On the importance of pollinator gardens

LGBTQ were protesting yesterday on the grand opening of Chick-Fil-A in downtown Toronto yesterday.

One of my sisters who lives in California sent me this poster on the need for pollinator gardens. I thought I would share this valuable information with you. We need pollinators such as birds, bees, bats, beetles and other insects. One in every three bites of our food is due to pollinators, they are essential links to our food chain. Pollinators need habitat to survive, they are in decline. They need specific native plants to survive, not non native shrubs and trees.

Over the years I have learned to plant native shrubs and trees as they need less care. They thrive naturally in their environment and the pollinators are alive and well here!

Back to Miami

Back in Miami we headed to a shopping mall as we waited to check in to our airbnb.  We found a Chick-Fil-A restaurant at the eatery that daughter L really wanted to try.  They don't yet have these in Toronto.  We enjoyed the food.  They are very generous with their sauce packets and soft drink refills in the U.S.

We left the mall and went to a Publix supermarket near the airbnb to get milk and essentials for the next few days.  Daughter L found these chewable soft mints and she remembered we loved.

We were delighted to find that they had given us the same apartment in the condominium complex that we were assigned prior to the cruise.  In hindsight it was a good idea to reserve the same airbnb for before and after the cruise.  We were already familiar with the location and all the rules concerning parking and so on.

My sister from California stopped by that evening with this 'Verve' coffee from California.  It is smooth and delicious.  They enjoyed the tour of the airbnb facilities.

Our great niece was due to arrive that night, everyone was so excited to meet her. There were a couple of extended family parties planned for the next day where she would be introduced.