Butterfly world - Coconut Creek, Florida 2016

Butterfly World - Later in the year 2016 - second visit with Heather

Airboat - Everglades Ride  8/2016

Seeing my first airboat
Riding my first airboat
Handsome Red Neck Alligator Wrestler.
Heather and I wrestling alligators.

Jungle Queen Cruise, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Jungle Queen Cruise, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. 8/2016 Heather and Canita
The homes of the rich and famous. Somewhere along this cruise is the house used to film the famous "Miami Vice" show.
Draw bridge from the water.
Yacht winter port
More Yacht port
Jungle Queen Island and the crazy Alligator Wrestlers.
Bird Talk
Holding a baby alligator
BIG Lawn Chair
There she is #4.

Coral Castle, Homestead, Florida
2016

This is Ed.
Ed was 5' tall and weighs 100#
This is a pictures of Coral Castle
This is a drawing of Coral Castle
The entrance to Coral Castle now the huge gate was at the time of Ed.
Unusual feat for sure. All moved and made by Ed.
Beautiful fan palm in Castle
Heart shaped table and benches out of limestone
View to left as you enter the gate.
15 ton Obelisk moved by Ed alone at night.
Another view of the Obelisk
Ed loved children and this is a table and chairs he built for them.
Three beds to get the ultimate sun and shade.
This was built for the children. Goldilocks and the three bears chairs.
The now unrocking rocking chairs. Had to be buried for safety reasons.
Fountain
One of the 30 ton monoliths built by Ed alone at night.
Ed's cooking stove. He sold hot dogs to make money to those who visited his castle.
Ed's cooking pot in oven/stove.
30 ton monolith
The crescent moons, earth and other celestial things.
8' 50 ton gate that used to be the entrance. Could be opened with a push of the fingertip.
The first chair ever made by Ed. The seat of Billy Idol in video of Sweet Sixteen.
Therapy bed for his Tuberculosis.
Children's table and chair/or Goldilocks?
Discipline chamber.
Very accurate sundial. What time is it?
Sundial
The quarry just outside the wall of the castle.
Telescope to locate the North Star.
Another view
Eye of the scope.
Entrance to the well. The rock that rolls is the gate. This was also his refrigerator.
Steps into well or refrigerator.
This is some chairs.
His bath
His shampoo holder which is a Mason's star. Ed was a Mason.
Fountain.
Another view of fountain.
Mason star in fountain.
The art structure with a face.
Another view of the art structure.
Three chairs for setting to get the ultimate sun and shade.
Outside view of the walls
Outside view of the walls.
Picture of his tools.
More tools.
More tools
More tools.
More tools
Sixteen steps for his "Sweet Sixteen" to his sleeping quarters.
Entrance to the sleeping quarters.
Swinging chair in sleeping quarters.
Bed in the sleeping quarters.

National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Persimmon Hill Cafe'

Someone's Dreams

Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Missouri
Missouri
Missouri
Missouri
Missouri
Missouri

McAlester, Oklahoma statue cattle drive

McAlester, Oklahoma
McAlester, Oklahoma
McAlester, Oklahoma
McAlester, Oklahoma
McAlester, Oklahoma
McAlester, Oklahoma
McAlester, Oklahoma
McAlester, Oklahoma
McAlester, Oklahoma
McAlester, Oklahoma
McAlester, Oklahoma
McAlester, Oklahoma

MERCEDES, TEXAS BOOTS

Mercedes, Texas Parade of Boots
Mercedes, Texas Parade of Boots
Mercedes, Texas Parade of Boots
Mercedes, Texas Parade of Boots
Mercedes, Texas Parade of Boots
Mercedes, Texas Parade of Boots
Mercedes, Texas Parade of Boots
Mercedes, Texas Parade of Boots
Mercedes, Texas Parade of Boots
Mercedes, Texas Parade of Boots
Mercedes, Texas Parade of Boots
Mercedes, Texas Parade of Boots
Mercedes, Texas Parade of Boots
Mercedes, Texas Parade of Boots
Mercedes, Texas Parade of Boots
Mercedes, Texas Parade of Boots
Mercedes, Texas Parade of Boots
Mercedes, Texas Parade of Boots
Mercedes, Texas Parade of Boots

Caboose Wedding Chapel

Springhouse Gardens Wedding and Event Venue

Finished piece - picture perfect
Simple and Delicious Magazine from Joplin, Missouri Show
Page 12 of April/May issue 2015 Taste of Home Magazine.
Egg whites coming to room temperature. Set oven at 350 degrees for the crust. Later change to 400 degrees.
Collection of items needed to make Meringue Squares.
When you have it use it - dough mixer.
Patting it down to make the crust. I would add more melted butter or perhaps add almond extract to the crust for better flavor.
Making the meringue. We added corn starch just to see if it would help stiffen meringue also.
Adding the raspberry jam.
Pouring on the miniature semisweet chocolate chips. I would change these to sweet chocolate chips to help sweeten the raspberry jam.
Adding the whipped egg whites.
Picture Perfect.
Taste of Home Magazine from the Joplin, Missouri Show.
Page 14 of Rise and Shine Magazine.
Collection of items needed to prepare Chicken Club Roulades.
Heating skillet - since we are cooking bacon which has fat we are not adding oil.
Prepared sauce.
We choose to use chicken instead of turkey so we pounded out the chicken to make it easier to roll.
Pampered Chef mallet.
Chicken breast covered with sauce. With a thin turkey breast one tsp but the chicken was a little thicker so we added more sauce.
Ham is added.
Provolone cheese.
Blanched asparagus
Rolling the roulade.
Ending the rolling of the bacon.
Ready for the frying pan.
Adding the poultry seasoning.
Cooked Chicken Roulades.
Served with a light salad.
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Our day in Mansfield, Mo.

     Since we found that Dabbs’ date of death was missing from his headstone, we have been on the search for information.  A few weeks ago, our search led us to Mansfield, Missouri, Southeast of Springfield, where two of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s homes are located.  Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote the Little House on the Prairie books, which is what the television show “Little House on the Prairie” was based on.  We really enjoyed our day at Rocky Ridge Farm. 
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One of the things I found interesting was that Laura’s husband’s name was pronounced Al-”man”-zo not Al-”mon”-zo.  It seems creating a role for television made a change in the way the name is pronounced.
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I fell in love with the rock house that Laura and Almanzo’s daughter, Rose, had built for them as a retirement home.  The front opening up for air flow and overlooking a beautiful valley, the water cistern, the stone, and even the design by the stone mason when he put the rock together all show that the home was built with love. 
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The builder put these unique trowel marks on the entire house between the rocks.

 While we were in the museum, we found out that we have a few items in Grandma’s Attic that are similar to, or exactly like, some of Laura and Rose’s favorite possessions. 

There were pieces of Depression glass throughout the rock house.
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All of these pieces of Depression glass are for sale at Grandma's Attic
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In the museum, there was a leather postcard.
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In the corner of the museum displaying Rose’s possessions, there was a set of Stangl “blueberry” pottery dishes.   
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There was a lovely lilac bush in the front yard of Laura and Almanzo’s original farm house.  This house was a house built with love over time.  The kitchen had first been attached to a log cabin then moved across the yard to be the beginning of what grew into a farm house over time, complete with a library and music room.
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     We ended the day with a visit to Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company’s village which is also located in Mansfield, Missouri. It is a fun village, where you learn the story of how it started with a seed finding trip, and now has hundreds of varieties of natural seeds.  
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Building at Baker Creek Village

With annual weekend festivals at Baker Creek and the prospect of more exploration of the Rock House....

Mansfield is one up for a second visit from me!  
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