Scattered Showers

Scattered showers Tuesday. Saint Lucie Village at the marina. It's out of the way, and there's peace and quiet.

Earlier, weather was building. Good looking clouds over the Indian River. I was thinking about taking my mountain bike out for a short ride this morning. But, thunder very near by. A good day to reconsider activities.

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D.J. Wilcox Preserve

Sunday ride to and around in the Wilcox preserve. A lot of storm run-off is coming through. I'm trying for the Joel Meyerowitz 81A filter effect. So the color shifting is intentional.

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Fort Pierce Doings

A few things going on around the water in Fort Pierce. Man living on the boat with blue skirt and gold shield is a ship's captain. Bruce something or other. His dog is Dylan. That's his green van. He's around when he's not moving boats. And has the story on what's doing in the port.

Oh yeah. That's my bike. Indiana snow Trek with smooth road tires. And it's geared way faster.

Day fishing boat comes and goes. I'm not involved in fishing, and the upper deck chairs are gone, so I'm probably not going along for the ride. Fifty bucks for six hours on the Atlantic. Now I might spring thirty for another twenty-minute ride in a Dash 6 at Skydive, but that's another adventure.

Christopher Dean and Viking Starliner. The Starliner was a gambling boat that didn't make it. Been refitted to carry cattle and cargo to Haiti. And the Dean belongs to a shipping company that abruptly shut down. Not seen, Opus Casino. Also gambling boat. The company ran out of money and Fort Pierce was the nearest port. That boat has been around for several years at $9,000 a month dock fees. 

Farmer's market downtown and the new marina protection breakwater. It's FEMA money. Not sure how that works, but I'm sure someone does.

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Jensen Beach Bridge On A Hot And Windy Day

An Afternoon Storm Rolls In

Historical fiction. But more or less what happens at least four days out of seven in Florida summer. Around mid-afternoon stuff starts building. Often as not a line of lightning, thunder, and rain blows through. I think these pics may have been taken a day or two apart.