1989, I BOUGHT A SMALL APARTMENT AT LAKE EMERALD, LARGE MAN-MADE FRESH WATER LAKE. I HAD A FEW ROOMATES UNTIL I WAS COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO LIVE ALONE. I DATED A FEW GIRLS DURING THESE YEARS AND MET MY WIFE, DIANE, WHILE LIVING HERE. AT ONE POINT I HAD A MENAGERIE OF ANIMALS IN THE APARTMENT: A FREE ROAMING 6’ BOA CONSTRICTOR SNAKE (HE HUNG OUT NEXT TO THE LONG LIGHT ON THE FISH TANK); LARGE FRESH WATER FISH TANK; A PAIR OF LARGE IGUANAS (THAT HUNG BY THERE CLAWS ON THE SCREEN PATIO ALL DAY (ONE DAY I FOUND IGUANA EGGS IN A POTTED PLANT OUT THERE); A BLUE FRONT PARROT; AND TO TOP IT OFF AN ASTEROIDS VIDEO GAME IN THE SMALL KITCHEN. TV UNIT WAS HAND-PAINTED WITH PALM TREES.
IN THIS PAINTING YOU SEE ONE OF MY SNAKES THAT I PLACED IN THE POOL FOR EXERCISE!
SIGNED, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, STEPHEN SHOOSTER
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Lake Emerald Pool
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