Coral Gables Colonnade

We have many colonnades on our buildings, specially the new high rises. But this is the daddy of them all. The entrance opens to a beautiful rotunda, but you will get to see that later. Wednesday I will post the colonnade by its self.

City Beautiful

Yesterday, early in the morning, I went down town to get some pictures without a lot of traffic. I was amazed that the garbage collectors were working on Sunday. Each truck has two men with carts that collect the garbage and they take it to a spot were the truck can pick it up. I see this in the residential area all the time. This is the first time that I saw it done in middle of town. Our city logo is 'Coral Gables City Beautiful'. But lets realize we all have to clean up.

Tropical Waterlilies

Last week the temperature went down to 40f and some of the plants were damaged. The waterlilies stopped blooming for a day or two and now they are back to normal.

The Shimmer of a DVD

I have seen many spider webs that glisten with dew drops. Today it was totally different. The web was perfect with no damage and it was dry. When I spotted the web at first I saw only the dancing rainbow. The colors changing constantly. I just happened to capture the orange color.

Another Dutch Village House

All of my life I looked at the curly walls but I never saw the screw shaped chimney until I took these pictures. Almost all of the Dutch village houses have this style of chimney.

Dutch Village

Every home in this village is painted white, not any white but the identical white. Ever since I was a youngster I wondered why those houses had the curly things at the top of the walls. When I was told that it was the Dutch village the shapes made sense - well maybe.

A Project Finished

Last night the DeSoto fountain was rededicated. This fountain was one of our signatures. I grew up with it and thought of it as being mine. In the early 40's the lights were removed and the steel was given to the war effort. It took 20 years to replace them. At the dedication a friend of mine, Connie Crowther took these pictures. Connie is a well known photographer and now my first visiting photographer

About 8 years ago the fountain was turned off. The city had a very difficult time getting someone who would repair the fountain. But now the water flows stronger then ever.
The city officials presiding at the DeSoto Fountain rededication. On April 21 07 I uploaded a picture of the fountain when they were starting the work.

Coral Gables Waterway Looking West

This picture and yesterdays makes our city look like we have some elevation. The city is flat. Around here a 10 foot raise is a hill.

Coral Gables Waterway

This canal meanders through Coral Gables. It's next to the Cartagena Plaza. This must be the highest land in the city. Our house is 11 feet above the water line and this must be twice as high.

Cartagena Circle

The circle became a roundabout when Cartagena in Colombia sent us the a replica of the statue 'My Old Shoes' by Tito Lambrano in the mid 80's. The original sculpture remains in Cartagena.


The Cartagena Plaza or Cartagena Circle is named in honor of the city of Cartagena, our first sister city. It was originally called the Cocoplum Circle, and LeJeune Rd, (the north south road) had the right of way.

French Village Garden

This narrow garden is only 20 feet across. You can see all the way to the back of the house. It looks more sophisticated then the average garden.

B. Little Stars Blooming in the Cold

This orchid is growing on an avocado tree and it has been blooming since October. The individual flower lasts for about three weeks. As some wilt other fresh flowers open. In the evenings they are very fragrant and the entire garden is filled with their fragrance. One of the parents has the common name of 'Lady of the Night'. The ladies have been standing by our front door for 3 months.

What I Did Yesterday

This young breadfruit (the one with the big green leaves) was growing very well in my garden. The temperature was in the low 80's three days ago and in the 70's two days ago. Yesterday it was in the 50's and 60's. The breadfruit is a super tropical tree and will be damaged in the 40's if it lasts for a day.


The orchard ladder was placed over the young tree and butcher string placed around the leaves and knotted to the ladder. Thus the leaves were inside the the ladder frame.


Then horticultural fleece cloth covered the tree in the afternoon. This morning I started watering the tree with well water that is always 68F. I will let you know how it turns out.

Fog

If we get fog twice a year, that's a lot. Just 2 miles west of us they have fog regularly. Six years ago I captured same type of a picture. It was a better picture taken with a P&S camera and a small file. Click here to see the better picture.

Theme Day: Photo of The Year 20007

This picture of a jade vine (Strongylodon macrobotrys) was posted on March 9, 2007. It was the first picture that I posted on CDP and is still my favorite. It would be impossible to post my favorite of the entire group. After looking through each bloggers pictures, I would have found hundreds of favorites.

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