tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86293664295838531352024-03-18T15:58:09.799-04:00" Welcome to Lavender Dreams "~Lavender Dreamer~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06298191144517740164noreply@blogger.comBlogger2759125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629366429583853135.post-33232521441547154802024-03-15T08:11:00.062-04:002024-03-16T11:59:35.031-04:00Halpata Tastanaki Preserve - Plan B<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I've learned over the years not to worry if I get a late start or change my mind about my original plan. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSifFybfX-n30bWZAwBsI8ot78ni7n5dBKiYO487lqv1-yWGCQiuKXrH81b4UvIiIXGSsAAXkzyKcV99qMrFMydB2R1oZAWlTEpG9tcJ5keJWB5Xo5tk4V3y7oTK3Li9o7IHAAZcXOvQKxnPdXhBW9jWeYAebjOpemcl_Dk_3KHx2aIcVfdoGOhrIs-mfk/s640/bugRIMG_4607.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSifFybfX-n30bWZAwBsI8ot78ni7n5dBKiYO487lqv1-yWGCQiuKXrH81b4UvIiIXGSsAAXkzyKcV99qMrFMydB2R1oZAWlTEpG9tcJ5keJWB5Xo5tk4V3y7oTK3Li9o7IHAAZcXOvQKxnPdXhBW9jWeYAebjOpemcl_Dk_3KHx2aIcVfdoGOhrIs-mfk/w640-h480/bugRIMG_4607.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Iridescent Green Beetle</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">There may be a reason not to go in the direction I was headed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">On this particular day, I had planned to take a hike from the trailhead near my house, beginning on hwy 484. But when I came to the hwy, the traffic was at a standstill to my left. So I turned right and drove to Halpata Tastanaki Preserve.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9A7kW4KNUHzD_W0ONhbi3RXC1zxXqXQG31JrB5f0_BgL0U8VTFZNPRopdIF4z94MyLkL2QxD5qEQAf16UTMPfSoGlmAumgTQEbuZJ6kCgChIkMObVocPdb07yXLFPcp-ayEMnHX8sXMVXT84BQXzAbN2gn5oGFPEOKRBWVvJzssHXU86qwdfWTJbTEi1j/s640/signsRIMG_4596.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9A7kW4KNUHzD_W0ONhbi3RXC1zxXqXQG31JrB5f0_BgL0U8VTFZNPRopdIF4z94MyLkL2QxD5qEQAf16UTMPfSoGlmAumgTQEbuZJ6kCgChIkMObVocPdb07yXLFPcp-ayEMnHX8sXMVXT84BQXzAbN2gn5oGFPEOKRBWVvJzssHXU86qwdfWTJbTEi1j/w640-h480/signsRIMG_4596.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It was a beautiful day and I saw lots of birds and wildlife.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqPH22KToTzbgCCsvATPjYKUIvMpX_NGW0cmxXm_tSzw5_JnySwXRt4Cl7_fcUiVah0aNqhUZA91qz3uXPsrnO14h9td3Xfht_PK6_KA_0Fxq93ru1wFTLDcLj2CEYNRJrx-thuD3PETAsVudtuRNio1s8p40ZeX3uaOdoRI-N3-bDwdDZ94DdXtNQuKs5/s640/signRIMG_4597.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqPH22KToTzbgCCsvATPjYKUIvMpX_NGW0cmxXm_tSzw5_JnySwXRt4Cl7_fcUiVah0aNqhUZA91qz3uXPsrnO14h9td3Xfht_PK6_KA_0Fxq93ru1wFTLDcLj2CEYNRJrx-thuD3PETAsVudtuRNio1s8p40ZeX3uaOdoRI-N3-bDwdDZ94DdXtNQuKs5/w640-h480/signRIMG_4597.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I love this new sign on the fence post.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoFXY-bSVvamDahs5xJj1y7-HhYNfh6cvwrAdHpo-FwOTbclLapYtHDZzniwUDdASvt8J1cpEii3eLSDUd8ZTe37sEnxgus81siAFyvL17IWMbUd7Komj-w1a7GkL2m3w0bg1YNEZZ_XhnOVDMejeAu9C57VA20c96dp7bbWWUY0GvFlAklxzBzMdxsJrw/s640/catbirdRIMG_4604.