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More Philadelphia...Naval Shipyard
Philadelphia is a wonderful colonial city that grew and, as you saw from the prior blog, has a new modern face.  When you walk the neighborhoods you face the reality of the varying styles of small to...
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Rochester's Massaro Sculpture Garden and Frank Lloyd Wright's restored...
a clean crescent and plants gives signs of more to investigateDriving down Canterbury Road in Rochester you might notice elements that simply do not flow within the traditional register of the...
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Hydrangeas, Hydrangeas, Hydrangeas
Cold places are often surprising sources of great plants. In a visit to various nurseries in the Rochester area I found a great selection of conifers but little else of consequence. My friend took me...
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Back in Vermont
Last year with the sale of Collingswood and all the work to be done in Tarpon Springs there was no escape from the heat or reprieve for the emerald green of the New England. Â This year after three...
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The Beasts Around Us
The trip to Vermont allowed a chance to visit new places, spend some time with friends and lay around enjoying Lake Dunmore. Â This was Limo's first trip and although he has been to the beach in Florida...
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Maine
I have always loved traveling. Â I started traveling at a very early age as consequence of my parent's choice to leave Cuba. Â It seems that since I was ten I have been a bit of gypsy, first following my...
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Happy Halloween from Tampa's 36th Annual All Hallows Ball
Welcome to my annual outing amongst the well dressed. Â In these electoral times being bombarded by both parties for our vote here in Florida, I love getting away from all the insanity of advertising on...
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Oscar Niemeyer: The Last of the Titans
In the world of international architecture a Titan has passed. Â Oscar Niemeyer (above) was the last of three men who shaped the look and feel of Brazil. Â Niemeyer along with Lucio Costa,(right) the...
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Christmas Vacation at the Georgia Aquarium
Christmas arrived in Tarpon about two weeks ago. Â A fleet of boats festooned with lights came up Spring Bayou which had been decorated with luminarias all along the water's edge. Â Santa Claus was an...
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Happy New Year Carl Sandburg
This year we experienced magical fog up on Hickory Hollow Farm. Â Our Christmas celebrations were as self indulgent as ever. Â Lots of gifts, meals, parties and outings but no snow. Â This was the first...
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Happy Valentine February!
My brugmansia came from pots in New Jersey finally has adapted to the nematode soils and is thriving with 10" fragrant trumpets that bathe the garden in a jasmine scent at night.I can typically chew...
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Heavy Metal: Car Show of a Bygone Era of Wondrous Design
When the Beatles sang "Baby wont you drive my car"Â they were not talking about automobiles, but our fascination with these machines still amazes the heck out of me. Â Recently, the weather was perfect...
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Missing Pieces
A recent morning I woke up and discovered "The Girls" hanging around the house. Â For all I know they are all boys but in my mind they seem like a bunch of girls who hang around and come to have...
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Esther Williams swims into the Sunset
Young Esther on her way to an Andy Hardy picture circa 1942Who ever thought this little girl would amount to much? Well she did! It might not have been Olympic Gold but this girl had chutzpah and...
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On the Road Again to Maine
I have escaped Florida's heat to celebrate the 4th of July in Yankee country. Â It is nice to be back in Maine. Â I love this very foreign land. Â I love the people and its traditions. Â I like the way...
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On the way to the 4th of July in Maine
Shrine to Stonewall Jackson, Guinea Station VirginiaOn my way to celebrate the 4th of July in Maine I got wind of the news that it was the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. Â I have...
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Coastal Maine Forays
My travels north continue with the idea of seeing and experiencing new adventures. Â I am using my friend's North Yarmouth home as a launching pad to visit other corners of Maine. Â We were getting...
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Sunset at Campobello
Campobello, New Brunswick - Lubec, Maine International BridgeI left you in Maine a couple of months ago. Â Blogging while camping is a hard thing to do, specially if you are not connected to the world...
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Bay of Fundy
Our trip north from Campobello took us by ferry to the mainland of Canada. Â This alternative allowed us to remain in Canada instead of going back to the US driving and then re-entering Canada. Â The...
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Prince Edward Island
Ever in the search of cooler weather we continued north.  We crossed into Nova Scotia  and did not find much cool weather this summer as soaring heat waves seem present even in the farthest north...
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Nova Scotia on the way to the Cabot Trail
A soaked tent  set up on soft moss covered bank with one of the greatest views in the trip  at Battery Provincial ParkWe escaped the rains on Prince Edward Island and paid our $44.00 toll to exit the...
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Cape Breton and the Cabot Trail
Isn't it funny the things we do as tourists. Â We travel to the farthest of most beautiful places on the planets then an opportunity like this presents itself and you go like lemmings to the slaughter....
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Cheticamp - The Heart of Acadia
A view is such an important thing to have in life. Â Here Limo and I were serenaded by loons .Our drive along the Cabot trail finally got us to the Cheticamp area of The Cape Breton Highlands national...
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Merry Christmas in the Tropics - 2013
The Florida Botanical Gardens is the name for our Pinellas County Garden in Largo, Florida. Â It is a wonderful showcase of tropical and native plants open free throughout the year and at Christmas it...
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Flowers of the Tropics
It has been four years since I first looked to purchase my house in Florida.  It is incredible how times fly.  The older you get the faster times  seems to go.  The plot of lawn that I purchased is now...
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