Showing posts with label Anna Maria Island. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anna Maria Island. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Anna Maria Has Her Way

Here we are, just another day in paradise on Anna Maria Island. There’s a lot of living going on out on this sandbar. This is the not too busy season. There’s a lot of empty parking lots at the cottages and condos. Winter and spring must be crazy crowded and busy here.

Watching the weather out over the Gulf is pretty intriguing. You can see storm centers brew up, with giant high thunderheads in one place heading in one direction while a big dark storm center gathers in another area and heads off in its own direction.
The perception of weather is pretty interesting, too. Tropical storm Eduardo is pretty tame to all the weather people on the tube down here. We turned on WGN Superstation and their talking heads credited Eduardo with much bigger muscles.

There were big, big storms back at home this evening. Meanwhile, lightning strikes entertained us out over the Gulf.

BTW, Maureen, the checkout lady at Publix, recognized us today.

Hmmm..... I’m amused by watching the weather and getting chummy with the old lady at the grocery store.

Is this what retirement is like?