The photographs featured on today's Blog are two of my favorites. They were taken in the summer of 1977, a year after my mother Mary and father Nelson moved to Stuart, Florida from Chicago. My sister Susan and I came to visit, and we hit all the high spots, including Stuart Beach. The photos show everyone staring intently into the sky.
As I recall, my sister said something to the effect of "Look up there - penguins!" We all were stunned and looked upward immediately. Then my sister said "I mean pelicans," which are a lot less unusual to see in the sky. Surprisingly, Susan still often says "penguins - I mean pelicans" to this day. What can I say. We were both raised on the South Side of Chicago, where both penguins and pelicans are fairly rare.
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