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I Love Rod Stewart
2007-12-14 17:04:00
Rod Stewart - Sailing lyricsArtist: Rod Stewart I am sailing, I am sailing,home again 'cross the sea.I am sailing, stormy waters,to be near you, to be free.I am flying, I am flying,like a bird 'cross the sky.I am flying, passing high clouds,to be with you, to be free.Can you hear me, can you hear methro' the dark night, far away,I am dying, forever trying,to be with you, who can say.Can you hear me, can you hear me,thro' the dark night far away.I am dying, forever trying,to be with you, who can say.We are sailing, we are sailing,home again 'cross the sea.We are sailing stormy waters,to be near you, to be free.Oh Lord, to be near you, to be free.Oh Lord, to be near you, to be free,Oh Lord. More Lyrics from Rod Stewart here
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The Beach and a Great Restaurant
2007-12-13 15:56:00
Dog?s Beach ? Louie ?s Backyard OK, its a small chunk of beach right beside Louie's Backyard, but its a great place to let your dog swim. You will meet many locals who bring their pets for a daily swim. This land is city owned and cleaned only by the responsible pet owners who use it - so remember to clean up after your dog and maybe after someone else who forgot :-) ! NOTE: Louie's Backyard bar called the Afterdeck is pet friendly up until 5pm when dinner is served. This is my favorite Sunday afternoon cocktail hangout! Enjoy! Read more about hereLouie's Backyard or The Afterdeck Nestled amid blooming bougainvillea on a lush slice of the Gulf, Louie's remains one of the most romantic restaurants on earth. Famed chef Norman Van Aiken of Norman's in Miami brought his talents farther south and started what has become one of the finest dining spots in the Keys. As a result, this is one of the hardest places to score a reservation: Either call way in advance or hope...
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It's simply Sunset
2007-12-12 17:27:00
"Sunset " Sunset, sunset It's sunset, it's sunset You went and left happy You're all alone You turned and walked away About this time of day It was always sunset Sunset I didn't want you to see me cry So I turned my head To hide the tears in my eyes I turned when evening shadows fall That's when I miss you most of all And oh, it's sunset Oh, sunset Steve Wonder [ www.azlyrics.com ]
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Shade, shade, shade......
2007-12-11 16:16:00
As a Europe an I could never understand in the begin, when I came new to this island, why the houses here have so many trees around in the yards. Of course, the only one reason is to get enough SHADE, the most important thing in hot summer days down here, it's cooling off your house in a natural way too, not only with the running Air conditioner. Today I'm happy for so many trees as possible....In Europe - and special in Switzerland where I was at home - we have not that many trees and not that close to the houses at all, they would be only covering up the beautiful view to the lakes and to the mountains. :-)

Evening lights at Mallory Square
2007-12-10 17:58:00
People are sitting at the pier and waiting for the sunset... while in the mean time all the sunset cruisers are leaving the harbor.The Liberty Clipper just finished setting up the sailsfor sailing into the setting sun.Last night was not a spectacular sunset at all, like the nights before.The sky was free of clouds and in a cold winter color of orange and yellow.
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Dramatic Sunset
2007-12-08 16:03:00
Another dramatic sunset over Sunset Key. A magnificent show of mother nature to enjoy every day.

My Aloe Vera Plant
2007-12-07 16:36:00
Aloe, also written Aloë, is a genus containing about four hundred species of flowering succulent plants. The genus is native to Africa and is common in South Africa's Cape Province and the mountains of tropical Africa, and neighbouring areas such as Madagascar, the Arabian peninsula and the islands off Africa. The APG II system (2003) placed the genus in the family Asphodelaceae. In the past it has also been assigned to families Aloaceae and Liliaceae. Members of the closely allied genera Gasteria, Haworthia and Kniphofia which have a similar mode of growth, are also popularly known as aloes. Note that the plant sometimes called "American aloe" (Agave americana), belongs to Agavaceae, a different family. Most Aloes have a rosette of large, thick, fleshy leaves. The leaves are often lance-shaped with a sharp apex and a spiny margin. Aloe flowers are tubular, frequently yellow, orange or red and are borne on densely clustered, simple or branched leafless stems. Many species of Aloe a...
