Looking For a Point of View

 

                           
                  Sugar Loaf "Mountain"  312 feet above sea level


Yesterday I had the thought that it would be great to be on a hill with Zion where we could sit on a bench and enjoy the vista.

Fat chance in flat Florida!  The nearest would be Sugar Loaf "Mountain".  It's not the highest place in Florida (that honour goes to Mt. Britten)  but it is the place which affords the best views.

It's only 145 miles from Sarasota!

So Zion and I went to "The Bay" in Sarasota, not to be confused with Bayfront Park.   If you live in Sarasota, or have visited us, it's the place at which the Van Wezel Performing Centre is located.

At The Bay there is a decent vista of the intra-coastal waterway; looking south to the Ringling Bridge, and west to Longboat Key.

Z and I were there this morning at about 8:30.   It was delightfully peaceful.


Looking South with the Ringling Bridge and the Plymouth Harbour retirement community in sight.


Looking West to Longboat Key.


Zion enjoying the view?  NO!  He was focused on three men on a little Pier.  They were fishing.  Z is a people person!











On the way home I photographed the mural on the side of a building on 10th Street.  Not quite "Banksy", but charming in its own way.

BTW   At about 2:00 p.m. today Mr. Z fully emerged from his post-op. semi-stupour and reclaimed his loving and gentle self.

 

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