Florida in January

I flew to Florida for the past week, to visit with Dad and Adele. I was expecting / hoping for nicer weather than Colorado in winter. The first day, it was 46 degrees in Palm Beach, and 48 degrees in Littleton, so not that great a start. Later in the week, it warmed up into the seventies in Florida, and Denver got several inches of snow, so I felt like I was getting at least some of what I had been hoping for. Dad and Adele are both doing pretty darned well, especially considering the alternative for their ages.

I helped Dad cleanup stuff on his computer a little, replaced the dead battery in his APC UPS, recycled another dead UPS unit, pulled a bunch of disconnected cables, and helped him get his primary phone line working. I scrubbed the mold (I thought it was "moss") off the stepping stones that lead from his parking spot, through the back yard to his patio entrance, after my cousin reported that they were so slippery she had almost lost her footing when walking out. I was able to go out for a few short early morning walks during my visit. The landscaping at Dad and Adele's places is so lush and nice, that it makes those walks even nicer.

\My cousin flew down from New Hampshire, coordinating her visit with mine, and we got together several times. We went for a couple of short walks, dragged Dad and Adele to High Tea at the Flagler Museum's Cafe Des Beaux-Arts, spent an afternoon touring the Morikami Japanese museum and gardens near Delray Beach, and enjoyed lounging in the delightful pool provided my Dad's condo complex. I really enjoyed her company.