Tis the season

ORMOND BEACH, FL
December 18, 2006
The christmas lights look pretty good at 8pm. The blue light christmas tree is set up on a float just off the fishing pier/walk at the bridge. This year the city decided to kick it up a notch and get some BLUE lights not the pastel sky blue lights of past years. This makes the trees - - there are four on the water - - have neat relections in the water.

Just down the street from the house is a yard with a lot of decorations including this santa with his sleigh and (a couple of) reindeer.

The pics probably look better if you squint a bit and have the lights off.

Lazy Daze

ORMOND BEACH, FL
December 18, 2006
What have I been doing lately??? Not too much since I don't fish or play golf ... sort of like the snowy egret strolling on the pier/walk four blocks from our house. Mostly, I've been watching Lydia take egret pics like the one above which she shot before we left for Alaska at the beginning of summer.

Actually, the most interesting thing to do is something we got into over the summer. In Skagway it was watch the cruise ships and ferry boats come and go. Here, in Ormond, we get to watch the lifestyles of the rich and richer as their hired crews - - in sailboats and cabin cruisers migrate south on the intracoastal waterway heading to Palm Beach, Miami, The Keys and the Carribean or points inbetween.

It's easy to see who has $$ and who has A WHOLE LOT OF $$$$$!!