Boardwalk at Lake Sumter Landing

Photo by Lois Anne

The Veranda from another angle

The other evening, Lois Anne took this photo of the Veranda restaurant in Lake Sumter Landing. We've shown the restaurant previously, but this is another angle and as you can see it is located directly across from the town square.

The Villages Charter High School

The Villages is an over-55 community. Nevertheless, most of the people who work in The Villages live nearby and many of them have children, and thus the honchos in The Villages decided it was appropriate to build an elementary school, a middle school and a high school.

This is the high school, which as you can see, is a very fine facility.

Leaning water tower?

Lois Anne took this rather dramatic photo of the Lake Sumter Landing water tower silhouetted by the setting sun. The water tower does not really lean.

Did someone call for a cab?

There are many unique golf carts (or cars, as some call them) in The Villages. This one, which we found at Lake Sumter Landing, we thought was special. It's not really a cab, but designed to look like one.

Ty and Suzanne Giesemann

We met Ty and Suzanne Giesemann last night on the boardwalk at Lake Sumter Landing. They were enjoying a beautiful evening with their two long-haired Dachshunds, Rudy and Gretchen.

Both Ty and Suzanne are retired U.S. Naval officers. Ty, a Captain, retired after 28 years in the Navy, during which time he drove warships in various parts of the world. Suzanne, a Commander, retired after twenty years serving in a variety of capacities.

After their retirement, they spent four years traveling on their beautiful sailboat, Liberty. Relatively recently they moved to The Villages and now call The Village of Mallory Square their home.

Suzanne is a writer with several books in print, two of which have to do with sailing. Her latest book due to be released this month is "the amazing true story" of the medium, B. Anne Gehman and her husband, former Jesuit priest, Wayne Knoll.

The Giesemann's are a fascinating couple living their dream. You can read all about their lives and their adventures here. For more information on Suzanne and her books, click here.

We are grateful for the opportunity to meet Ty and Suzanne and for their willingness to pose for us and share their story with us (and with the City Daily Photo blogging community.) Thank you, Ty and Suzanne!

Spanish Springs Golf Cart Series #5 - Plus

Lake Sumter sunset

Lois Anne took this very nice sunset photo at Lake Sumter landing. The Waterfront Inn is off to the left.

Spanish Springs Golf Cart Series #4

Spanish Springs Golf Cart Series - Set 3

These carts came around the corner fairly fast and thus my compositions aren't very good...I had to snap a picture quickly before they were gone. The carts are rather colorful and some are such to bring a smile to one's face. The dogs, however, are cuter than the carts!

Spanish Springs Golf Cart series - Set 2

We sat on a corner for a long time taking photos of golf carts as they came around the square in Spanish Springs...many of them carried dogs...you'll see more of these tomorrow.

The other photos are random shots of various areas around the town square.

Spanish Springs Golf Cart series - Set 1

Golf carts are ubiquitous throughout The Villages. Many of them are specially made to reflect the views and backgrounds of the owners. Almost all are colorful. We have a series of photos to share over the next few days. You will find some of the pictures to be fun and funny.

Mural in Spanish Springs

This mural is found on a wall near the theater in Spanish Springs. Fortunately, this gentleman wandered into the scene just as I snapped the photo...you can see, perhaps, he was a bit startled when he realized he was in the picture, but smiled and waved and continued on his way.

Looking over Lake Sumter at sunset

Lois Anne took this shot at just the right time; the magical time between day and night.

Snuck in with the big guys

Spanish Springs was so busy on Friday evening, golf cart drivers had to park their golf carts in the regular parking lots. This particular cart stuck out among all the others.