Ode to the Scooter {Part 1 of 4}

If anyone has been keeping up (refer to #4), you already know of my scooter love. Well, my dear sweet D has been paying attention. He found, God know's how, this White Sand Mayhem Scooter Rally that we went to on Friday night.

(Before I go any further, if you stick it out to Part 4, there is an old car. Not a huge bonus, but something to look forward to.)

First we had to find the Elbow Room. Hmmm. Elbow Room. So off we set with iPhones in hand. Getting closer to what we felt was the spot, but we didn't know which side of the street. Being a four lane road, we had to make a call. About that time a sweet little green scooter buzzed by us on the left. Using our keen senses, we got in that scooter's lane and followed it to the Elbow Room.

Follow that...




...scooter!



Do I have a scooter. No. Did you have to have a scooter to attend? Apparently not. Although I think we were the only present without said scooter. But, they didn't judge us. No. Far from it. They were happy to talk to us about riding and their scooters. I even got to 'try on' a couple of Buddy's!

Lovely Buddy
Fit nicely...




Tiger Seat
...this one fit too.



Another Buddy didn't try this one



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Ode to the Scooter {Part 2 of 4}

Then you had your Stella riders. They were such cute bikes!

White Walls Stella



Another I liked it




Closer look Stella




Yummy orange


Zoom Zoom
Stella


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Ode to the Scooter {Part 3 of 4}

There were some vintage scooters too. Very vintage.

Grand Turismo Vespa



Front




Again
it caught my fancy




Seriously vintage


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Ode to the Scooter {Part 4 of 4}

We spoke quite awhile to Clementine's owner. I can remember the scooter's name, but not her's. I'm so horrible with people's names. She was from New Orleans. She didn't ride her scooter over, but brought it on a carrier. She did tell us that some of the people in her group did ride...it took 7 hours. People came from all over...Houston, Texas to Palm Beach, Florida. It was awesome!!

Hood ornament on Clementine




Headlight rusty



Gauges Stella, I think...

E

And, as promised, a vintage car. I remember when my Dad had one of these beauties. We road in style!

Ford Galaxy

Gallery Night {Part 1 of 3}

Gallery Night...held only three times a year. I missed the last one, so I thought I should at least attempt to make it to this one. Lots of people and art. Well, it is about art. And one little place served the best, the crispiest, the sweetest little homemade sugar cookies! I know it wasn't about the cookies, but I just was really impressed by them. There was, of course, wine at some galleries. That always makes for a festive night!

"I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day." ¸.•*´¨`♥ Vincent Van Gogh





"When you find a waiter who is a waiter and not an actor, writer, musician or poet, you've found a jewel." ¸.•*´¨`♥ Andre Soltner




"...Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win." ¸.•*´¨`♥ Stephen King



"That's the thing about free will, he told us. You can drag me along, but there's no way in hell you can make me have fun." ¸.•*´¨`♥ StoryPeople


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Gallery Night {Part 2 of 3}

"It isn't so much what's on the table that matters, as what's on the chairs." ¸.•*´¨`♥ William S. Gilbert



Art Praha galerie ??




"Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous" ¸.•*´¨`♥ Confucius



"I believe that the best cameraman is one who recognizes the source, the story, as the basis of his work." ¸.•*´¨`♥ James Wong Howe



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Gallery Night {Part 3 of 3}

"A decision made at night may be changed in the morning." ¸.•*´¨`♥ Samoan Proverb



"Of course I have played outdoor games. I once played dominoes in an open air cafe in Paris." ¸.•*´¨`♥ Oscar Wilde



"It took me a long time, she said, to stop confusing safety with love." ¸.•*´¨`♥ StoryPeople



"Night is a world lit by itself." ¸.•*´¨`♥ Antonio Porchia

Tribute to the Pensacola Beach Sign {Part 1 of 2}

What do I do when D is in school? Besides get in trouble? I grab my camera and go. This time on foot right up the road. I wanted a up close and personal view of the famous Pensacola Beach sign. I went right before sunset. And I was a bit disappointed when I got there and the sign wasn't lit up. So, I wandered into the bushes at the base, took some photos and then settled down on the grass directly in front of the sign. Then, all of a sudden, it was like the heaven's opened up and showered goodness upon me. I heard clicking and creaking like the sign was alive, then I heard buzzing...like a million bees circling overhead...and the sign was lit. Just for me :-)

Since I couldn't decide which one I liked best, I'm putting most of them up. You can decide for yourself.

Sparkly
Black & White




"On vacations: We hit the sunny beaches where we occupy ourselves keeping the sun off our skin, the saltwater off our bodies, and the sand out of our belongings." ¸.•*´¨`♥ Erma Bombeck



Wandered behind it... ...trying to figure out how to turn this thing on




Looking up massive


"The leaves of memory seemed to make A mournful rustling in the dark." ¸.•*´¨`♥ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


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Tribute to the Pensacola Beach Sign {Part 2 of 2}

"Winter must be cold for those with no warm memories." ¸.•*´¨`♥ From the movie An Affair to Remember



Scenic Drive Worlds' Whitest Beaches (no lie)




Glowing in the evening




Splendor in the darkness

Destin Pass {Part 1 of 3}

We took off to Fort Walton for the Greek Fest. meh. It was in a convention center. What fun is that? It actually took the fest right out of it. I was slightly disappointed, but I did get a great gyro and a Greek Iced Frappe. (aka Nescafe instant coffee with cream and sugar over ice...which I love!) Here is the only picture I took at the festival...and I use the term loosely.

Sultry eyes next to fish naked



Since we had gone that far, we drove a little further into Destin to see the Pass. Totally pulled the trip out of the trash bin and made it a great worthwhile event.

"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be." ¸.•*´¨`♥ Douglas Adams



"What are the rules? I said & she said, Do exactly what I want whenever I want, make no demands of me whatsoever & love me forever, no questions asked..." ¸.•*´¨`♥ StoryPeople



"The sail, the play of its pulse so like our own lives: so thin and yet so full of life, so noise less when it labors hardest, so noisy and impatient when least effective." ¸.•*´¨`♥ Henry David Thoreau



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Destin Pass {Part 2 of 3}

Sky & Water and boys




Between the bridges




Sand and fun




"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." ¸.•*´¨`♥ Confucius



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Destin Pass {Part 3 of 3}

"It is not the form that dictates the color, but the color that brings out the form." ¸.•*´¨`♥ Hans Hofmann



A party in the pass




"Every chair should be a throne and hold a king" ¸.•*´¨`♥ Ralph Waldo Emerson