Quality Time Together

To spend some quality time together at the beach - or somewhere else - is necessary for a healthy relationship!

Hi my friends,

thank you for the kind comments from yesterday to my "Spider Lilly" flower. I got a lot of nice comments, a lot of visitors and one person also sent to me the following message on facebook:

Vickie wrote:
"Care of Wikipedia:  Hymenocallis (pronounced /ˌhaɪmɨnəˈkælɪs/)[1] is a genus of plants in the family Amaryllidaceae. It contains 63 species native to tropical and subtropical America. Hymenocallis are bulbous perennial herbs. The flowers have their stamens united to a characteristic corona. Hymenocallis means "beautiful membrane" in Greek, which refers to the staminal corona that connects the stalks of the stamens for a portion of their length. The plants have large spectacular flowers. Some of the species are known as varieties of "spider lilies"."

 

Thank you so much, dear Vickie for telling me this, now I know the exact name of my Spider Lilly flower!

I'm learning everyday something new from my dear friends :)

It's great to have such nice friends - like YOU ALL!

Have a wonderful day - and don't forget to have some quality time today with your "better half"!

Susanne

ADD COLORS TO YOUR LIFE!

I Love Palm Trees

Somewhere up in the Keys

Dog's beach in Key West

Single palm at Smathers' Beach or the last sunbeams with raising moon

Palm group at Smathers Beach, where I am doing a lot of weddings

Single palm on a hot summer day


I have many of palm tree shots in my archives and I would like to share these pictures with you - I hope you'll enjoy!

Different Palms than at home

Palms in sunset light on Honeymoon Island, Florida

Palms and cows around Lake Ochechobee, Florida

Palms and the beach on King George's Island, Florida


On my travels in Florida I have seen that the palm trees come in many different types then down on my island where I'm living. But they are all majestic, I love these trees.

Beaches and Palms

Single palm tree in evening light

Empty beach - where are all the tourists gone?

At noon in Fort Zachary Taylor.

Look up to the sky - but watch out for falling cocos nuts.

Palm group at Smather's Beach in the last sunbeams of a hot and humid day in paradise.

Turquoise Sea

It's hot again in paradise - this is the perfect day to go to the beach and have a swim in the turquoise ocean - wish you were here?

A Group of Palmtrees in the upper Keys

It looks for me almost like they do a dance together, isn't it? So then,.....let's dance!

The "Blue Lagoon"...

This is one of my favorite pictures and one of my best sellers at the pier, where I'm putting up my little booth (almost) every night - selling my photography to the tourists from all over the world.

I call it "The Blue Lagoon" and you will find these inviting place at Smather's Beach on the Atlantic side.

A Potpourri of Key West

Seen next to Louie's Backyard

On Angela Street

New and old - everything in life has two sides

Colors on Simonton Street

An alley cat chillin' out in the street

Interesting Architecture of Key West

The story of the "Two Sisters Houses" is interesting, because they were built by the father of two sisters who didn't like each other much. Today, the houses are priced in the Millions of Dollars.


The "Artist House" on Eaton Street, built between 1890-98 was formerly the home of Painter Robert Eugene Otto and his wife, Anne, a concert and jazz pianist.

I call it "The Yellow House". It is not really a famous house, just a nice and colorful one with a lovely, lush garden.



The "Boca Casa" shows the typical gingerbread architecture of Key West houses.

The "Southernmost House" is located near the Southernmost Point on the Atlantic side of Duval Street.

Five more Things to do in Key West - Series 9

Today we will visit the Key West Art Museum what is located in the old Custom House.

We will visit also the beautiful and relaxing garden of the West Martello Tower down at Higg's Beach and admire all the flowers blooming in the yards.

Then, it's time to have a drink somewhere! You can choose what place you like better: The Green Parrot Bar, the "first and the last bar at A-1".... or....

The legendary Captain Tony's Bar where you can meet on certain days Captain Tony himself, an old charming man who had some drinks and talks together with Ernest Hemingway, back in the good old days.....

Or, maybe you'll prefer to sit under a palmtree to enjoy the last sunlights of an other intresting and happy day in paradise.

Sunday Morning in the Keys - What to do?

Today is Sunday and it's only ONE thing to do: RELAX and ENJOY!

One Thing to do in Key West - Series 5

There is one thing what you never should miss in Key West: the most beautiful sunsets in the world! Like this one here:

A melting sun into the ocean - seen out in Fort Zachary Taylor.

Or take a ride with one of the sunset cruise ships leaving the harbor of Key West every evening.

Or just enjoy yourself sitting under a palmtree and watching the majestic setting sun.

Take a ride with the Seebago catamaran and capture this sunset picture with your camera.

Enjoy the sunset with a good glass of wine in your hand at the beach at Sunset Key Island.

Beach Time...

Today is a perfect day to go to the beach!

The umbrellas match exactly the color of the Gulf of Mexico.

Sit down and have a Pinacolada and enjoy the sun, sand and the water. It's almost like paradise!

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I'm sailing....

I always loved the song from Rod Stewart:

"I'm sailing"....

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A short Trip up to Marathon

Yesterday we took a short trip up to Marathon and stopped here and there on the way. This picture shows a inviting privat beach scene at Geiger Key.


Gestern haben wir einen kleinen Ausflug gemacht, die Keys hinauf bis nach Marathon. Wir hielten an diversen netten Orten, wie an diesem kleinen, sehr einladenden Beach auf Geiger Key.




Most everybody dreams of having a little island like this for their own privat getaway. Do you? It's right here in the Keys, come and get it.


Soviele traeumen von einer eigenen Insel wie diese hier. Gehoerst auch Du dazu? Sie ist hier in den Key's, die Insel deiner Traeume!

This is a view out from the car of the 7-Mile-Bridge who is connecting Big Pine Key and Marathon together. Between is nothing than water, water, water.... to the left the emerald green water of the Gulf of Mexico on the other side the deep blue of the Atlantic Ocean.

Dies ist die 7-Meilen-Bruecke, welche Big Pine Key verbindet mit Marathon. Dazwischen liegt zur linken Seite das jadegruene Wasser vom Golf von Mexico und auf der andern Seite das tiefblaue Meer des Atlantischen Ozeans.

Almost there..... Marathon is just some miles away and visible already.

Bald sind wir dort, nur noch ein paar Meilen zu fahren, Marathon ist bereits in Sichtweite.

This is the view on the way back home to Key West: the old 7 Mile-bridge on the right and the new bridge to the left in the sparkling late afternoon sunshine.

Auf der Heimfahrt wieder nach Key West sieht man rechts die alte, nicht mehr befahrene 7-Meilen-Bruecke und links die neue Strasse im glitzernden Abendsonnenschein.

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Travel feaver

Do you sometimes feel the travel feaver also...?

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Simply White

White door and white fence at Trumann Annex - a clean and nice look. The palmtree at the door (and in the yard of course) gives a tropical touch.

Die vorherrschende Farbe hier ist "Weiss", was wiederum einen Eindruck von Sauberkeit und Geschmack wiederspiegelt. Den suedlich-tropischen "Touch" gibt die kleine Palme an der Haustuere, quasi das "Tuepchen auf dem i". Wie mag es wohl drinnen aussehen?

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about pricing and sizes.