Frosty Days!

These are known as Rhime formations. Snow crystals accumulate rime when they collide with water droplets in the clouds. When the clouds are near to the ground you have fog, and sometimes the fog is made from supercooled water droplets -- water at a temperature below the freezing point. Then the droplets freeze on contact to anything they hit, yielding some bizarre, wind-driven rime formations.

 

 

Trees covered in Rime frost. View from my balcony at sunset (4:57 pm)

Ft Lauderdale Final Day!

One of the many brightly colored beach cafes at Ft Lauderdale by the Sea.

Reflections!

 

 

                  Pelicans  hanging out around the pier at Ft Lauderdale by the sea.

                 Brightly colored beach balls. Perfect candidates for a picture.
  

                                     Freighter off the beach at Ft Lauderdale

                      The sun goes down on yet another glorious holiday.

Post Cruise Ft Lauderdale

While walking from Cruise Port,

 

 

One of the many colorful umbrellas planted along Ft Lauderdale beach.

                                      Sunset on the Ft Lauderdale Beach strip.

Grand Cayman Excursion

Getting up early to go snorkeling, has its perks

 

4:59 AM

 

 

5:02 AM ( changed setting to dusk/dawn for this shot)

                                                             5:09 AM
                           

                                                  
                                      On our way out to Sting Ray City

 

            I loved the different shades of blue. You can see the reef on the horizon.

Photos from Coxen Hole, Roatan, Honduras

Kopi - Luwak. This cute little animal is responsible for the famous expensive poop coffee. Apparently the coffee sells for $100/lb - I'll just have water thanks!

 

 

The inside of the cruise ship elevator.

 

Lychees being sold at the market.

               Table of pills at the pharmacy - Pick one - This truly blew me away.

                                                 Monarch Butterflies

Happy Cruise Feet!

My eye was constantly being drawn to these peoples feet.

 

                                                 and then there was Me.

Cruisin

 

View from our ship of the Mexican Coast

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                           

                                      One of the jettys from our ship!

 

Cruise ships docked at Costa Maya, Mexico

 

 

Mine is the one in front, MS Amsterdam

 

 

A Mayan warrior greeted our arrival.

Cruise ship decor

Some of the interesting décor on the Cruise ship. These bar stools were appropriately located at the pool.

 

 

and this lovely lady at the Showroom

 

Dining room lighting

 

Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise #24

Shot with my Coolpix S6300. These were a few of the wonderful musicians that were onboard this once in a lifetime experience. The biggest challenge was the lighting - so I converted some of those to black and white. Second of course was the crowd. These pictures were taken over the course of a week.

                                                                 Charlie Musslewhite

 

Lucky Peterson and Rudy Vale on Drums

 

Chief Monk Boudreau ( I had to take this one, just for the attire)

 

Dwayne Dopsie (Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers) Taken at Senor Frogs in Coco Maya Mexico

 

Paul Lafleur (Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers - also taken in Mexico

 

Victor Wainwright - I loved the innocence in his face on this one.

 

                                           and then..........

Bonnet House , Ft Lauderdale, Florida

 

An epiphyte is a plant that grows non-parasitically upon another plant (such as a tree), and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, and sometimes from debris accumulating around it instead of the structure it is fastened to. This is one of the many beautiful epiphyte found on the Bonnet House property.

 

 

The Orchard House

 

Sailing along  Ft Lauderdale Beach

 

A walk about Ft Lauderdale

 

Ft.Lauderdale Beach, Florida

 

 

Residential area in Ft Lauderdale, known as the Venice of the Americas and I can see why.

 

Ft Lauderdale reflections!

A man was feeding the seagulls on the beach and they were flying right at me, so how could I resist.