Come have a visit to our town....

It was a grey, windy day...and I decided to take my camera, and bring you

on a bit of a tour of our little jewel of a town.

It's really a small city...but more of a town. Still has a kind of 50's vibe.

Old Florida.

We don't have any soaring high rises....we do have miles and miles

of, often uninhabited, beach.

...And some gorgeous hidden shops and restaurants

...many have been around for many, many decades. Which is a long time for Florida!

I think one of my favorite things...that I had never really seen before,

are the sandy, canopied winding streets.

The live oaks meet...and create a beautiful canopy on many of the sandy streets.

The birds shrills and music are so much more exagerated in the canopy.

The craggly, moss covered oaks have been stretching

and protecting for 100 years...

The homes are carefully built around these treasured oaks...

Both the old...and the new.

There were some amazing characters that have woven their personality

throughout this town...One of my favorites was Waldo Sexton...You can see his funky, original influence throughout the area...he was instrumental in developing our McKee Botanical Gardens....a gregarious, full of personality man of many talents...

Quirky and colorful.

There are many simple cottages, along the sandy roads...

The town also has it's share of Old mission style 1920's homes...
....and plain old Funky...with tons'o personality ...This little cottage is simply amazing inside...It has a guest house, that makes you feel you are

in the south sea islands! And it was once a simple ranch.

We have our share of newer homes, also. But many are built to share space with

those beautiful oaks...When done well, it is such a symbiotic relationship.

It has been really wonderful raising kids in such a relaxed, beautiful place.

Sandy toes...Salt air....Live oaks.

Small town values...

One day we will head to the mountains again...but today reminded me to

breathe...and enjoy the town we call home.

Thanks for coming along.

Living fairly simply inVero Beach, Florida.