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoFXY-bSVvamDahs5xJj1y7-HhYNfh6cvwrAdHpo-FwOTbclLapYtHDZzniwUDdASvt8J1cpEii3eLSDUd8ZTe37sEnxgus81siAFyvL17IWMbUd7Komj-w1a7GkL2m3w0bg1YNEZZ_XhnOVDMejeAu9C57VA20c96dp7bbWWUY0GvFlAklxzBzMdxsJrw/w640-h480/catbirdRIMG_4604.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Gray Catbird</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjndrHm7CrEPQzcOco-Ic6yn6hZ2hw8J1L3blumSrT_w-S6BDdFAHM5udzLlgrixfC-hcgNEjZx9c41ZNhYgoO_aBZK1khtwVLwEgfxxpd52rHK-51wESd3Obl6kRfpTTbs25CwIS12k5P_Mo0_6x2FzndEYqDa-OxtI-HFOFLH5YpHltefMGK9QG_LGgAz/s640/catbirdRIMG_4605.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjndrHm7CrEPQzcOco-Ic6yn6hZ2hw8J1L3blumSrT_w-S6BDdFAHM5udzLlgrixfC-hcgNEjZx9c41ZNhYgoO_aBZK1khtwVLwEgfxxpd52rHK-51wESd3Obl6kRfpTTbs25CwIS12k5P_Mo0_6x2FzndEYqDa-OxtI-HFOFLH5YpHltefMGK9QG_LGgAz/w640-h480/catbirdRIMG_4605.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I found out when I got home and searched online that the traffic was stopped because of a bad wreck involving 2 cars and an ambulance. It had happened less than an hour before I left my house. So I was thankful for my late start that morning.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwsMGwkauwxoPT_OVOqwUr9e_Sj7y1ytd0143xY9nwo1nN-7cmKakRhRpUXzqtmITzm4GEXYSTkYvD-XFMtWS7QrlYXBDFOA0HvJ3X41LPSDzGMrFnxXckcTZ_2DBk6OteJsH3esolNoBBGXpBhPKX0-Foj1mmv3xI8L6PntZF8LdeWnlzHTbuUknBwiwH/s640/scrubjayRIMG_4626.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwsMGwkauwxoPT_OVOqwUr9e_Sj7y1ytd0143xY9nwo1nN-7cmKakRhRpUXzqtmITzm4GEXYSTkYvD-XFMtWS7QrlYXBDFOA0HvJ3X41LPSDzGMrFnxXckcTZ_2DBk6OteJsH3esolNoBBGXpBhPKX0-Foj1mmv3xI8L6PntZF8LdeWnlzHTbuUknBwiwH/w640-h480/scrubjayRIMG_4626.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I watched 2 Florida Scrub Jays from a distance.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisaPQN7YxIWAqoJpRErs__5MORHa4TbVirCN07w3uka3_DmvcYTfSi6m9BW_zwSJmUnLcmHKbIDuaxcIerZJAdAEk5SPzSHV6lEbx1r0raFZPTONwEJCMRrJN1klllGYKvQLjl7kBI5yI_dsvTc0wUpsTgyiXHMWQqEU8jF-FaZdCDufvvg5mQKkgW84b6/s640/scrubjayRIMG_4624.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="626" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisaPQN7YxIWAqoJpRErs__5MORHa4TbVirCN07w3uka3_DmvcYTfSi6m9BW_zwSJmUnLcmHKbIDuaxcIerZJAdAEk5SPzSHV6lEbx1r0raFZPTONwEJCMRrJN1klllGYKvQLjl7kBI5yI_dsvTc0wUpsTgyiXHMWQqEU8jF-FaZdCDufvvg5mQKkgW84b6/w626-h640/scrubjayRIMG_4624.jpg" width="626" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I see the most variety here on the HTP preserve and it's one of the first (it's actually the second) trail we ever hiked here in this part of Florida.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8YeyNb5IBUNil9fy0rvEi6ZRJcX350bfugDunCxdsxar6PuEvmITG55pxlSYC7jMvzgdOWELt3unX0nY7cOApMIwXiMmQKeui_PRY9h-_6elMaobosrhW5d4OQXdFObxQsih12JT-G93Rg89vmBu6JKZLA-gQDTod2XAqs5ACdEsVAvVlwLr__bT5VTCd/s640/deerRIMG_4613.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8YeyNb5IBUNil9fy0rvEi6ZRJcX350bfugDunCxdsxar6PuEvmITG55pxlSYC7jMvzgdOWELt3unX0nY7cOApMIwXiMmQKeui_PRY9h-_6elMaobosrhW5d4OQXdFObxQsih12JT-G93Rg89vmBu6JKZLA-gQDTod2XAqs5ACdEsVAvVlwLr__bT5VTCd/w640-h480/deerRIMG_4613.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Three White-tailed Deer ran across the trail right in front of me! I was happy that ONE showed up in my photo!