Friday, February 29, 2008

Boat R Us

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This is Coconut Grove, next to Shake A Leg on South Bay Shore Drive. I wonder if they ever drop one of those babies by accident.
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Thursday, February 28, 2008

Atchoo...

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For those of us lucky souls who live in South Florida, we have a gorgeous morning today. Crisp chilly morning in the low 60s Fahrenheit with...
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Phyllostachys Aureosulcata

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One of my neighbors has this beautiful rare bamboo. This aptly named form of "Yellow Groove Bamboo" is spectacular, thus its commo...
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Armageddon in Miami

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Today, at about 1:30 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) the light went out in my office and my house. Then all hell broke loose. Lots of rumor a...
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Monday, February 25, 2008

Miami Twilight

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This is University Drive looking East toward Ponce de Leon Blvd. Technically, this is Coral Gables. The sun just set behind me but the Easte...
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Sunday, February 24, 2008

Quiet Street

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Traffic in Miami gets worse by the day and traffic jams are the way of life. Major through fares around the city are clogged, especially aro...
Saturday, February 23, 2008

Spring Is (Almost) Here

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New vigorous growths like this are springing out from all these longan trees in Miami. It is always exciting to see if flowers will show up ...
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Friday, February 22, 2008

No Moth Predicta

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These beautiful orchid flowers finally open fully today. For unclear reasons, the flowers are blemished and not as large as usual. The necta...
Thursday, February 21, 2008

Which Way Out?

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This is the exit from the Miami International Airport. You have to read very fast in order to move to the correct lane to get to where you w...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008

BBQ

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This is how Shorty's looks like viewed from US1 looking North. All the new buildings behind and to the right of the Shorty's sign ar...
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008

True Blue

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After almost an entire day of overcast caused by the arrival of a cold front, the customary Miami blue sky finally fought back to show its c...
Monday, February 18, 2008

Don't Eat Me

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My St. Vincent Lilac (Solanum Seaforthianum) has also made seed pods. They are pretty and look like tiny tomatoes when "ripened" (...
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Sunday, February 17, 2008

Toddler Bear

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Here is Bear when he was a baby in May 2007. Now, a toddler at 1 year and 2 month, he lives next door, having a great life and loves it he...
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Saturday, February 16, 2008

Moon Over Miami

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Here is a half moon over Miami at 4PM today. The sun is behind me moving toward the West. The foreground shows the branches of a huge longan...
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Friday, February 15, 2008

It's Pregnant

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This was fast! In the last days of December last year, I got a new vine and later learned of its name "Dalechampia Dioscoreifolia"...
Thursday, February 14, 2008

Be My Valentine!

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If you are familiar with the traditions of the United States of America, you may know that today is Valentine's Day. The history of Vale...
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Go Army

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On "Career Day" today, the most popular kiosk in this college campus is the one set up by the US Army who came to recruit from the...
Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Miami International Airport

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A peek at the arrival drive through at the Miami International Airport. This is crowded because of the arrival of an Air France flight direc...
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Monday, February 11, 2008

Biting the Dust

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Another casualty of the economy down turn: CompUSA, which is going out of business, is closing its doors soon. Now South Miami must go to pl...
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Sunday, February 10, 2008

Shorty's

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A fast food institution on US1-Dadeland for many years is this Shorty's, specializing in spare ribs and open pit roast chicken. Patrons ...