Loved the halo around the sun

We first went to the small island village of Matlacha. It is billed to be a old Florida fishing village with a lot of bright art work on the walls. During our drive there, it did seem that the village got terribly affected Hurricane Ian and is yet to recover.

From there we went to Pine Island. This one has recovered a bit more but still long ways to go…

Usually, I am used to those slightly tilted blades that pushes the air down. This one reminded me of the design of the first plane by the Wright brothers!!

You must have encountered this many times in your beach trips. You wake up in the morning, pull the curtains and the glass doors are frosted. This is a natural phenomenon. You had the air conditioning on given the heat of beach places. But the outside was humid – again, it is a beach place. So the humidity outside collects on the cold glass door and condenses – giving that frosty look.

I woke up this morning to this same frosty glass door. The problem is that we did not have the air conditioning on. It is freezing here in Florida. How did the condensation happen then?

Incidentally, if you have not seen a small stand-up bit by the Finnish comedian Ismo on the topic of “She sells sea shells by the sea shore”, I highly recommend it!

Given Sharmila’s vocation, every vacation means we check out the local art scene. Went to three art galleries in Sanibel Island and one in nearby Estero. In the very first one, we made friends with this wonderful lady Ludmilla. She escaped from Slovakia during the Soviet era and found love in art in Cleveland. She has moved around a lot in America and Canada and has stuck to her love of art. She is one of the artists in this co-op gallery and was the manager today.

What was very intriguing is how much she knew about Indian culture – specially Aurobindo. She was delighted to find out that we hail from exactly the same part of India as Aurobindo did. She has not been to India yet! Hope she is able to go to Auroville someday!

Back in Alpharetta, our Saturday morning Farmers’Market stops around late October. Not so in Florida!! Here it opens in October!!

We had a great time spending the whole morning in the Market. There were some fresh fruits, crepes and baked goods to be had. And picked up two bags of coffee beans too!