Signs of Florida

A trip to Punta Gorda produced a photo of this Indian brave carved into a monkey pod tree near the waterfront. A face of a female Indian is carved on the opposite side. It was a coolish day for Florida with a clear blue sky, about 65 degrees. We spent a while walking to Fishermen's Village and back. There were tennis courts and players, mostly about level 3.0 lobbing shots back and forth. There was a sign announcing that the club had won a level 6.5 tournament - a level previously unknown to me.



An interesting feature of this area of Florida is the tendency to overdo the signs in areas of attraction. The number of warnings and detail thereof is astonishing. At the playground along the waterfront this sign is a good example of creeping signism. For instance, the instructions for the slide remind the users, "Do not slide improperly." For the seesaw, "Do not jump off seesaw without warning your partner." Probably good advice, but who's going to stand around and read the warnings?


The Olympic hockey and curling tournaments have been taking up some of my attention. The USA-Canada game for the gold in women's hockey was exciting, but not a good result for the Minnesota players on the USA team. I'm watching the women's curling gold medal game as I type.

It was another very nice day in southwest Florida.