Scenescape No. 3

Ybor City on Seventh Avenue.

Also:

• Scenescape No. 2
• Scenescape No. 1 (16th Street)
• Dali-scape
  

Mugging for the Camera

Even though I wanted the palm in this photo at Crescent Lake, it still reminds me of someone that inadvertently inserts themselves into your photo, or the ham who mugs for the camera behind an on-the-scene reporter.
In the background is a water tower that may not be long for the city.

Also:

• Leaning Palm
• Sunset w/ Palms
  

In That Order

At the bait and tackle shop in Pass-a-Grille.

Ionic Sunbeams

The Port Tampa City Library.

More from Cortez

In Cortez, crab traps, boat parts, and boats seem to stack up wherever you turn. Even the most neatly maintained yards maintain a touch of the sea with nautical rope fences, or anchors sitting in the front yard.

She's a Hagg!!

Worth a stop. Argh. On the way to Bradenton Beach, along Cortez Road, is the Sea Hagg. On first glance, it looks like a roadside attraction and really is in its own right. A good mix of kitsch and some great work by local artists. The collection of nautical items is so large that it puts to shame even the most hyper-display of seafarin' garb that so many seafood restaurants love...

...like this enormous selection of buoys.

A View of Old Florida

The fishing village of Cortez in Manatee County. The shack in the background is built on stilts for cleaning fishing nets.

The Skyway, High Above the Busy Little One-Way

In between the sections of fishing pier on the Pinellas side of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. Straight ahead is the pier's bait shop; the bridge is visible to the left.

La Septima

Ybor's Seventh Avenue, with one of its characteristic
street lamps, reflected in a cigar store window located across the street from La Tropicana.

Bonus link is an article on Ybor in the Fort Myers News-Press that was part of a series on the Florida Cuban Heritage Trail.

Found Photo Series, No. 6

Scanned menu guide to the French Quarter, date unknown. Part of the "Fun City Times" newspaper. Found in an antiques store in St. Pete.

Yay! Welcome back, NOLA. Some of your fellow Americans are pulling for a sound recovery.
Huh, get that: "some."

Also:

• Found Photo Series, No. 5
• Found Photo Series, No. 4
• Found Photo Series, No. 3
  

Scenescape No. 2

In and around Crescent Lake in St. Petersburg.

Also:

• 16th Street (Scenescape No. 1)

Beached dolphins have been in the news all of a sudden (here and here), which is why I'm posting this photo, which was taken at the southern tip of Picnic Island.
I can't be sure it's a dolphin of course--it's too badly decomposed. Start at the top of the beached object and you can make out the tail (what's with that rope?).

Grovestand

Boxes for shipping fruit hover over oranges already bagged for sale in Clearwater.

See Also:

• Citrus Country Groves

Limbs Akimbo

Picnic Island (map) in Tampa, looking north.

Where the Gulf Meets the Bay

Naturally carved rock with small seashell placed on top. At Pass-a-Grille Point, near the fishing pier.

Paging Dr. Seuss

Well, that's who I think of when I see this (that's a good thing). And the whimsy of the photo object lent itself to the straightening rotation of what was a cockeyed photo.

Marker on Central Avenue for the Grand Central District, on the district's west end.

Bare Legs Are Back!

Billboard for
I-275 North going through St. Pete.

Ybor Porch

The red door works for me. And the shadow of the picket fence.

"Rugged Pumps"

This old sign is in the Grand Central District of St. Pete. It's tied to a fence, which is why there's a crimp where the slogan is.

Further remarks on the slogan--although tempting--would be just too obvious.