Christmas in Miami

Even though Hurricane Irma devastated my garden by knocking down many trees, destroying foliage and rendering the trees that were standing leafless; by December, many rays of hope delighted my garden. Even huge swaths of grass that lay dead under the weight of tons of debris waiting for weeks for the County to pick up are once again sprouting with new life.

Here are pictures of some of these beauties:

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Blue Butterfly, Clerodendrum

Blue Salvia

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Bush

Bougainvillea

Garlic Vine

Garlic Vine

Pink Mandevilla

Pink Knock Out Rose

Roses flanked against trees left leafless by Hurricane Irma

Shrub Rose

 

Christmas In Key West

Over Thanksgiving weekend, I visited Key West. I saw no visible signs that it been brushed by Hurricane Irma except for a huge uprooted tree which had been cut to a stump and was laying on it’s side exposing it’s huge roots. Other than that, everything seemed normal.

We took a tour of the town on the Old Town Trolley Hop On, Hop Off bus where I took pictures along the ride.

So please enjoy my photo journal  which I have titled “Christmas in Key West.”

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Key West Flag

Kermit All Things Key Lime

Iguana on the Run

Sidewalk Painter

Two Flamingos