Sarasota Livin'

I took these pictures just before Christmas ... yes Sarasota is a great place to be during the holiday season.

I like this one the colors and composition just seem to work for me. I have no description or title...

So happy new year and all of that … for many of us 2008 was not a “happy” year. It was the year my house lost more in value than I have ever had in cash and my 401K turned into one of those new fangled 201K's … but I am still pretty happy and enjoy life.

Since I have a few days off for the holidays and have been meaning to look at some pictures that I painted way long ago in my youth I just took digital photos of them and am going to post some on the blog. I have not even looked at these in many many years..

Believe it or not these are from the late seventies another time of economic uncertainty and as a matter of fact they were painted in Jacksonville – where I spent most of last month.

As I look at this one I see that I was in urban / farm mode then as I also am now. It's pretty crazy looking – I have never shown these to anyone before so I am “out there” more than normal. None of them ever got names and I have not painted since then. I want to start again I really enjoyed watercolors.

I voted Saturday morning. It was pretty crowded I predict a very high turnout...

So please stop with the phone calls and junk mail now will you!!!

I still am a registered Republican... but it seems I keep supporting Democrats in this race.... Laura Benson had a decent chance of getting my vote. But all of the negative mail I have gotten these past few weeks has really turned me against her and the State Republican party and all of the out of town groups paying for this junk mail.

Sell me what you have .... don't make up things about the other guy .... when I get 3 mailers just today telling me the evils of Keith Fitzgerald it is just stupid...

Do you know he is a double dipping, career politician, illegal alien supporting, no border fence, income tax loving, democrat that wants to raise my daughters college tuition 40%????

Anyway I am going to vote for Keith Fitzgerald because I don't believe any of that crap...(except he is a democrat)

OK this is the best video of the presidential campaign ... but it still won't get my vote. I can't vote for Sen McCain because of his love of nuclear power plants (and a few other things) ... what's wrong with him ... even just thinking about it only as "targets" for some group of "nut cases" is enough for me to be against more nuclear power and if I hear "drill baby drill" one more time...

Karl Roves maps say Obama is going to win (slide the bottom bar to the right)

Gallup says that 59% of "my group" is for Obama and only 36% for McCain.

Even Colin Powell is voting for Obama -- he certainly has "cred" with me...

I had already decided this because I have followed the work Jono has done for Sarasota county for many years and I am very happy he lives here.

But Carolyn Mason just made it easier for me. I do think the items that she has on her side of the list are important but I think Jono will do a much better job. So if I think green building and controlling sprawl ... I am thinking Jono as worked a long time on those issues and knows them well.