Kalea Bay

Kalea Bay is a mile south of me in Naples.  They are now completing their fifth and final condo tower, each of which has 22 floors.

No one really lives here full-time.  Most buyers are wealthy young people from up north who fly in for occasional long weekends.  The cheapest unit in the final tower starts at $3.5 million.  Kalea Bay is an advertisement for the problem of income inequality in this country.

 

Alfred Robbins Luxury Real Estate

 I had to do some clever navigation to get behind this tourist trolley in time for the traffic lights to turn red so I could take a few photographs.

I had never heard of Alfred Robbins.  But I must admit, it is a pretty good advertisement.

The vehicle is owned by the Hoffman Group of Companies, another Naples business that has its tentacles in high end real estate and numerous other businesses.

Go Away!

 

They are not all friendly down here.

Merry Christmas!

We are just days into November, but holiday decorations are already up?

Everyone decorates for the holidays, but businesses and homeowners associations don't do it themselves.  They turn to third party contractors.  I guess the one this community uses is booked up later.

The Waiting Room

 

A Wedge of Egrets

Anyone who spends time in nature has seen groups of birds flying up and around. 

These images show a bunch of snowy egrets as they flew above and around me for a couple of minutes.

The group names for birds amuse me.

A bunch of egrets is called various names.  I like "wedge" best, but they are also called a  "congregation," a "skewer," a "siege," and a "sedge."

There were more snowy egrets up there.  I cropped to keep the group tight.

A "wedge" of egrets is most often used to describe egrets flying in a formation, so I'll use it today.

Breakfast

It's not my fault.  I didn't choose "breakfast" as the November theme for City Daily Photo participants.