Apparently the egret was on our neighbor's car but by the time I got the camera, it had gone down on the grass.
We had to hurry and eat breakfast and head to Tampa so Rachel could meet a friend of hers who happened to be visiting family in Florida for the Holidays as well.
We had a nice drive down to Tampa, although we were unable to get any coffee until we actually arrived and met them at the Tampa Aquarium.
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| Recording the meeting. |
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| Friends in Florida. |
We spent a couple of hours visiting, having Thai for lunch and some hand made chocolates.
We then drove back to Mom & Dad's. That evening we had dinner at Carrabba's. We ate and talked. Mom told Rachel a bit about growing up in N.Y.C. and how Her Grandmother Fannie was taking English lessons and had the goal of wanting to be able to read an English newspaper. Fannie was Orthodox and kept kosher. Her Mom, Rita, would do the grocery shopping for herself, her sister Sophie and Fannie. My Mom was the one that would walk with Fannie to High Holiday services. She told how lucky her father was to be employed as a haberdasher during the Great Depression.
I do remember visiting them when they were living in Illinois in what had to be the late 50's. Dad tells me that we made 2 trips to visit them, but I only remember one and don't remember the traveling. I do remember walking around outside and all the houses seemed to me to be white boxes. I also remember making a small comb case on that trip.
More about Florida tomorrow...
