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Largo Lights - Part 3


Final post of the great Christmas light display at the Largo Botanical Gardens.   This is about the only thing I have experienced that almost…almost gets me in the spirit of the Holidays.  Gee, Christmas sucks in Florida.  I see in the stores seasonal stuff that normally would be kind of comforting amidst the snow up north.  I saw a tea that was a winter type thing and the picture on it was a sleigh rolling along in the snow.  Down here it would be rather irrelevant if you sipped in the normally 85 degree summer or the 75 winter temperatures.  Either way its real tough to get the warm cozy wintry feeling down here.   My neighbor planted petunias yesterday and I was so hot I almost turned on the air.  Next year…next year…!   







































This concludes our stroll through the phenomenal Largo Botanical Gardens.  So very pleased you could join me.  Christmas nears, so to all my loyal readers - enjoy the Season.

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