Dill Dalying Sunday Salon...

Another week gone by and still absent from the blog/FB world. Sorry about that.

TIME: 8:15 AM

SCENE: 55* and foggy. Suppose to be near 75* today.

Drinking: My second cup of Breakfast Blend coffee with Italian Sweet creamer.

What's on tap for the day? Grocery shopping and I would venture to say thrift store shopping.

Pondering:

***hubby wanted to go go go yesterday, sigh.

---yesterday hubby wanted to go over to the Ocala Drive In as they are having yard sales through Feb-Sept. It was quite chilly and brisk on that side of town.

---he also wanted to stop at The Carriage Trade, a high-end consignment furniture store which is on Silver Springs Blvd. Yeah, a little pricey for my blood.

---by that time, it was way past lunchtime, and I might had been getting a little hangry. So, we stopped at Loritos, which is also on Silver Springs Blvd. I grew up on Loritos (might have mentioned that before). Different owner, same taste. Since hubby knew I was tired, he ordered another pie to take home.

---nope, not done. He wanted to actually stop in downtown--which one has to travel though to get home too.

First stop was Brick City Bicycles. Ok, another high-end store. Who can afford such bikes? My husband has two such high end bikes that he got at yard sales.

We walked up the street, crossed the busy Silver Springs Blvd and onto downtown. I can remember way back when I was kid, there was a fountain in the middle, nope, no more.

Ocala has since gone through a major revitalization--aggressive I would say. It is now full of beautiful colored buildings and expensive boutiques. And beautiful brick roads.

--we also stopped at Grandpa Joe's Candy Store

We limited ourselves to a bag of Jelly Belly Popcorn jellybeans and a bag of Cow tails. You want an experience? Go to a Grandpa Joes...just saying. Think Charlie and the Choclate Factory-wow.

further down our walk, you can still the brick pavers.

---then he wanted to stop at Home Depot which is on State RD 200--AND NO the pavers and such have not been done yet. It takes money and the price of things have gone up like 60%. AND we are still awaiting the door. 

--came home and worked on taxes and finally crashed at 11:30 pm.

Ocala is known as the Brick City and the horse capital of the world. In 1846, Ocala was appointed the county seat of newly formed Marion County. By the late 1850s, the town was one of the leading social and business centers in Florida. The Civil War all but destroyed commerce in Ocala and the population dwindled to around 200. After nearly two decades of growth, the town center was virtually destroyed by fire on Thanksgiving Day, 1883. In rebuilding, brick and other fire-resistant materials were used instead of lumber. Oh, Ocala now has nearly 400,000 years around citizens. When I was growing up, it was known as Slow 'Cala. No more...sigh.

I'll try to catch up later on today.