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBYQYfFSwSTmUe7KAcqU3zDkRnYD4-o8d9Pg-Uby-qBguZHXV92drxdkVssW-u0tdZCFJ4cl0ZIOErpv5rzmO1reZH6jcBiINGvrpm1GibOZGMvvMXBxOcO-SsyLbPU778dnriPfAIHcCgTtuk4WTz3Sd-G7GsIwOvaJ-ez6b3DdyuKJZQyqsBwKgWOD9g/s640/doveRIMG_4608.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBYQYfFSwSTmUe7KAcqU3zDkRnYD4-o8d9Pg-Uby-qBguZHXV92drxdkVssW-u0tdZCFJ4cl0ZIOErpv5rzmO1reZH6jcBiINGvrpm1GibOZGMvvMXBxOcO-SsyLbPU778dnriPfAIHcCgTtuk4WTz3Sd-G7GsIwOvaJ-ez6b3DdyuKJZQyqsBwKgWOD9g/w640-h480/doveRIMG_4608.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Dove</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIqpJs9f0kkulEM9GVJXouDgIhhu90OY76F_trujrGOg6lKOhWAldKmmfo3AgJ5TfJ2w-fycqgR6e16wS51SiCtsWojTWPllHj1nyqWO0oXx1z4e9HqkRgBZPCQ0AHJcaXOYZpawNPoHQUgTsWYwf7lzfo98DK1Y0Q-wjCeGfbqVvP2HWdINJ2cMkmwXH4/s640/flycatcherRIMG_4629.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIqpJs9f0kkulEM9GVJXouDgIhhu90OY76F_trujrGOg6lKOhWAldKmmfo3AgJ5TfJ2w-fycqgR6e16wS51SiCtsWojTWPllHj1nyqWO0oXx1z4e9HqkRgBZPCQ0AHJcaXOYZpawNPoHQUgTsWYwf7lzfo98DK1Y0Q-wjCeGfbqVvP2HWdINJ2cMkmwXH4/w640-h480/flycatcherRIMG_4629.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Flycatcher</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL2yA8QcKlZpYvVW_LJtigcyFb5_mrIN_kW4G0zEPobfFHO2LT8f-F4shbv9kIuVnM9YwB05xn__Vouv_P9JKkUSbUBB8nd_l7x9NEEtoOt79T9xBFzSUpfSei_gumq-M2GQKxAb2yosKNCAi5Ixrogr4tFBqbk6K8U-67cZH60od9O9kkGhjZRrQwJxVm/s640/monsterRIMG_4615.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL2yA8QcKlZpYvVW_LJtigcyFb5_mrIN_kW4G0zEPobfFHO2LT8f-F4shbv9kIuVnM9YwB05xn__Vouv_P9JKkUSbUBB8nd_l7x9NEEtoOt79T9xBFzSUpfSei_gumq-M2GQKxAb2yosKNCAi5Ixrogr4tFBqbk6K8U-67cZH60od9O9kkGhjZRrQwJxVm/w640-h480/monsterRIMG_4615.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Monster (thanks for asking, Iris! I always wonder if anyone will question my 'monsters'. This is a broken trunk of a tree about 4 ft high. It looked like a huge 'monster' bird...just for fun!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And how about this very cute animal track!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglzYPUK15jOIX1KJcvUHy7iBia7fyxaTQ1LCS3LH1mZsuJXnarCdINq7kt87u25ph6XsjGSH0dyj2ihDw5IIOvnUWnBvlyzVZ-50FPmMPy0xDiAKOLj14MiUda3wTBILPVWr972gn-M_EErWGtrGAr1VOls05ZLvjjofU5c88XDjNYZ4S4BbN6jK6KaFRH/s640/trackRIMG_4620.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglzYPUK15jOIX1KJcvUHy7iBia7fyxaTQ1LCS3LH1mZsuJXnarCdINq7kt87u25ph6XsjGSH0dyj2ihDw5IIOvnUWnBvlyzVZ-50FPmMPy0xDiAKOLj14MiUda3wTBILPVWr972gn-M_EErWGtrGAr1VOls05ZLvjjofU5c88XDjNYZ4S4BbN6jK6KaFRH/w640-h480/trackRIMG_4620.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">So it turns out that Plan B was the best plan. It's great to have so many trails close by so that I have choices. I have much to be thankful for!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Are you having good weather to enjoy time outdoors?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I’m joining Saturday’s critters </span><a href="http://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> and Mosaic Monday <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/" style="color: #5588aa; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span><a href="https://lapaylor.