De's House

We went to visit De, Ann's friend from her home town way back. De is a great hostess and opened
her house to us, including the cats. She has a great rear porch that is screened in and the cats spent hours and hours there looking at the birds, squirrels and lizards. They didn't get to chase them as they would at home but it was like continuous "cat TV".

De had multiple varieties of bourbon and we tasted most of them, along with some Prosecco. We also brought our Fire TV Stick in and plugged it into her TV and had marathon sessions watching Downton Abbey, which she had never seen.

De is also a fanatic about seasonal decorating (always has been). Here house was all decked out for Easter - bunnies everywhere. You might notice in the pictures of her porch, fake Easter eggs in the planters. I included a shot of her "showcase of bunnies".

Photos here.

Location: New Port Richey, FL, USA

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  1. UnknownApril 4, 2017 at 9:38 AM

    Looks like you are having a great time, kitties included. I assume you are practicing drinking prosecco in anticipation of Italy!

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