Photos from October 10, 2005

  • Carol Dalzell carefully studies her hand before making her bids to let her partner know her hand during a meeting of the Bonita Springs Bridge Club at the Lions Club.
  • A bidding box holds coded cards for the players’ next bid to communicate to their partner what they are holding, and then play to make their contract.
  • Thirty-two duplicate bridge players cram themselves into a little room at the Lions Club after the air conditioning unit for the main facility stopped working. In season, the Bonita Springs Bridge Club can swell to 160 players on any given day.
  • Bromeliad , growing on the tree
  • Growing on the wild side! Bromeliad
  • Neo 'tiger' North Naples Garden
  • A bromeliad Growing in a palm tree. By James Bixler
  • Estero High golf coach, Jeff Estes, gives pointers to senior Mark Robbins, right, during a team practice at Miromar Lakes last week. Estes is currently in the middle of his first year as the new head coach of the Wildcats.
  • Ryan Clase, right, a freshman on the Estero High golf team, gets some helpful advice from first year coach Jeff Estes.
  • North Naples Peaceful Bromeliad Garden. By: James Bixler
  • The Festive Sanctuary of St. Mary's Church, Bonita Springs
  • Holy Silence and Contemplation at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Bonita Springs By: James Bixler
  • Our Lady of the Everglades, Made from local cypress. St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Bonita Springs By: James Bixler
  • St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Bonita Springs, Peaceful and Calm By James Bixler
  • Peaceful Chapel at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Bonita Springs By James Bixler

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