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> </a><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div></div>~Lavender Dreamer~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06298191144517740164noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629366429583853135.post-91591504460741256932024-03-08T08:11:00.033-05:002024-03-08T08:11:00.295-05:00Blue Run Park and the sights on a Spring day!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> I don't know where to start!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Well, I know where to START....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguPaRUxCUk1YCgUd8NpVK0KOei-5_Fk8UtmhtpBP0Gnqs-FiBWkH3WMEWZoRlWiC-ESSAqdiijV1KxM6zGUHozs2eADTxpfubP0RQZ30QRHqjriUwmlz72GI3uQovSa29LmkgjLV8tyzjjQ3-TOpTQ1I17vouCgkl1gCa056eXgp0-F_tBl6bv2P1pYZOw/s640/greenRDSCN1335.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguPaRUxCUk1YCgUd8NpVK0KOei-5_Fk8UtmhtpBP0Gnqs-FiBWkH3WMEWZoRlWiC-ESSAqdiijV1KxM6zGUHozs2eADTxpfubP0RQZ30QRHqjriUwmlz72GI3uQovSa29LmkgjLV8tyzjjQ3-TOpTQ1I17vouCgkl1gCa056eXgp0-F_tBl6bv2P1pYZOw/w640-h480/greenRDSCN1335.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Green Heron</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I just don't know where to end!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIAaMhfzhdEhCblWSLkMhnBtNz_a32rpD9C41Ndfbrh_YOX9iSI1OSNDJKxs3iZfaTMJh9aUtEX3gHnvoL_SMoZ4_wmjNSyVkYMVX41zK-imkaUO5tn4NZ5DbP4ZCdpc1bnSJ-NbXzRH7PnrFTwXjYkjfnZnYUCfFdey6P1KaRd_rfMM8f-kQu7OHcs4bP/s640/greenRDSCN1330.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIAaMhfzhdEhCblWSLkMhnBtNz_a32rpD9C41Ndfbrh_YOX9iSI1OSNDJKxs3iZfaTMJh9aUtEX3gHnvoL_SMoZ4_wmjNSyVkYMVX41zK-imkaUO5tn4NZ5DbP4ZCdpc1bnSJ-NbXzRH7PnrFTwXjYkjfnZnYUCfFdey6P1KaRd_rfMM8f-kQu7OHcs4bP/w640-h480/greenRDSCN1330.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I hate to leave out the several species of Warblers or the Herons, turtles and alligators, flowers and butterflies but I'll have to save some of those photos for another day.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZROV7dx7Ic5HNV8kfFZXP4UsOLkAv2D1wPLjbyx7CjjvWDC2sc_w9mpfmOFrkfHrDKil92EfhnesLBYyk6xEWRVHI14Ejl6PkZbyS46KHtqv6YIPRhQ7lNsN11-oBc6sL03qZQm8FicmUagqLsqiR-FsWEerZPymimESx_w6acWw_nzcO9xNarR6ClEL0/s640/greenRIMG_4518.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZROV7dx7Ic5HNV8kfFZXP4UsOLkAv2D1wPLjbyx7CjjvWDC2sc_w9mpfmOFrkfHrDKil92EfhnesLBYyk6xEWRVHI14Ejl6PkZbyS46KHtqv6YIPRhQ7lNsN11-oBc6sL03qZQm8FicmUagqLsqiR-FsWEerZPymimESx_w6acWw_nzcO9xNarR6ClEL0/w640-h480/greenRIMG_4518.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">He put his best foot forward! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Did I mention that the weather is perfect here in Florida right now?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Oh, I did? lol</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXLIs64HfAbs4Nx_nEU6Co_8KhR1INRXl9DUh5Tih_CblCmr8RS3sBkAqz-gQUE1_IXMs4sVbrtcJXHlzF5qCy0wu3CNGKsQgUPS5nNuv5SNBT8DLw6NkUGTcMpEGBvRJYuInNZoVBNxq04zLlD68P-avvlFldhtfBsR7rI_CiWsVNBWwMeMQmApHRq3cD/s640/corRIMG_4559.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXLIs64HfAbs4Nx_nEU6Co_8KhR1INRXl9DUh5Tih_CblCmr8RS3sBkAqz-gQUE1_IXMs4sVbrtcJXHlzF5qCy0wu3CNGKsQgUPS5nNuv5SNBT8DLw6NkUGTcMpEGBvRJYuInNZoVBNxq04zLlD68P-avvlFldhtfBsR7rI_CiWsVNBWwMeMQmApHRq3cD/w640-h480/corRIMG_4559.