tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10234554066282657852024-03-08T00:42:16.059+01:00Naples, Florida daily photo"We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open." -- Jawaharlal NehruUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger398125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-85853014609922700492008-04-27T00:06:00.000+01:002008-04-27T00:06:00.394+01:00400th Post and Farewell...<div align="left"><em></em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhumOBJVQ413UMzJiApPyAPXS3DluXb_eFOXigAPTd-bp0BYKRU3lq4InUZA2GUm8D8vacgWtvFr9c17AQLq8xT3kJUDRZWWD5OvmQYRIiYXkLARXoqFP9XhT2MyszCRWILGhpO3bqe_Ic/s1600-h/IMG_0573.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184353426324161330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhumOBJVQ413UMzJiApPyAPXS3DluXb_eFOXigAPTd-bp0BYKRU3lq4InUZA2GUm8D8vacgWtvFr9c17AQLq8xT3kJUDRZWWD5OvmQYRIiYXkLARXoqFP9XhT2MyszCRWILGhpO3bqe_Ic/s640/IMG_0573.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Big Hickory Island Beach</span></em> </span></div><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><div align="center"><br /><span style="color:#006600;">"The sun... has gone... to bed and so must I...</span></span><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#006600;">So long...farewell...auf weidersehen... goodbye...</span></span><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#006600;">Goodbye...Goodbye....Goodbye...."</span></span><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#006600;">(from The Sound of Music)</span></em><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><em>Dear blogger friends, </em></span><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><em>After year and a half and <strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;">400</span></strong> posts, I will be taking an extended leave of absence from this forum. Hopefully it is not a true "<span style="color:#3333ff;">goodbye</span>", but rather "<span style="color:#3333ff;">until we meet again one day</span>".</em></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><em>If you find yourself missing the brilliant Florida light (and you know you will ;-)), please drop in on my many fellow CDP bloggers around the</em> <em><span style="color:#3333ff;">Sunshine State</span>.</em> </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Thank you for your visits, kind comments and friendship. I will miss you and the images of your hometowns and promise to visit, whenever possible. In the meantime - </span></em></div><div align="center"><em></em></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"><strong>LIVE. LOVE. LAUGH.</strong></span></em> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family:arial;">Isabella</span></em></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com76tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-77307889908911076292008-04-26T00:07:00.001+01:002008-04-26T13:53:28.488+01:00Remember me<span style="color:#33cc00;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZBy2w-M9rhSFCA7SZ20EvkyMoEsF8yc4A98uBAO8y0TzuOkk4yPWc5tPJe-lY12aYBjdLw_pOFSBzpk5N3ttWuyA8V1DdgHnK1JNmBOIXOQDZTmAZ2K1cNn558Jxw3ECSkAf1oCu_e8/s1600-h/IMG_2586.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192452026121745698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZBy2w-M9rhSFCA7SZ20EvkyMoEsF8yc4A98uBAO8y0TzuOkk4yPWc5tPJe-lY12aYBjdLw_pOFSBzpk5N3ttWuyA8V1DdgHnK1JNmBOIXOQDZTmAZ2K1cNn558Jxw3ECSkAf1oCu_e8/s640/IMG_2586.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:85%;"><em>off Key West, Florida</em></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em><br /></em></span><div align="center"><span style="color:#33cc00;">"Ships that pass in the night,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#33cc00;">and speak each other in passing,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#33cc00;">Only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness.</span><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#33cc00;">So on the ocean of life we pass and speak one another.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#33cc00;">Only a look and a voice;</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#33cc00;">then darkness again and a silence."