When we arrived yesterday, to cold and stormy weather 20 degrees below normal, this gentleman was here to greet us on our patio. He is tame enough that if you dine outside and don’t feed him, he will jump up on the table to help himself. We haven’t had that happen yet, but once it warms up, we’ll look forward to it. All that matters right now is that we’re here, with the sand and the sea at our doorstep.
Holmes Beach, Florida
Quote of the day: “We need the tonic of wildness…At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable. We can never have enough of nature.” — Henry David Thoreau
Daily gratitudes:
Excellent dreams
Harry the Great Blue Heron
Grocery stores in different parts of the country
Finally getting to the sea again
MKL
My amazing daughter
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February 17, 2013 at 10:30 am
georgefloreswrite
Nice to have you in our state. Have a great time and beware of that fresh fellow!
February 17, 2013 at 4:23 pm
tamara
cant wait to see yall friday!
February 18, 2013 at 2:44 am
TBM
He stopped by to say hello
February 27, 2013 at 8:49 am
joanna
oh! i love these guys! i live near a rookery and love to watch them build their nests in the late winter…
February 27, 2013 at 9:03 am
Seasweetie
He was gorgeous, joanna – the manager of the place where we were staying told us that he would be on the nest soon, but she didn’t know where that was exactly. How fortunate you are to be able to see them often!