4 April 2025
I forgot to blog about movie night! We saw In Search of the Castaways by Jules Verne as interpreted by Walt Disney. I first saw this movie when I was 14 and fell in love with it. I had not read this particular novel by Verne but I had read most of his other novels by that time.
It had a stellar cast with Maurice Chevalier, Haley Mills, George Sanders and Wilfrid Hyde-White. As with any Verne novel, the protagonists are constantly in danger and surviving at the last minute. The movie was released in 1962 and it still holds up to this day.
Tucker and I were roughhousing between bathroom breaks and I managed to knock over Chris’ wine glass. Fortunately, it broke on a rug I put down for Tucker and it was an easy clean up and Tucker didn’t cut his toes.
Today started with a sweep (not rake) of the west side walk for the baby mangoes released by the tree and the small branches to which they were attached. I’m always sad to see the baby mangoes fall but the tree has to shed many in order to produce enough mature fruit which will then fall into my stomach.
I next cleaned the pump filter and the pool filter, watered the plants, hosed off the pool deck and put chemicals in the pool after skimming the leaves from the gumbo limbo tree which is shedding. That’s the third day in a row I’ve had to remove leaves from the pool and the fourth time in three days since one day I had to do it twice. Leaves are going to be the death of me.
I’m texting my nephews and niece quite frequently to keep up with what is going on in Brandon with my brother and in Jackson with Tanis. Tanis’ stroke has shaken my brother to his core which I understand. Billy and David broke it to him yesterday that she will probably never recover the left side of her body, will be in a wheel chair, and will probably never come home to Brandon again. That last part really hurt him. They are joined at the hip.
The niece and nephews are doing their absolute best to help. All have promised to take care of Archie even though Tanis will be in rehab or a nursing home the rest of her life.
It’s taking a personal toll on me, being 1000 miles away. I think that is what was bothering me yesterday. It’s both physical and mental with me and I am sure it is with them. At least I had enough energy today to do what I did. This is going to be a long haul.
Stay tuned!
