4-18-16  another short trip to Deerfield.

Ken surprised me today by suggesting we go to Deerfield---not down on the beach, but to sit in the grassy area and just gaze at the water.  I'm good with that!  So off we went!

I think he paid for 1 1/2 hours parking---or was it 2.  It went by too quickly.  

 I could gaze at the ocean all day!  If I can manage to stay out of it.

 By sitting on the little bit of grass, we also found the shade of a palm tree.

 It was a beautiful day---nice breeze, but not cold or hot!  Beautiful ever changing clouds.  Now I have a lot more pictures of skies that I can photoshop into other pictures! :)

 Apparently the brown chairs turned into white loungers.

 close up of the fishing pier.

 The Deerfield Beach sign.

Even saw a turtle there.

 swimsuit coverup or nightclub dress?!  I'll have to get me one as soon as I get "back" into that shape!

 On our way out Ken pointed out this little putting green.  Thought it was an ingenious use of space in a parking lot!

Now that we know our days here are numbered, we're actually getting back to the beach more frequently!  I like playing tourist!

4-12-16---house under contract and off to Deerfield beach:

Turned out that any of the 3 full price buyers appeared to be financially ok for buying the house.  So the kids went with their heart---the ones that seemed to love the house the most.  The ones who expressed to their realtor how much they really wanted the house and to do what it takes to get it.  They were also the only ones with a contingency deal that their house close first.  But they have strong buyers for their house and the hold up there was that they find a place to live before closing.  A little of a gamble, but supposedly the inspections and such have been done on it, so there shouldn't be a problem---hopefully.  The woman even recognized Angie from her booth at the Sugar Chest Antique Mall back during the Xmas party.  Angie didn't remember her.   The lady raved about how much she loved Angie's decorating style.  They have a little girl who should love either of the extra bedrooms.   The husband turned out to be some sort of general contractor which turns out handy!
Why---because the inspection showed that the guy who pressure washed their house broke a few tiles.  They weren't concerned at all and their inspector didn't even write it up. The sliding glass doors were scratched up due to Micky jumping on them, but the new owners plan to put in French doors, so they'll be trashed anyway.  So all is good with the inspection.  Now for the appraisal and for it to come up worth $400,000  (a week or so later, Robert told Angie that their house appraised for the exact amount they had it on the market for).  I think it's worth more than that, but the comps in the neighborhood are 2 that had just sold---1 was a foreclosure that had been on the market for about a year and the other with no pool and also on the market for over a year---they sold for about $378,000.  Another one just went on the market for $450,000, but looking at it online I wonder if it'll sell for that!  Hopefully the inspector will take into account that at Angie's house---the roof and paver driveway are only 3 years old, the appliances are only a couple months old, the pool pump is brand new, and the bathrooms are newly renovated, as well as part of the kitchen.

Anyway---Angie signed the contract today.  I assume Josh did, too, over the internet.   Then we took off to enjoy another beautiful day at the beach.  After not getting the beach but once in over three months, this week we've been there 3 times.  Sure going to miss it's easy proximity!

 Didn't see any man-o-war today.

 love the blues!

 looking north towards Deerfield pier.

 heading in---by myself.  Angie couldn't find her suit and Ken doesn't go in anymore.

 this is what a "light chop" looks like.

 the water felt soooo gooood!

 it was exceptionally clear, too.

 All too soon it was time to leave

 good bye Deerfield Beach!

One last peek at the ocean.

April-9-2016---picnic dinner on deerfield beach:

Angie was planning on driving to Atlanta on Sunday, so we decided to have a picnic on the beach Sat. night.  On our way, we stopped at Publix and got sandwiches, chips, and she got a salad.  Paid for 1 1/2 hours parking when we got to the beach and set up just in time to watch the sunset.
Part of the delay was that we passed an accident.  Like I've said before, Florida drivers are different then any drivers I've seen anywhere else! How do you end up upside down on a 4 lane street with speed limit of something like 35 m/h?

From our chairs on the beach.

looking over towards Deerfield pier.

looking South.

It was windy and rather cool for us S. Floridians (about 63), so we didn't stay long.  Headed back up to the boardwalk for a bit hoping the wind would be blocked there.

 But it wasn't, so we ended up leaving an hour before our parking time ran out. 

But it was still great seeing the ocean again.  We haven't gotten here nearly as often as I'd hoped!

March 7, 2016---Deerfield Beach:

Been quite awhile since we've been to the beach!!!  I remember saying we'd go about once a week.  This is the 2nd time we've gotten there this year!  Only live about 13 miles from the beach, but the traffic just gets to you after awhile.  But it was definately time to get back there!  Only waded in the water, but it was a beautiful day for taking a picnic lunch and eating on the beach!  It was a bit chilly.  The wind was really blowing.  I believe the water temp was 75, but it was a bit rough and they had sea pest flags up and rip current warnings were out.

ahhhhhh

lots of flags today

sporting my Tervis

 There were quite a few surfers there to watch today.  A couple weeks ago this area was shown on the news with thousands of reef sharks migrating.  Wonder if they're still migrating through?!  They also just filmed some of a new Baywatch movie here.

 a sea pest I don't want to rub up against!!!  This guy was the largest man a war I've ever seen.  Yet, it got washed up onto the beach and we watched several people almost step on it oblivious to it being there.  Everyone walks around looking where they're going instead of what's at their feet.  We watched it pulsating for quite awhile.  It was still alive when we left.  I was going to let the lifeguard know about it, but would have had to climb the steps of the tower, so we just left.

Note the man a war on the beach.  Wonder if anyone stepped on it after we left?

Sure going to miss coming here when we move, too!!!!

Jan. 30, 2015---Deerfield beach and art festival:

Yea!  We finally got back to the beach!  Only for a couple hours, but it was nice sitting there looking out over the blue ocean.  Didn't bother trying to swim in it, but noticed there were many people who were!  I heard later the water temp. was still around 74.
Near our place there are still some farmlands, although developement in the area is exploding.  Anyway, for now, we like taking the route that takes us by the farmlands and down Loxahatchee Road whenever we're going to the beach.  Not sure, but we think the taller plants are sugar cane. We didn't find out until just recently that there has been a lot of sugar cane grown down here.

 The farmlands and Loxahatchee take us about 5 of the 13 or so miles to our piece of Heaven on Deerfield Beach.

 love watching the waves

 and the beautiful ever changing clouds.

 brown pelican flying near us.

 There were signs up pointing to an art show when we went towards the parking lot.  So we decided to check it out.  This happened to be from a local grade school.

 There were some pretty interestng idea for artwords in here.   Too bad photography wasn't allowed in the booths.

 almost bought some popcorn, but it turned out to be kettle corn and was pretty expensive.

 There was even music playing.  They weren't half bad. 

 I really enjoyed this guys music---Kraig Kenning, National slide guitar champion.

 walking back through on our way to the car.

We didn't know there was an art fair going on, or Ken probably wouldn't have gone.  But I enjoyed the walk through the booths.  Look like a lot of people were also checking them out, but we saw very little being bought.  Even the weather cooperated for us all!