</span><br /></div><div align="center">Henry Wadsworth Longfellow <em>Tales of a Wayside Inn</em></div><div align="center"><em>*</em></div><div align="center"><em></em></div><div align="left">Tomorrow, Sunday, I will celebrate my <strong>400th</strong> post and more. Today's post is a sign of things to come...</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-75768206501808112532008-04-25T00:06:00.005+01:002008-04-25T00:44:44.422+01:00Grumpy Bird<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipYUWUNV8-zKBpY_NtcfVb7FdFfzgISSupxweU7aHQspTXSL74UCoI3FwvKbZRM63jEjtWOaCL9yYBvSjChHfNqOETsd7NfgcSve7vH2eYd741WWceHcILLXp6geDEp3grCMwZuZ1kxXE/s1600-h/IMG_0357.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192506984523265330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipYUWUNV8-zKBpY_NtcfVb7FdFfzgISSupxweU7aHQspTXSL74UCoI3FwvKbZRM63jEjtWOaCL9yYBvSjChHfNqOETsd7NfgcSve7vH2eYd741WWceHcILLXp6geDEp3grCMwZuZ1kxXE/s640/IMG_0357.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em>"Bird wakes up feeling grumpy. Too grumpy to eat or play - too grumpy even to fly."</em><br /><em></em><br />I wonder if <strong>Jeremy Tankard</strong> had this bird in mind when he wrote his<span style="color:#cc33cc;"> <strong><a href="http://www.ecampus.com/bk_detail.asp?isbn=9780439851473&referrer=frgl"><span style="color:#cc33cc;">book</span></a></strong></span>;-)<br /><p><em></em></p><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-48453268584638857572008-04-24T00:06:00.000+01:002008-04-24T00:06:03.880+01:00No regrets<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2sU6pTGX310aHCabwy3tRcwDt086FMw7h2319KNX94EBVD6tnMDnxNTzap9DhsIMTrxfyeOZ7yf8tkylLptCLSa99gEgf-4Z1QaSUHpUNQK-jddgw86XeDjb59Bx7OSmsSRksf9bH1TY/s1600-h/IMG_0635.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192449320292349202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2sU6pTGX310aHCabwy3tRcwDt086FMw7h2319KNX94EBVD6tnMDnxNTzap9DhsIMTrxfyeOZ7yf8tkylLptCLSa99gEgf-4Z1QaSUHpUNQK-jddgw86XeDjb59Bx7OSmsSRksf9bH1TY/s640/IMG_0635.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#33cc00;">"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#33cc00;">Old Times is still a-flying:</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#33cc00;">And this same flower that smiles today,</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#33cc00;">Tomorrow will be dying."</span></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">Robert Herrick <em>To the Virgins to Make Much of Time</em></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-40636189927375087162008-04-23T00:07:00.002+01:002008-04-23T00:27:28.923+01:00Reflections<a href="http://s145.photobucket.com/albums/r202/prettyizzy/?action=view&current=IMG_2531.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r202/prettyizzy/IMG_2531.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Reflections fascinate me. It's like a big puzzle - can you find all the pieces that make up 2 completely diverse pictures? Like this one, taken of an art gallery in Key West.<br /><br /><a href="http://s145.photobucket.com/albums/r202/prettyizzy/?action=view&current=IMG_0509.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r202/prettyizzy/IMG_0509.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Or this one, of a funky art gallery in downtown Naples.<br /><br /><a href="http://s145.photobucket.com/albums/r202/prettyizzy/?action=view&current=IMG_1548.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r202/prettyizzy/IMG_1548.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />And my favorite, yet another art gallery in...can you guess where?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-58786493850016827732008-04-22T00:06:00.001+01:002008-04-22T00:36:18.020+01:00Monochromatic<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkr3hDW7N7H6jBBRT-5qo7hT9vOlmGsYtGRyB5S9XYez7jg7EDkqA-4dW1WEBj4g3lpmjRFI9oNAKPkcj31r-qYLLDnYerkrJou8LF_Ut4uGLodlHKIfbCgjwBuQpFt-wfMUt5grvlk-A/s1600-h/IMG_0636.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191821059134098770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkr3hDW7N7H6jBBRT-5qo7hT9vOlmGsYtGRyB5S9XYez7jg7EDkqA-4dW1WEBj4g3lpmjRFI9oNAKPkcj31r-qYLLDnYerkrJou8LF_Ut4uGLodlHKIfbCgjwBuQpFt-wfMUt5grvlk-A/s640/IMG_0636.jpg" border="0" /></a>To celebrate <strong><a href="http://ww2.earthday.net/"><span style="color:#993399;">Earth Day 2008</span></a></strong>, I am going <span style="color:#009900;">green</span>...