Joyce took this picture of the Key West Lighthouse from the corner of Whitehead Street and Truman Avenue.

Southern Most Point in the Continental US only 90-miles from Cuba

You will not see this marker very often with out tourist standing next to it getting their pictures taken.

The Southernmost Point Marker is located at the foot of Whitehead Street in Key West. Whitehead Street ends in the Atlantic Ocean so if you head south of Whitehead Street you are going to find this marker when you see the Atlantic.

The Green Parrot Bar on Whitehead Street in Key West, Florida

The Green Parrot Bar is a locals favorite that attracts a lot of tourist as well. The Green Parrot features top notch blues bands.

African Tulip Tree at the Hemingway House on Whitehead Street in Key West

This African Tulip Tree blooms during January and February each winter and can easily be seen from Whitehead Street at the Hemingway House.

Feral chicken (rooster) on the lawn of the Hemingway House on Whitehead Street

What fascinates me is this feral rooster is strolling around the grounds of the Hemingway House on Whitehead Street in Key West while dozens of cats reside on the property.

While you do not see "cats" in this picture they are there.

Here is part of a story about the Hemingway Cats copied from a USA Today article:

"Literary legend's six-toed legacies live on in Key West — much to the dismay of some. The fight over the felines has grown to include the USDA and the courts.
The legendary American novelist Ernest Hemingway lived in Key West for a decade in the 1930s, in a stone mansion on Whitehead Street with his wife, Pauline, and a six-toed cat named Snowball."

"Hemingway divorced Pauline in 1939, but Snowball stayed on. Today, about 50 of Snowball's descendants roam the grounds, to the delight of many tourists who visit the Hemingway Home and Museum. But the cats won't be roaming much longer, if the federal government has its way."

"The U.S. Department of Agriculture has cited the museum for violating a 1966 federal animal welfare law, and has threatened to impose stiff fines or confiscate the cats if the Hemingway Home does not do more to control the felines. Department inspectors say that the museum must be licensed as an exhibitor of animals, and that the cats, which sometimes climb over the wall surrounding the grounds, must be confined to the property."

If you are interested here is a link to the rest of the story: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-12-25-hemingway-cats_x.htm

That rooster doesn't seem to care if there are 40 or even 50 cats wandering the old Hemingway House..... he ain't scared!

Silver Bismarck Palm tree in private residence on Whitehead Street in Key West

The Silver Bismarck Palm is a beautiful palm tree with blue/silver fronds. Originally from the large island of Madagascar off the African coast it also thrives in south Florida.