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Cormorant</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">If I had more time and energy, I would be out on the trails every day.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Oh, I've said that already too!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3281yhHASjv5JPq7rO03xICWBCvVlm_MGRcvnAE-wA7KjVF2h1MBEatbCpd1gQimMboVXZe5sB2SPAcLHQ4TyF6wDSvkkQzaEYcsWj9Rk4ASSoi-qj_2KMtSujNN_x8qhzDbCYnwJOuUev2Ct5FBD_QNO9ywaEBLYOcHTCDRdHzDTfvEhpF6XdEpMFA5o/s640/gRIMG_4542.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="640" height="626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3281yhHASjv5JPq7rO03xICWBCvVlm_MGRcvnAE-wA7KjVF2h1MBEatbCpd1gQimMboVXZe5sB2SPAcLHQ4TyF6wDSvkkQzaEYcsWj9Rk4ASSoi-qj_2KMtSujNN_x8qhzDbCYnwJOuUev2Ct5FBD_QNO9ywaEBLYOcHTCDRdHzDTfvEhpF6XdEpMFA5o/w640-h626/gRIMG_4542.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I do believe this is the most beautiful Great White Egret I've ever seen.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQlwA1bDYoYlywh-jxGHoG85vqa-W5nKRaZbj35Kc5YTZvWLouapzIO7hAgt9pwj1g4o-cr68pOBkjsSSRs3Pu4PD8pefVMNVIj-f3BX_4nuOl1rw1Wr6FqyAsIiz7rKSoR0is00N3oxmM4UAeMV4fT2eIFH4BsHfBvKm24ikjVDtj_J7WPqnWeWra_uSE/s640/greatRDSCN1362.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQlwA1bDYoYlywh-jxGHoG85vqa-W5nKRaZbj35Kc5YTZvWLouapzIO7hAgt9pwj1g4o-cr68pOBkjsSSRs3Pu4PD8pefVMNVIj-f3BX_4nuOl1rw1Wr6FqyAsIiz7rKSoR0is00N3oxmM4UAeMV4fT2eIFH4BsHfBvKm24ikjVDtj_J7WPqnWeWra_uSE/w640-h480/greatRDSCN1362.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Even the photos taken through the leaves that aren't perfectly sharp look beautiful and dreamy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7A4dWWa1xr1GfYZqCnQ7UgUhBMozN8Cqe9GbdQLyWuPMnXeSleVS-ildf0lcZ5AFwpvZsV250MtRBpIzbgmSnMbAlsZfcVFleaXoEjiWbMXrZIorYOR45c0W5VAR_RUNi1bEf6hTOC8FD-9UkbiMtNxTp_bARg82cGJbKDed5QKMayIxaL-WPDXFE_ci/s640/greatwhiteRIMG_4540.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="518" data-original-width="640" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7A4dWWa1xr1GfYZqCnQ7UgUhBMozN8Cqe9GbdQLyWuPMnXeSleVS-ildf0lcZ5AFwpvZsV250MtRBpIzbgmSnMbAlsZfcVFleaXoEjiWbMXrZIorYOR45c0W5VAR_RUNi1bEf6hTOC8FD-9UkbiMtNxTp_bARg82cGJbKDed5QKMayIxaL-WPDXFE_ci/w640-h518/greatwhiteRIMG_4540.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It was a perfect day for a special outing and we enjoyed visiting with others that were there enjoying a day at the park!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhkNw1AqqbdV1PkU79lwFpOO1cAmXxHzsx_q-tA-vzIWn8B21JAMN16Mmtph5-YgmLOeSNdW2bIrYVm1xkc-Eef5nYJ_RFkASKddMaFHPXLsrJDwmG7zUzuB6ucYgb_itFKfhmp8RBjz7xYN0j8e7RG0oPDpofYyd8kPaS9ls1bKwCV7_oix_cxHeU716J/s640/greatRDSCN1359.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhkNw1AqqbdV1PkU79lwFpOO1cAmXxHzsx_q-tA-vzIWn8B21JAMN16Mmtph5-YgmLOeSNdW2bIrYVm1xkc-Eef5nYJ_RFkASKddMaFHPXLsrJDwmG7zUzuB6ucYgb_itFKfhmp8RBjz7xYN0j8e7RG0oPDpofYyd8kPaS9ls1bKwCV7_oix_cxHeU716J/w640-h480/greatRDSCN1359.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We had expected some major paving on the trail but they had just patched some areas so that was nice! