A little over a week ago I was in the Florida Keys where it was warm and sunny. My husband and I had a great vacation. Here are a few of the highlights.
We ate breakfast at Blue Heaven. The omelets were delicious! We ate outside and chickens roamed between the tables and out into the streets. You see them everywhere in Key West.
We toured Ernest Hemingway’s house and met many of his six toed cats (thought to bring good luck, the cats that are there are descendants of Hemingway’s son’s six toed cat) This is Hemingway’s office, where he wrote many of his most famous works. Not sure I could write with that animal head on the wall staring at me but it obviously worked for him!
We walked down to Mallory Square and watched this young man juggle as the sun slipped slowly beneath the horizon.
This shot was made from a bridge looking down at Bahia Honda State Park. We went there three times, carried chairs out to the edge of the water and listened to Jimmy Buffett.
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Those are beautiful photos and it looks like you had a blast. Have a great weekend and thanks for hosting.
I loved him too. Thanks for stopping by!
Isn’t he cool? He put on a great show. Love the Keys!
Hope you can go sometime. It’s beautiful!
Love your photos, it is so nice to see someplace warm right now. I’ve lived in a few different places in South Florida, visit there often (my mom lives there) but I’ve still never been to the Keys!
Wow- that guy on the unicycle is something else!
Great shots! I love Juggers!
Me too, ready to go back!
Thanks for stopping by. It was a blast…ready to go back!
It was fun…wish I was back there!
Looks like a great vacation spot. It must have been great to have visited the exact spot where Hemmingway wrote, chicken, elk heads and all.
Thanks for the linky. Kathy at Oak Lawn Images
Looks like an amazing place to vacation. Not so sure about the chickens around the tables and I’m with your on the elk head, but if it was good for Hemingway, who are we to argue. Six toed cats…cool. Kathy at Oak Lawn Images
PS: Monica, right above me is my sister.
Looks like you had a great vacation. Would love to be there right now!!
That looks like an idyllic getaway!
Looks like the perfect vacation! Love the pics!
Looks like you had a wonderful time! Everybody needs to get away now and then.
Sounds like an amazing vacation!
Thanks Michelle! Hope you have a great week too and a cruise sounds lovely!
Yeppers! it was perfect!
It was Bree! Thanks for coming by!
Thanks for coming by Judy!
Thanks Evelyn, it was!
I’m ready to go back!
wish i could be there
It looks like it was a lovely vacation!
A wonderful vacation! Beautiful shots. Thanks for hosting.
We love Bahia Honda, it is one of our favorite places to go on vacation.
Looks warm and wonderful 🙂
Florida Keys plus Jimmy Buffett = perfect!
Lovely shots! I would give anything to be sitting on that beach right now 🙂
Gorgeous! My hubby and I have gone down to Marathon sans kids the last two years in a row. Unfortunately, we don’t plan on going this year. So sad! The kids and I will be in Key West for a day on a cruise in July, but I prefer to go alone with my hubby. Looks like you had a good trip. Have a great week!
What fab photo they are all good so can’t pick a favourite although I’m liking the beach after our cold weather in London
Love the juggling photo!!!
Ready for a house guest 😉
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Those are beautiful photos and it looks like you had a blast. Have a great weekend and thanks for hosting.
I loved him too. Thanks for stopping by!
Isn’t he cool? He put on a great show. Love the Keys!
Hope you can go sometime. It’s beautiful!
Love your photos, it is so nice to see someplace warm right now. I’ve lived in a few different places in South Florida, visit there often (my mom lives there) but I’ve still never been to the Keys!
Wow- that guy on the unicycle is something else!
Great shots! I love Juggers!
Me too, ready to go back!
Thanks for stopping by. It was a blast…ready to go back!
It was fun…wish I was back there!
Looks like a great vacation spot. It must have been great to have visited the exact spot where Hemmingway wrote, chicken, elk heads and all.
Thanks for the linky.
Kathy at Oak Lawn Images
Looks like an amazing place to vacation. Not so sure about the chickens around the tables and I’m with your on the elk head, but if it was good for Hemingway, who are we to argue. Six toed cats…cool.
Kathy at Oak Lawn Images
PS: Monica, right above me is my sister.
Looks like you had a great vacation. Would love to be there right now!!
That looks like an idyllic getaway!
Looks like the perfect vacation! Love the pics!
Looks like you had a wonderful time! Everybody needs to get away now and then.
Sounds like an amazing vacation!
Thanks Michelle! Hope you have a great week too and a cruise sounds lovely!
Yeppers! it was perfect!
It was Bree! Thanks for coming by!
Thanks for coming by Judy!
Thanks Evelyn, it was!
I’m ready to go back!
wish i could be there
It looks like it was a lovely vacation!
A wonderful vacation! Beautiful shots. Thanks for hosting.
We love Bahia Honda, it is one of our favorite places to go on vacation.
Looks warm and wonderful 🙂
Florida Keys plus Jimmy Buffett = perfect!
Lovely shots! I would give anything to be sitting on that beach right now 🙂
Gorgeous! My hubby and I have gone down to Marathon sans kids the last two years in a row. Unfortunately, we don’t plan on going this year. So sad! The kids and I will be in Key West for a day on a cruise in July, but I prefer to go alone with my hubby. Looks like you had a good trip. Have a great week!
What fab photo they are all good so can’t pick a favourite although I’m liking the beach after our cold weather in London
Have a fantabulosa week 😉