Dessert before dinner.....

Once in a while when my grands were here after school I would say, "Okay today it's going to be dessert before dinner."  They thought my announcement  was very cool and I was given hugs and kisses and laughter filled my kitchen and there were a few jumps for joy.  And for me.... it was Priceless!!!!!

Cherish the moments.

I Wish You Love,

Mimi

What caught my eye......

 I went to the park again today to walk.  It was a beautiful South Florida day. 

 This is what caught my eye. 

Some dead tree trunks.

Looking at the other side.

This is a Seagrape Tree.  

A view of the marina through the trees.

This Oak Tree trunk stood out from the crowd.

It was a little windy and the water was choppy.  I didn't see the manatee's today.
That's the outdoor restaurant on the right.  

I usually listen to music on my shuffle for a while , and then I turn it off so I can hear the sounds around me.  I like to hear the wind blowing, making the trees rustle, and all the birds. Due to the time change it doesn't get dark here until around 7:30 pm, so it was around 5:30 pm, and the seabirds started coming in.  They were on their way to the marina where they landed on the docks.

   It was exciting to see the flocks flying in for the evening.

These beautiful blue skies were just smiling at me.   

Days to be thankful for.

I Wish You Love,

Joyce

Showing some love.....

Avocados are falling all over South Florida this time of year and my mom's trees is loaded.  Every morning she collects what has fallen during the afternoon and night before. The subdivision where my mom lives and where I grew up is called Avocado Heights, and everyone had a tree in their backyard and my family loved them.  We called them avocado pears.  We ate them everyday, with our meals, with a little salt and pepper.  We threw chunks of them in our salads.  We even smashed them up and made a mask for our faces, not to mention for guacamole.  They are a fruit you know.  These are of the Persea Americana family.  The three basic families are Mexican, Guatemalan, and West Indian. 

Anyway, I knocked on my neighbors door and when she opened it the smell of what she was cooking for dinner overwhelmed me.  It was one of my favorite smells in the whole wide world, not kidding!  I gave her the avocados and she was thanking me and I was just telling her how wonderful her house smelled and asked her what she was cooking.    A little while later I heard my door bell ring.  There she was offering me this plate of wonderful food that she had cooked for her family for dinner.   My mouth started watering when she handed me the plate of food.   I was soooooo delighted.   Pork, beans and rice, and yuca with onions and typical Cuban flavors.......and with a couple slices of avocado.......well what more can I say?  Just look at this!!!!  She was really showing me some love, and I took it.  Actually I kind of grabbed it and thanked her with all of my heart.

I have to say that my favorite way to eat avocado with with Cuban food, namely beans and rice, or chicken and rice, or black beans and rice, and on and on........I wish you could smell this!!!!!!

This lovely lady can cook!!!!  I look forward to taking her more avocados!!!!  Hint, Hint!!!!!!!

I Wish You Love,

Joyce