( A 'painting' for Alfredo)

The
most often asked question I get living in South Florida is, "How can
you live in Florida during the summertime?" Folks, the past couple of
weeks we have had lower temperatures than most of the country. Besides
we are wide open with 'towering' buildings--maybe 4-5--only downtown and
certainly no concrete canyon like NYC that traps th air in.

Also
the summer here is known as sweater weather--everywhere you go the a/c
is full blast! You go from an airconditioned home to an airconditioned
car to an airconditioned work place to an air conditioned restaurant and
an air conditioned theatre. You might be out in the heat for 5 minutes a
day or else on the beach where there is always a breeze--okay, maybe a
warm one! I will admit that you can't dive into the ocean to cool off
because in this part of the world the water is as warm as the air!!

Allen, before and during, drinking his milkshake at the Diner 24

We
literally, have thousands of Geckos around Gateway and they really help
in keeping the insect infestation down. They do get into apartments but
leave them be as ants and mosquitoes will 'disappear'.

And, of course, pigeons of all colors.

I
don't know how they do it but the kids are out every day, no matter how
hot, playing basketball of a game of Frisbee football which I had never
heard of!

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"When it is dark enough,

you can see the stars."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882 American Poet, Essayist & Philospher