Rains Fall While Prices Soar

It has been a rainy, cool day in Southwest Florida today; however, rain is much needed here and the residents were sad that there wasn't even more of the wet stuff. Of course, I love a rainy day so I had no problems with it. One of our friends here from Canada had planned to have a special picnic for many of us tomorrow; however, she came walking up in the rain to tell all of us that the party will be cancelled. I wouldn't mind seeing snow; I understand there may be more snow in the more northern states by Tuesday.

Thursday, some of us plan to go see the beautiful horses, the Lappizan, depending on the weather there of course. If so, I hope to add more photographs to my collection. I haven't even unpacked my new digital camera yet; I have been so ill that I really haven't wanted to take a picture of anything. Now I have been working to restore my energy which is slowly, very slowly, returning.

The local cyclists here have been unhappy today since they were unable to ride; with the forecasts being unfavorable for the next several days, they will have to find something else to keep them occupied. There are probably 25 or more "Q'Tips" in our village who now own motorcycles, several of whom prefer the trikes, for safety sake, they say. I just hope they all stay safe because traffic here is extremely heavy.

Several of us went out to eat at CiCi's Pizza tonight. This is a pizza buffet which has a price of 9.00 per couple; however, for some reason, which we didn't discover until we were home, ours cost 14.00 for the two of us. I think we may need to go back and question that bill. One young guy filled his plate 4 times and was still eating when we left. Perhaps, that's why the price has increased so significantly since last year!