clearwater beach...and a baby, a new baby!!!!

We've had warm weather in New York, but Florida in the summer, ouch. It was 98 degrees yesterday, so hot on the beach it was smothering. The water was 88 degrees, but if felt even warmer, like bathwater. It was nice, it was fun, and rather adventuous, just Paul and I. A young couple on the beach asked us to take their pic for them, then insisted on taking one of us...so much for a pandemic, right? We decided to leave, after two hours of going in and out of the water and enjoying the waves, to go to a brewery we had read about. I actually changed from my old lady bathing suit into shorts and a tank top, in the parking garage next to the car, I figured if there were security cameras, so what, someone's eyes would hurt, oh well. The brewery was fun, we sat outside at the patio, where we met the huge Mastiff, with a friendly English couple. He was all set for lots of pets. We shared one flight of beer, one for Paul and three for me...what? He was driving! The beer was quite yummy, all brewed in house, I had coconut, vanilla, and a coffee hemp. Paul went for a boring old pale ale. We stopped at a little Mennonite stand for sweet corn, then grilled steaks for dinner. But during all of this, threaded through this wonderful day, our eighth grandhcild was born! Margaret and Adrian, on their way to bring Wulf to Ben and Ashley's so they could go to the hospital:

(Wulf is so cute in that Cookie Monster shirt!) I won't keep you all waiting anymore, here he is, Tennyson Paul...

Eight pounds, thirteen ounces, what a big boy! I can't wait to meet him! Today, we are going to visit Paul's cousins, then go out to dinner. Right now we're relaxing with grandma and having our coffee...