Have you all heard of the new gadget out - Navigation System? I understand my Granddaughter has one and it finds her way hither and yon. Â
I could have used one when we first moved to Florida. We bought a home on 58th Avenue.  That's at least 58 blocks from the center of town.  Maybe just maybe there are 58 blocks in all of my home town. Â
So, in order to come and go from our home on 58th we looked for landmarks.  We knew our turn was off of Ninth Street so at the corner of 9th and 58th there was a green mail box. The mail was delivered at the street in those days. Things went along very well until one day some one knocked down the green mail box and they replaced it with a black one.  Well, I went right by 58th and found myself down on Pinellas Point Dr. which was as far as you could go on 9th. Good that I was alone because I would not have wanted the girls to see their Mom in such a state of confusion.Â
Turned around and went back looking for the school the girls were going to and from that day on it was my landmark.Â
One of my neighbors who had lived in St. Pete all his life told me Central Avenue is the center of town and the Avenues run East and West and the streets North and South. Can't say I never got lost again. There was the time I was invited to a Coffee in Lakewood Country Club and I could not find the house where the Coffee was to be. I saw a Mail Man and stopped to ask him if he could tell me where the Jones family lives. He looked at me and then started to laugh asking me if I knew how many Jones families there were in this subdivision. Another Lady going to the same Coffee came by and stopped to see what was going on.  I followed her to the Jones' Coffee and had a great time.
When we came from the Hospital on Tuesday Joann said she wanted to try another way home. Believe me I was relieved when I saw the Pig Farm at the bottom of our mountain. I knew we were on the right path.  Guess she and Becky take after their Father with their sense of direction.
Hope you all find whatever you are looking for.
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Love and prayers from here to there
