March 4, 2006

Ok! The secret is out. This is what I do while in FL. I want to share a poem I wrote about the ocean. It is, I think, what would be classified as an environmental statement actually. There has been much said lately on our local tv about the debris along the roads. It washes down into the streams that flow out to the Gulf and then the Gulf spits it back up on our beautiful beaches.

I call it Restless Ocean--

Knocking on the shore
Berms, dunes, fences, grasses
A wall built by man
to keep her visits to
a minimum.
She comes to her shore
like an unwelcome relative.
She comes to claim what is hers.
Man opens windows
to allow her to come in.
She comes, she claims
every twelve hours.
She drags it back with her
As she spits out
plastic bottles, cans - debris,
flotsam, jetsum -
Sort of - except
it doesn't come from the Ocean but from
shore; from her visits
through those open windows.
Gifts of welcome?
I think not.

Hope your weekend is safe and pleasant.

March 3, 2006

We went down to the weekly Thursday celebration on Third Street last night. On the way there, we took some shots of the sunset on the Gulf of Mexico. I want to share those with you. We ran into a rather energetic group from Lake San Marino, joined them and ended up dancing to lively trio on the street. The evening ended with ice cream cones all around at the Gourmet Scoop. I got up this morning to clean my grill. I want to begin to pack my things back in the MH and the grill was pretty nasty. There are roofers here putting a new roof on the house next door to me so it is rather loud. Enjoy these photos.

March 2, 2006 Photos

Grand kids watching a Gopher Turtle in it's nesting grounds at Bearfoot Beach preserve in Bonita Springs, FL. Treking along the trail at the Audoubon's Corkscrew Wildlife Preserve with guidebook in hand. Little Blue Heron preening in a tree.

February 28, 2006

Have I got some great photos to share with you? You bet! Plenty of activities here around Bearfoot in the last couple of weeks. My daughter and two young children arrived a week ago. We were happily crowded into this motorhome with baggage stowed up under the steering wheel, beds had to be converted to eating and sitting areas during the day and wet towels hung around until taken out side and hung over the awning supports. We really looked like gypseys. Bash loved having the kids to play with although sometimes he grew tired of it and growled. I must admit there were times when it would have been a relief to growl but we managed to have a good time. We beached it, pooled it and visited the Audoubon Nature Reserve which is 1000 acres of wildlife walkways, as well as Manatee Park in Ft. Myers. We ate lots of pizza and shared a birthday dinner with my sister at Boca de Beppos italian family restaurant. We didn't bike because it would have meant renting a bike with training wheels for my granddaughter. I developed bronchitis, yes, again, at the beginning of their visit. Now they are gone and I am finally better. I did bike 20 miles today with a minimal amount of coughing. Computer will not load photos tonight so will try tomorrow. Ciao!