Tag: Florida
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Sleep Interrupted
‘Fled is that music, do I wake or sleep?’ I had one of those Keatsian moments recently while lounging in the balcony and enjoying the Florida sun, and sounds of the surf softly crashing on the beach. Heavy-lidded and on the brink of sleep but not quite – this reverie was broken by a series…
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Florida Gallery
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Skim, Skim, Skimmin’
Florida has interesting coastal birds. One particular kind, the Black Skimmer with its long bright red scissor-like bill was intriguing to me because this is the first time I’ve seen such a bird. A distinctive feature is that it’s lower bill juts a third beyond the upper. And its black and white wings are long…
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Bird Fever
Things right themselves – sometimes. A few weeks ago, while exploring a trail at the Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, we came across a group of beautiful Roseate Spoonbills feeding in a mangrove marsh. Their pink feathers always remind me of peonies in the early summer. It is a quirk of nature…
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Gator Gal
If you’re an unlucky photographer like I was at southwest Florida’s Myakka River State Park, this is what happens: dozens and dozens of alligators suddenly appear – basking on the shores and slithering in the waters around you, but you’re trapped in an airboat in the third seat from the side of the vessel –…
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Sarasota Story
We have always heard so much about Sarasota from friends and family and finally made it to this culture-rich and elegant city on the southwest coast of Florida this frigid January. Many people are attracted by the beaches in the area, and indeed Siesta Key with its dazzling fine white sand [almost like powdered sugar]…
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A New Year’s Postcard
May there be plenty of blue skies, balmy breezes and good vibes in 2012. Despite the dire, apocalyptic expectations for 2012 in the Mayan calendar, I don’t believe a word of it. It’s been enjoyable writing this blog and keeping in touch with all of my family and friends through stories of our travels. I’ll…
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