Hurricane Shutters And Linguini

We awoke yesterday morning to the sound of our neighbor Jesse Bolton putting the hurricane shutters on our windows. Yes, it’s that time of year again. June through the end of November marks hurricane season here on the Florida coast. Last year Jesse installed the hardware for the clear polycarbonate hurricane shutters and put them on for us. Then, when the season was over he removed them and we stored them in the garage.

The corrugated shutter panels fit into special channels above and below each window and are easy to install and remove. They are held in place with stainless steel wing nuts attached to studs on the lower channel.

We hope this season will be a repeat of the last couple of years when we escaped hurricanes hitting our area, but we know it’s always a possibility. Thanks Jesse. As always, we appreciate you.

I spent the day like I have spent most of my days lately, working on my new John Lee Quarrels book. I read through the last four chapters I wrote and corrected any blatant errors I saw, then printed them out for Miss Terry to edit and proofread. When she was done I made her corrections and then sent them off to Judy, my second proofreader. She’s always very fast, and by the end of the evening she had them back to me. I will make her corrections this morning before sending them to Roberta. I also wrote one more chapter by the time Terry told me dinner was ready.

And what a dinner it was, one of my favorites, shrimp scampi linguine. I dare you to go to any restaurant in the world and find a dish that compares to it. They may come close, but they can’t match her special blend of ingredients, topped with love.

After dinner we watched the last three episodes of the second season of The Handmaid’s Tale. Going in, I thought this was a chick flick type of series, but boy was I wrong! Just like Terry, I was hooked from the very first episode. Check it out on Hulu or Amazon Prime. You’ll be glad you did.

And finally, here’s a chuckle to start your day from the collection of funny signs we see in our travels and that our readers share with us.

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Thought For The Day – Every time the universe sends me a sign I’m like, okay, but I think I’ll wait for a signier sign.