I continue to marvel at how lovely the Christmas season can be in the tropics! Bob and I took a walk together through the more historic residential area of Cocoa, the major style being bungalow from the early 20th century…..my favorite!
Nice modern addition to this classic bungalow, although I do wonder how hot that glass enclosure gets in the summer!
There were also quite a few more traditional looking Spanish inspired houses. Most of these houses had historic plaques.
Palm trees and Christmas decorations….it does work!
I wonder if this lovely shade of blue was chosen to match the flowering vine on their arbor.
Christmas with orange trees, bougainvillea, hibiscus, and lots of little lizards skittering across our path wherever we walked!
I capped off the day by visiting Knit and Stitch again to sit with the other knitters and work on my Ann Jacket. What a lovely spot! On top of being in a community of knitters, I learned that one of the women who works in the shop, Barbara, is an avid weaver and reps Schacht products for the store. One of the other shop women, Ann, seems to have done some weaving herself, so I felt that I had found some wonderful connections here. Thank you!
As if this wasn’t enough of a perfect day, we spent the evening on board Meltemi (a Catalina 42′) with Jeff and Susan, while they taught us a popular Bahamian cruisers’ domino game called “Mexican Train.” (I shudder at how un-PC this name is!) I never knew there are dominoes with 12 spots on them! I was terrible at understanding all the little dots on these tiles!
Today we are headed to Melbourne….not Australia. Before this trip I didn’t know there was a Melbourne in Florida. It seems that wherever the English went they used place names from home. Makes for a very confusing world!
Day 86, December 5: Cocoa to Melbourne
