We varied our morning walk by walking downtown this morning. It was 83 degrees with 7 mph breezes. The image above is on the side of a building between Douglass and the Pinellas Trail.
This peace sign is a sculpture beside the building.
Beside the peace sign is this large-scale Angel Mint, wrapper and all.
On the other side of the building above is this sculpture: two hearts with locks covering the wire mesh. Surely, it's inspired by the Pont des Arts bridge in Paris. Lovers place a lock on the bridge rails and then throw the key into the River Seine below. Apparently, the tourists have placed so many locks on the bridge that it was deemed a safety issue and the locks were removed.
We saw this "Dunedin This Together" poster in one of the shop windows.
It's a sad commentary on our current state of affairs that anyone would need to state any of these things. It's interesting that the word "this" has no antecedent. Your first thought, of course, is the pandemic. But the inclusive list shifts the reference to our president and his enablers. It's an interesting and clever elision of the Coronavirus and the president, who is virulently racist and misogynistic and harming the country in many ways on a daily basis.
We remembered our masks this week and got to tour the street market.
This brewery on Douglass was flying a gay flag.
We stumbled upon this Little Free Library on Main Street. It was either missed by the Dunedin Library when they listed all 14 of the little libraries scattered around town or they've added a new one. It's attached to the United Methodist Church. Incidentally, the national church voted back in January to split the church over the issue of gay marriage, so I guess it's not so "united" any more. What do you call yourself when your actions don't match your name?
The Wild Iris Cafe downtown, right off of Main, has the most interesting flowering plants growing outside.
This is what a natural palm tree looks like if you don't keep it trimmed. It's the only one I've seen like it in the city. This one is alongside the Pinellas Trail near Skinner, probably on private property.
On the way back home, we took the sidewalk along Bayshore Boulevard instead of the trail. We passed the Kellogg mansion, still for sale for the asking price of $4.6 million. 5 bedroom, 7 bath, 7667 square feet. Directly on the water.
Our favorite Weaver Park that lies between the Pinellas Trail and St. Joseph Sound.
Dee Dee and I saw a lovely sunrise around 6:30.
The rising sun cast a pink light on these clouds in the west.
After our long walk downtown, we were hungry. I made a yummy fruit bowl with mangoes, bananas, clementines, cantaloupe, red grapes, blueberries, and topped with peach yogurt. The sandwich was chicken salad on toast with lettuce and tomato. I love making and eating lunch. I could do without dinner and cooking dinner. (We had a small salad and a Home Run Inn pizza--from the freezer--for dinner.)
Dee Dee joined us at the table for lunch and kept an eye out for lizards, bunny rabbits, and squirrels.
For the last two nights, she has gotten her youthful crazy dancing back. She'll run in circles and bark and try to get us to play with her. She hasn't done that for months, so she must be feeling much better. It's good, but we cringe watching her because her body still looks so fragile and a bit distorted.
After lunch, we wanted to ride our bikes to Clearwater, but the weather forecast dissuaded us. So we headed out to Honeymoon Island instead. It was packed, of course, so we stayed on our bikes and the less crowded trail.
We caught the drawbridge and got to look out into the sound . . . and we spotted a pod of dolphin, at least 4 of them swimming in tight formation.
We got home in plenty of time for this afternoon's downpour. It was a quick one, lasting no more than 20 minutes, but it was fierce.
Miles walked: 8
Miles biked: 16.16
Didn’t know that palm trees need prying care and didn’t know the lock story on the bridge in France. I have seen locks on other bridges and wondered why they were there.
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