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It must be hunting season down here, as gun shots (rifle shots mostly) can be heard on occasion. Squirrels and wild boar are probably the main targets. Otherwise, the daily activity is back to normal, with schools back in session, the roads filled to the maximum almost all hours of the day. Living out in the "sticks" does have the advantage of less traffic to contend with, although the constant hum of traffic on Route 95 permeates the community all day and all night long. One gets used to that pretty quickly and can't be heard much when inside the cottage. Click grid to return back to main page.

As the end of January is fast approaching, it feels more like Delaware than Florida, as the weather has been pretty miserable (in Florida terms) down here. This morning I saw two of my acquaintances down here, one from Canada and the other from Western Massachusetts, doing their morning walk, wearing a thick, winter coat, gloves and hats. You would think 52º isn’t so bad compared to the teens up north, but when your body is used to low 80º temps, 50º is COLD!

No frost, so the lettuce, broccoli and tomatoes are surviving just fine, although the tomatoes are taking a very long time to ripen. I suppose once it gets back to being warmer, I will have lots of tomatoes to harvest. Right now I have picked 40 tomatoes so far this season.
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Weather

MAGNOLIA WEATHER
FORT PIERCE WEATHER
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April 1, 2025
A 16.5 hour road trip back home from Florida went as planned, with little traffic and an arrival time of 5:30 am, all without incident. I make this drive to limit the amount of movement Nancy has to make in and out of the car if we were to stop and stay at a motel along the way. It is a long day (night), but once we are home, we can relax and unwind.

The house is in good shape, other than lots of weeds and the lawn needing a trim (done later in the day on April 1). Cleaning out the van went well, despite being filled to the top. The seedling I brought back home survived and nothing fell out of the van during our trip.

Maggie was very good, settling in once we got going. We made a few stops along the way for gas and the bathroom, but that is expected.

It was just good to get back home and sleep in our own beds again.

My Walking
I didn’t even miss a day of walking, as I did a mile before leaving Florida and then managed to get in another mile once I got home. It was nice to walk in the woods with temperatures similar to Florida (an early warm front coming through), but with much lower humidity and cooler evenings.

  • Early seedlings
    Early seedlings
    Brocolli, basil, cukes and Roma tomato seedlings
  • Blueberries
    Blueberries
    Cleaned out blueberry plot
  • Plants ready to travel
    Plants ready to travel
    Seedlings started in Florida
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