Sarasota Oct 2012, Florida

Nov 4, 2012

Went to the "chalk" festival, lots of street and wall art in progress, climax on Sunday when there is also a high wire act (!) waited for 30 mins for the tightrope man but then told that it was only on Sunday, still , the chalk was good

Sarasota Oct 2012, Florida

Nov 4, 2012

Went to the Circle Halloween party, a much bigger fuss than in the UK there were some great costumes and the local high school dressed up as zombies and did "Killer" in the circle, very good, must bring costumes if we are here again on this date.

Sarasota Oct 2012, Florida

Oct 30, 2012

Visited by 5 manatees today, Archie spotted them as they munched their way slowly into our inlet. They went down for about 10 minutes at a time and emerged to breath about 30 ft further along. Slow going but they are magical Creatures.

Sarasota Oct 2012, Florida

Oct 30, 2012

Went to Kennedy space Center , 3 hour drive but worth it, forgot how impressive it was. Doing for the grand children what we had done for the children.

Sarasota Oct 2012, Florida

Oct 22, 2012

Glad to be back again, house good and weather perfect. Went down to Miami Beach for a couple of days, driving was long and boring but the place was spectacular and took lots of Deco photos. Stayed at the Eden Roc for old times sake, it was barely recognisable having had a zillion dollars spent on it.