I’ve been vacationing in the Keys for the last 10 years, give or take. Over the years, we’ve taken a week each year to visit with my godmother who has a home on Lower Matacumbe Key. This year she is almost 94 years old, yet remains surprisingly independent. To illustrate, she told us her experiences [...]
Heron Flies Away Originally uploaded by CellPhoneSusie We are half way through our annual Florida Keys vacation. As in recent years, it’s a gathering of siblings and husbands at my godmother’s house on Lower Matacumbe Key. Aunt Jean just lets us take over and hopefully we provide her some company and a few laughs. The [...]
Adventurous Group Originally uploaded by CellPhoneSusie The year rolled around quickly to our annual late March week visiting Aunt Jean at her home in Lower Matacumbe in the Florida Keys. Over the years, different folks have come along, but it’s morphed into a week where my sisters and I, plus our husbands, gather and spend [...]
Iggy the Iguana Originally uploaded by CellPhoneSusie I got to see a wide variety of wild life during my week in the Keys: tarpon, snapper, a sting ray, blue herons, hawks, ibis, and pelicans. But this iguana is, without a doubt, my favorite wildlife interaction. There are two of them that hang out in Aunt [...]
Indian Key Signposts Originally uploaded by CellPhoneSusie Yesterday, I decided to spend the morning exploring areas I’ve not yet seen on previous visits to the Keys. I rented a kayak from Robbie’s, a place just up the road from Aunt Jean’s, on the northern tip of Lower Matecumbe Key. I paddled over to nearby Indian [...]
Early Morning in the Keys Originally uploaded by CellPhoneSusie What do you do when you are on the third set of last minute PTO you have to use or lose? When your home cupboards are clean, your old clothes have been sorted and taken to Goodwill? When you’ve entertained your family for Thanksgiving? Well, you [...]