Another Anniversary

From lanai looking up through screen

Looking through the Live Oaks

The evening skies recently have looked like they are on fire.  I took these shots between Trick 'r Treaters on Halloween.  The Spanish Moss on the Live Oaks looked as though they could burst into flame at any moment.  I love this time of the year when the temperatures are more temperate and we should have relief from the heat and humidity for the next 7 months.  We had rain most of the day today but it cleared in time for another gorgeous sunset.  Winter sunsets are so different from the summer sunsets here.  They seem so much more colorful.

We still have a few plumeria blooms hanging in there.  My roses are getting ready to bloom again.  And the rain trees on my street are gorgeous right now.  I have started driving around with my sunroof open and all the windows down.  

Today is the 21st anniversary of our move from Midlothian  to Tarpon Springs.  November 3, 1992 was the beginning of a new chapter in our lives.  It was hard leaving children and grandchildren in Virginia, but we have no regrets. We haven't had to scrape a windshield in 21 years. Or shovel snow. Or throw salt on ice. Or swat a fly.  We have gnats and mosquitoes occasionally but no black flies, deer flies or June bugs. Or ticks.  Being close to the Gulf has those advantages.  Farther inland, it's a different story. 

I think I love it more here every day.  

Feeling blessed to be celebrating the start of another lovely winter here.