Another week in Fort Lauderdale 2022
By GreatMartin
@GreatMartin (23677)
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
May 15, 2022 4:57pm CST
Though it is not officially summer we have been hitting the temperatures if the high 80s and low 90s for a couple of weeks now and I have no objections. Today officially starts our rainy season which also means the humidity will start climbing but right now all is comfortable and walks outside, looking around, is a pleasant way of spending time on a Sunday afternoon.
In the upper left corner is a picture of the Queen Crepe myrtles coming into bloom (which means the Jacarandas aren't far behind---some already showing buds of red!)
In the top row in the center 2 pictures and in the lower-left corner a bird almost joined me on the walk. I took a closeup of his head but it didn't come out. Though the bird looks very familiar he had some 'different' markings on the top of his head--yellow and white flowers.
In the two middle pictures in the center row are a few other 'strange' birds! I think they are called humans and come in all shapes and sizes and they don't agree on how to maneuver their modes of transportation but they are always fun to look at.
Of course, I don't have to go out to spend a pleasant time as my place always offers things to see. I enjoy watching the weekend weatherman give his predictions and I often wonder if he just makes up the projected amounts of rainfall chances to cover his backside. We will get rain almost every day (or night) from now until November and it can be a short, misty fall or a hurricane but as long as he says it is going to rain he is very seldom wrong!!
Looking around my place I can see all kinds of plants from the pink Geraniums in the upper right corner to the yellow Cuban flowering plant below it and below that is the 'Christmas' cactus blooming in May!
Last, but not least, are two pepper plants with one producing a round pepper and the other an elongated pepper, both green. Now I am waiting on a couple of red ones on another plant!
I look around inside and outside and I can easily tell myself that life is good----for today at least! :O)
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@FourWalls (62126)
• United States
16 May 22
WHAT HAPPENED TO BETTY? She’s a white guy now!!! (Guess she’s taking her vacation before the hurricane season starts….our “main” meteorologists schedule their vacations before or after tornado season here.)
I love watching the live webcams from south Florida. You can see the big cruise ships coming in, people having fun on the beach, people in the Key West bars….and those pop-up thunderstorms.
You have a great day!
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
20 May 22
Greg, she didn't like the way you leered at her!!!
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
20 May 22
Another beautiful day here but rain coming in this afternoon!!! (We need it!)
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
20 May 22
@GreatMartin I hope we get rain soon as well. Enjoy!
@kaylachan (57647)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 May 22
That's good news. Our rain chances are always changing as always.
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
20 May 22
It is now rainy AND hurricane season!!!
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@kaylachan (57647)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 May 22
@GreatMartin Did I somehow miss the end of may? Last I checked Hurricane season still started June 1st.
@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
21 May 22
@GreatMartin - It is very dry here right now. We are lucky, as we have a heatwave, but it's dry.
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
21 May 22
@LadyDuck We are on the dry side too!! It's the rainy season but Mother Nature didn't get the message yet! And hurricane season is coming up next month.
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
20 May 22
Right now it is great because there is very little humidity but that will change!!!
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
20 May 22
It is on Karen Bay--we are about a mile from the beach!
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@LindaOHio (156159)
• United States
16 May 22
I love your pictures and your explanation of them. Have a good day and a good week.
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@ihasaquestion (8274)
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16 May 22
The weather's been unpredictable lately. Have a good day.
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
20 May 22
It's rainy season here and we need rain!
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