Search Results

My first day in Sarasota Dad took me to a small beach called Indian Beach that is 1/3 of a mile from our comfy Airbnb. He brought the Lacrosse stick and tennis ball and I had fun. Philip lives in Sarasota now in a nice assisted living facility. He like s the beautiful weather and being near his ex wife Renata. Mike, Dad's brother, coordinated a visit to see Philip with a visit to see us. After sitting outside our Airbnb with an Italian soda, Mom suggested a vegan restaurant for lunch with outdoor seating for me. She was very happy that all the meat eaters said it was delicious. Laying on the rug at Aunt Bobbi & Uncle Murray's Siesta Key condo was almost as good as laying on the couch at Elliott & Vinni's apartment. I was comfy, Dad gave me a suv and everyone noticed that I blended with the colors. We enjoyed Shabbat blessings and a delicious salmon dinner prepared by Bobbi. Mom gave me a piece of salmon that I gobbled up quickly. We all enjoyed our visit. For our next fun visit with Lisa and Joel, Saturday morning we walked through the Sarasota farmers market at least the size of Burlington's market, maybe bigger and on closed off city streets. Mom spent a long time at the looseleaf Japanese tea stand and waited in line for sourdough bread that turned out to not be as flavorful as Yitzi's. Uncle Joel and Aunt Lisa brought us to their favorite farm stand where we bought local corn, blueberries and tomatoes in February. After the farmers market we all took a long walk in Bayfront Park where Joel goes for a sunrise walk every morning. The photos show a statue that memorializes the end of WWII. Some people object to the sailor jubilantly grabbing a nurse, but I think they both look happy about the war ending. The statue was modeled from a real life photo in the New York Times, 1945. After the walk, I sat under an outdoor cafe table while the humans ate sandwiches made inside tubes of bread made to order from the raw dough. Aunt Lisa held my leash to walk past the doorman of their condo because there is a rule that only owners may bring dogs inside the building. Joel and Lisa gave us a tour of their lovely condo overlooking the bay, but we did not stay long enough for me to explore and find a cozy rug.

Mom now feels confident switching to Georgia in the first dog: Mom and Dad took me to Azalea Park where Mom appreciated the many Azalea's in bloom and thought it was a good place to put a Sam stone. I liked the windy path and bridge over the wetlands. Mom and I are both early morning people and appreciated the bright pre-sunrise moonlight in the garden at our Winter Park tiny house. Wednesday, Feb. 24 began with a sunrise walk in one of the very large Winter Park dog parks. We love the big Florida trees. We then went to see Lisa, Rick, Adam and Evan (Mom and Lisa are first cousins) at their lovely Winter Park house. Evan and Adam like to play basketball in front of their house and it reminded me of how much fun I had going out to the basketball court with Yitzi and his friends when they were all in grade school. If they didn't bring me, I would whimper at the sun room window until Mom would bring me over to the court and ask the kids if I could play. Later we had dinner with our Winter Park cousins on their patio where they sometimes like to watch movies projected onto the outside wall. Finally a dog friendly ocean bay beach, where Dad could throw me a tennis ball with the lacrosse stick, walking distance from our Airbnb in Sarasota. The inland lakes in Winter Park were very pretty but had warning signs about alligators and harmful bacteria. I don't think alligators like the salt water.

Georgia has enjoyed a couple of sunrise walks near the lake in Winter Park. It's cooler in the morning and the trees are pretty with moss hangings. She doesn't mind just playing fetch on dry land since the lakes have posted warning signs about alligators and parasites. She may just have to wait for ocean swimming. Winter Park seems like a lovely community. Georgia sat in an outdoor middle eastern lunch cafe today while visiting with Mom's cousin Lisa, Rick and Rick's uncle. Tomorrow we will go to their house for dinner and also spend time with their two boys: Adam, age 12 and Evan, age 10. Hopefully Mom and Dad will remember to take pictures of me with the relatives.

After traveling close to 1500 miles Georgia finally made it to the tiny house in Winter Park near Orlando. This photo was taken last night when Dad and Mom were tired and not sure about staying in the tiny house with the outdoor shower and sink and limited space. Today Mom feels more optimistic after sitting in the sunny warm garden, and getting used to cooking with the induction burner, wok and rice cooker. The outdoor shower is great on a sunny afternoon. Mom wore me out with a long afternoon walk. It was a beautiful day but I'm not used to the warmer afternoon temperatures. Tomorrow we'll try a cooler morning walk. Dad is off filming near Dade City until tomorrow;.