<br /><br />How will you mark the day?<br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-68602622613290936162008-04-21T00:05:00.000+01:002008-04-21T00:05:00.299+01:00Passages<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj98EOKVULiahkG8RIuWzysZVJJeQEttEgCIK0E0mXIDHGCJWxW2A0j-k6dgJTT_hpC2OIKIVhVOFdAmpq42Xm4vVTZYSntKOSLsCgRiIyycbWKHsQ2JfRlHCj53piCLpBs_pxNVCDFFzE/s1600-h/IMG_0505.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190536109015833474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj98EOKVULiahkG8RIuWzysZVJJeQEttEgCIK0E0mXIDHGCJWxW2A0j-k6dgJTT_hpC2OIKIVhVOFdAmpq42Xm4vVTZYSntKOSLsCgRiIyycbWKHsQ2JfRlHCj53piCLpBs_pxNVCDFFzE/s640/IMG_0505.jpg" border="0" /></a>Small alley behind a garden shop, downtown Naples.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-36915268059555880862008-04-20T00:05:00.000+01:002008-04-20T00:05:00.320+01:00I spy Sunday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfTJ2S6KZhj4j5tBlY7HjAiPI1PfTNCNEMbhsBQM4hJHgnWliLlkTzmFdqMvUhzQfWdrCotkzdiGj2gMlZrpODHlm-dBBqi05OehWW94bhmBHaRbRJ3mJLidxD8LTky_gTqsg4pSO1ry4/s1600-h/IMG_0627.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190533897107676018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfTJ2S6KZhj4j5tBlY7HjAiPI1PfTNCNEMbhsBQM4hJHgnWliLlkTzmFdqMvUhzQfWdrCotkzdiGj2gMlZrpODHlm-dBBqi05OehWW94bhmBHaRbRJ3mJLidxD8LTky_gTqsg4pSO1ry4/s640/IMG_0627.jpg" border="0" /></a> I spied an Anhiga, surveying his territory, but if you enlarge the photo, you will spy something else in the water...<br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-69794265548035405062008-04-19T00:05:00.000+01:002008-04-19T00:05:00.225+01:00Little helper<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim6pedahgYqJA5A4cVCHngclBmE6gLI6CcCAGebO7CZwLiUc_ozJr2SU_J2yRTnbUpe1Y6nCLVt5VuMa3S3BwAQQDo-oQO33woH6Y2zNTe6YmeaSuU01KDnKuO2hIIvYy9qoH4WWtYcEk/s1600-h/IMG_0629.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190531483336055650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim6pedahgYqJA5A4cVCHngclBmE6gLI6CcCAGebO7CZwLiUc_ozJr2SU_J2yRTnbUpe1Y6nCLVt5VuMa3S3BwAQQDo-oQO33woH6Y2zNTe6YmeaSuU01KDnKuO2hIIvYy9qoH4WWtYcEk/s640/IMG_0629.jpg" border="0" /></a> The rabbit on the right (please click to enlarge) is on our payroll - he trims the arbor so we don't have to.<br /><br /><div></div><div><em>(Sorry, can't visit, I am travelling).</em></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-59716707442941902182008-04-18T00:06:00.001+01:002008-04-18T00:06:00.393+01:00Standoff<div align="center"><a href="http://s145.photobucket.com/albums/r202/prettyizzy/?action=view&current=IMG_0610.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="hawk" src="http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r202/prettyizzy/IMG_0610.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"You wanna piece of me?" challenged the <strong>Hawk</strong>.<br />The pair of <strong>Blue Jays,</strong> chasing him away from their nest, took notice. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-42571023392459762412008-04-17T00:07:00.000+01:002008-04-17T00:07:00.455+01:00Needs grooming<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1XPcxWQgx5VF_Z0YE-um1e1ACqaXlf0L__J0JOo05AMDlKHXkPNpi_HDyNfgWwopRX6I-2fomwpcwQwRNH66ti2XmQ4SUVXsP5tYuTopM62eyn-uabqq8AvUDs25lIQ0cDbhwnf2YyVA/s1600-h/IMG_2197.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189971763198040914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1XPcxWQgx5VF_Z0YE-um1e1ACqaXlf0L__J0JOo05AMDlKHXkPNpi_HDyNfgWwopRX6I-2fomwpcwQwRNH66ti2XmQ4SUVXsP5tYuTopM62eyn-uabqq8AvUDs25lIQ0cDbhwnf2YyVA/s640/IMG_2197.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Who is more hairy - Truffles or his keeper?<br /><br /><div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-33508679090705117672008-04-16T00:06:00.000+01:002008-04-16T00:06:00.780+01:00Stop the World - I Want to Get Off<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja8G9UeVsW9WKoDkAy6MdFwqp0XkWpCWF5a20dDgOfLY3LRlC9s_WDAfuUaNXELJ4HVCnX3gbYcKXwXz93BG4Y07U9FLfNOM8BWmV5gF8iGLlnpzjwQSszzhwpDPFIWVNTY8IczPKmLvE/s1600-h/IMG_2654.