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 A quiet weekend (Ed has gone home 😏😇).

Nine holes of golf yesterday - she beat me.

Played in the water and soaked up sun today.

Tonight we'll watch the Super Bowl.

Tomorrow it's off to Port Richey to visit and play golf with Jill and Ron.

I'll leave you with a fun response to the Trump shenanigans.  

Thanks Monica.

Buy Canadian.  And know that "Made in Canada - minimum 51 per cent Canadian" is good in every case except where it's going against a "Product of Canada - 98 per cent Canadian" option.

Shop well.  Stay well.

Friends and Enemies

 We had a hearty breakfast with Rose and Ed this morning.

And then the ladies walked the Lazy River one last time.........

...... before we took our friends to the airport and mailed them home.

We thanked them for the wonderful weather they brought with them.  Warm and usually sunny every day.  Thanks guys!  Fun times!

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Justin Trudeau has said that Trump wants to take us over in order to get control of our precious minerals.

Steve Bannon says it is because he wants to control the Artic shipping channels and prevent Russia or China from taking a controlling position in our far north.

Can't blame Trump for the latter issue.  Canada has found it convenient to fall far short of our NATO obligations.  I think that we still patrol the Arctic with Canadian Rangers, equipped with single shot rifles!  If Russia were ever to invade it would be up to the U.S. to rescue us - because we didn't look after ourselves.

And why should they have to do that?  We didn't hold up our end and there should be a penalty for that.

So, his takeover ambitions, besides feeding his ego, are an understandable reaction to the current facts.

But, rest assured, he wouldn't make us the 51st state.  Oh no, that would put their Conservative majority at threat.

My bet is that we would become a "protectorate" like Puerto Rico.  No votes that count, and no benefits at all except protection from Russia.  Whoopee!

Any Canadians who think that Trump taking us over would be good for us need to give their heads a shake!

And, if Trump does take that path, you can bet that the other NATO nations, who have guaranteed to protect each other, would have no interest in helping us take on the U.S. other than empty talk.  Even our great Commonwealth partners, including the U.K. would be absent.

 Good night Canada!

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Sleep well!

Mountainside Golf

Swam this morning and then played golf. 

A very mountainous course!

Mini putt of course.  Mardi was victorious.

She also won the Mexican Train game.  Great day sweetie!

For dinner we headed to Culver's for their deluxe butterball hamburger meal.  Buns toasted and buttered - delicious!

Be Canadian.

No News

 No post tonight - Mardi and Gary have hurt my feelings.

Besides, all we did today was play in the lazy river and soak up some sun.

Buy Canadian.  Stay well.

Golfed My Age!

 We spent some time yesterday in the pool and then headed to Disney Springs to see the movie "Wicked".   Can't remember why.

Pretty remarkable media experiment, but not really my cup of tea.  I won't be going back to see the next "chapter" in the story.

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Much more fun today.  Although we woke up to a heavy fog......

............................it eventually cleared and we headed out for a round of golf.  And I finally had a golf score (83) lower than my age (87 until April 6).

Full disclosure: We played Deer Creek Golf & Country Club, the 18 hole course connected to an RV park.  Par is just 60.  Ed and I played from the white tees (3,181 yards) while the ladies played from the red tees (2,523 yards).

Nevertheless, it's a marker that I can try to improve upon.

A very pretty course, with some challenges.

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Trump postponed the tariff gambit, so I don't have to feel guilty yet about spending money in the U.S.  Sure glad that we brought some Canadian made cereal down with us though!  That will show them!

I can't understand why the Canadian politicians don't point out that there is no trade deficit when you add in the money that the Snowbirds pour into the U.S. economy.  Not that it would make any difference to the tariff king I guess.

We'll see what his next demand will be and what it will take to keep postponing his wonderful 25% tariff.  

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Buy Canadian.

Stay well.

February Two (couldn't think of an appropriate title)

 Bet you can't guess where we were today.

I met these young beauties while on a stroll..........

............and they agreed to join Ed and I.

We had lunch after the Carillon performance and then wandered the grounds.  Saw this pretty thing in the pollination gardens.

Next up we headed to Davidson's of Dundee for our candy fix.  

Then Webb's for ice cream cones and fudge.

And finally, home for a libation.   Busy day!

We'll take it easier tomorrow.

Stay well.

Mount Dora

 Today we headed to Mount Dora for their annual Art Festival.

The whole downtown is blocked off, with block after block reserved for artists and their displays.  An awesome show!

A $2,400 musical instrument, played by its creator.

Artist at work.

A familiar face.

Coloured pencils.

This item was not for sale.  Made from a tree that had been hit by lightning.

Even the restaurants get into the art form.  This is Mardi's Spider Sushi.

Lots of walking up and down Mount Dora's 184 foot altitude "mountain" streets, but well worth the effort.

And we may have to return in a couple of weeks.

We'll leave you with this message from Rosa Parks as we celebrate Black History.

Stay well.