The Real Cavalier

Coral Gables Senior High School students think of them selves as Cavaliers. And this is the one they think about.

Coral Gables High School Cavalier

I'm a Cavalier and proud of it. But I'm not sure which classmate posed for this piece of metal. Click here to see if it gets any better.

The Orchid Was Purchased in The Summer of 1949

My Epidendrum cochleatum was bought from a Mexican grower that likely ripped it off tree in the jungle. That was legal back then. In all these years the orchid has had it's name changed three times. I still use the original name. The common name is Clamshell Orchid or black orchid.

Once the orchid is established and blooming it tends to be in constant bloom.

One More Dutch Village House

Notice the swirls in the chimney.

Jade Vine in Full Bloom

This vine looks very much like a glass window that Louis Comfort Tiffany might have made.

This Wisteria transom is one of many Wisteria windows that Tiffany produced. This one is in a Florida museum.

Lady Slipper

Just a little eye candy. These are more of a challenge in our warm climate.

Sleeping Beauty

This house is one of the Italian Village homes. Unfortunately the owners have installed a wall and a cover of shrubs that totally hide the beauty of this Italian home.

Yesterday I received a second bogus comment. The first one said 'see this'. I opened his profile to check out his blog. To my surprise I got a page about the virus that I have and how their product would clean it up. Since I use Linux I knew that I would not be open to his virus nor did I need a cure. This last blogger only left a link and no mention of my daily picture. When I looked at the profile, it was empty. I removed the comment.

From Mars

Does anyone have a clue what this could be?

Another Colonnade

This is one of the new colonnades. They come in handy when it rains.

Sobralia vialacea

This is a fairly rare orchid for south Florida. Most orchid growers pass by the Sobralia due to the fact that the flower only lasts for one day, at least the ones that we can grow.

Red Bougainvillea is Winning

The poor oak doesn't have a chance.

Jade Vine

This flower was my favorite picture for 2007 and it's in bloom again. Bigger and better then ever.

The Oak Tree is Winning

Imagine mowing the lawn with all those low branches. The car is parked between the branches. The Live Oak tends to have low branches that form with age. But these are amazing.

A Bronze Door

I have seen bronze doors on churches, museums and some very large buildings. But this door is on a up scale house (not even a McMansion). Two days ago you saw the front door that leads to the living room. Today's door is a back door.

McMansion: a large, grandiose and completely obnoxious home that looks so generic it had to come out of a styrofoarm box

A Nice Back Door

I have been in this house and yesterdays picture shows the front door. This door is the back door, maybe a side door. Can you tell me the material in the door and its windows? The house has very little set back.