The conference is over and it is back to everyday stuff. Since I've been back I took advantage of the 'calm after the storm' and put out my flotilla newsletter. It is a monthly and today is the 30th, so it was due! Fortunately, a lot of our flotilla members attended the conference so I had lots of photos to include.

I still don't have a photo of me receiving the national publications award, but the above photo was taken at the conference. The lovely young lady beside me is my son's widow, Annie, who drove up from Coco Beach to share the evening with me. Unfortunatley, this year they changed the order of presentations and I received the award in the afternoon rather than at the banquet, but that picture, when I get it, will be of me in uniform.

I love Annie to pieces. We stay in touch and I love seeing her. I know why Tod loved her. She is a truly wonderful and warm woman.

I have a newsletter to complete for VSA and then I am going to do some painting.Oh, I miss painting! Really need to get back to that. I have a lot of posts to catch uip on too!