Snow Bird Extravaganza

This morning I finally managed to catch this beautiful male Eastern Blue Bird that lands on our clothes line many mornings.  Up until now he has disappeared as soon as I head for my camera.  But this morning he was all mine.

 In Lakeland they have an annual Snow Bird Extravaganza which is basically a trade show pitching 50+ living, health insurance, tourism, etc. to the snow birds in Florida.  However the ads showed some Canadian entertainment that we were interested in seeing.  And the price was right.,,,,,,,free!!

So this morning John & Judy picked us up and we headed off for another day of adventure.   We took in the trade show and got a little visit with this possum.

 As we wandered through the exhibits I noticed this man sitting at a table.  Walter Gretzky.  I recognized him immediately and asked him for a photo op.  I got autographs for Joe and the kids also.  Being Joe is a great Oiler's fan and Wayne Gretzky was a big star there for many years.  His father is an ambassador for hockey and such a nice man.

 We headed into the theatre to watch the entertainment.  Leona Boyd put on a great show for us.  She is a fabulous guitar player.  Born in London, England but went to University in Toronto and still calls it home.   She is known as the "First Lady of the Guitar".

 Michelle Wright was up next and gave us some beautiful country and western songs.  She was born in Morpeth, Ontario which she says is a little town of about 500.  Two songs I recognized were "Nobody's Girl" and her newest song "Strong".

 Then it was John McDermott who is a Scottish-Canadian, born in Scotland but raised in Willowdale, Ontario.  He sang some beautiful Scottish songs with a finale of Danny Boy sung acappella.  An incredible voice.

When the show was finished we were greeted by high winds, rain and really nasty weather.  But we headed to Chilli's for a lovely dinner to finish off our day.  Another day in paradise.  Even with bad weather it is better than back in Canada right now.

Until next time - safe travels. Sounds like bad weather everywhere today.