More About: Mother Nature , Aloe Vera , Aloe , Vera , Plant

Santa is waiting...
2007-12-06 14:48:00
A laid back Key West Santa Claus is waiting at Duval Street . Where are all your reindeers parked, Santa?
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The Christmas Lights are up again
2007-12-05 16:04:00
Christmas decorations in the streets of Key West
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I got this wonderful award!
2007-12-04 23:11:00
Today I got this wonderful award from Tatiana by Totally-Useless.comThank you so much Tatiana for this great honor and your wonderful words about me and my photography at your blog. You made my day!!!I will pass on this award to some of my blogger friends listed below, because I think their blog is wonderful, great, beautiful and outstanding and I enjoy to read it every day per RSS feed.And the award goes to:http://mygpscameraphone.com A perfect made blog in word and pictures! http://jenty-mylifeinpics.blogspot.com I love to see Jenty's beautiful photography blog every day!http://vlavagphoto.blogspot.comHe brings a wonderful place on earth closer to the world with his excellent photographs!http://chunkymountains.blogsp ot.comMichele, the Rocky Mountains girl and her blog with beautiful nature photos. I love to read her blog every day! She deserve this award very much!*****Congratulations to you all my friends and thanks again to Tatiana for this wonderful gift. :-)
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A visit to the Beach
2007-12-04 17:26:00
A visit to the Beach Higgs Beach in Old Town Key West is a favorite hangout for locals. Although it is probably not the best swimming beach on the island, it has all the other nostalgic charm of a laid back Key West setting. There are beach chair and umbrella rentals available. There is also a bar and restaurant on the beach, volleyball courts, grills for cookouts,famous sunning pier and free tennis courts.
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It's just a beautiful day
2007-12-03 17:24:00
Just a beautiful day in paradise !
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Sea Gypsy
2007-12-01 16:20:00
The Sea Gypsy I am fevered with the sunset,I am fretful with the bay,For the wander-thirst is on meAnd my soul is in Cathay. There 's a schooner in the offing,With her topsails shot with fire,And my heart has gone aboard herFor the Islands of Desire. I must forth again to-morrow!With the sunset I must beHull down on the trail of raptureIn the wonder of the sea. Thomas Hovey
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Key West Kaleidoscope
2007-11-30 16:16:00
The Strand opened in the mid-1920s and became the home of the Ripley's Believe It Or Not Odditorium in 1993.The theater was sold in December 2001 and closed in April 2002. It has since become the another branch of the Walgreens pharmacy empire.Many of the historic elements of the theater will be saved, however, including its facade, marquee, various aspects of the interior, the lobby tile, marble stairs, and wood floors. This is a great 'train ride' through time.They'll take you back to the days before civilization when fierce Indians left their enemy's bones to bleach in a tropical wilderness naming the island Bone Key.Explore a lush, tropical island, and discover the charm and grace of one of America's most unique architectural pleasures.Get to know characters like John James Audubon, Ernest Hemingway, and Harry S. Truman and, like them, become captivated by the magic that is Key West .You'll even stop at the ice cream shop for a single scoop cone or a refreshing lemonade t...
More About: Cinema , Key West , Travel photography , Duval Street

The Southernmost Point in the US
2007-11-29 16:18:00
Southernmost Point in the US Key West, Florida As the winter chill sets records in much of the country, those in the know huddle around the pot-bellied stove-like monument marking the Southernmost Point in the United States. The marker, actually built to resemble a buoy, stands at furthest south tip of Key West. The monument notes that Cuba is only 90 miles away, and just to its right, a plaque commemorates the brave Cubans who have drowned trying to get to America, "The Leader In Democracy." In the blocks around the Monument are numerous other "Southernmosts" ? hotel, house, restaurant, etc. On the top of the monument is painted the logo of The Conch Republic. Twenty years ago, Key West, seeking to enhance its reputation as a free-wheeling, fun-loving, party without consequence kind of town, seceded from the United States, declaring itself The Conch Republic. Every April, a ten-day party celebrates the event. But if that's the case, then the Southernmost Point in The...
