President Kennedy

On March 26 my grandmother turned 96 years old. The old pictures came out and I thought this would be fun to post. Great Uncle Alec was commissioned to work on one of the fireplaces in the White House for President Kennedy. He was a marble worker from Italy.

Great Aunt Clara was upset, because when Jackie Kennedy came to join in the picture she stood next to the President and Aunt Clara had to move over. Aunt Clara wanted to stand next to the President. She is on the right, behind Jackie Kennedy. I also remember it being told that while Uncle Alec was working on the fireplace, Jackie Kennedy came to shake his hand. He didn't want to because they were dirty from working, but Jackie didn't care.

Animal Kingdom Orlando FL

Dick and Sara from Ithaca

Bruce and I had some friends from Ithaca meet us in Orlando to visit Animal Kingdom. We had a great time. Went on the Safari Ride three times. Decided to put a real Safari on our bucket list for the future with our friends.

Swamp Cabbage Slaw

Tough outer layers of the Hearts of Palm

Preping swamp cabbage

Florida The Sunshine State

Bruce and I just spent four days at a rally for Country Coach owners. The Nor'easters. We are at the River Bend Motorcoach Resort in Labelle FL. We've been through here on our boat during our cruising days. It was fun to return to our old haunt. The resort is on the Caloosahatchie River and we remember passing by it on the boat.

This weekend was the 44 th Swamp Cabbage Festival in Labelle. We went to the parade, armidillo races, lawnmower races and saw one mower t bone another and one of the riders broke a leg. I just had to sample some swamp cabbage slaw and pickled swamp cabbage. Swamp cabbage is hearts of palm from the sabal palm tree. The sabal palm tree is the state tree in Florida. I guess I can say that I "ate a tree".

We decided we like it here at the resort and have always liked Labelle so are staying three more days. Labelle is old Florida, with orange groves and wide open spaces.