For many a time, we would just like to get away from the cold weather and, perhaps, getting away from it all.
This is the time when I would like to buy myself a ticket and escape to the tropics. . . . . a time when the lyrics of the song “Buy Me Ticket to the Tropics” resonates in my mind . . . . . . . 
Here I’m sitting
And it’s getting cold.
The morning rain against my window, babe
While the weather looks all cold and gray.
In my mind I drift away
While I’m on my way to tropic island.
You always said I was a dreamer.
You were right up my way. . . . . . . . .
PS Picture with beach and palm trees in the background was taken in a wellness resort on Koh Samui island, Thailand where we have just started another day in paradise.
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That’s a beautiful photo, relaxing and warm. Love it!
Thank you Penelope 🙂
Beautiful photo, it has a timeless and calm feel.
These are the qualities I like to look for in my pictures. Thank you 🙂
Youre welcome, and yes I have noticed those qualities (and more) in your other photos. Very good work.
Many thanks for following my blog and the encouraging comment 🙂
Looks like a scene out of a 50’s movie, without the color. It really conveys a certain mood….
The color version is not bad but this sepia conveys a different mood as you said. Thank you 🙂
The poetry makes a nice accompaniment to this softened tropical setting. http://ohtheplaceswesee.com
Thank you again for your continued response and support 🙂
I love the colour – striking!!
Thank you Clanmother 🙂
Lovely poem Michael.
Black & white photos always amaze me.
Best wishes,
mei
Hi Mei, many thanks for the encouraging comment. Regards, Michael
It does indeed look like paradise.
Somewhere I would like to be forever 🙂
Lovely photo! This makes me want to be there!
Thank you 🙂
Even Winter in the Southern Tropics is still warm this time of year. It’s only gotten as low as 3c to date, but that is for maybe only half an hour in the morning. After that, it is winter sun, and deep blue skies that reflect upon the Coral Sea. Winter or Summer, the Dry Season, or the Wet Season in the tropics is such a delight, rain, or shine, except in the case of severe storms which come to tango on occasions.
Like the sepia touch with the photo, Michael, express the warmth of the location on an elevated level…
Many thanks for your thought provoking response. Thank you 🙂
the tropics sound nice. i’ve never really found a place that truly provides escape, though. wherever i go, there i am:-)
Escaping physically from a place is not that difficult, however, to be physiologically escape so that you are absolutely free from oneself is difficult. Thank you 🙂
Merci pour votre soutien.
Merci 🙂
It’s beautiful in the paradise! Lots of enjoyment!
Glad that you like my little paradise 🙂
That chair has my name …. what a fantastic photo – and you have captured the calmness … the balsam for body and soul. Excellent
Hi Viveka, the chair looks really inviting. Thanks very much for the comment and the kind words 🙂
I don’t know what it is about this photo, but it evokes of feeling of Hemingway and Cuba and Humphrey Bogart.
Hi, I have that feeling too. Regards, Michael
How lovely, I feel it this morning, it’s Canada Day here, the sun is shining and the ocean gives that scent to the air and already it is 28C. I recognize those words, they are from the thoughts of those of us northerners in winter. LOL Very appealing photo.
Wow! The temperature is already that high where you are based! Thank you for the comment 🙂
Oh yes indeed! Just like how I feel in winter. I would love to be on a tropical island now. 😀
Great shot and words and thanks for sharing. Love your photo’s. 😀
Yes, I would like to be on a tropical island right now, lazing around. Thank you for liking my photos 🙂
Love the world “lazing around” … just what needs to be done on a tropical island indeed. 😀
You are very welcome. 😀
🙂