Friday August 16th 2024

Today began a stretch of beautiful Florida summer days. The temperature peaked in the upper eighties with lower than normal humidity. There were a few clouds, but overall the sun dominated. This pattern is forecast to last through the weekend.

This was a chores and errands kind of day. While I was out this afternoon I was reminded that school is back in session. I passed by one school with a long line of cars waiting at the closed gate. Mom and or Dad was in line to pick up their students. Inside the school yard yellow buses waited for their load of kids to transport to Mom or Dad at the end of their subdivision road. Elsewhere this afternoon I got stuck behind other yellow buses slowly dropping off kids into the waiting arms of Mom and Dad at the end of the subdivision roads. This is the beginning of the school year so heavy parental involvement in getting the kids to and from school is understandable, but it was the same last spring at the end of the school year. I don’t really get it. More than half a century ago students had a lot more responsibility for getting to and from school on their own. Was it really safer then?

For the first time in more than a week I got a full walk around the RV resort. The trip through the lower part of the resort to Lake Davenport was interesting. A number of the RVs that departed in late spring have returned. They are in the process of settling back in. One set of residents were in the process of building a deck for their trailer. They had already assembled a plastic shed. The area still isn’t full, but I believe all of the sites are reserved for returning guests.

The landscape guys were here today to mow the lawn. They wont have to spend an overtime Saturday this week. The grass looks nicer after a good cutting. I don’t think the rabbits I usually see have the same opinion. There were no rabbits out this evening. The water level in the retention ponds continues to go down. Only the biggest pond seems to still attract the water birds.