{"id":1504,"date":"2012-12-05T15:16:01","date_gmt":"2012-12-05T15:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/?p=1504"},"modified":"2012-12-05T15:19:49","modified_gmt":"2012-12-05T15:19:49","slug":"1504","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/?p=1504","title":{"rendered":"A Lovely Day in Cocoa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I continue to marvel at how lovely the Christmas season can be in the tropics! \u00a0Bob and I took a walk together through the more historic residential area of Cocoa, the major style being bungalow from the early 20th century&#8230;..my favorite!<\/p>\n<p>Nice modern addition to this classic bungalow, although I do wonder how hot that glass enclosure gets in the summer!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-5-12-001.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1505\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-5-12-001-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-5-12-001-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-5-12-001-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">There were also quite a few more traditional looking Spanish inspired houses. Most of these houses had historic plaques.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-5-12-009.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1506\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-5-12-009-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-5-12-009-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-5-12-009-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Palm trees and Christmas decorations&#8230;.it does work!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-5-12-0251.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1508\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-5-12-0251-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-5-12-0251-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-5-12-0251-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I wonder if this lovely shade of blue was chosen to match the flowering vine on their arbor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-5-12-019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1509\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-5-12-019-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-5-12-019-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-5-12-019-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-5-12-018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1510\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-5-12-018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-5-12-018.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-5-12-018-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Christmas with orange trees, bougainvillea, hibiscus, and lots of little lizards skittering across our path wherever we walked!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-5-12-021.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1511\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-5-12-021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-5-12-021.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-5-12-021-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-5-12-023.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1512\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-5-12-023.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-5-12-023.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-5-12-023-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-5-12-016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1513\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-5-12-016-1024x558.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-5-12-016-1024x558.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-5-12-016-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I capped off the day by visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knitandstitchboutique.com\/Home.html\">Knit and Stitch<\/a>\u00a0again to sit with the other knitters and work on my Ann Jacket. \u00a0What a lovely spot! \u00a0On top of being in a community of knitters, I learned that one of the women who works in the shop, Barbara, \u00a0is an avid weaver \u00a0and reps Schacht products for the store. \u00a0One of the other shop women, Ann, seems to have done some weaving herself, so I felt that I had found some wonderful connections here. \u00a0Thank you!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As if this wasn&#8217;t enough of a perfect day, we spent the evening on board <em>Meltemi<\/em> (a Catalina 42&#8242;) with Jeff and Susan, while they taught us a popular Bahamian cruisers&#8217; domino game called &#8220;Mexican Train.&#8221; \u00a0(I shudder at how un-PC this name is!) I never knew there are dominoes with 12 spots on them! \u00a0I was terrible at understanding all the little dots on these tiles!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/mexican-train.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1514\" title=\"mexican train\" src=\"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/mexican-train.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" \/><\/a>\u00a0Today we are headed to Melbourne&#8230;.<em>not<\/em> Australia. \u00a0Before this trip I didn&#8217;t know there was a Melbourne in Florida. \u00a0It seems that wherever the English went they used place names from home. \u00a0Makes for a very confusing world!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Day 86, December 5: <a href=\"http:\/\/share.findmespot.com\/shared\/faces\/viewspots.jsp?glId=0Hb9iiqRETcixSeCmrqUYj83WkVkHsoqq\">Cocoa to Melbourne<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I continue to marvel at how lovely the Christmas season can be in the tropics! \u00a0Bob and I took a walk together through the more historic residential area of Cocoa, the major style being bungalow from the early 20th century&#8230;..my favorite! 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