Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
Burgers, Dos Equis, pickle chips, a sand box and a petting zoo—Texas on a Friday night What scared you when you were little? What scares you now? Captain Goodbaby and his twinkly-smiled cousin Ezekiel don’t seem to be scared of much. Hannie and I, on the other hand, used to be scared of stepping on…
Great visit with family in tx ends with a flight cancellation and airport hotel. Woooo. Everyone is being so kind to Isaac, but really United Airlines? Pointless six hours at the airport because you couldn’t find a copilot? Really? Tomorrow we’re rerouted to mobile. Partyyyyy
Easter bunny Three weeks old! Three weeks ago I pulled over to investigate a hand-stenciled sign that says, “RABBITS.” A kind old man and his granddaughter showed Captain Goodbaby and me a BUNCH of healthy rabbits, chickens, a cute puppy, etc. “It’s about time to knock that one over the head,” the old man said…
Marching into spring We brake for photo ops…clearly “But this was yesterday. And now brisk exercise, quick forgetfulness, the possibility of something charming over every fresh mile of the opening horizon and above all the comfortable, pervading sense of wealth tomorrow had restored the Lively’s complacency” (H.M.S. Surprise by Patrick O’Brien). Happy Vernal Equinox! Gorgeous weather, breathtaking spring flowers, a…
Palafox Market (8am-2pm Saturdays) This honey was in a hive YESTERDAY. The weather is gorgeous, we have no pressing yard work, and the beaches are full of spring breakers (avoid). Sounds like a perfect Saturday morning for our first trip to the Palafox Market! Sellers spread fresh organic produce on tables nestled between trunks of…
Ruins of Fukuoka Castle Thinking of Japan today, of course, more than usual. Two years since that horrible earthquake. Two months since Captain Goodbaby’s surgery. We had a rainy day and a cold front, and Chris is working late, so I watched some stuff online about Japan and ended up sniffling. There’s so much I…
How many budgies can you find in this picture? We knew it was time to visit the Gulf Breeze Zoo when Captain Goodbaby started saying, “Yi-yon!” every time he sees his stuffed lion. And quacking and mooing. This tot needs to see some animals! New since we visited six years ago: the Free-Flight Budgiery, where…
