My Adventures -The Citrus Bowl #CitrusBowl #Gatorland #Orlando

Posted on January 26, 2020 by fundinmental

Hope the new year has started out with a bang for you too. We could see the fireworks show happening at the parks from our hotel, the Rosen Inn in Orlando, Florida.

Image may contain: night, sky and indoor — The Rosen Inn was a great place to stay. Close to all kinds of good things, including the parks.

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We started out December with a couple quickie road trips and a family visit to Birmingham, Alabama. BUT the highlight was Orlando and the Citrus Bowl. It’s not very often Michigan plays Alabama and it has been since 1997, the Outback Bowl in Tampa, that we have battled. Alabama edged us out, 17 -14. We never made it to the Orange Bowl in 2000, where Michigan beat Alabama, 35 – 34, in an overtime showdown or their first meeting was in 1987, where we won 28 – 24. So, 2 out of 4 games ain’t bad. 🙂

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BUT…before the game, we had some things to do.

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THEN, it’s off to see some birds and gators…at Gatorland.

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Image may contain: one or more people, people standing, tree, sky, plant, bridge, child, shoes and outdoor — I was looking for photo ops and never saw it.

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Image may contain: outdoor and nature — There were lots of other birds, but we only saw one of theses, a Roseate Spoonbill.

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Image may contain: 1 person, tree and outdoor — Tourists….not my favorite part of Gatorland, but was fun.

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Mr Wonderful hunted down the pic from the Outback Bowl in Tampa in 1997. Nice comparisons. We haven’t aged a bit, have we? LOL

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Image may contain: 2 people, including Sherry Snider Fundin, people smiling, hat, sunglasses, tree, outdoor and closeup — And here we are at the Citrus Bowl in 2020.

We stayed at the Rosen Inn and were in walking distance to the pep rally’s and all kinds of eateries and entertainment. Jim Harbaugh was supposed to show….but we all know how that goes. 🙁

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Mr Wonderful is a babe magnet. LOL

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We did a little tailgating before the game. A guy was going through the parking lot selling these baby yoda T shirts and I had to have one.

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You can see the flyover HERE.

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It has become hard to carry my SLR cameras around, so we shot with our phones. Not too shabby. We left for home right after the game. We had a great time and I’LL BE BACK WITH MORE ADVENTURES, SO STAY TUNED. Until then, happy journeys to you.

Merry Christmas Photographs

Posted on December 24, 2019 by fundinmental

Happy Thanksgiving and…

Posted on November 28, 2019 by fundinmental

Wishing everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving…and for those of you, like me, who look forward to the football games as much as the family time…

GO LIONS

Sherry’s Shelves #200 – Spooky Boo and Halloween Fun #Halloween #WeeklyUpdate

Posted on November 3, 2019 by fundinmental

Sherry’s Shelves #200 is my blog update from 10.27.19 – 11.2.19.

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LATEST HAPPENINGS

Hi All. Glad to see you here. Halloween is over and I was glad to see we had more treaters than usual. We don’t get a lot so I hand out handfuls of candy. The only bad thing is, I eat almost as much as I give away. I LOVE chocolate. Time is going by so fast and the cooler weather is setting in. We had a lot of rain last week and needed it. Today the sun is shining and, even though it’s only 66 as I write this post, it feels warmer.

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Do You Dare To Play The Game – Scavenger Hunt by MichaelBrent Collings
Giveaway – A Very Vegan Halloween by Rebecca Henry
Music Monday – Dr Hook
Giveaway – Great Kids Don’t Just Happen by Dr Paul Smolen
Realistic Tragedy – Their Last Breath by Sibel Hodge
Giveaway & Review – Winter Frost by Lauren Carr
Books From The Backlog – America Rising by Tom Paine
I Need A J – Just You, Me and a Secret by Ganga Bharani Vasudevan
Giveaway – Jack Bass, Black Cloud Chronicles
Love the Cover for the Art of Taking it Easy by Dr Brian King

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Sherry’s Shelves #197 – More Cape Photos and a Blog Update

Posted on September 29, 2019 by fundinmental

Sherry’s Shelves #196 is my blog update from 9.22.19 – 9.28.19.

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Hello fellow bloggers. I hope you have all had a great week, filled with family, fun and a lot of great books. Woo Hoo. Two weeks in a row. As the summer winds down and the pool cools off, I am still enjoying the warm weather and spending as much time outdoors as I can. I will be doing the October Blogger Shame challenge and hope to get a lot more late reviews done and finish out most of the year. I will still be plugging in some tours, I can’t help myself. It’s so hard to say no. LOL

Most of you already now about my vacation to Connecticut, Rhode Island, Boston and Cape Cod, but I thought I would share some more photos. You can see the pictorial tour HERE.

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I love all the flowers that were still in bloom

My mother in law had cut this one because the squirrels were relentless in their pursuit of a free meal.

Seems flower boxers are everywhere and I love them.

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Sherry’s Shelves
What Stories Are Hidden in Silent Voices by Fran Lewis (goes live today)
2019 Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge (goes live today)
Review – Lost and Found – Secret Sister by Emelle Gamble
Giveaway – Coastal Corpse by Rena Leith
Stirring Up A Hornet’s Nest – I Am A Twilight Fan Forever (movie review)
Giveaway & Review – Witches Protection Program by Michael Okon
Creature Feature – Night of the Chupacabra by Michael Hebler
Giveaway – Courting Darkness by L R Braden
Books From The Backlog – Wild Child by Mike Wells
Giveaway – The Carousel by Cynthia Owens
The Bulwark Anthology – The Knowing by Brit Lunden
Giveaway – Tasmanian Special Forces by C R Daems

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Sherry’s Shelves #196 – Weekly Update

Posted on September 22, 2019 by fundinmental

Sherry’s Shelves #195 is my weekly update from 9.15.19 – 9.21.19.

