On October 10th, pilots from other areas of Florida flew in to Buchan airport and joined local pilots to display their aircraft and enjoy breakfast together. A few hundred people showed up to admire the vintage aircraft, helicopters, light sport aircraft, and light twins and chat with the aviators and share stories.Gene Naples of Englewood is shown taking off in his restored Navy N3N biplane. Take a look at
some of the other aircraft that were on display.
The following weekend was the
Kaleidoscope of the Arts event held on Dearborn St. Produced by the Arts Council of Englewood, Inc. it featured artists from the Arts Alliance of Lemon Bay doing what they really enjoy, from art, ceramics, weaving , body painting, wood carving and mosaic art outside the stores on the 400 block. At the park on Dearborn St. entertainment was provided with singing, dancing and music. The only requirement ... bring your own chair or sit on the ground. Each year the event grows and gets better. Halloween fun for all ages. Halloween Safe Walks were held in Boca Grande on Friday the 30th and the following night Dearborn Street was front and center with the biggest Halloween Safe Walk that I have seen down here.
Clicking on the highlighted links for Boca Grande and Dearborn Street (above) will take you to a spread of pictures showing you the costumes worn by young and not so young.
The young lady on the left happens to be my granddaughter, who lives in California, and I thought the costume was very inventive. It did cause a stir with some of the young trick or treaters going around their neighborhood and I think we will see more of this costume in the coming years.
As we start to approach the end of November we are seeing the return of the snowbirds to the area. This year the State of Florida has been blessed with no hurricanes or major storms, with exception to the latest one, Ida, that traveled up the center of the Gulf and weakened as it approached the panhandle. The result being that Englewood had overcast skies for a few days and a bit of rain.
Renovation and expansion are happening on Dearborn St. with new stores scheduled to open soon and one owner expanding her store by taking over the space next door created when Bedbugs closed their doors.
Jottie Taylor, the owner of At Home With Style, invites everyone to come in and browse in her new spacious store where she is confident you will find that "special item" you have been looking for. At Home With Style is the exclusive distributor in the area of the trendy "Life is good" line of apparel and merchandise, so stop in and look around or visit her website at http://www.athomewithstyle.com .Next scheduled blog is scheduled for January 2010. In the mean time, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all.
