Sunday in Hollywood

Today we went to the Hollywood Alliance Church.  It was great to hear a lady missionary from Brazil - she was a really good speaker.  But again, we found another struggling Alliance Church.  It's so sad!                             This is a flower that is growing in the entranceway to  this resort                                        

We went for a walk this afternoon at the water's edge.  We're very close to the outlet from Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, which is one of the ports in Florida  that the cruise ships sail out of.  We saw at least 4 of them leaving the port today.

It was a day that it was supposed to be raining all day, but it managed to wait until just after we came in before it started.

This is the Hollywood Beach Resort and Cruiseport, where we are staying this week.  We were a wee bit disturbed to find out that we have to pay $18 per day to park here!

We often see these beautiful seabirds on the Trent River, just below Hastings.  I think they are called Royal Terns, and are really quite pretty.

This bottle was washed up on the beach, but there was not a note in it - just lots of shells attached to it.

This beautiful creature is called a "man-of-war", and often washes up on the beaches with the tide.  It is quite lovely to look at, but has long, string-like tentacles which apparently give a terrible sting if touched.

These colourful boards often show up  on the beaches as well on a windy day like today was.

It is looking a lot like it might rain for the next 2 days, but the rest of the week is looking pretty good right now.  Here's hoping!