Another Tiki Bar & Seafood Shopping

Yesterday for a late lunch we went to another of our favorite Tiki bars and restaurants, The Seagrass Waterfront and Resort, on the Homosassa River. I had bay scallops and Gary had Memphis style ribs.

 Here's the view from the outdoor patio where we had a late lunch.

For a while it threatened to pour from the heavens but we just got a little sprinkle.

We're heading back to Georgia today but not before we stop by our favorite fish market, Shelly's Seafood, to seafood shop and stock up for our freezer at home. Oh and we'll get some of Shelly's seafood dip, it's delicious.

If you're looking for fish recipes, click my recipe link at the top of my blog to see a few using some of the seafood I've purchased at Shelly's. Thanks for reading and for all your comments.

Quick Trip to Florida

We made a quick trip to Florida for business. We met some friends at our favorite tiki bar in Homosassa, The Freezer. I had snow crab.

 Gary is allergic to crab so he had gulf shrimp.

Our friend had already eaten so he had a pitcher of beer. There's a beer can inside the center of the pitcher filled with ice which keeps the beer cold; it's called a polar pitcher. Click the polar pitcher link; they have them on Ebay.

View from our seat at the tiki bar. It's 82 degrees and pleasantly humid. More later. Thanks for reading and for all your comments.

Seagrass Resort

Yesterday we went to get some fish and also drove to another section of Homosassa to see if the new restaurant was open at the Seagrass Resort; they were. We checked out their menu and walked along their deck. We could just imagine driving our boat up to their dock, getting out and having a drink at the tiki bar. That is when the weather warms back up. One day it was 85 during the day and the next day it was 27 at night. This time of year the weather fluctuates quite a bit.

One of Gary's friends from California called us the other day. Gary told him we got a yacht  He asked how long is it. Gary said 12 feet. Gary has our aluminum boat all sanded, primed, and painted on the inside. He just has to paint the outside. We can't decide what color to paint the outside. Do we paint it camouflage, aqua, pale green, what do you think? Gary also has the motor rebuilt. We got a new fuel tank; our boat will run all day long on 3 gallons of fuel unlike many boats which use a lot of fuel. I see lots of waterway exploring coming up in our future. We need to get some life jackets, a horn, etc. Since the sun is so intense here in Florida, we want to rig up some type of sunshade. But we're pretty close to getting our boat in the water.
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Meanwhile my bisque firing went along just fine and I've already glazed all the work which is firing. See the leaf plates on the top shelf; I thinned out the copper carbonate, I may have the mix just about right. I know I said I wouldn't use the copper any longer, but maybe these will turn out great looking, isn't that just the way when you are ready to give up, things turn around. Can't wait to see how those plates turn out. For this bisque cone 05 was just bending. My kiln over fires when I program it to fire at 04. I'm wondering if there's such a thing as a cone fire to 05.5? Does anyone know if I can program my kiln like that. I'd like it a little hotter but not over cone 04. Thanks for reading and for all your comments.