasn't enough!


It is a beautiful city, and each time I go I fall more and more in love with her.


Have you been? Any favorite spots, or must eat at restaurants?


The Roquefort burger at Yo-Mama's bleu my mind, and my new favorite late night (okay, so more like early AM) spot has to be the Erin Rose.


Hope you're keeping warm!

Homes in Key West, Florida

Spent New Year's in the one place I could still find some fun in the sun this very chilly holiday season,

Key West, FL

Here are 3 examples of the beautiful homes that abound in America's only Caribbean Island: