Five on Friday....

• The City of Lakeland takes care of the Museum's landscaping, and we allow the City's Main Library to use our parking lot. It is a win-win situation, since the parking lot is between our buildings.  Yesterday, the City's crews came to work on the lovely palm trees in the parking lot. They trim them two or three times a year, and I have a bird's eye view!!  I took these from my office window....

I think it would be fun to ride up in that bucket!!

 He is cleaning up the "stubble" on the truck of this tree.

When I started working at the Museum, the top of this tree

was below the window! Whew!

Dead fronds gone, and all the stubble cleaned off! 

Ready for Spring!!

• Tonight is the Members' Opening Reception, for our new exhibit:
  
  Site Specifics: Dan Gunderson & Barbara Sorensen
  It is a very interesting exhibit, and our security guards are already worried about all the touching that will happen. Unless it is an interactive exhibit, there is no touching in museums! But these sculptures and installations are so inviting. It will not be fun for the guards.

• Tomorrow is the Lake Morton Historic District Home Tour!! We look forward to it every year! I know I'm not the only person who likes going into beautiful homes - especially when they are 1920s Craftsman Style homes that have been beautifully renovated and/or preserved.  Here are the photos I took at last year's:  2013 Home Tour

• Next weekend, we are going down to Naples, FL, to visit with our grandson!! Looking forward to that! Our wonderful neighbors will be taking care of the house and our cats for us. They are going on a cruise next month, and we will return the 'favor' for them. They have two cats (Murphy & Millie).

• Speaking of cats, our Lucy (the escape artist) pushed through the screening again and was gone for about five hours a few days ago. We had our new handyman come and replace the screen panel, and he told us about some pet-resistant screening, with a super-duper spline that we can use. He can install it, so we are going to have him get it done for us. I can't worry about the cats getting out. They are inside cats (outside only in the protected pool caged area/patio).  Lucy and Lilly were feral and are probably street-savvy, but none of the other three know about dogs, cars, nasty kids, vultures, etc.  My fur-babies need to be contained and protected!! The spline is drying out, and that is how it loosens and allows Lucy to push through. It's like she has a radar for the loose corners!  Sam promises that the new stuff will not come loose and the cats won't be able to tear it or push it out. Counting on it!!  He is retired from installing pool cages, so he really does know what he is talking about.

That's my five for Friday.  I hope you are having a good day and wish you a good weekend! Thanks for stopping by, and your comments are appreciated!! Peace, love & hugs.