I stood and watched a caravan of motorcycles go by and I wondered what they were carrying in their trailers. They weren't camping for I passed their elaborate machines and gear at a guest house. 
When I was much younger I had the habit of overloading my motorcycle for every trip I took. At some point I figured I wanted to enjoy the ride and hauling half my life around on the back of the motorcycle was getting in the way of that. So I cut back and the ride got more fun and the living while on the road got less cluttered. Of course for some people living less cluttered can be quite the disaster. This building got condemned by the city. 
As far as I could tell in passing it is still condemned and the building appears unoccupied. It was owned by a local non profit that rehabbed homes and rented them for the low income population but things went sour amid clouds of scandal and the net result was a period of chaos and uncertainty which was a shame as the program did a lot of good for a long while.
This very tall tree must have a genus and name etc... etc...but I'm buggered if I know what they are. I just like it's unusual look in Key West.
This guest house looked particularly lovely with this mixture of colors under a bright blue sky.
Key West, looking good as usual.
When I was much younger I had the habit of overloading my motorcycle for every trip I took. At some point I figured I wanted to enjoy the ride and hauling half my life around on the back of the motorcycle was getting in the way of that. So I cut back and the ride got more fun and the living while on the road got less cluttered. Of course for some people living less cluttered can be quite the disaster. This building got condemned by the city. As far as I could tell in passing it is still condemned and the building appears unoccupied. It was owned by a local non profit that rehabbed homes and rented them for the low income population but things went sour amid clouds of scandal and the net result was a period of chaos and uncertainty which was a shame as the program did a lot of good for a long while.This very tall tree must have a genus and name etc... etc...but I'm buggered if I know what they are. I just like it's unusual look in Key West.
This guest house looked particularly lovely with this mixture of colors under a bright blue sky.
Key West, looking good as usual. 
5 comments:
Norfolk pine--non-native but nice but not good in hurricanes. That one looks to have been stripped of its branches in such a storm a few years ago.
Invasive species; drinks like a fish, going thru 10X the water of a Dade Pine daily.
Chuck on Fleming.
Turnip- I knew I needed to go to Norfolk Island for a reason.
Chuck- invasive? aren't we all?
Legend has it that ship captains planted them in all ports of call in case they needed to replace a broken mast in an emergency. The usually grow fast and straight.
An excellent legend- and it makes sense too.
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