Am I Dead?

9:00 AM -- Am I dead, or are the vultures just hanging around the neighborhood in case I might decide to expire while I'm here? There were four of them making a mess of someone's trash, but two of them flew away before I could take the picture.

They tend to like to perch on the top of lamp posts or rooftops, and with their backs facing the sun they spread their wings like a feathered solar collector to warm up in the early morning.

There's a Starbucks about a mile down the road from here, and her Majesty the Valerie sent me to fetch her morning coffee. It was about a quarter to nine in the morning and when I stepped out of the air conditioned car into the warm, humid morning air... My glasses fogged up! We must be in Florida...