Reading and Roaming
It was a week for birds, manatees, and several very good films. WILDLIFE My sister Ann is more of a nature person than I am. She and Paul visited us this past week and they both enjoyed seeing the shore birds from our lanai. Lots of great white egrets, white and a few brown pelicans, …
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Birds. One of my favorite aspects of living on Sarasota Bay in a nature preserve is all the different species of birds. We had one of those exceedingly low tides last week and with mud and sandbars exposed, birds spent the early morning hours feasting in the shallow water. There were the usual egrets (stately …
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EXPLORING DORSET COUNTRYSIDE We hadn’t seen these friends in almost ten years, but readily accepted their invitation to visit them in Dorset and stay overnight. We took the Southwest Train from Waterloo to Wareham and thus began a wonderful visit. R and S were relaxed hosts and we picked up as if we had just …
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This is the first time in more than 10 years that a hurricane has made landfall in Florida. We are now into Day 3 of Hermine and we are fortunate that we are nowhere near the worst of this storm. In fact, we’ve been on the eastern edge and have only been deluged with rain and occasional …
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