December 28,2012

Well, here we are at the end of another year "2012".... Alot has happened this year, many blessings and answered prayers, losses and tradgedies!
I have been absent from blogging for 6 months!!!! can't believe it! When I began this blog in February I was soooo naive!! I didn't really comprehend what it took to blog multiple times a week!
You need alot of photos and material to draw from...first lesson learned.. so to continue my education process I subscribed to many,many blogs.. which is what I have been doing for the last six months. I wasn't idle. . And I have enjoyed each and everyone of those blogs and have learned so much.I also learned what a tight knit community the blog world is and what faith everyone has...inspiring.
I witnessed this after the unspeakable tradgedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Ct. on December l4th!!! And the response from everyone was incredible!

One of my New Years Resolution is to post new blogs at least 2-3 times a week. And I would love to attend a Blog Conference and meet so many of the blogger that been following these last six months.

 

Christmas decorations have been packed away for another year except the tree which I will not take down until January 6th....

 

Tomorrow  I am going to Sebring to celebrate a late Christmas and the New Years with very dear friends before a hectic week of Drs.Appointments,car servicing and such before I return to school January 7th. Friends who have supported me for the last 4 years of caring for my mother who had suffered a massive stroke and was unable to speak or walk. These women were my strength, they kept me going. My Mom went home to be with the Lord on April 5th almost 4years to the day from the time she had the stroke. She has left a large void but also a great legacy, to myself, my brother, her grandsons and  her friends. She was a Godly woman who lived her faith every day and led by example.

How did 2weeks go by soooo fast! So much more I wish I could fit in! Places to go and people to see.
Another New Years resolution....
This weekend I will contemplate all the events of 2012 and what I Wish for the New Year!
And I pray that 2013 will be a wonderful, healthy, happy and prosperous New Year for everyone.

God Bless
Debbi

4Rivers BBQ!!!!

July 2012

I finally went to 4Rivers BBQ in Winter Garden...This Resturant is sooo popular you have to wait in line to eat in!!! People usally get the take out..
I went at 2:00 and missed the lunch rush...still pretty busy, but was able to eat inside...The food was fabulous!!!!

I tried the brisket, moist and tender... I had greens beans and BBQ beans for my sides and they were delicious....oops! also had the coleslaw; some of the best I have eaten! I am very picky about my slaw!

Place your order......

A great selection of old fashion sodas in glass bottles.....

Located in 3 locations

Winter Park

Winter Garden

Longwood

This is BBQ is a must for hardcore BBQ lovers!!!!

Welcome to Historic Downtown Sebring, Florida.....

Last week on the way to church I decided to go to downtown Sebring. A quaint, charming, old Southern town with lots of charm.
Sebring was establish in 1912 by George Sebring a pottery manufacturer from the Village of Sebring in Ohio.
This year is the towns Centennial and the city has events planned to celebrate it all year long.
Sebring is the home of the Sebring International Raceway, created on a former Airbase first used in l950. It is currently known as the host of the 12 Hours of Sebring, an annually held American LeMans Series race. People come from all around the world; one of the famous people who raced here was Paul Newman.
It is nickname the "City on the Circle" which is home to the downtown historic district. There is a beautiful park in the center with a circle drive around it and side streets coming off the circle
resembleing a wheel.

Charming Park in the center of the circle...

Historic Buildings

These Historic Buildings are home to many quaint & charming shops..

This once house a wonderful little diner named the "Cat House"..

named for the owners collection of cat figurines.

The Police Department....

Charming street lights with Centennnial Banners..

Train Depot.....

Dee's Diner on the end...a breakfast hot spot for locals....

St.Vincent dePaul Thrift Shop...

Barber Shop....

The Teacher Supply Store...

I hope you enjoyed your little tour of downtown Sebring....

There are so many more historic sites in Sebring that I need to photograph for a future blogs..

Key West Seaplane Flight School..AKA The Crab Shack!

Tuesday July 3, 2012

This Weekend I visited with my great friends, Linda and Rob and took the tour of their newly finished backyard retreat! Wow! It is perfect!
This little get away sits right behind their beautiful Lake front home next to the pool...

Enjoy the tour.......

This is "Manny" the permanent resident of the Crab Shack.....

This is the first thing you see when you enter...

Can you tell that Rob is a Pilot?

Beautiful!

Linda and Rob made this unique table from an old cable spool...

Love the Bomber picture!

Replica of Antique Pedal Plane....

Writing Desk/Work Center

View from the Window....

Work out room......

A view of Lake Jackson from the front porch.......

"Manny" hopes you enjoyed the tour......

Beautiful Lake Jackson...

I have spent many an hour down by Lake Jackson, it is a place of comfort and peace, the place I go when I have decisions to make, feeling sad, lonely or just because the day is gorgeous and I go to enjoy the wildlife, watching the boats, jet skis, and my favorite the amphibian airplanes! Once a year the have a fly in and lunch at the Sunset Grille on the SW side of the lake.....

This guy kindly possed for me...He is a Wood Stork

His friend a  Great White Heron..

A flock of Ibis in the old tree next to my parking place.

Here is my beloved friend Dr.Rao we both came to this spot every Sunday and oneday he walked over an introduced himself. A retired Physcian, he loved the Lake and all the birds. He had a wonderful philosophy of life and we enjoyed  two years of Sunday Mornings; sometimes sharing thought, sometimes just sitting quietly...He went home to Michigan 2years ago to be nearer his children for health reasons.And for the next year I called him every Sunday Morning and then last year he passed away..I laugh sometimes at what an odd pair we made, but I will always treasure the time and special friendship that we shared. You never know when the Lord will bring someone special into your life...to make it brighter and better...

Here we are in our spot side by side.

My Explorer and his Little Ford Pickup...

Tropical Storm Debby Weekend......

June 24,2012

Rain, Rain, Rain!!!!! This should help bring our water levels up. Although it is no longer just heavy rain...it has become really nasty with wind gusts and tornado warnings..kind of scary at night when you can see nothing. Won't sleep much tonight.

 I am posting the weather charts and radar from the 5PM update from Crown Weather....

Visible Satellite Image..

This is the projected path and windfield image..

These two are just projected paths

infrared radar image..

Radar Image..

T.S. Debby has still not been upgraded to Hurricane Status as of  10:28PM Sunday evening.
Welcome to Hurricane Season here in Florida.

Well, Have aleady lost power once , so better get this posted and get my candles ready..

Down Town Winter Garden

                                           June 2l,2012


Here are the photos of  Downtown main street Winter Garden. They have restored all these old buildings into charming shops, cafe's, museum and a hotel. The streets are brick with the origional RailRoad Tracks running right through the center turned into part of the West Orange Bike Trail and the old Train Depot into a museum.

This is the Old Train Station

Here is the Fountain sitting are.....

The Barber Shop and  Resturant

Ms.Bee's Gourmet Popcorn

Hope you enjoyed your little tour of Winter Garden.....