Our Day~ Jan.10, 2009

We were invited out today to our friends house (Rod & Brenda) for a belated Black eyed peas and greens/New Years good luck meal!


Here we are, as we were about to leave home. We were checking out our Camellias which are just starting to bloom!


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BTW~ In the close-up you will see I am wearing one of the crosses I got from my blog friend, Jamie Dawn! She makes these crosses. I have this red one and a green one and I like them a lot!
She makes them in many colors and has pictures of them on her blog site. If you haven't seen them, please take a look! PLUS~ She is a fun lady to visit with! (Jamie Dawn!)

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They (Rod and Brenda) had to postpone their traditional New Years meal because Rod was in the hospital at the time. Nothing too serious and he seems to be doing fine now....

Anyway- we figured that we can't have too much reinforcement for good luck in the new year, so we were happy to go out to Hernando to visit them for the afternoon! It's about a 45 minute drive!

These are the folks who have had the Chili Cook-Offs in past years, which I have mentioned a couple times!

They have the neatest place for these gatherings for family and friends!! They have this little cabin, with a front and back porch- fully equipped to cook meals or BBQ or whatever... and with patio areas and covered areas extending from the house, with plenty of tables and built-in counters under a covered area.

All of this is in a pleasing Florida -natural landscape- complete with Spanish Moss hanging from the Oak Trees.

This spot is very peaceful. It's set on the back side of their property away from the house they live in! (I'm guessing they have, maybe, 15 acres...maybe more.)

Every time we're there I find myself wishing we had such a place on our property here in Anthony! :) I'm so greedy!!

The food served was very tasty and Charles and I enjoyed it very much! In addition to the the black eyed Peas, corn bread, and greens- there were other side dishes of a sweet potato casserole and a baked yellow squash casserole...and also a pork roast! Everything was good!

I had fun watching the little kids play together.

Here are a few pics of our day.





















































































Junie