Paw Paws Place

What a wonderful Saturday that Pat and I had this weekend. Our day started off with going out to breakfast in Palmetto, we ate at Norma Raes (I recommend you try it) on 10th Ave. I think we were smart to eat there on Saturday and beat the Sunday “Mothers Day” crowd…..ha After we ate we went to the Palmetto Historical Library to hear a famous speaker. It was the general meeting of the Palmetto Historical Commission. It must be a very secretive and important club. They meet in the basement of the library, how many clubs do you know that meet in a basement in Florida? The guest speaker was my most beloved teacher from Manatee High School Mrs. Jeanne McMullen Parrish. I would like to share a little of what she spoke to us about. Also I would like to share some of the photos that I took. Mrs. Parrish started off with her normal sense of humor story. She apologized for her first move at the club. She told us that she went to the snack table and got a sandwich and a cup of coffee punch. ...

Last week I had fun watching Luke play basketball out at Anna Maria Island Youth CenteLuke is trying all sports and having fun and it is fun watching these little guys. Most of the pictures that were taken were shot by big brother Tyler. (he did a good job) As you can see Lukes team lost the game but I must report that Luke scored 8 of the 15 points. But a funny thing happened on the way to the basket for his 10 th point. It was the beginning of the 2 nd quarter and Luke thought it was the beginning of the 2 nd half. As you know the beginning of the 2 nd half you change baskets, need I see more? The ball was thrown to Luke and he took off for the wrong basket. He was so proud that he had out run everyone that he did not hear all of us screaming. He shot four times until he made it and the down came the whistle. When he was told what happened he looked at the Ref and gestured "what tha ". Now understand we all thought it was really cute and funny. If you know Lukes fat...