Mar-a-Lago, ICW

Somehow, I thought his boat would be bigger.

Sunset, ICW, Roscoe

Beautiful light last night.

Old friends

 Some old friends from Vermont were coming down by here and stopped by for a great reunion and dinner. They came by our dock this morning on their way south.

On our dock, looking west

Out watering early this morning, no wind, no boats, so a nice mirror. Love the early light.

Egrets, Intra Coastal Waterway, Roscoe

 We had a tiny fog last week and I went out on the dock and took these. I think that I like the bottom one better.

Sunset, out back, Roscoe

Lots of nice clouds lately.

Elephant ears, ICW, Roscoe

Since returning from Provence a lot of my time has gone to taking my garden back from nature. When you are gone 8 weeks in mid-summer, and there is abundant rain, you come back to jungle. I have been clearing and replacing plants with smaller and slower growing herbs and ornamentals. Elephant ears are a lovely accent plant. Their leaves are about a foot in length when you plant them. Soon they get much bigger. The largest of theses leaves is about a yard (1 meter) in length and the plant has a ten foot (3 meter) spread. All of this would be ducky except that, once established, elephant ears spread rampantly. So, a lot of pulling and dumping.  I hope to get back to posting more as Autumn slows the garden down.

Board surfers, Intra Coastal Waterway, from our dock.

 These folks had found two plastic chairs, which had probably blown off of someone's dock, and invented the seated paddle board. Ain't America great. If we can find a way to sit and exercise we'll do it.

Actually, they were asking at all of the occupied docks if those were their chairs. Nice folks.

Waves, ICW, Roscoe

Rain on the ICW, dock, Roscoe

We don't get a gentle, windless rain very often. I love the endless circles.

Boat on the river, Roscoe

The river traffic is always interesting. Good boats are always lovely.