The Lagoon at the Bonnet House in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. This is a historical home, and the property sits between the Atlantic ocean, and the Intercoastal waterway. It is surrounded by condos and other development, but you would never know it when you are there. The tour guide told us that manatees sometimes swim up into the lagoon when it is very cold. (Cold being a relative term for you northerners!)

The house was built in a hollow rectangle, with every room opening into the courtyard. Most of the room did not connect from the inside, you had to go outside thru the courtyard to get anyplace. The home was owned by a very rich family from Chicago, and this was just their "winter cottage".

These are taken from the top of 17th Street Causeway bridge over the Intercoastal, in Ft Lauderdale, looking north. They have a special pedestrian/bike lane on the bridge, and Jacki and I walked over it, and back again. Very different from the walking I do here!