posted by Jeanne on Jun 13
Close up on a flamingo sleeping at the DC Zoo.
posted by Jeanne on Jun 13
The flamingos at the DC Zoo doing what they do best - sleep on one leg!
posted by Jeanne on Jun 13
I bought a couple of these in 2006 at the Epcot Center in Orlando. They were promptly named “Spike” and “Ankle Biter”. I like these flamingos because they look angry. Not sure that’s the usual attitude for a flamingo.
posted by Jeanne on Jun 11
It snowed on my lawn flamingo when I was living in Massachusetts! Thought it looked funny and took a picture.
posted by Jeanne on Jun 11
I took this picture in Dec 2008 at the Miami Metro Zoo. The flamingos are one of the first animals you see when you first enter the zoo.
posted by Jeanne on Jun 11
Taken in the South Beach Art Deco District in January 2008
posted by Jeanne on Aug 6
Michael and I took a harbor cruise from the Bayside Marketplace in Miami. There are several companies that operate out of this area. We took a cruise with Island Queen Cruises. We took the “Millionaire Tour” on the Pink Lady. On this tour you cruise around several islands and get to gawk at the massive homes celebrities own on the harbor.
We decided to stay inside the yacht since the weather wasn’t all that great - looked like it might rain and it was getting cool since it was late afternoon.
Inside the yacht, they had those plastic lawn chairs for us to sit on. You could move them around if you needed to. Unfortunately, those chairs do get a little uncomfortable if you sit in them long enough.
The first thing we saw on our cruise was a couple of container ships. You don’t realize how large these ships are until you see them in real life. I pasted two photos of this ship together so you could see the whole thing.
I thought the container ship was large until I saw the largest cruise ship in the world, the Freedom of The Seas! We were fortunate to see this ship pulling out of the harbor as it set out on a cruise. This ship is absolutely massive. It’s longer than a football field. The people waving to us looked really tiny! LOL Roval Caribbean Cruise Line operates the Freedom of the Seas.
Before we headed over to one of the islands in Miami harbor, we got a really nice view of the Miami skyline. I was taking all my pictures from inside the yacht and it was getting dark. You can get an idea of the skyline in this photo - even though it’s a bit shakey.
The cruise gave us a good look at a lot of celebrities homes such as Shaq, Rosie O’Donnell, Dr. Phil, Versace. One of the more famous houses is the El Fureidis Estate better know as the Scarface House. This is the home of Tony Montana from the movie “Scarface”.
Michael and I really enjoyed the tour. The tour guides were very knowledgeable about the homes. I’d like to take this tour again during the day - on a sunny day - so I can get some better pictures.
posted by Jeanne on Jul 31
Art Deco Weekend was Martin Luther King Jr weekend this year. It was held in the art deco section of South Beach. Michael & I walked through and visited a lot of the vendors that were set up and selling their wares. We didn’t spend a lot of time and I didn’t take many pictures since that trip pre-dates this blog. But here is a picture of a really cool looking flamingo…
There were also street performers. We saw a guy who did things like juggling. He was really pretty funny - asking people in the audience to help him out. At the end of his act he let us all know that there was a photo opportunity coming up, so I got my camera ready to shoot a little video. Here is what he did…
posted by Jeanne on Jul 30
Welcome to PalmettoBayLife.com! This is my blog about living in Palmetto Bay Florida. I will be moving to Palmetto Bay permanently in July 2009. In the meantime, I decided to get a head start on this blog - add a few pictures and articles about my trips to Southern Florida.
Enjoy!