Happily Ever After

You bet.

Thanks to those who asked about the recent storms.  There was wind and rain and lightning
where I live, but no tornadoes.  Just a lot of palm trees that had their fronds pruned.
The worst storm damage was north and east of me.
Pretty weird for winter weather in Florida.

Naples UCC

Naples has some big churches of all denominations.  I might start a series of churches on Sundays.

Naples United Church of Christ is on Seagate Drive.  It looks like a New England protestant church (if you ignore the palm trees) and its congregation includes many New England snowbirds. 

Beyond its religious services, Naples UCC funds a variety of missions, including 

Baby Basics (diapers, food, clothing, etc.), Precious Cargo Academy (onsite pre-school), 

Meals of Hope (providing 150,000 meals) and a Guatemala Medical Clinic.  

It has funded just short of $1 million of mission service in the past five years.

More Turkles

Here are two more of the painted turtles around Naples.  These two are in front of stores in the Shops of Venetian Village.  I haven't decided if these turtles interest me.  Are any of you interested in seeing more of them?

Naples Grande Beach Resort

The hotel mentioned in yesterday's post sits on a bay leading to 

the Gulf of Mexico, five miles north of Olde Naples.

Weekend Reflections.

Mer Princess

A former CPA turned artist devoted 200 hours to gluing seashells all over one of the 50 fiberglass loggerhead turtles in Naples' "Turtles on the Town" fundraising benefit.

Ginny Dickinson's project, "Mer Princess," is in the lobby of the Naples Grande Beach Resort.

"We do not have WiFi . . .

Talk to each other and pretend that it is 1995."

Victoria is a colorful and funky clothing, jewelry, artwork and gift store near where I live.  

It specializes in bright casual clothing targeted at women of a certain age.
AND, as an extra enticement, Victoria hired handsome Tyler to pour 

free coffee and wine and hand out cookies at the store's coffee bar.

Florida Chair

Don't you just love it?

Sandbar Restaurant, Sanibel Island