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Sunset Sailors - Song from the Ship
2007-11-28 14:19:00
Sunset SailsSong from the Ship - Thomas Lovell BeddoesTo sea, to sea! The calm is o'er; The wanton water leaps in sport, And rattles down the pebbly shore; The dolphin wheels, the sea-cows snort, And unseen Mermaids' pearly song Comes bubbling up, the weeds among.Fling broad the sail, dip deep the oar:To sea, to sea! the calm is o'er. To sea, to sea! our wide-winged bark Shall billowy cleave its sunny way, And with its shadow, fleet and dark, Break the caved Tritons' azure day, Like mighty eagle soaring light O'er antelopes on Alpine height. The anchor heaves, the ship swings free, The sails swell full. To sea, to sea!More sea poems to read here
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Enchanted Tulips
2007-11-27 14:46:00
ENCHANTED TULIPS TULIPS white and tulips red,Sweeter than a violet bed!Say, old Mother Bailey, sayWhy your tulips look so gay,Why they smell so sweet, and whyThey bloom on when others die? "By the pixies' magic powerDo my tulips always flower,By the pixies' magic spellDo they give so sweet a smell!Tulips , tulips, red and white,Fill the pixies with delight! "Pixy women, pixy men,Seek my tulips from the glen;Midnight come, they may be heardSinging sweet as any bird,Singing their wee babes to restIn the tulips they love best!" http://www.indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp/keary/ tulips.html#p97
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Magic Sunset
2007-11-26 14:35:00
Joy of Color - Joy of LifeJust Beyond The Sunset Just beyond the sunset Someone waits for me Just beyond the sunset Lies my destiny Where the purple mountains Lie in deep tranquillity There I?ll find the treasure Of love eternally Just beyond the sunset Waits someone so fair Just beyond the sunset All alone they wait there Their hair is golden The colour of the sand Their eyes sparkle in the night Like diamonds in your hand Just beyond the sunset Lies a home for me Where the world is peaceful Like a paradise should be Just beyond the sunset Someday is where you?ll find me Written - July or Aug 1966 David Harris
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My daily visitors
2007-11-24 15:18:00
Chicken mama with her "kids" is a daily visitor - for food of courseDaisy the duck is posing for the cameraAnd here comes the TIGER.... scary looking, isn't he?Cormorant over water - Happy landing!Always be on the "wild side" of life - watching for the right moment to fight
More About: Daily , Cats , Pets , Wildlife , Animals

Links in a Chain
2007-11-23 17:06:00
We are not free, separate, and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way.Thomas Mann
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Gorgeous Sunset
2007-11-22 16:42:00
HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAYI know, not to many of you will have time today to sit on the computer and to blog. Family and friends are waiting for your excellent cooked or roasted Turkey with mash potatoes and gravy....and everything!:-)Me and David are also invited tonight for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner by good friends of us. It will be my VERY FIRST experience of this old and great American tradition - and I'm sooo excited! :-)I wish you all a great Thanksgiving Day!SusanneHallo an alleHeute feiert man hier in USA den "Thanksgiving Day", aehnlich zu unserem "Dank- Bet- und Busstag". Familien kommen zusammen und wenn man keine Familie hat, laedt man Freunde ein oder wird eingeladen, so wie David und Ich heute abend. Susan, eine Freundin vom Pier, hat sich maechtig in die Vorbereitungen gestuerzt und einen RIESENGROSSENTruthahn gekocht mit allem Drum und Dran wie Kartoffelstock und feine Bratsauce dazu, Cranberries (was sind Cranberries in Deutsch eigentlich?), nicht zu vergessen ...
