Posts By suwanneerose

No-Squito: Homemade Bug Spray

Summer sunsets are always the prettiest, especially when we’ve had some rain and the remaining clouds add purple streaks to the coral sky. It should be relaxing, watching the sun go down, but it’s usually Bzzt. Zap! Swat! the whole time.

Hibiscus Cooler

Florida summer brings so many good things:  Mangos drip from the trees. Frangipanis perfume the air.  Rain pitter-patters on the metal roof. Snowbirds have all gone home. 

Ikan Bakar

Cooking and eating whole fish is revered all around the world…

May In Bloom

We’ve driven over 2,000 miles around Florida this month. 

Fort Jefferson & Dry Tortugas National Park

Toby’s fishing trip was delayed, and with perfect weather and no other plans, it was high time to visit the Dry Tortugas, a group of islands 70 miles west of Key West, home of Fort Jefferson National Park.

April In Bloom

Here are a few stories I gathered from around the interwebs this month: