Family time in Florida

Tis the season … for family, friends, music and fun. Here Mom and John rock out. Other activities include the annual cookie bake.

Mother's cookies are favorites in the hood, our neighbors and the condo handymen are the lucky beneficiaries. Kat and I have been placed on a diet. We are exploring new low cal vegetarian cooking. Today however we splurged with crab cakes and mussels.

 There's time for a daily swim at the condo pool and morning yoga classes on the beach.

The Venice beaches are close by and less crowded then most Florida beaches.

The Bradenton Blues festival provided a fun day of music and concluded with a performance by Shemieka Copeland. Other groups included Johnny Rawls, Eddie Shaw and the Wolfgang and Trampled Underfoot.

It was Florida at its best with temps in the 80s... almost too hot.