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More Than Just Birds Fly in Moorea

During dolphin tours on Moorea, more than the birds were flying. These wild spinner dolphins leaped and twirled for their audience as we watched in wonder.

Different Islands, Different Bird

As opposed to yesterday’s post of the blue-footed booby, we were exactly what this brown booby wanted. It was hungry and looking for a handout as we watched for dolphins during a lagoon tour in Moorea.

What Are You Lookin’ At?

On the Galapagos Islands the creatures rule while people are meerly a curiosity to be watched, not feared by the inhabitants. In this case, this blue-footed booby is seeking a mate, and from the look on his face, we definitely ain’t what he’s looking for.

Beauty-full Moon

Chilly air colored by the dawning sun filtered the light from the setting full Moon as it peered between the branches of a live oak behind our yard. While leaves are falling in the front yard as our maple sheds its leaves, the live oak wait for spring for their leaves to fall. The seasonsContinue reading “Beauty-full Moon”

January Fall

Yep, it’s winter in Florida and now the leaves are falling. Tonight we will approach the freezing mark and while it may not ice over the birdbath, it will leave some frost on the shingles. At least it is leaves that will be falling, not snow.

North Head Views

Here are some more photos from our stay at North Head in Washington State a year ago. Such a wonderful place, such a wonderful time.

Keepers of the Light

This time last year we were treated by family to a stay at the assistant lighthouse keeper’s house at North Head Lighthouse in southern Washington near the mouth of the Columbia River. It had been commissioned in 1897 and was manned for the greater part of the twentieth century until the light was automated. ItContinue reading “Keepers of the Light”

Sunrise, Sunset…

I don’t really recall whether this photo, taken a few years ago, was at sunrise or sunset. But it doesn’t matter. My wish today is that your sun may rise with bright opportunities and set full of fond memories that will never fade.

Seeing the Invisible

The trip to Barr Hammock Preserve revealed further spectacular “wild life” with the help of a microscope to view water samples I cautiously collected while on the hike. There are gators in those waters, but there is so much more. Myriads of microscopic creatures inhabit every drop and could be seen through the microscope cavortingContinue reading “Seeing the Invisible”

Barr Hammock

Between Gainesville and sleepy little Micanopy, a one by two mile lowland alternates between swamp and shallow lake and is called a hammock. Known as Barr Hammock Preserve, it is mostly swamp with a few ponds this time of year. Along its margins leafless cypress and maples sport beards of Spanish moss thought grass andContinue reading “Barr Hammock”