Spring training:



It's easy to alter the Florida driver's license -- anyone can show proof of being 21:



"Daddy calls the Yankees bad words" -- not anymore!



I'll note these while I remember them:  Jay Gibbons (career over already), Kevin Youkilis,
Kevin Millar, the backside of Mike Lowell, and Brian Roberts:


















It's Meridith and Pete!












On Calle Ocho:



Another full day:



Take a peak at Meridith -- there's a surprise coming ...



No, this is not the surprise!  Nice manatee, though.



About five months later, here's the surprise!  Hello, Zaylie:


















The zoo!





















Not to be confused with our living room:







A word with one of the great men of Florida, Hernando de Soto (1496? - 1542):















Okay, Helen, here's the Wienermobile, parked in our neighborhood.  It's run by Oscar Meyer.   Got it?  Good.  Now, according to Juliet Schor, in 8 1/2 years you'll have memorized 399 more brands.  Oh, let's not forget that plastic Budweiser bottle a few photos back.  That makes 398.  And, let's face it, the Red Sox are a brand, too -- that's 397.  So are the Orioles, but you probably won't remember them, so we'll hold at 397 and counting.






This moment of wonder is brought to you by Leaves™:






Registering a complaint:


















Mystical mama:






We haven't seen this t-shirt in South Florida, but it wouldn't be out of place:






Hey, look!  It's Glen Rice at the Calle Ocho Festival.












The Pork Patrol was on duty:






Just couldn't get over this visual clutter:






It's Don & Rosa!  They're not often ones to point fingers:
























Helen hasn't entered the "Why?" phase yet:



You make balloon creatures, as my great-grandpa did, and you have a sidekick teddy bear!?!















What's this?



It's Bunny!











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