Day Off

Yesterday was a tough day for us, so today we decided to take the day off.  Yes, I still did a couple of loads of laundry and washed down the counter tops in the kitchen, , but the traditional bathroom cleaning and kitchen sink scrubbing can wait until tomorrow.  I'll do that while Rick dismantles the area where we were going to pour the cement slab.

So what did we do today?  We went to Publix for sandwiches, packed a picnic and our Kindles, and headed for the beach.  We at first thought of going to Sand Key Beach, but since it is the weekend, we chose to go north to the less-crowded Fred Howard Beach outside of Tarpon Springs.

Wispy clouds float above the warm sand of Fred Howard Beach.

The beach was a bit cool and breezy, but the day was bright and the sun felt warm.  I took a walk along the beach, coming out on a bluff above a pile of rocks at the point.  Two fishermen were below on the rocks having a lively conversation.  I could not understand a word of it because it was all Greek to me.  If you know of Tarpon Springs, you will understand the joke.

An empty bench waits for others who want to escape
for a while to the beach.

This is how one takes the day off in early February in Florida.  The work?  That will wait until tomorrow.