lol...ok, i used the canadian pronouciation of that...

nevertheless...i started on my way to the bank to deposit a very lovely payment from my brother-in-law's institution concerning a pretty neat graphic job i did for them. way more than i expected...so i was happy...

i (yes...lol) managed to take my camera with me. actually, i decided that i would stop just less than a block from me (after i picked up my laundry at the laundry mat) that i would take some time to take some really nice pictures. especially since the clouds (my weakness) were nice and fluffy in the sky.

I got several shots from there, but as i left the bank, i decided to head down to the shand's pier. shand's pier around this area is really the old shand's bridge. only it was either swallowed by the river, or someone just decided they needed a new bridge. i'd been there once before, at sunset, but it was so cold that night that not even the anti-shake feature on my camera was of help.

but when i walked down the pier, taking shots, i saw a very nice looking woman with a big hat fishing off the side (from the comfort of her chair)...i asked her, "can i take your picture?" to which she replied, "no, no, don't take my picture!"

sigh...ok, so i walked further down the pier, snapping shots, and at the end i came across a man who had four rods leaned against the side. i ask him, "are all those yours?" and he ignored me. so i ask again. finally he says, reluctantly, yes. so i ask, "what kind of fish do you get from here?" wondering because i had just picked up a seashell for god's sake on the wooden planks of the pier.

not looking me in the eye, and acting as i'm torturing him with hot irons, he says "all kinds of fish"

i have to tell you, i have to tell you, those two people pissed me off so badly. i didn't want their addresses. i wasn't going to tell the government census office they even existed. i didn't care about who they were or where they lived or how much money they made...i just was trying to be nice. friendly....and i was treated like a lepard.

however, i did find my "home away from home" place. i've been looking for a spot like that since i moved here and i found it in the form of "ronnie's" a family owned restaurant. it's been there (in "downtown" green cove springs) for ten years, in orange park for twenty. a nice family owned restaurant where the son's owner bought me a vodka shot on the house...oh yeah....

pics will be posted soon from my day's travel's....i'll let you know soon

;-)