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Evening lights at the Beach
2007-11-21 15:40:00
At Sunset Time A Down thw west a golden glow Sinks burning in the sea, And all the dreams of long ago Come flooding back to me. The past has writ a story strange Upon my aching heart, But time has wrought a subtle change, My wounds have ceased ro smart. No more the quick delight of youth, No more the sudden pain, I look no more for trust or truth Where greed may compass gain. What, was it I who bared my heart Through unrelenting years, And knew the sting of misery's dart, The tang of sorrow's tears? 'Tis better now, I do not weep, I do not laugh nor care; My soul and spirit half asleep Drift aimless everywhere. We float upon a sluggish stream, We ride no rapids mad, While life is all a tempered dream And every joy half sad.Read more poems here
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Most Beautiful Orchid
2007-11-20 15:45:00
And this is my absolute preferred and favorite Orchid. Isn't she a beauty?
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Exotic Flowers for Monday
2007-11-19 15:19:00
Little pink Orchid bushWhite OrchidsOrchid BloomsWild Orchid looking over the fenceRed BeautyI'm not good in orchid names - I just love them all.For me is the orchid the beauty queen of all the flowers.
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Inviting Porches
2007-11-17 18:09:00
Porch at "Louie's Backyard"Somewhere in Down TownA elegant porchA funky porchA classic porchI LOVE porches.I can associate so many stories with them,things that you can do on a porch:relax...make small talk with your neighbor...sitting, talking and enjoying a glass of wine with good friends...soaking up the sun...act as a tourist guide and answer all the questions...read a great book...drink a Pina Colada...counting the stars on a hot summer night...having someone in your arms with you...making (cell)phone calls...orjust hiding out from the everyday pace of life.
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North Wind is blowing in paradise
2007-11-16 15:53:00
A cold front is moving in today - it's getting COLD in paradise!Jeans and a warm jacket is what we are wearing just now, no more shorts and flip-flops. A constant wind with wind gusts up to 35 mph and cool temperatures let us freeze.
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Palm Trees Waving
2007-11-15 17:15:00
Palm trees at Smather's beach - a very peaceful place. Palm trees waving in the early morning breeze. Outlined by a pearl grey sky.
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How to get around the island?
2007-11-14 15:12:00
A funky looking bike is parked by the Custom HouseAt home in a little alleyTwo or three shopping baskets are needed if you have no carNo parking - what about bikes?And this is my bike...How to get around the island?Take a guided bike tour!Relax and enjoy the charm of Key West during a leisurely ride along our lesser known, quaint streets and secret lanes. Along the way you will sample the exotic aromas of tropical flowers such as frangipani, gardenias, and jasmine which bloom all year round. Our fantastic trees are from all over the world so be sure to bring your camera. Also, you have an opportunity to taste a variety of the local fruit, such as mangoes, coconuts, starfruit, key limes, and more. There are interesting Key West characters to meet and chat with as well as taking in all the sights of unusual historic architecture. You may have heard that Key West is unique and different, but you have to know where to look. Join your personal guide and explore rarely seen, lush, tropica...
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Time to say Good Bye!
2007-11-13 15:23:00
The cruise ship is leaving the dock at Mallory Square. For all 2000 passengers on board of that giant it's time to say good bye to the island and looking forward to travel to a new country. Next destinations are Cancun, Mexico or the Virgin Islands. I have seen this scene now so many times, but it gives me still today a feeling of that "travel fever"....!
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How to climb a Coconut Tree
2007-11-12 16:44:00
How to climb a Coconut Tree According to experts, there are two basic techniques to climb a coconut tree. The front foot technique is similar to rock climbing. You put your hands close to each other on the back of the trunk and walk up alternately moving your feet and hands. The frog technique is more suited to almost vertical trees. Your legs should be flexed on each side of the tree with the sole of your feet applied around the trunk. You place one hand up and behind the tree and the other hand at your chest level on the front side of the tree. In this way, you apply pressure from both sides, lifting you up while pushing up with your legs. There is only one technique to go down. You lower your hands one by one behind the trunk and just let the sole of your feet drag against the tree.You are very welcome to try it out down here - we have enough Coconut trees for every one of you! :-)Read more about climbing technics here
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