Beautiful Buildings

Friday morning I was driving to work.

I was in Rod's little Honda

(I had to drive to Miami that night

and wasn't sure what time Rod would

get home from the chiropractor

so I borrowed his car...)

Traffic was backed up at the light.

Which means I had a moment to look around.

And take a picture.

This little house is OLD.

The property is completely overgrown.

There is no backyard.

Or side yard.

They are lucky to have a front yard!

But the house has so much charm

and character!

But what I really liked was the

Methuselah tree in the front.

It's a palm tree that has been

taken over by this long, wormy,

snakey, cactus thing.

Kinda beautiful

And kinda creepy.

Then this weekend I headed back down to

Hialeah (north Miami) to mentor an instructor.

We had a great weekend.

A great class.

She learned lots.

And so did I!

(She's a champion game player - I got

all sorts of ideas I'm planning to shamelessly

plagiarize!) 

(Ok, I was TOTALLY off on the spelling of that word)

Anyhow.

On the way home, I drove up I-75,

past Ft. Lauderdale.

Came around the corner and there it was!

One of the MOST beautiful buildings.

Our brand new Ft. Lauderdale temple.

Ok, not a great picture,

but you do what you can on the side

of a busy highway on a Sunday morning.

One of these days I'd like to make the trip

down and actually go there.

Although it's very similar to the Orlando temple,

it's closer to the ocean, so a single level

instead of multi-level like Orlando.

Ft. Lauderdale members are blessed to have it!