a visit

ann's parents and aunt joined us for a couple of days in st. pete this past week.

dinner is always a good time. this is a pretty typical scene: ann's mom telling some silly story, all of us reacting - her dad especially.



on my dad's advice, we made a trek to see the manatees at homosassa springs, where all the big guys go to escape the cold waters in winter.





i give you the lacoste family, courtesy of orlando's premium outlets:



all in all, feidler is enjoying the old folks home. aside from the carpeted condo- which makes it easier for him to move about- he can go outside and sit on the balcony whenever he likes. he's made friends with all the fellow retirees in the building, who can, and do, talk for hours about things like arthritis. if it weren't so uncouth, i'm sure we'd all have equal amounts to say about incontinence and passing gas.