Back in the Sun

 We are now back from our trip home and have been greeted with sunshine, and wind!  At least that was after we were picked up at the airport by our kind friends.

Now our trip home was great; however, the weather wasn't so hot (literally).  This is the temperature as we were on our way to a volleyball game.

  It sure did grab your attention.

And it seemed to want to snow, and snow, and snow.  There is definitely nothing dirty out there.

Now our flight was to leave mid day on Wednesday.  We had arranged for a ride to the airport at a nice decent time.  Well, that was not going to happen.  Our flight was delayed by three hours which meant that we would miss our connecting flight.  But we were quickly rebooked, the next day, at the wonderful time of 6:30 a.m.  Of course that means getting up a tad on the early side.  Fortunately our neighbour said that he would pick us up at 4:30 a.m. and made sure we got to leave town.

The day before, it snowed a good part of the day, and the wind blew, and blew, and blew.  We did get to the airport just fine, but due to me not being able to focus real well in the morning, I hit the deck at 3:10 a.m. so I was ready in plenty of time.  It was a long day but a 12 hour sleep was absolutely refreshing.

As we were sitting on the plane waiting to hit the runway, we got to watch some unfortunate airport staff trying to navigate the snow that had piled up over the night.  They shovelled, and pushed, and were finally able to get the luggage to the plane and loaded.

There are a number of citrus groves in this area and one of them have a stand.  They load the stand with grapefruit and/or oranges and payment is on the honour system.  Here is Chris buying herself a bag of grapefruit.

Today, the sky seemed to be every changing.  This afternoon there were some really neat cloud formations.  Of course as we were admiring them, the camera stayed on the shelf.  Then this evening, the moon seemed to have an unusual ring around.  I did get a photo although it doesn't show up nearly as well as the real thing.

Another week has come to a close, and fortunately we are able to enjoy the warmth.  I sure hope that those that are currently having harsh weather, that Mr. Weatherman will  reverse the current cold trend.

May all of you have a great week, and until next week, take care!!