Shirley and I moved from Ontario, New York, to our new home in Scottsdale, Arizona, in mid-1990. By August 2008, we were residents at Westminster Village, a Continuing Care Retirement Community. In March 2024, after Shirley's death in September 2023, I moved to Palm Bay, Florida, to live with my son, Mark, and his wife, Karen. We live on a quiet street with a canal in the back, which ultimately drains into the St. John's River. Sitting in the screened-in lanai, we can watch Sandhill Cranes, Whistling Ducks, a variety of songbirds, Osprey and Hawks. Occasionally we hear Owls in the evening from the woods across the canal.
There's a different lifestyle here than any other place I've lived. Right now, at the age of 93, I'm barefoot with my shirttails hanging out, unshaven but showered. Never in my life would I have suspected that I'd be living in such a carefree condition. And the atmosphere is different. Instead of the low, low humidity of Arizona, there's a higher amount of humidity to get used to. Scottsdale, with a temperature of 100° and humidity of 15% is a lot different from Palm Bay, with a temperature of 85° and humidity of 95%, believe me! But it's all in getting used to, which takes a little time and patience. Now, after a year of acclimation, I feel like a Floridian, and happy with it.
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