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Friday, May 30, 2014

My book is coming out in a couple of weeks!

If you enjoyed my Scotland travel blogs on my website (www.spinningcompass.net), you will love my ebook which will be released in June 2014 on amazon.com and through iBooks. I've added 34 new blogs to the 22 originally posted, complete with stunning photographs my husband took, such as the one on the book cover of the Old Man of Storr on the Isle of Skye. The countryside was absolutely gorgeous and inspired many of my blogs, as did the adventures we had as we learned to slow our pace and make ourselves at home on the road.

Watch this page, or my website or Facebook page (Cynthia Fletcher Rothstein), for updates on the release!

Monday, May 19, 2014

New gastropub in town

The beer wasn't so great, but the food was delicious!

chicken poppers wrapped in bacon

In my yard...

Get a load of this baby pineapple growing next to our house! That plant has been there since before we moved here four years ago, and I've never seen it produce fruit. I didn't even realize it is a pineapple plant!

Siesta Key

cool solar ring

We love the east coast of Florida--the ocean breezes, tempestuous surf, worm reefs, and snorkeling and diving--but the west coast of Florida is amazing for wildlife, at least it was in April when we spent a week on Siesta Key off of Sarasota.

We didn't take nearly enough photos. I wish I had a video of the crazy sea hares that were everywhere in the bay. Dozens! I was trying to steer the boat around them. I was so afraid I'd hit one.

One day sea urchins started washing up on the beach. Why? I probably shouldn't have messed with Mother Nature, but I started throwing them all back into deep water. They'll die without water.