A Walk in the Woods

 

 

Shad had today off so Steve took it off too....we all went out for lunch with Steve driving (of course) and then went to one of my favorite places in the world.  Hillsborough River State Park

 

 

 

 

The "rapids"

 

 

 

 

 

My friend was waiting across the river

 

 

this boy is young and very dark.  I couldn't get over his coloring.  Don't worry my camera was on zoom:)  he isn't actually very big, maybe 5 feet? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I LOVE the picture above.

 

there is a little island in the middle of the river

 

this is the REAL Florida....what I grew up knowing....

 

I truly hope you enjoyed these pictures because whenever I stopped to take one, the mosquitoes would attack me!   

 

I love HRSP, I love the slightly swamp smell, the sounds, the wildlife (except for the mosquitoes)

It is a happy place for me. 

 

 

We  had a little drama around here. On Sunday we noticed about 50 buzzards circling over head...then by Sunday night the SMELL was awful.  Something was dead.  All our animals were accounted for.  We tracked it down, back behind our house, behind the 2nd fence in an area I wouldn't' go into that late in the afternoon.  Very overgrown  and many mosquitoes.   Some friends thought I should call the police and have them check it out as we thought a homeless person might be living back in the woods.  So today one of the officers I know came out and went back and checked it out.  He thought it might be someone at first too but then he found the big dead possum!   We laughed about it but it was RANK!  I am glad it wasn't a dead person behind our house!  You know we have to have some type of drama!  I'm used to smelling dead animals out in the country BUT this one was worst than the huge gator that was hit on the road a few years ago. 

 

This morning we had a meeting to get ready for the little one's IEP next week.  The IEP will determine the services they get thorough the public school system.  The ladies who came out today were very nice but I shared with them I feel the school system is WAY out of compliance for the kids.  I've given them until November 1st to have some services in place for them.  If they don't then, I'm going to the local school board, superintendent and  court with them.   They've had Selah's paperwork since January and Sam & Sarah's' since May. (Sam should have never had to even had new paperwork done as he was a student but someone decided to unenroll him while we were gone!)   I had to call to start anything with them this school year....then they lost all of Sam's paperwork and I had to redo it....so I'm a bit annoyed over all with the school system!!!  SO after being home NINE months my THREE kids still haven't gotten one teacher out to work with them......yeah I'd say they were WAY out of compliance, wouldn't you????   It 's such a comedy of errors, that I'd laugh IF it were not my children involved.....

 

Selah did great in therapy today, she had been a little stiffer than usual but she was back today to normal.  Her therapist was able to get just about full range of motion in her legs which was great!

She was not really happy with it but relaxed once PT was over.

 

Please keep her in your prayers!