ordinary days

… in perspective.

Big trees cast wide shadows for us to walk in, which is good when the sun is high and temperatures exceed 35°C (95°F).

relaxing by the channels

Nice to have an undisturbed place by the water, where we can cool down on warm afternoons.

view over the mexican gulf

On a warm, partly cloudy, day you can still only see so far across the sea.

all right now

Gunlaug has pretty much figured out the area surrounding our place by now, and is experiences few real problems in our day to day life here. She can also make herself understood well enough in English to get by anywhere, so not even the language causes her much problems.

That she would not even dream of driving the car, isn't a problem. I like to drive, and am used to American roads and traffic rules by now.
More traffic here than we are used to in Southern Norway, but apart from that there aren't all that many differences in signs, and how people behave on the roads.

We live in a very quiet neighborhood, where neighbors look out for each other and make sure nothing bad happens. We do not have much daily contact with neighbors, but they are more than friendly, and helpful, when we do meet any of them from time to time. Makes life here easy and unproblematic, just as we like it.

We have shared necessary information with a couple of our neighbors, so we know how to contact each other if it should be necessary.

As the time to leave Weeki Wachee for the summer is getting nearer, we are slightly busy preparing things in and around the house. Everything has to work properly until we are back at this place in about six months' time.

A friend of mine is looking after the place for us, and we have all surveillance cameras up and running – with backups. Good to be able to look after things while we are away.

So, only a few more of these ordinary days left of our stay here in Florida now, before going back to our farm in Norway. Despite the good time we have had here in the US, we are looking forward to staying home for a while. Have a few things to take care of there too.

sincerely georg; sign

Weeki Wachee 16.may.2015
last rev: 18.may.2015

summer time

The winter-climate of Florida is good for us frosty Norwegians, but the summer season can be a challenge.

We live in Hernando County – Central West Coast on the map, about 10 miles (16km) inland. The climate in our area is somewhat moderated by the proximity to the sea, but it sure can get warm here on occasions.

Officially the summer season starts on June 1st. But, the rising temperatures and increasing humidity that are typical for summer in Florida, can be felt now in mid May.

As we are preparing to go back to Norway now at the end of May, and return in November, we will avoid the warmest months here in Florida. As I have experienced one summer here, I can not say I'll miss the somewhat intense heat and high humidity during the hurricane season all that much

farmers market

Figuring out the advantages of going to Farmers Markets for the good stuff, is one of the best things we have done since we came over. We have now pretty much made a visit at the local Farmers Market every Saturday afternoon, part of our weekly routines.

The Farmers Market in Spring Hill, isn't very large. Takes us about an hour to complete a shopping-round here though – may have something to do with the temperature….

We buy most of our food at this market nowadays, which means fewer visits to the regular food-stores.

This time we mainly needed good bread…

… and some real butter. We found both here at Hernando County Farmers Market.

At this market we also regularly buy meat and vegetables for our dinner, honey for our breakfast mix, and some home-made cookies to go with our afternoon coffee.

In one word: perfect.