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189568336919927602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja8G9UeVsW9WKoDkAy6MdFwqp0XkWpCWF5a20dDgOfLY3LRlC9s_WDAfuUaNXELJ4HVCnX3gbYcKXwXz93BG4Y07U9FLfNOM8BWmV5gF8iGLlnpzjwQSszzhwpDPFIWVNTY8IczPKmLvE/s640/IMG_2654.jpg" border="0" /></a> Rest stop along Florida Turnpike (taken from a speeding car).<br /><br /><span style="color:#009900;">"This big old world is spinning like a top<br />Come and help me now and make it stop<br />All you have to do is live for now<br />Come along with me I'll show you how..."</span><br /></div><br />It's one of those days...You know what I mean?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-19729593942889030202008-04-15T00:06:00.002+01:002008-04-15T00:21:32.155+01:00Quiz Tuesday part 42<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5eG07APhVq2pPGXzOkhws9OFcumB4YOcCAmDZLQ-Pw8_zxw44IsZmSNDt_onX07_V9lxV_tp0eXfjSKWqNFE4E7Z8YuHN1-AexZH6CDe_pyfTaKOVti6DeE1ZYnppKJrdzkQNIp3386Y/s1600-h/dcp_5868.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189222592052599586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5eG07APhVq2pPGXzOkhws9OFcumB4YOcCAmDZLQ-Pw8_zxw44IsZmSNDt_onX07_V9lxV_tp0eXfjSKWqNFE4E7Z8YuHN1-AexZH6CDe_pyfTaKOVti6DeE1ZYnppKJrdzkQNIp3386Y/s640/dcp_5868.jpg" border="0" /></a> Another strange <strong><a href="http://naplesdailyphoto-prettyizzy.blogspot.com/2007/12/pod-invasion.html"><span style="color:#993399;">appendage</span> </a></strong>I came upon near the beach. What the heck is it?<br /><br />TOG? ANYBODY?<br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-4857226064095519592008-04-14T00:06:00.000+01:002008-04-14T00:06:00.456+01:00My destiny<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe1lYYrmQK349otrgFe40ZwF6kScl_Hz2Dn1FmU0fCiWBRfP1paspwRR4KedWic-Zd6IruzdOeftKcErQtkFK-0JiheD9UHsMj2_n_ac4LzX9Fy4B7f6nss4nQh45jCRtou3V2C_DHfkc/s1600-h/IMG_0580.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188804352432282386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe1lYYrmQK349otrgFe40ZwF6kScl_Hz2Dn1FmU0fCiWBRfP1paspwRR4KedWic-Zd6IruzdOeftKcErQtkFK-0JiheD9UHsMj2_n_ac4LzX9Fy4B7f6nss4nQh45jCRtou3V2C_DHfkc/s640/IMG_0580.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#009900;">"Just beyond the sunset</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#009900;">Someone waits for me</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#009900;">Just beyond the sunset</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#009900;">Lies my destiny</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#009900;">Where the purple mountains</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#009900;">Lie in deep tranquillity</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#009900;">There I’ll find the treasure</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#009900;">Of love eternally</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#009900;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#009900;">Just beyond the sunset</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#009900;">Waits someone so fair</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#009900;">Just beyond the sunset</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#009900;">All alone they wait there</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#009900;">Their hair is golden</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#009900;">The colour of the sand</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#009900;">Their eyes sparkle in the night</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#009900;">Like diamonds in your hand</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#009900;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#009900;">Just beyond the sunset</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#009900;">Lies a home for me</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#009900;">Where the world is peaceful</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#009900;">Like a paradise should be</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#009900;">Just beyond the sunset</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#009900;">Someday is where you’ll find me"</span></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">David Harris </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-72520853583785776802008-04-13T00:05:00.000+01:002008-04-13T00:05:00.600+01:00Tipsy<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlkXYvCOnGUch_5xOjo-ISQ0uSiNakeykiihYjY0jEF8x2LcjhRbxDBx6XyQvhnnnJrRxN2HHSWKsdf3HNfevIsdq8lPGvsIueJ4oPEd-3brhiFqXed-jU9eOxOUFaN_DhVTRipoz-g_g/s1600-h/IMG_0417.