Visit with Fletcher & Our Homegrown Pineapple

Tinker had his staples and steel sutures taken out the first of this month. We kept the surgery collar on him for another week after that. Then he was healed enough to visit the groomer's for a cut and bath - which he really needed.

Our friend Barbara's birthday was July 4 and we took her a bouquet of flowers and a small birthday cake. She had moved out of her house across the street from us into an assisted living apartment earlier this year.  It's a really nice facility - the staff are always welcoming and nice and Barb has moved some of her furniture there from her house and several pieces of artwork. 

The weekend of the 20th we went down to visit with Fletcher and Lance in Fort Lauderdale. They had just moved into the house a few weeks earlier. Lance had bought an old house and had totally gutted it and had a new one built with a pool. There is also a 1 bedroom pool house complete with a full bath, laundry room, and a small kitchen. It will eventually be a seasonal rental unit. We stayed in the pool house which was very comfortable. 

Fletcher grilled steaks with squash and eggplant for dinner one night.

Fletcher and Lance took us to Pelican Landing for lunch at the Pier 66 Marina and we saw the Queen Elizabeth cruise ship getting ready to go out on another cruise.

As we were getting ready to leave Fletcher's to come back home, we saw this baby iguana on their patio.

The pineapple that we grew from the plant Fletcher gave us a couple of years was finally ripe enough for
us to harvest it today. Mike took a knife and cut the pineapple from the plant.

It's really a great looking pineapple!