Photo A Day

DAY 54

Early Christmas In Florida

Crystal and I
At Ringling Museum
December 2013

What a blessing to receive a gift to Florida round trip for a week in December.

Early Christmas in the sun.

I love the sun and the warmer weather. 

Christmas is my favorite holiday but Summer is my most favorite season.

And to go for a week in the cold of Winter weather at Christmas time to a sunny warm spot in the world is the best early Christmas present ever.

Thank you Lord for this amazing blessing to see my friend and sister in Christ.

It was an amazing time I will cherish these memories forever and my early Christmas in December in the sun.

Palmetto, Florida
December 2013

How fun is this Christmas decoration?
Perfect for sunny Florida in the Palm tree state.

I loved this decoration it was so perfect and fitting for the Christmas season; the the place of warm sunshine and palms.

Crystal
Don Cesar Hotel
Petersburg, Florida
December 2013

 My beautiful friend Crystal, looking so lovely.

I love silver and blue trees.

And she was picture perfect for this tree in her blue and white.

This was one of many in the Cesar Hotel in Petersburg, Florida where we had lunch and enjoyed the many views. 

Then a walk through old town Petersburg.

What a lovely day it was too. 

Don Cesar Hotel
Petersburg, Florida
December 2013

 Another beauty in the lobby of the Cesar Hotel.

It was a grand tree.

You feel so regal here and elegant.

Loved this place.

I think I would love to come and stay a day or two with them.

Maybe do a spa day!

Me at
Don Cesar Hotel
Petersburg, Florida
December 2013

One more of me to share that I was dressed for fun in the sun at Christmas time.

What a perfect day and a perfect trip!

I felt like royalty.

Thank you Jesus and to my dear friend Crystal for blessing me so.

If you are interested in more info about this beautiful hotel. Link below

http://www.loewshotels.com/

I will be posting more photos of this beautiful place. 

Do you like to go to fancy places that you make you feel like royalty?

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Three Word Wednesday~

Combative, adjective: Ready or eager to fight; pugnacious.

Represent, verb: Be entitled or appointed to act or speak for (someone), esp. in an official capacity; of a competitor) participate in a sports event or other competition on behalf of (one's club, town, region, or country; be an elected member of a legislature for (a particular constituency, party, or group); constitute; amount to; depict (a particular subject) in a picture or other work of art.

Sluggish, adjective: Slow-moving or inactive; lacking energy or alertness; slow to respond or make progress. 

Each morning sluggish 

Reaching for that cup of coffee

My body combative

Until that first cup of coffee

Then I awake 

Three cups later

Ready to represent the day

With smiles and sunshine

Looking for the best in the day

~Beth~

Do you enjoy morning coffee or tea?

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Photo A Day

DAY 53

Looking for Christmas

Old Town St. Petersburg, Florida
December 2013

 I was having a grand time in Florida. Though I must say I was truly on the hunt for Christmas.

I loved walking down this area of old town in St. Petersburg. The streets were decorated and so were the windows as well. I found this antique store the most festive little place. I loved looking at all the fun old decorations of days of old along with how they detailed every area of this shop. The store clerk told me his wife and daughter did all the work themselves in here. Hope you enjoy the festive photos as much as I enjoyed being inside looking at all the decor. 

Antique Store In St. Petersburg, Florida
December 2013

Look a Snowman tree! 

What is better than that? 

I love snowmen so this was a perfect find.

 Love all the old toys under the tree. How each item is placed with great detail to display the joy of Christmas. 

I love the nostalgia of this store and how they took in each piece and placed it with loving care with detail to the time period they were depicting in each scene. Even the detail of the cat laying by the fireplace sleeping and keeping warm.

Antique Store St. Petersburg, Florida
December 2013

 I love this Santa!

This scene brings warmth and love of the Christmas season to live.

Just makes you want to crawl inside and stay awhile and take it all in each and every detail of the scene.

Antique Store St. Petersburg, Florida
December 2013

As sugar plums danced in their heads!

I love this warm child's room! 

A delight for any child to come and play. 

Each toy placed with care ready for the imagination to play all day.

A warm bed ready for any small child to sleep tight and dream of Santa and all the presents under the Christmas tree.

As mommy kisses Santa Claus!

To you decorate your house in themes for Christmas? Colors? How?

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Photo A Day

DAY 52

 Banyan Tree Love Affair

Ringling Banyan Tree - Sarasota, FL

December 2013

 There is a host of information on these trees in Wikipedia as well as information on the Ringling site where these photos where taken when I was there visiting the art museum and the grounds. So much to see I couldn't take it all in. I fall in love with these trees and couldn't get enough of them. I took dozens of photos of them. I would get so excited over them. I saw many of them in the area of Florida I was in. 

Banyan

A Banyan is a fig that starts its life as an epiphyte when its seeds germinate in the cracks and crevices on a host tree.Wikipedia

Ringling Banyan Tree - Sarasota, FL

December 2013

Beth

 I love that their where many places for me to sit and enjoy the beauty of these trees. I was able to soak up lots of sunshine as well. They gave beautiful umbrella's of shade to sit under and relax.

Ringling Banyan Tree - Sarasota, FL

December 2013

It is a garden of oasis's of these magnificent trees. I fell head over heels in love with them. I was crawling inside of them.

And naturally there are creatures that I'm not so excited about and so there are photos of me screeching about inside these trees of beauty. I don't like these crawling creatures of the landscape. It didn't stop my love affair with them at all though.

Do you love to travel in the Winter time to warm exotic places?

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Three Word Wednesday

Highlight, noun: An outstanding part of an event or period of time; verb: Pick out and emphasize; make visually prominent.

Instruct, verb: [Reporting verb] direct or command someone to do something, especially as an official order; [with object and; [with object] teach (someone) a subject or skill; [with object] Lawgive a person direction, information, or authorization, in particular; (of a judge) give information, especially clarification of legal principles, to (a jury); inform (someone) of a fact or situation.

Submit, verb: [no object] accept or yield to a superior force or to the authority or will of another person; (submit oneself) consent to undergo a certain treatment; [with object] subject to a particular process, treatment, or condition; present (a proposal, application, or other document) to a person or body for consideration or judgment; suggest; argue. 

If I had only listened

When I was young

I would not have toiled

Had I submitted 

To the one that first loved me

All instruction was perfectly highlighted

To submit 

If I had payed attention

It would have caused less pain

Each year comes and goes

With each passing day

Each highlight

A new gift

To instruct

Each coming generation

So that they may not 

Have the pain

Nor toil

If they choose to listen

To the instruction

That is highlighted

For submission

~Beth~

Are you a good listener and follow instruction well?

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