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Nov. 24, 2009

Touring East Bonita in a Swamp Buggy

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This Was a Courtesy Tour a Friend Gave Me - Not For Hire.

You know I’ve got connections, they’re just not the sort of connections that most people expect when they hear about “connections”.  This would be part three in the trilogy of Florida connections.  First there was the …

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Nov. 1, 2009

The Swans at Coconut Point Mall

Swans

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Nov. 1, 2009

Seasonal Farmer’s Market - The Promenade

Yellow Flowers

2009-2010 Flea Market Farmer Market is Open

The seasonal farmer’s market has opened at The Promenade Shoppes in Bonita Springs, Florida for the winter season.  The Promenade is located at the northwest corner US 41 – Tamiami Trail and Bonita Bay Boulevard, directly across the street from Highland Woods …

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Oct. 31, 2009

Happy Halloween Bonita Springs - 2010

Happy Halloween Skeleton

Don’t Forget to Turn Clocks Back Tonight

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Oct. 28, 2009

Strategic Default – Walking Away From The Debt

The Storm of Foreclosures

Foreclosure by Choice

When did the mentality about walking away from the obligation of a home change? Maybe the change started when the possibility of owning a home was made so easy that anyone with a pulse and a blue ink pen could qualify for a loan.

Home ownership was …

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Oct. 27, 2009

The Return of The North American Snowbird

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Tourist Season in Southwest Florida

The northerner’s know it’s fall when the leaves change and begin falling to the ground.  People in Southwest Florida know it’s fall when we see car haulers everywhere.

In front of every gated community, in every shopping plaza there are car haulers parked, offloading …

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Oct. 25, 2009

The Horses at Flesher Farm

Paint Horse

Skip and Tonto

The owners of these horses contacted me a while back. I had taken pictures of her boys in the Fourth of July parade and she requested a copy.  Bonita Springs has three Walgreens, maybe more.  It was a snap to upload them to the Walgreens …

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Oct. 18, 2009

Chillin’ Like a Villain in Estero Florida

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The Goats on Sandy Lane Estero Fl

And he said to me in the softest Swiss accent, “If you didn’t bring me food, then why are you here?”

I drive by these goats all the time and you probably do, too.  They’re on Sandy Lane between Corkscrew Road …

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Oct. 14, 2009

Manners 2.0 is There an App For That?

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Hang Up and Drive – Shut Up and Eat

Remember when cell phones fist came out? I’m old enough to remember cell phones with a battery pack, suit case thing with a corded receiver. There really was no discrete way to walk around on a cell phone, back in the …

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Oct. 2, 2009

Friday’s Mailbox is Loving and Giving

Passaflora Mailbox

These Two Mostly Give Bills and Caterpillars

The title is from that poem about children and their personality related to the day of the week that they were born on.  You can find out what day of the week you were born on here: Sunday’s Child is Full of …

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