It was bloody cold here in Florida last night. When I finally got up this morning to turn the space heater on, the inside temperature was down to below 40 degrees. Now I know this is nothing compared to some of you further north or in other parts of the world, but this isn't suppose to happen down here in the land of sunshine and warmth.
   I survived of course, cuz I have more than enough personal insulation to keep me warm, but the trailer sure isn't made for this kind of weather. Sure, they say there is insulation in the walls and roof, but it has to be pretty minimal at the least. Lucky for me I still have a few extra blankets and such so it wasn't all that bad for me.
    It was a beautiful day here however. Plenty of sunshine, and while the temperature only got up to around 70 this afternoon, it is still better than much of the country. Plus; I don't have any snow to shovel!
   Other than a short drive into town to grab some groceries, I have been hanging out here at the trailer for most of the day. It's nice to just sit here at the table with the blinds open and just watch the water and swamp right outside. I have to confess that I had planned to give the trailer a good scrubbing before my girlfriend got here tomorrow, but so far that hasn't happened. Looks like it will have to be done in the morning instead.

Photo's from the Snow Ball Dance Weekend in

 Gulfport Florida - Jan. 23-25, 2015

The dance hall for 'Snow Ball' was once a small casino on the beach in the little town of Gulfport. Here you see the water side view of the building with a nice sculpture of brown pelicans.

Birds on the beach.

I liked the 'sparkly' quality in this one.

Not many sailboats at anchor this year, but still enough to be interesting.

Nearly half of these birds had their heads tucked under a wing and were standing on one foot when I walked up. What was interesting to me was how stiff their waking appeared for the first couple of steps after putting their other foot down. As if the leg they had been standing on had locked up on them and made them arthritic.

I'm not real sure what is going on with this boat. I am going to assume that it has a 'winged' keel that it is sitting on so it could be that the owner actually came in while the tide was high and moored in a spot where it would leave the hull high and dry. But it seems more likely that the boat drug it's anchor into shallow water and then the tide just went out. In which case he was lucky it stayed upright like this. Either way it seemed a little odd.

One last photo of some of the dancers inside, as well as a view towards the band and caller. I had to go put the camera away at this point and get into the next dance.

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