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188450859443952386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlkXYvCOnGUch_5xOjo-ISQ0uSiNakeykiihYjY0jEF8x2LcjhRbxDBx6XyQvhnnnJrRxN2HHSWKsdf3HNfevIsdq8lPGvsIueJ4oPEd-3brhiFqXed-jU9eOxOUFaN_DhVTRipoz-g_g/s640/IMG_0417.jpg" border="0" /></a> This should serve as a reminder: <strong>Please don't drink and <s>drive</s> fly!</strong><br /><br /><em>(I caught this Cardinal just as he was about to spread his wings and fly off)<br /></em><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-15763233355456310562008-04-12T00:06:00.004+01:002008-04-12T14:51:49.030+01:00At first glance<em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEienuVH3hx2VPG2XeZa9I1TI0Ygvr_6mL3YR8MqNzJzxL0HmWPI9N9jofU9_AzNqJQyK-0ZwQg3FTngUuquBLiBoTAMk9DYacmHIVw3RyEhs7rew5ARZiJX9bJz7X-zApR776lO1oFI2HY/s1600-h/IMG_0498.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187994944142264402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEienuVH3hx2VPG2XeZa9I1TI0Ygvr_6mL3YR8MqNzJzxL0HmWPI9N9jofU9_AzNqJQyK-0ZwQg3FTngUuquBLiBoTAMk9DYacmHIVw3RyEhs7rew5ARZiJX9bJz7X-zApR776lO1oFI2HY/s640/IMG_0498.jpg" border="0" /></a><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Another participant in the <strong>Third in Bloom</strong> competition</span></em><br /><br />When I first came upon <a href="http://www.cwsmithinc.com/"><strong><span style="color:#993399;">C.W. Smith</span></strong> </a>(seen in the background), I mistook it for <strong><a href="http://www.whsmith.fr/indexE.htm"><span style="color:#993399;">W.H Smith</span></a></strong>, the English Bookstore on the Rue <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">de</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Rivoli</span> in Paris (that's the place to get English newspapers and The New York Times, best sellers and a wide range of English paperbacks).<br /><br />This <strong>Smith</strong>, however, is <em>"a direct importer of 17<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">th</span>, 18<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">th</span> and 19<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">th</span> century antiques from China and the former British, Dutch and Portuguese colonies in Asia". </em><br /><em></em><br />That's a whole different kettle of fish, isn't it...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-73989670084387792502008-04-11T00:09:00.000+01:002008-04-11T00:10:05.623+01:00Quirky<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhgdE6S8-CiRwp4GqXvTQkn8C-LNR50oOXuuMwf5Sbuu_IucTLiv2kyztiKPR29SPe28EJ__21Sk2ybQgHJv-NpmEmDNjnCzXH76fowkMxTcVTxiuTxMdOgiLEYuRtjmN1L0GohLO2Duw/s1600-h/IMG_0512.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187752007907100738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhgdE6S8-CiRwp4GqXvTQkn8C-LNR50oOXuuMwf5Sbuu_IucTLiv2kyztiKPR29SPe28EJ__21Sk2ybQgHJv-NpmEmDNjnCzXH76fowkMxTcVTxiuTxMdOgiLEYuRtjmN1L0GohLO2Duw/s640/IMG_0512.jpg" border="0" /></a> This fellow would not give up his seat for me...What happened to chivalry?<br /><div></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOkwSvHEfTbRRIBU2pmrmoJFKnztyy4iZgEGwlotytTP4OVHI4pXkRLae10wfbmb3refCjag_M3enNwqruQjMrrfRoMcK4AZCJIM5ezGlhTUVXnGYsVCp0xz7jIyl3aqQ8qVi_ggzd-fU/s1600-h/IMG_0508.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187751995022198834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOkwSvHEfTbRRIBU2pmrmoJFKnztyy4iZgEGwlotytTP4OVHI4pXkRLae10wfbmb3refCjag_M3enNwqruQjMrrfRoMcK4AZCJIM5ezGlhTUVXnGYsVCp0xz7jIyl3aqQ8qVi_ggzd-fU/s640/IMG_0508.jpg" border="0" /></a> And this place opted out of the <strong><a href="http://naplesdailyphoto-prettyizzy.blogspot.com/2008/04/flowery-welcome.html">"Third in Bloom"</a></strong> competition. I don't blame them - exactly what kind of gardening would go with ''Bad Ass Coffee"?