MEMORIAL DAY PICNIC

 What would a picnic be without some games. First we played a bingo game to get to know each other a little better. We had invited neighbors and people from our church, so everyone didn't know each other. Eddie and Jim lent us their corn hole game. We used the empty RV port which gave us a  protective spot from rain or sun to play. Lee had a good arm.

 Leslie getting ready to make some score.

 Jenny and Lee waiting to see what Tom will do.

 Jenny, Eddie, Juanita and Janet (Jenny's sister) enjoying the meal and fellowship.

 Jacque, Danny, Dale, Jim and Noelene at the dining room table.

 Larry better watch out for Leslie, Lee and Tom are after your meal.

 Earl and I sat at the counter. We were much closer to the food that way. There was plenty of delicious food brought by everyone.We all ate inside because it was a little too hot and humid on the lanai. The weather was better than was called for with subtropical Alberto in the Gulf.  It only rained for a short while.

For some wild life excitement,two large fish with fins showing above the water swam in circles by the bank of our pond. And the alligator made an appearance.
Half the group left soon after we ate but Danny, Jacque , Leslie and Tom stayed and we played Sticks, a card game. Congratulations Leslie on your win. It was a fun day and we enjoyed having everyone come.

MOVIES, MOVIES, MOVIES

 Thursday and Friday we spent the day (and night) watching films. We saw 9 movies in the two days.

 After each film's showing they ask if anyone is there to represent the film. Jana had a large representation. The film was in Spanish and had English subtitles. It was filmed in the Dominican Republic. They were not professional actors and all had full time jobs. The film told the story of how dangerous  the satanic cults are and how young people get caught up in them.

 The girl played Jana, the main character. She does not speak English.

 The last film on Thursday was God Is Not Dead 3.  David A.R. White is the minister in the films. He looks just like he does in the movie. Good film, so watch it when it comes out.

 I watched the Hepburn Girls. This was the writer and main actress in the movie. It was interesting hearing how her personal story helped her write the film. 10 years ago she had been in an accident in which someone died, and that was part of the story line.

 In Character was an interesting film about a producer making a movie and trouble getting financing and not letting others change his beliefs.

On Thursday night we sat next to this gentleman. He had been an Elvis impersonator and he had written a film called The Identical that was showing on Friday evening. We stayed on Friday to view it. We enjoyed the film. What surprised us the most was that many of the films were not all new films. This movie was made 4 years ago, and someone even mentioned they had purchased it at Family Dollar. If you see the movie I would recommend watching it. It has an interesting story and lots of good music.
We could have gone again today but we were movied out (and that is hard to do to Larry). We will look forward to going again next year.

UP AND OUT

 We need rain, the pond is getting low. The turtles sun themselves on the concrete that is usually under water. Last year it was an alligator, but we haven't seen one in our back pond.

 When my sister was here in February we went to the Orlando Eye and saw this ride being built.

 It is now almost finished. It will open in June.

It is a swing ride that takes you up 400 feet and swings you around at 40 miles an hour. Not my idea of fun.