More Christmas Spirit

Another thing you can do down here but not up north - you can plant pointsettias in the ground and they will live through the holiday season! If you tried this up north, first you wouldn't be able to break ground because the dirt would be frozen and if you could plant them, they wouldn't last one freeze. The joys of living in the South and South Florida - pointsettias all year round:

Simpson Park Hammock

This overgrown oasis downtown is really turning into something. Simpson Park Hammock is home to raccoons and cats and who knows what else lives in there, but someone is really taking an effort to turn it into something. There's a nature trail walk that you can go on during the day and recently a group fixed up the corner hanging air plants and orchids and setting up benches of Broadway and South Miami Avenue:

Xmas in Miami

Holiday cheer from the lawns of Miami:

Golden Brickell

This was taken on Saturday - the golden towers of Brickell from South Miami Avenue:

Getting into the Season

Being from the North, it's always is strange to me to see Christmas lights on palm trees and other holiday creations in South Florida. But I guess to the people of this area, it's quite normal. I'm going to start documenting all the lights and displays I come across since some of them are spectacular. I can't wait until South Miami Avenue gets their displays going. They are great! But I saw this one off of Coral Way this evening. I was driving by so it may not be as clear as I wanted but you get the idea:

So, sometimes you see some really weird things...

I was going for a walk one evening in my neighborhood, and turned the corner and saw this. I was quite perplexed at the sight I saw. A HUGE purple and orange big rig was spurting out red Ferrari's out its backside and there were two flashy lookin' guys in suits and two (I'm not lying) mullet and moustachioed men standing around them - I think one of them was wearing something sleeveless, I'm pretty sure, but it could be my memory playing tricks on me. Then, one of the mustache-men got in one of the sporty cars and started driving up and down the street. Anyway, as I watched this go on, I neglected to see what the truck said and turned to look. On the side of the truck it said "STRAIGHTUP ENTERPRIZES" and to the right of that is the picture of a crucifix which says "He Never Let Go." I was amazed so I took a photo. But what does that mean, "He Never Let Go?" He never let go of hope or faith or he never let go because he was nailed to a cross and couldn't get down? I don't get it and still don't.

Then, it gets better, after I walked around for a bit I came back and they were starting to pull away, after the guys drove their Ferrari's around and loaded them back into the truck. It was starting to get dark so I noticed that there were red lights all over the bottom lining the truck. Red, orange and purple - what a fabulous color scheme (I'm kidding of course). Anyway, as the truck slowly droned down the street, I noticed the back - the bright orange door was all lit up - in the shape of a glowing red crucifix. I watched it pull away and watched it until the red cross disappeared on the horizon. It was really odd and I haven't seen them since. I was going to look them up to see what they are all about but haven't gotten around to it. Here's the only photo I was able to snap - I didn't want them to catch me in my amazement: