Welcome or Not?

Since we’ve been here 21 years, the sign couldn’t be referring to us–I hope. But I couldn’t help wondering if it applied to vacationers, newcomers, or snowbirds. Hopefully it doesn’t refer to vacationers since, one way or another, the tourist economy probably helped finance the fuel in his pickup. As for snowbirds, it just doesn’tContinue reading “Welcome or Not?”

Snowbird Return

I was in the backyard preparing to photograph the sun when the familiar raspy rattley trill of sandhill cranes descended sweetly from high overhead. I just had to get their photograph before tending to the solar telescopes. Like human Floridians, migratory cranes flock here in the colder seasons, while others choose to stay here yearContinue reading “Snowbird Return”