Humming along....

We continue to progress through our to-do list, getting ready for our departure from Alabama in October and heading further south.  The weather has broken a bit in the last few days, with days that are not too hot to work outside, and evenings that allow us to turn the A/C off and open up the windows.

We took a break from work on Sunday, and headed out for a few hours.  Like jet skiers everywhere, this young man took advantage of the wake we created to have some fun of his own.

We found a nice little spot to drop the anchor, have lunch and a swim,then just chill.

Back at the dock, there has been lots of activity at our neighbour's hummingbird feeder.  I've counted at least 4 of them buzzing around - mostly far too fast for photos.  But this little one seems to like the perch holding the feeder.

We went out to a BBQ restaurant the other night, one that we hadn't tried yet.  It was decorated like a hunting lodge, with huge carved wild turkeys mounted on the stone fireplace, and a soundtrack of crickets and bullfrogs to round out the experience.  Our waitress was completely taken with listening to Michael speak - something about his accent captured her attention.  She sent her co-workers over to our table so they, too, could hear him speak.  She even brought us a free banana pudding dessert, just because!

We have discovered that the local cinema has a deal on Tuesdays...don't know if the admission price is cheaper, but they offer free popcorn after 7 pm.  Just bring your own bowl!!  So we're off to the movies tonight for the first time since we came down here.  Amazing what the lure of free popcorn can accomplish.

We watched as much of the Olympics as we could, keeping in mind that there was extremely little shown live.  Michael's Jamaican roots came to the forefront as the men's track team set record after record.  If we had a Jamaican flag, I think he would have flown it!!  We missed the Canadian coverage, which always seems to give a complete world view of events and activities.  London did a wonderful job - it looks so different from the last time I was there!!