This longan tree hasn't produced fruit for the last three years. Now I have some flowers and a hope for a crop of fruit. My Kohala longan is the squirrels favorite food and I am not likely to get any fruit for my family. I don't mind letting the squirrels eat the avocados because they will sit down and eat the entire fruit and leave other avocados for us to eat. I do mind when they eat our longans because they will take a small bite in every fruit a week before they are fully ripe and we don't get to have any of the crop.
Daylilies are seldom grown in south Florida. If you can keep the fungus and aphids off the plants plus water them a lot you can grow them in Coral Gables. Our plants are the evergreen types that grow so well in middle flower.
It was once a garage and now it's a small apartment with a large front window and a nice patio.
This orchid opens spring like clock work. It's too warm to grow tulips, but I'll be happy with my orchids.
These old Ficus trees went through many hurricanes without giving up. Now a little white fly is going to kill the trees. Yes we could use poisons to kill the white flies, but then our ground water would be toxic.
Last Sunday Miracle Mile was closed in the morning for a show of classic cars and the week before there was an art festival. This evening the city is celebrating St Patrick's day with good food, good beer, and ear breaking music. Fortunately it is one block north of the Mile.
The FTBG spring orchid show was a topper. You will not find this orchid for sale in your big box store or grocery. But now some of the most beautiful orchids are produced in very large numbers. Thus some of the very best orchids are now sold for very reasonable prices.
Fifty years ago fences and walls were seldom seen in our city. The lawns and gardens just blended down the block. This house looks better then ever with the the wall.
The Prado is public property and the city doesn't plant fruit trees on city land. This rouge tree is a rarity. It's not likely that a seedling wasn't cut down by the large lawn mowers that the city uses. Maybe someone in the area planted the tree with out permission.
One of the best that I have seen. This is a young tree. In time it will become a very large tree, and they are seldom used in private gardens.
This large statue of George Merrick is now at home in front of city hall. At first, not all of use knew that he was holding the blue prints of the city.
This festival fills four blocks of our city for two days. There is a lot of art, and all sorts of things to buy. But I didn't see many people walking with things that they might have bought.
Signs are up for Commissioners that want to keep their job. There are very few signs for the want to be.
When Romeo comes to visit with Juliet which window does his pebble land on? Who does he awaken, Juliet or Mama?
This is the median of the Country Club Prado. The green space in the middle of the street seems more like a park. I have watched this Ficus tree all my life and now I have to say goodbye. Since I was a young boy I was aware of my surroundings. The vegetation was particularly important. There are many trees that I have watched for long time. Now you will see some that I'm lousing.
This orchid, Cattleya skinneri is a forth generation species from the jungle. The white form is not common and the petal size is extremely large. No you will not find this in the wild. Remember that the cold weather for us is 50f. 
