My grandparents lived on a dead end street with horse fields and a pond beyond them. Alligators were around, as well as horses. They had a pet monkey with a huge outdoor cage in the yard. All very exotic to a little girl coming to visit at Christmas.
I vowed someday I'd live in Florida....and here I am and I love it!
BTW, I enjoyed a lot of LOLs reading your profile page. Good, clever, funny stuff!
Leni