It has been apparent for some time that we are in a drought in this part of Southern Florida. Winter is typically dry season but this year's dry season seems excessively prolonged. As a result trees that are trying to bud in time for Spring are looking shriveled and others are actually dropping their leaves making it look rather wintry despite the actual heat. 
We are living through positive blizzards of dried leaves in the Lower Keys. Parking issues remain on the City Commission agenda in Old Town. Plans to restrict residential free parking to actual residents of Old Town did not go over well so Commissioner Weekly dropped that idea before it even made it to the Commission for debate. When I have seen scooters like this Vespa, below, parked "like a car" in a parking spot I tended to dismiss the rider as not a "real" motorcyclist. However association with a friend of mine who uses two wheels to reserve space for four in front of his Old Town home, has taught me that parking like this is a legal and smart way to reserve a precious spot... 
One mentions from time to time that housing stock in Key West is not only expensive but not of the highest livable quality sometimes, and people don't get what one means. This is what I mean: 
Key West Electric Supply, 311 Margaret Street, has had this banner flying for some time, no takers apparently. The last time I went in with one of my water cistern pumps I told them I was distraught that they were closing. "Not at all," the clerk said with a sigh of frustration. "Everyone thinks that. We just want to move to spacious quarters in New Town." They are first rate with pumps and seals and electrical motors, and losing them would be a tragedy.
I saw this innovative shade covering for an elderly VW and wondered at the wit of key West residents who treat cars as nuisances rather than status symbols.
The "roof" is a front luggage rack from a VW van. Brilliant use of a parking space.
We are living through positive blizzards of dried leaves in the Lower Keys. Parking issues remain on the City Commission agenda in Old Town. Plans to restrict residential free parking to actual residents of Old Town did not go over well so Commissioner Weekly dropped that idea before it even made it to the Commission for debate. When I have seen scooters like this Vespa, below, parked "like a car" in a parking spot I tended to dismiss the rider as not a "real" motorcyclist. However association with a friend of mine who uses two wheels to reserve space for four in front of his Old Town home, has taught me that parking like this is a legal and smart way to reserve a precious spot... 
One mentions from time to time that housing stock in Key West is not only expensive but not of the highest livable quality sometimes, and people don't get what one means. This is what I mean: 
Key West Electric Supply, 311 Margaret Street, has had this banner flying for some time, no takers apparently. The last time I went in with one of my water cistern pumps I told them I was distraught that they were closing. "Not at all," the clerk said with a sigh of frustration. "Everyone thinks that. We just want to move to spacious quarters in New Town." They are first rate with pumps and seals and electrical motors, and losing them would be a tragedy. 
I saw this innovative shade covering for an elderly VW and wondered at the wit of key West residents who treat cars as nuisances rather than status symbols. 
The "roof" is a front luggage rack from a VW van. Brilliant use of a parking space.
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Love the Conch cruiser!
Chuck on Fleming
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"...piles of... rotten siding to match the policy of President Ob... Key West."
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