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-61096785923584247592008-04-10T00:14:00.002+01:002008-04-10T00:23:41.087+01:00Flowery welcome<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeZpGbfnzXP_f1Zdi8Bs0dx5grjjFskWJ_UB54ix3mNVwDdezyw2jL255ONF3t9seVTAooMwtg4g-qipcTA-Q8ohz9AwgFGHxaqRLqpEbC3rV1Dm_bQorYStjLS4P6uUHBlJ-IbS3YrWQ/s1600-h/IMG_0515.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187268536592073794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeZpGbfnzXP_f1Zdi8Bs0dx5grjjFskWJ_UB54ix3mNVwDdezyw2jL255ONF3t9seVTAooMwtg4g-qipcTA-Q8ohz9AwgFGHxaqRLqpEbC3rV1Dm_bQorYStjLS4P6uUHBlJ-IbS3YrWQ/s640/IMG_0515.jpg" border="0" /></a>Man, it's a jungle out there!<br /><br />My favorite gift boutique, <a href="http://www.amano.bz/">A Mano</a>, was one of the entrants in the <strong>"Third in Bloom"</strong> competition, where storefronts are decorated with container gardens.<br /><br />You like?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-20332779404561081282008-04-09T00:15:00.001+01:002008-04-09T00:19:05.247+01:00Canine oasis<strong><span style="color:#993399;"></span></strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz6HNn6vTdBsl0l4hZfGl1SbtK5bxvjo2CTyg6UNGWnl8bnPsWveGSgMbd4WDKMU2UnfJtRlV-HsGwoPRnNCEkpYU26BpQP7HC3YOxWv267_3QhiXkAIJqBZ_AODfm8O6BlAZLhLPHNdM/s1600-h/IMG_0497.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186916263374455810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz6HNn6vTdBsl0l4hZfGl1SbtK5bxvjo2CTyg6UNGWnl8bnPsWveGSgMbd4WDKMU2UnfJtRlV-HsGwoPRnNCEkpYU26BpQP7HC3YOxWv267_3QhiXkAIJqBZ_AODfm8O6BlAZLhLPHNdM/s640/IMG_0497.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="color:#993399;"><a href="http://www.johncraigclothier.com/third-street.asp">John Craig Clothier</a></span></strong>, downtown Naples, consistently wins top honors for their "timel<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83Y0Z5U_1BZy0upidW49oxAqEH6puNrRzDbpIMb3Y5Cl9rwdWaT0r1HNY8CMRsqlMlK_ld7mC__rTy_6cjg81E76ozXEfonxDc8JFsboXCvAtoRjJMvF5fEsdVHkeUKHt34DNBrZV8KY/s1600-h/award1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187014673960109106" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83Y0Z5U_1BZy0upidW49oxAqEH6puNrRzDbpIMb3Y5Cl9rwdWaT0r1HNY8CMRsqlMlK_ld7mC__rTy_6cjg81E76ozXEfonxDc8JFsboXCvAtoRjJMvF5fEsdVHkeUKHt34DNBrZV8KY/s320/award1.jpg" border="0" /></a>ess menswear for the sophisticated man".<br /><br /><br />I would like to bestow on them one more - my own <strong>Animal Lover</strong> award.<br />See that doggie water dish in front of the entrance?<br />From what I could see, it was very much appreciated on a hot, sunny day.<br /> A lot of happy tail wagging...And I don't mean <em>me ;-)</em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-3611004256172014292008-04-08T00:07:00.001+01:002008-04-08T00:08:57.787+01:00The town is jumpin'<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEAPtVDN36darzxMpbOE2sUv6gceUXnfiZa6Y9JzZiAKrlTmU90CXQbch74mBh45x8mIUaXuaIyCGslbrP4jHk_rP0l7eWV3Ut108dWawl2BkkZVOLhTTV16ac3mVMvmwhjG7vDEYl_iE/s1600-h/IMG_0492.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186640908726141922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEAPtVDN36darzxMpbOE2sUv6gceUXnfiZa6Y9JzZiAKrlTmU90CXQbch74mBh45x8mIUaXuaIyCGslbrP4jHk_rP0l7eWV3Ut108dWawl2BkkZVOLhTTV16ac3mVMvmwhjG7vDEYl_iE/s640/IMG_0492.jpg" border="0" /></a> There's been a lot going on downtown Naples lately. Like the "Third in Bloom" festival, where the Garden Club judges the best decorated merchant' windows on Third Street South. I will show you some of them this week.<br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7aZGlSOXKWF6INj4mjaYVwUFTZ2uQgFpd0kLW61mohHiM0S583uqY6V4njIHuAzcCfzU9S_EqQRsOe5ohtwb01WtYU7E84R7ju9z0_-9JV7_SWYGO2xIw3DRGk8v3vDuC83t72HbnefY/s1600-h/IMG_0522.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186640917316076530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7aZGlSOXKWF6INj4mjaYVwUFTZ2uQgFpd0kLW61mohHiM0S583uqY6V4njIHuAzcCfzU9S_EqQRsOe5ohtwb01WtYU7E84R7ju9z0_-9JV7_SWYGO2xIw3DRGk8v3vDuC83t72HbnefY/s640/IMG_0522.jpg" border="0" /></a> Also, the ever popular Naples Art Festival on Fifth Ave South.