For the first time since April, we opened the windows and turned off the a/c yesterday. Yay! Fall!
Oh, wait, we’re back up to 85 today. Never mind.
We road-tripped around the state this month, starting with a day at The Ringling in Sarasota with Grandma, Aunt Tina, and Uncle Roy. Then we made our way south.
All the way to the Keys.
Hello, deer!
Pretty things we found while diving for lobsters and stone crabs.
These nurse sharks were waiting for scraps while Toby cleaned fish at the dock.
My mom and I went to a cooking demo with Chefs John Inglesby and Amy Bowlen at Key West Isle Cook. 
Our favorite tip: freeze goat cheese and grate it!
We tasted rum at Key West’s first legal distillery. 
Leave it to my brother to find a place that forgoes bar nuts in favor of bacon and serves cocktails on a shady porch: 2 cents. I love it, but that basil gin thing could get me in trouble.
The internet was no fun this month, but here are a few things that had nothing to do with the election:
This guy in Miami had $22 million stuffed in 5-gallon buckets, and he says it’s all legit.
How a Bald Eagle catches fish for dinner.
There are more fish in the sea!
And since it’s almost Halloween, I’ll leave you with a not-so-scary spider: the spiny orb-weaver. 
Happy October! Enjoy the cool(er) weather!
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