Hope all of you will have a great 4th of July. The Peck Family will be having a cookout...

Summer Update

Hi again...

Just thought I'd give you a Mrs. P Summer Update... No surprise...I spent three days working in my yard. Our Bougainvillea did not survive the winter, so I planted some Lantanas. They are my favorite flowering plant. Also, did some shrub trimming, mowing etc. I LOVE being outside!

This weekend we had some of our best friends over for dinner. We have a "Dinner Club", and one couple has everyone over for dinner every other month. It's really fun. The Peck Dinner theme was "Spanish"..... (Did you know...Mrs. P is 1/2 Italian and 1/2 Spanish?) My house still smells of garlic, onions, and green peppers! Everyone had a wonderful time. After dinner we watched Michael Jackson music videos and had dessert.

Hope your summer is going well. This week I am going to tackle some house cleaning. My "LEAST" favorite thing to do.....

E-mail me and let me know what your are doing.... peckm1@duvalschools.org

Love you....Mrs. P

Close up of a Lantana bloom...


Aren't they beautiful?


This is a Hoya on my porch....


It has an unusual bloom that almost feels like "plastic"....


We got a new birdfeeder that is supposed to be "squirrel" proof... so far so good....


Our chives are going wild in our herb garden.....


Look at our tomatoes..... they are "delicious".....


Our dinner menu.... I even typed it in Spanish.....


Now all we need are our guests.....

We're back......

The Jacksonville "Pecks" have just come back from a wonderful cruise. Get ready for a very loooooong post.

Hope you are having a wonderful summer break. E-mail me and let me know what you are doing and I will put it in the blog.

Well, are you ready for a cruise....

Here we go.....

Our "Home" for 6 Days.....



Good-bye, Fort Lauderdale.....



The Harbor Pilot Boat.....


We're on our way out to sea.....


Key West, Florida.....




Could this be "Spongebob".....


This is where Mrs. P's mother went to school.....




Can you see "Cuba"????







Chase & Papa.....


Chase & Dad.....


Chase getting his "groove" on.....


Dinner for the adults.....where's Chase
at Camp Carnival of course.....




Grand Cayman Island.....


Is that the "devil" with Chase.....


A rock formation that is "said" to look like Hell.....


Chase "loves" pirates.....


The Cayman Islands' effort to save the Sea Turtles.....



Can you see the Iguana on the rock?




7 Mile Beach.....
One of the most "beautiful" beaches in the Caribbean.....




Jamaica...






Yes, there are "STILL" phone booths.....


Chase and our wonderful servers...
Maribel from the Phillipines & Ida from Indonesia.....



Some beautiful Caribbean foliage and flowers.....










Some "beautiful" Caribbean Sunsets...



Our Room Steward's "Towel" Sculptures.....

"I'm a pig.....


I'm a turtle.....


I'm a Giraffe.....