</p><p>All you need is some comfortable walking shoes and a bottle of water. Baby, it's hot out there!</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-2004589653608279732008-04-07T00:08:00.000+01:002008-04-07T00:09:22.427+01:00Just another day...<em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrE8J4ryDUE9HofmGZZpQbfzQFQWQBwsQemo3S22vVvc7VU026DVrcSJ8MzdrBpDnUOopkAzdKJhJyD_bGrbIprLCUMiWMlNMuoW81dZdlVWCWS_CFN8MPEUpXuUnoldArztikAurM2d4/s1600-h/Picture_0183.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186271472819209170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrE8J4ryDUE9HofmGZZpQbfzQFQWQBwsQemo3S22vVvc7VU026DVrcSJ8MzdrBpDnUOopkAzdKJhJyD_bGrbIprLCUMiWMlNMuoW81dZdlVWCWS_CFN8MPEUpXuUnoldArztikAurM2d4/s640/Picture_0183.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:85%;">Big Hickory Island beach </span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></em><div align="center">Sunday, 6 April</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Naples <strong>air</strong> temperature 89°F/31°C</div><br /><div align="center">Gulf of Mexico <strong>water</strong> temperature 81°F/27°C</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">Nuff said.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-42808930699223965062008-04-06T00:06:00.002+01:002008-04-06T00:12:37.445+01:00Fiery end<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdDe4ZFhQXpz2CuijqTUO-W_757Wg2MMRXdLm0-npCIbolJbEuNx-azd3_0Cs-FtHplQ2DLuBQfcVcnQlAEFralQNVQV8mMNzb0iAUqTxoyTTS38S09vM1ilEVw63-T2KEVuAs0fEjFew/s1600-h/IMG_0184.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185888920082154434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdDe4ZFhQXpz2CuijqTUO-W_757Wg2MMRXdLm0-npCIbolJbEuNx-azd3_0Cs-FtHplQ2DLuBQfcVcnQlAEFralQNVQV8mMNzb0iAUqTxoyTTS38S09vM1ilEVw63-T2KEVuAs0fEjFew/s640/IMG_0184.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:85%;">Photo taken through the screen of my lanai<br /></span></em><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#009900;">"After a day of cloud and wind and rain</span><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#009900;">Sometimes the setting sun breaks out again,</span><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#009900;">and touching all the darksome woods with light,</span><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#009900;">Smiles on the fields until they laugh and sing,</span><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#009900;">Then like a ruby from the horizon's ring, </span><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#009900;">Drops down into the night."</span><br /></div><br /><div align="center">Henry Wadsworth Longfellow</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-64529040680855081602008-04-05T00:07:00.002+01:002008-04-05T00:10:49.243+01:00More blooms<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcy1EXLDLGN4T7q7bg0FS9pfrvisKha7od8lx12piNhC4A1xHPhJk1ZdaNmO1sI1j1BbyYriHj9vOdB6aUt6pPVVC3K_52mPVmBCAhkc7IS5mQXe1UCsRKWAl-AQ8fwcKSW6TZj4rp0Pk/s1600-h/IMG_0225.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185496029358818210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcy1EXLDLGN4T7q7bg0FS9pfrvisKha7od8lx12piNhC4A1xHPhJk1ZdaNmO1sI1j1BbyYriHj9vOdB6aUt6pPVVC3K_52mPVmBCAhkc7IS5mQXe1UCsRKWAl-AQ8fwcKSW6TZj4rp0Pk/s640/IMG_0225.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This post is dedicated to <a href="http://togofcoralgables.blogspot.com/"><strong><em><span style="color:#993399;">Tog of Coral Gables</span></em></strong> </a>for 2 reasons: </div><div><br /> </div><div>1. He keeps me on my toes. Every so often he emails me privately and basically points out "YOU IGNORANT GIRL, YOU GOT THE WRONG PLANT NAME AGAIN", but in a very nice way ;-)</div><br /><div>I've lived in SW Florida for only a few years and am still learning about its fauna and flora, so his guidance is very appreciated.</div><br /><div>2. He saved the life of the <em>orchid</em> above. Last year, after it bloomed and reverted to its <em>dead stick stage</em>, Tog advised me to tie it up to a tree and forget it. Well, guess what - six months later the orchid is on my patio, happy and thankful for a second chance... </div><div></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMYMkeJ2c9zeE9JWUL7CPiuiL7xvAZdBvMfv_NbKsJOGpbKkl8NKy7_d9ocm5vkfbJauTfJy5fgmeFDeBg0biFr1Dwx3Jw0_Gb-8_vOsaT3U5huOhmSlH5Nq26ZKRrQjrv-zVrNgRuojU/s1600-h/IMG_0418.