The day after Christmas

ORMOND BEACH, FL - - It's the day after Christmas and everything is pretty quiet.  Although there were 20 individuals in the local upscale coffee shop in the neighborhood.  And 19 were half my age.  So it goes.
     The two hibiscus we just planted are doing colorfully fine.  Down at the fishing pier work to add docking facilities...and all the heavy equipment it entails...continues.  The hope is to entice the passing powerboats and sail boats to stop in. 
    

Getting ready for Santa...at the (alligator) farm

A surprise hiding in the decorations

This tricolor heron was eagerly awaiting...a snack

The red ruffed lemur look of innocence

My name is not Polly!!

Swan Lake|??

Try to blend in, guys.  Wood duck humor

It's the Christmas season, let's have a parade

We had dance teams...

...daredevils

...lots of royalty

...flowers

...more. flowers

...Snoopy

...a marching band

...And the Claus Family

ORMOND BEACH, FL - - It was a balmy 62-degrees for this year's OB Christmas Parade.  The nearly 110 floats / displays passed by (by my estimate) a record crowd.  And a good time was had by all...especially the kids who spent the entire time scrambling for candy / trinkets tossed b y te passing parade.

Mountain climbing. Denali..by air

Denali

ORMOND BEACH, FL - - On this flashback, we head to Denali National Park in Alaska circa June, 2007.  We worked as transportation drivers in and around the park.  One perk of the job was the occasional availability of an empty seat on flight-seeing tours to check out Denali and surrounding glaciers.  At 20,320, Denali (formerly Mt. McKinley) is the highest mountain in North America.
     We flew at about 13,000' trying to skirt the clouds.  This shot is of the backside of the peaks.  The main route to the top was obscured by cloudy conditions on the opposite side.  In any event, spectacular scenery.

All the comforts of home

Why would you want to live in a condo?

ORMOND BEACH, FL - - It was 38-degrees Monday morning.  I wonder what the cold felt like living / sleeping in the (very small) DIY houseboat anchored on the Halifax River a short way from where we live?  If you click on the photo to enlarge it and look closely you'll see it may be compact, but it appears this individual(s) has about all that's needed...except electricity, water and sewer.  Transportation to shore is provided by a small row boat and there is probably a bicycle to get around on.  Since neither is to be seen, the "nobody's home" sign must be out.