We have not been too busy the last two days, so I don’t know why I forgot to post yesterday. So here are two day’s worth of pictures around the RV park. I really need to get you out a little more often.
We were taking one of our daily walks when Andy made a pit stop. I sat by the canal to wait and watched a manatee swim by. I ocurred to me that my manatee pictures usually post don’t have any scale. So here is a 17-ft boat in the background to give an idea how long the manatee is. Adult manatees average about 10-feet long and 800 to 1,200 pounds
The manatee beat us to the end of the canal and joined two others lollygagging behind another boat.
This morning, we were sitting outside in our screen room drinking coffee when I heard a woodpecker. In previous years, they have been common on the utility pole behind our shed, but we had not seen them yet this year. I ran out to have a look. One was on the pole and its mate was in the mangroves.
Winter is not over yet so here is today’s weather report, courtesy of our neighbor Bill.
At the waterfront, there was a truce between the Snowy Egret and the Tricolored Heron. They were not a yard apart and were not paying any attention to each other.
A Little Green Heron was standing on the float.
This Plumbago is growing next to a trailer near the park entrance. It is really bluer (more blue?) than this picture shows.
Andy pointed out the moon so I took a daytime picture. It turned out better than my nighttime shots. This was at 3:00 pm.
I spotted a large iguana on a pier near the canal entrance. When they are small, they are bright green, but get more brown as they age and grow.
Here is a close up.
A walk to the post office and two walks around the RV park got me five miles on the activity tracker today. But a stop on the Publix (grocery store) scale told me that I have gained another pound. It’s diet and exercise. It’s time to add more diet to the program.
Dinata Misovec 
What lovely photos Dinata. A nice walk indeed.
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Thank you, and thanks for coming along.
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These photos are so amazing!
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Thank you!
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What a delightful place!
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Yes, we love staying here in the winter. There is a lot to do outside.
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I love all the wildlife you’re surrounded by. So different from ours!
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Yes, we have a lot of birds to see. I feel fortunate to be retired and have time to enjoy them. Before 2010, when we had a very cold snap, we also had a lot of tropical fish here. Back then, the tropical fish were floating on the surface and the pelicans were just sitting there eating fish rather than diving from the sky for then as is normal. I’m sure I would marvel at the sight where you live too!
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I enjoyed my walk with you this morning. Hope to be on the beach soon. I might even take the camera to show you Cleethorpes in the sun: it’s beautiful this Valentine’s morning
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I looked it up on Google Earth and saw that you are on the sea. I also looked at all the photos there. It looks like a nice town. Can your wife get pleasure from a walk on the beach?
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Your weather forecast made me laugh out loud! It is wonderful what a walk and a camera can produce! Will the Iguanas attack or do they scurry when you come close? That sure looks like a huge one!
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Bill reads my blog so I hope he doesn’t mind being the weather report; we laughed about it for the rest of our walk, coming up with words for beneath the picture. Iguanas will run if you get too close. Sometimes those great big ones like that one will not unless you push them along with a broom. I’ve never heard of one attacking anyone though. I Googled it and found some pretty upgly bite pictures from pet iguanas.
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It is 10 degrees here and the wind is howling. Thanks for the warm up. Hope to see you Wednesday at Salon #11.
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Happy to oblige!
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Dinata:
Getting the blogs fine, now, thanks. We are hunkered down, trying to stay warm. I am still writing my second book, The “Riverkeepers” (working title). I correspond with a retired police lieutenant who is writing a police procedural titled “Apprehension”. We exchange drafts and edits, suggestions. Very helpful! I have completed 20 chapters, 100+ pages.
Keep writing!
Paul Day
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This book writing is too much work! What is the title of your first book? I must read it before the second one comes out!
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I feel like I’ve just traveled to the tropics. Thanks for this bit of sunshine and warmth, Dinata. It’s eight above zero here on the frozen prairie today.
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Glad to warm you up a bit!
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Always enjoy your news and pics! On Feb 13, 2016 8:53 PM, “Dinata Misovec” wrote:
> Dinata Misovec posted: “We have not been too busy the last two days, so I > don’t know why I forgot to post yesterday. So here are two day’s worth of > pictures around the RV park. I really need to get you out a little more > often. We were taking one of our daily walks when Andy” >
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Thank you Marilynn
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Reblogged this on Ancien Hippie.
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I’m so happy that you enjoy my posts enough to reblog them.
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