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185496042243720114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMYMkeJ2c9zeE9JWUL7CPiuiL7xvAZdBvMfv_NbKsJOGpbKkl8NKy7_d9ocm5vkfbJauTfJy5fgmeFDeBg0biFr1Dwx3Jw0_Gb-8_vOsaT3U5huOhmSlH5Nq26ZKRrQjrv-zVrNgRuojU/s640/IMG_0418.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />And this showy <em>Spider Lily</em> is blooming in my garden...at least I think it's a <em>Spider Lily</em>. Tog?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-26296324902266422672008-04-04T00:16:00.001+01:002008-04-04T19:28:10.485+01:00Neapolitan Spring<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ3uYpBUu3NT0FnP8Cfr8sdn30G49DHpLXP2GAWSpBo7px1DsO9hRCXv32szseK2ObP499x39GbpJ5q8YDX2-SJ7jwsmGW2VLF9vPdSl-JNHFu9PpYcM_v4KRhTCI_3hYyDKR7FHIFpfQ/s1600-h/IMG_0476.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185136605020652434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ3uYpBUu3NT0FnP8Cfr8sdn30G49DHpLXP2GAWSpBo7px1DsO9hRCXv32szseK2ObP499x39GbpJ5q8YDX2-SJ7jwsmGW2VLF9vPdSl-JNHFu9PpYcM_v4KRhTCI_3hYyDKR7FHIFpfQ/s640/IMG_0476.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div>If you take a look at the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">CDPB</span> portal you will notice it right away: Spring has sprung! We are <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">regailed</span> with splendid photos of apple blossoms, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">cherry</span> trees, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">redbuds</span> and tulips.<br /><br />Since South Florida enjoys summerlike weather all year long, it is a bit of a challenge to find some legitimate signs of Spring. But I did! This African Tulip tree is in bloom right now...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Z9i0p2I6onwOopkqYyhqzxOq5YTGduOc9rB1UgPTHA_pqTWRaTUs8hyB_Nx_QU7NBYEn5S537EvOXZq8NI6wsfjAEGricXCHfTZG2SUndral5piOHni4xsBIZa3puthkwEGDcz7pPyo/s1600-h/IMG_0392.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185136592135750530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Z9i0p2I6onwOopkqYyhqzxOq5YTGduOc9rB1UgPTHA_pqTWRaTUs8hyB_Nx_QU7NBYEn5S537EvOXZq8NI6wsfjAEGricXCHfTZG2SUndral5piOHni4xsBIZa3puthkwEGDcz7pPyo/s640/IMG_0392.jpg" border="0" /></a> and the Tabebuia chrysantha (not a Yellow Poinciana!) beckons under its shady canopy.<br /><br />more tomorrow... </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-77153760586856384762008-04-03T00:28:00.004+01:002008-04-03T00:59:34.325+01:00Lost and Found<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwcz8ekKbJsTqZkGbH7I36b8wDI5VMfNq4ZAJjVYws3MJjmJVO6B1g3EFyiStzB_kmQ8VAj7kkes35CdJUsa-h7af6j27F3RI153E0LwFUes6ospDrh2evSxKhq_d4xtLjk7iv0WKdfTw/s1600-h/IMG_0475.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184722381194756930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwcz8ekKbJsTqZkGbH7I36b8wDI5VMfNq4ZAJjVYws3MJjmJVO6B1g3EFyiStzB_kmQ8VAj7kkes35CdJUsa-h7af6j27F3RI153E0LwFUes6ospDrh2evSxKhq_d4xtLjk7iv0WKdfTw/s640/IMG_0475.jpg" border="0" /></a> You can always tell whenever small children have paid a visit to the Canoe Park. There are (not so subtle) reminders scattered all around. Like these rose colored sunglasses left behind on top of a canoe...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJHoqGbRHgRL0_Ndvpzmm1zYIC6KteBVGi0gKwwAuOf-Cr998b6ZCRPsftrB8qWA6cHfj5uss8sV4TOLVtIXq4N24so8mVQwhA1pLVcXADvrA1qngCUg0gUwu8uw8GG6pNqJ9xtHV8AwI/s1600-h/IMG_0530.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184801395708101490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJHoqGbRHgRL0_Ndvpzmm1zYIC6KteBVGi0gKwwAuOf-Cr998b6ZCRPsftrB8qWA6cHfj5uss8sV4TOLVtIXq4N24so8mVQwhA1pLVcXADvrA1qngCUg0gUwu8uw8GG6pNqJ9xtHV8AwI/s640/IMG_0530.jpg" border="0" /></a> or this highly fashionable picture book, forgotten on a bench.<br /><br /><p>Were we ever that careless about our possessions as kids? Don't think so. I did not have much...but what I had, I cared about. Maybe that's the secret.</p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com14