The brightness of the greens and the vivid colors of the flowers in the sub tropics is so splendid after so much brown in our part of the world right now. We had a wonderful time visiting my parents and enjoyed sampling some wonderful food freshly harvested from the gulf. It has been at least a few years since we have made the trip to Naples on the gulf coast but it is as beautiful as we remembered. The car photo is for Chris O.
We love the warmth of the evenings that don’t cool off rapidly when the sun sets as ours do. We love how our skin gets soft while we are there and doesn’t get flaky for at least a week or so after we return. We love the easy going lifestyle of beach sitting under a blue umbrella and lounging out by the pool reading in the shade. We love borrowing the Miata and driving with the top down. We love the wonderful variety of plants and the funny mocking birds with their ever changing songs and even the funny geckos that scurry fast off the brick walk when someone comes along. We don’t really love the no see ‘ems that bite at dusk if you don’t spray up, or the traffic in March at the height of the tourist season. We do love the beautiful new spa that has been built to overflow gently into the pool with its soothing waters. We love key lime pie!
Lou
L. didn't mention it, but I love seeing so many exotic cars as well. I think I saw 5 Aston Martins and several Maserattis. Too many Porches to count. The Aston Martin Rapide (above) was outside Ben & Jerry's.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a wonderful teaser!!! Thanks for posting the photos!!! (PS... Phillip will be jealous that the car photo wasn't for him!) He's like a little kid when he sees fancy cars... you can hardly hold a conversation with him, as he breaks his neck trying to follow the car as it passes by! I'm nearly convinced that boys just never grow up. Wish you were vacationing with us!
ReplyDeleteLoves!