St Augustine Lighthouse

It was a beautiful day to visit the historic St Augustine Lighthouse. It was built between 1871-1874.

Looking up

Mary & I climbed 219 steps to the top. Perfect day & great view!

Fresnel lens

Feet selfie looking down!

Presidents Day

Lunch today at Graffiti Junktion

3 amigos!

Saturday at the Farm

Since the last time we were here, John built an awesome jungle gym for the goats. They love it!

Bet you didn't know goats could fly!

Me & Melnir

Mary & Samur

Lily

MaxiCat

Aurora & John worked on the 1978 Airstream renovation.

Inside the Airstream

 

Please don't tell Stella that Tilly was sitting on my lap.

Cora Sleepover

Cora & Stella had a blast! 2 dogs ... 1 stick

2 dogs ... 2 sticks

Exhausted pups! Stella was even too tired to jump up on my bed.

Sunset Ducks & Geese

Nice sunset in the backyard tonight

JAX RV Show

Stella sure knows how to relax at Mary's house. It's so cute when she uses a pillow!

It's not a real RV show if there aren't any Airstreams.

 This "thing" is pretty cool ...

Big Clean Up v2

Amy spent a week in PVB to help me overhaul my two offices upstairs. Considering we didn't leave the house much, my Fitbit stats for the week are crazy!

Total number of steps: 69,465
Total miles: 27.98
Total flights of stairs: 120

Total number of St John's County's gigantic recycling cans: 9 (set out over the course of 2 weeks ... with the help of my neighbors).

 

Superbowl Party ... Renee & Greg have a Lombardi Trophy!

I think Amy misses Bailey & Casey!

Portrait mode on the iPhone 7 Plus

All of this organizing is exhausting!

I found some cool old books & maps in a box from my mom's house

I'm not sure why I had breakfast with President Ford at the White House in 1976, but I remember it well.

Recycling old binders to donate.

Found some old Bruce pins

Meanwhile, in Dix Hills, Bailey ...

... & Casey enjoy the snow. So cute! Nice boots!

iPhone ExoLens & Olympus Pen-F Tests

The first 4 pix are shot with an iPhone 6 with the ExoLens PRO ZEISS Mutar 0.6x Asph T* wide-angle lens (18mm equivalent).

Google's always willing to pose!

Cookies at Cinotti's

Charlie & Maddie wanted to take Google & Stella for a walk.

We took a spin around the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. 

I shot the next 4 pix with Mary's Olympus PEN-F camera. There are some pretty cool built-in art modes. It shoots a jpg in the art mode as well as a normal raw file. The first photo below is one of the 28 modes ... it's like an illustration (click on it to see details) ...

New Appliances

Last month when my microwave died, I decided it was time to replace the rest of my kitchen appliances. Last year I got a new refrigerator ... this year a dishwasher, convection oven & convection microwave.

The dishwasher has a great third rack for Tervis Tumbler lids & Stella's puzzle pieces.

Okefenokee Swamp

Quick day trip to Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia with Mary.