Remember the bench from a few days ago? Here is the view from that bench at Desoto National Memorial  on the Manatee River. This beautiful park is 7 miles from our front door.


Sitting on the bench at the top of the hill, above and below you are looking to east.


Turn your head and look behind you and you will see a very large Gumbo Limbo Tree.


there are miles of hiking trails that follow the river and around the bay. below photo you can see part of the trail. there is a museum there and grass huts. If you missed the post on grass huts CLICK HERE and HERE

Kitchen Shelf

I seem to be obsessed with how many miles it is to every where I go... but my obsessive compulsive self is another post

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If you have a set of salad bowls and they all say Cool Whip on the outside, you may be a redneck...
Jeff Foxworthy and a few more....


You might be a redneck:

If you believe you have a set of match luggage when you have two shopping bags from the same store.

If you think Sherlock Holmes is a housing project in Biloxi

If you think Taco Bell is the Mexican phone company.



BLOGGER STOLE OUR SLIDESHOW VIEWER... IT IS GONE GONE GONE... WAHHHH. YOU KNOW WHEN YOU CLICK TO ENLARGE AND THERE IS A SLIDE SHOW? GONE GONE GONE..WAHHHH

Oscar Scherer April 2004

26 miles from our front door, lies Oscar Scherer State Park, Osprey, FL. If you move to Florida you can see views like this all year long...


Why did the dog dive in the pond?      He was chasing a catfish.... you can groan with me NOW

Back yard flowers Summer 2004

Overlooks Manatee River

Which one of these seats would you choose to sit, rest and chat with me....

NOTE: all photos taken by MadSnapper but NOT my yard... taken from Bench folder in archives

Oak Forrest in park with squirrels

Bench on canal

Bayside Dock, you can sit the chair the normal way

Coquina Beach view

 Above is my preference.

Front yard view

 What do you do when your chair breaks?   Call a chairman, silly

Back yard view

Coquina Beach view