2/1/17 Wednesday

Lasr night before dinner we decided to go for a walk before dinner.  Just a block away is Seminole Lake.  We had a lovely walk and chatted with a few people sitting on benches.  There were quite a few waterfowl - mostly ibis (see pix) and some coots.  Apparently, there are also gators and otters, but we did not see any.

We woke up this morning and got ready for our first day of work.  As you can see by the photo I took of the TV weather this morning, the weather is fairly consistent - we have no complaints.  Mike was the person in charge this morning.  I told him I was able to run the cash register and he was happy as that left him free to work on other projects.  Dave helped customers and replaced stock as it came in the back door.  It was fairly busy today, which was good as the time flew by.  We are working from 8:30 to 1 five days a week.  When we finished today, we stopped for a salad (Dave had a sandwich) at Chick-fil-A and then went to the Florida Botanical Garden.  The pix of an American egret and water lily are from the garden.  We walk around and found Heritage Village next door.  It is a collection of older houses, stores, etc. from the area.  One of the homes featured quilts, embroidery, weaving, and baskets.  The rest of today's photos are from this house.  We stopped at Target on the way back and bought a mattress topper for the bed - it is a bit hard - I hope it helps.  We came back and sat by the pool for a while reading before dinner.  It was chilly (for here) this morning, but was in the high 70's when we finished at the ReStore.  It was a lovely afternoon and we really enjoyed our walk.