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It has been an interesting start for a February... In Southern Florida!
Hello folks!
You know, I've been wintering in Florida for fourteen years. Yes, we get hurricanes, tornadoes and red tide every so often...but this?
For those of you further North, extreme cold is to be expected. I mean you guys are supposed to accept all that frigidity because that's what winter does. But here in the South? Unacceptable! I know the frigid temps will be gone away by the time this newsletter arrives--but the trauma remains!
My orchids. They still haunt me about a few of the young, tender buds that didn't make it. I had to cover them and keep them protected outside where they grow, clinging to a small woody tropical tree, in the frozen tundra formerly known as tropical, South Florida. However, after a below freezing couple nights, I noticed a few stubborn stems that refused to be sheltered and poked their buds out from under the covering. Of course the fierce winds help loosen some of the covering, so it was not by choice that they popped out when there was a clearing outside the protected area.
As I was writing this newsletter, we were expecting another two nights falling below freezing. I suppose all of you Northerners are getting a chuckle out of such a dire situation in the witch's garden... But! What about all the fresh-frozen off the vines orange juice there will be, rather than the big, juicy, and delicious famed Florida oranges? We'll see who gets the last laugh!
There's another thing affected by very cold temps in Florida ...Iguanas! Those creatures, not native to Florida, btw, begin falling out of trees. Do you seriously think seeing a Floridian with a sturdy umbrella during a freeze is because they are expecting snow? NO! It's protection from being hit by a falling iguana.
We do have our peculiar issues in the South. But I'll manage just knowing that in a matter of days--I'll be back in the pool or at the beach!
That's all she shivered out for this edition of the Comedy Newsletter!
Until next time--Laugh hard, Laugh often! And stay warm!
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See you next month, folks! ...
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