Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

Like Paul McCartney of The Beatles said in their 1968 album The Beatles, "Life Goes On!" Here is the building that was the home of the once-huge but now defunct Borders Bookshop. But life goes on... On the left is a makeshift desk and chairs seemingly designed to start a new business. The red and green neon reflections you see are from the Shorty's BBQ place across US-1.

The tag line "ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, bra" was an expression used by a Nigerian conga player Jimmy Scott-Emuakpor, who was an acquaintance of McCartney. To me, it means "Life Goes On!"

Man On A Hot Roof

Easily predictable, invariably, when a hurricane kisses Miami's shoreline, we have one or a few miserable wet days... then magic always happens and the blue sky, white clouds and the heat return... until November when it starts to cool off. Life resumes here at the construction of this new "mansion." The man working on the new roof structure is well protected against the merciless sun today. He is fully covered to avoid sunburn... Do you know how hot it is up there? In his clothes, he must feel like 102 degree Fahrenheit! I am sure he wants some rain right now.