Spring was nice.....

After reading a the Spring 'happies' friend who lives much further south of here, I realize that I have yet to
post later Spring.  Early Spring was in Toronto, but later Spring was spent on Treasure Island near St. Pete's.


 Mike and I stayed with friends for a week at their timeshare.  It was only days after the BP oil rig blew, so we spent a lot of time watching the television and wondering what would happen to all the fabulous wildlife we saw while there
  This fellow was just half a km down the beach from where we were staying.  The Sand Sculpture festival had been held a few weeks before our arrival, but the handsome devil was in pretty good shape yet.

  Not having been in that part of Florida for about thirty years, we went back to Tarpon Springs--a one time sleepy sponge fishing town; but no more.  They have made it into the uber-Greek tourist Town: I thought that I was back in Cyprus, apart from the 'mercan accents.  We did have the best-ever Greek lunch--He and She and Mike had roast lamb, and I had the Grouper. We shared some baklava for dessert. The town was the site for the movie "Beyond the 12 Mile Reef" starring the recently departed Tony Curtis.  Hence there is this statue to the divers as well as a harbour filled with sponge boats.

crawdads, this would be a meal for one--we shared

As usual we feasted on the native food--Greek in Tarpon Springs, but closer to St. Petersburg we found a bayou-side restaurant that specialized in Cajun food and British beer.  It seems the mine host was an ex-pat, and his wife a lass from Louisiana.  Great setting, good drinks and interesting food.  The oysters were only grudgingly shared by me with Michael.