As usual I have absolutely no idea what on earth these blooms are called but they struck my eye anyway. In these circumstances I think the best thing is a stab in the dark as that occasionally provokes an accurate identification from a reader. Honeysuckle, perhaps?
Dade pine is a peculiar wood, now no longer available in Dade county as it was all cut down for construction, but I am reliably informed there are stands of this extraordinary wood in Florida's panhandle. Dade pine is a particularly resinous wood that resist tropical damp and insects without the help of paint.
Around the corner the Studios of Key West live with metal gratings over the windows a legacy no doubt of the Armory's martial past when weapons, not art, were stored inside. The metal shutters suffer the assaults of salt air with less grace and resilience than Dade pine.
Whimsy attracts me like a moth to flame. Hullo pretty lady!
And then we come to the subject of iguana, reptiles I absolutely have come to loathe. Whoever first released these plant wrecking anti-gardening bull dozing exotic "pets" into the wilds of South Florida must have their own special place in Hell. Iguanas swim like submarines, climb vertical unassailable walls, leap as though wearing seven league boots and produce eggs and offspring by the tens of dozen. Alongside cockroaches and rats, iguanas must be counted as the world's greatest (warm weather) survivors. They eat everything I try to grow. Bastards!
This grandfather scuttles around the parking lot of the Key West Police Department unscathed. I am obliged to be polite but he should consider himself lucky he is 25 miles from my vegetable garden. The next tourist I come across going gaga over these loathsome predators I shall kick in the shin. Just you see.
Dade pine is a peculiar wood, now no longer available in Dade county as it was all cut down for construction, but I am reliably informed there are stands of this extraordinary wood in Florida's panhandle. Dade pine is a particularly resinous wood that resist tropical damp and insects without the help of paint.Around the corner the Studios of Key West live with metal gratings over the windows a legacy no doubt of the Armory's martial past when weapons, not art, were stored inside. The metal shutters suffer the assaults of salt air with less grace and resilience than Dade pine.Whimsy attracts me like a moth to flame. Hullo pretty lady!And then we come to the subject of iguana, reptiles I absolutely have come to loathe. Whoever first released these plant wrecking anti-gardening bull dozing exotic "pets" into the wilds of South Florida must have their own special place in Hell. Iguanas swim like submarines, climb vertical unassailable walls, leap as though wearing seven league boots and produce eggs and offspring by the tens of dozen. Alongside cockroaches and rats, iguanas must be counted as the world's greatest (warm weather) survivors. They eat everything I try to grow. Bastards!This grandfather scuttles around the parking lot of the Key West Police Department unscathed. I am obliged to be polite but he should consider himself lucky he is 25 miles from my vegetable garden. The next tourist I come across going gaga over these loathsome predators I shall kick in the shin. Just you see.
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I won't go gaga, I promise. I just visited a friend in the Saddlebunch area and he has built the coolest pens for his garden. His plants are completely enclosed in a fence that look gorilla proof. I pity the first "loathsome predator" that gets in there.
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