Many of you remember how we had a hard time getting OUT of Houston (delayed by 2 months due to medical issues); and now we are finding it hard to get BACK to Houston (warranty parts for our motorhome being shipped wrong - not once, not twice, but three times). We are currently waiting in the campground adjacent to the service place for a bathtub to come in (in the right color), (with all the pieces), with the drain hole in the correct end. The gelcoat on the fiberglass tub peeled off and now they don't make that color anymore so we <will> have a nice new off-white tub, shower surround and sink - which we like much better than the former 'taupe' color.
We had a LOT of doctor/ dentist/ haircut/ dog grooming/ retirement party/ etc. appointments made for the last week of last month.... in Houston... and here we are in Tampa. Oh well, we're retired; and we really aren't in a rush.
So, we've been playing tourist again with all this new time in the Tampa area. Saw the manatees in the Homosassa Springs, picked out my own watercoloring sponges in Tarpon Springs at the boat docks. Who knew that the nation's largest sponge industry is just off the Tampa Bay shores. The sponges are the skeletal remains of sea creatures. They are harvested by divers, washed clean, strung in long lines to dry, then sold at the Sponge Exchange for shipment nationwide. We went to the new Salvatore Dali Museum on the bayfront - very interesting architecture.
Anyway, I've had lots of time to watercolor, walk the dogs, and just sit out in the beautiful weather.
Later, Marilyn
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