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Hello fellow bloggers. I hope you have all had a great week, filled with family, fun and a lot of great books. It’s been a while and I just returned from a vacation to the north. We spent ten wonderful days touring and visiting friends and family in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Boston and Cape Cod. You can see the pictorial tour HERE.

I did a lot of binge reading while traveling. Does anyone else hate to fly?

The weather here in the Florida Panhandle is still warm and sunny and I am lovin’ every minute of it. It was twenty degrees cooler during the day and even more at night up there. For the first time in a long time, we got rained out one day. We still toured around, but I shot all my photographs from the dryness of the car that day. Have I turned into a wuss? LOL

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Giveaway – Fatal Strike by DiAnn Mills (this giveaway will be live at time of posting
Had The Brakes Been Cut – Strand of Truth by Colleen Coble
Music Monday – Shut Up and Dance by Moon Walk
Monday Mini – A Might Rolling Thunder by Kerry Alan Denney
Giveaway – Protecting Yourself from Emotional Predators by Steven J Wolhander
Giveaway & Review – The Root of Murder by Lauren Carr
Giveaway – Moonlight, Movies and Magic by January Bain
Do You Believe In Aliens – Area 51 Raid Anthology
Empathy For A Psychopath – Duplicity by Sibel Hodge
Giveaway – Kingdom Cold by Brittni Chenelle
Books From The Backlog – The Folks at Fifty-Eight by Michael Patrick Clark
Giveaway – Sapphire Flames by Ilona Andrews
I Am A Super Fan of Leine Basso and D V Berkom
Giveaway – A Series of Moments by M L Broome
One Sentence Review – The Last Dinner Party by Carly M Duncan

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My Adventures – Pictorial Visit To Connecticut, Boston and Cape Cod #CapeCod #BostonRedSox

Posted on September 21, 2019 by fundinmental

First…I start out with a plan…We have more than a thousand photographs between us, Mr Wonderful and I. We shot with our phones and numerous cameras. I chose some of the highlights…and I have a headache trying to choose which to use. I hope you enjoy them.

I give up. No matter what I do, I can’t get the photograph to show properly, though it does in draft. I resized, cropped, changed the size, but the darn thing refuses to listen to me. LOL

Image may contain: 2 people — We went from the airport to the Boston Red Sox Game.

Friday, Mr Wonderful went golfing with his brother and I hung around the house, binge reading….the Twilight series. It was nice to sit and relax by myself, getting ready for the upcoming whirlwind tour.

Image may contain: 3 people, including Sherry Snider Fundin, people smiling, sky and outdoor — Saturday we went to another Boston Red Sox baseball game with Mr Wonderful’s brother, who is an avid fan and his wife…who, at the moment, is missing in action. LOL

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Tuesday Mr Wonderful went by himself to play golf. Because of my arm injury I am still unable to play, so I stayed with his parents and brother and sister in law. Then I went for a walk on the beach.

Found some sea glass and shells for my collection.

Cape Cod’s low tide is .24 feet and goes to a high tide of 3.31 feet. I didn’t stay at the beach for dead low, but most of the water you see in the photograph will be gone and the bottom of Cape Cod Bay will be visible and people often walk out so far they get caught when the tide comes rushing back in.

My first Cape Cod sunset in 11 years. I was very fortunate to be alone and enjoyed the peace and quiet, before the weekend comes. Even though it’s off season, there is a big, men only, golf tournament coming up this weekend and the place will be flooded with renters.

Wednesday, Mr Wonderful took his mother to LL Bean in Mashpee to do some shopping. He’s such a good son. I spent some time reading and blogging. They came home with some lobsters and feasted. Me, I have an allergy to shellfish, so I had a couple of sliders. MMMMMMM!

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Every sunset is different, but unfortunately we had a lot of cloud cover.

Thursday was a beautiful day, but we got a late start, so we jumped in and out of the car shooting some photos and racing to the next place. We knew rain was coming in and wanted to get in as much ‘sun” time as possible.

Image may contain: shoes and outdoor — This is one of the few times we did not go whale watching. Each tour is a unique experience and I was sorry we didn’t have time.

One of the first places we hit is Chatham Lighthouse.

Fishing boat coming in to offload its catch at Chatham Fish Pier.

This is the first time I saw shark warning signs, but because of the huge rebound in the seal population, Great Whites like to visit for a yummy meal.

Another anniversary dinner, this time with all the crew and on their actual anniversay day.

Friday, unfortunately was rainy and cool (I hate being cold). I spent most of the time shooting from the car. 🙁 We hit all of our must haves.

Pilgrims Monument in Provincetown. I love this place, but it was pouring rain, so I didn’t shoot as many photographs as I would have liked.

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I have spent many hours on this front porch, though not so much this time.

I’ve also spent many hours at the Sunset House shooting phtographs.

Image may contain: Eric Fundin, smiling, ocean, outdoor, water and nature — A big thumbs up!

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End of the Month August Wrapup

Posted on August 31, 2019 by fundinmental

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I don’t do a lot of the monthly wrapup. I usually do Sunday memes where you can see all I have been sharing in one post. Because I have missed a lot of those too, I am sharing August’s action on fundinmental in one post.

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