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr5EjC-B8is6drlpxc7QiDF2nMqX6HxJEFpPAHp4AzvRV3qw_UY5F0wBXSz0pNHfTRCwpnH0O1ryoJmJqhzjlTxPS3KqLc0gfd1jxAUATJIyPOagJwQl-d3z1BewqQruc57Zoo187wdGpwhOJc-UmghRpgN5-JURmv3JmxR_m1CYOCUzf7Wd-Iu371Ix1f/s640/grebeRDSCN1369.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr5EjC-B8is6drlpxc7QiDF2nMqX6HxJEFpPAHp4AzvRV3qw_UY5F0wBXSz0pNHfTRCwpnH0O1ryoJmJqhzjlTxPS3KqLc0gfd1jxAUATJIyPOagJwQl-d3z1BewqQruc57Zoo187wdGpwhOJc-UmghRpgN5-JURmv3JmxR_m1CYOCUzf7Wd-Iu371Ix1f/w640-h480/grebeRDSCN1369.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Pied Billed Grebe with the catch of the day.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We'll go again soon!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp4mEnP2q-RxKITsYDlV2TyRzZ3xLu5f7kxwuABbpnR4_r6fnnNNt0nWJD7WH8cDP1F5FTI3WDadUEIEk1WrhUeZi3RmguP4goFrDgVyFM_0w3QeB48AlB1rcRJwsHD1xvmmMK2vS499wo3pVmmE6UwQ642O4tGJ6D-J8KctiCvbFqaEJIWg6jUWVEWdFO/s640/alibabyRDSCN1397.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp4mEnP2q-RxKITsYDlV2TyRzZ3xLu5f7kxwuABbpnR4_r6fnnNNt0nWJD7WH8cDP1F5FTI3WDadUEIEk1WrhUeZi3RmguP4goFrDgVyFM_0w3QeB48AlB1rcRJwsHD1xvmmMK2vS499wo3pVmmE6UwQ642O4tGJ6D-J8KctiCvbFqaEJIWg6jUWVEWdFO/w640-h480/alibabyRDSCN1397.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Oh wait....a cute little baby gator! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I’m joining Saturday’s critters </span><a href="http://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> and Mosaic Monday <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/" style="color: #5588aa; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span><a href="https://lapaylor.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> </a><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>~Lavender Dreamer~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06298191144517740164noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629366429583853135.post-17251218065093789362024-03-01T08:11:00.055-05:002024-03-01T08:11:00.140-05:00King Kong, Fact or Fiction?<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Well, we all know there is a King Kong because we watched the movie when we were kids.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj53Nm-GMBrA71HFGubRSFj3NJxyA8nr-9FIsTsnaPJXiJbfc4Xfh5SqqGZWB_jfQLyD3ADWfJoEepyvyqEC3DiZvY35sB0e5Vc-tkeuMC6UeYKUQBuMnrzMZeg6E-6gnWD2igSUwdNqBVROjWtSNEu_cKQLmUB08BwM485iq02GDrLr9Qw4rVuhl7Bo5W/s640/tRIMG_4411.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj53Nm-GMBrA71HFGubRSFj3NJxyA8nr-9FIsTsnaPJXiJbfc4Xfh5SqqGZWB_jfQLyD3ADWfJoEepyvyqEC3DiZvY35sB0e5Vc-tkeuMC6UeYKUQBuMnrzMZeg6E-6gnWD2igSUwdNqBVROjWtSNEu_cKQLmUB08BwM485iq02GDrLr9Qw4rVuhl7Bo5W/w640-h480/tRIMG_4411.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">But I'm more likely to see Bigfoot in the forest around here.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I have heard crashing around in the woods and underbrush but that would probably be caused by a black bear.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_tmTLRnoW1WLxml98IbUR7XowusUdSvT-vERH9qTh72Fpm9H0lh0uQznB1L-ehd9CkTsVFXLXpU4szIuE65LmFXm-YKv3iPGXmse7fTHJZxC5t6TC9AX1xdaB4f3oIXZuoXj00OOLsNFoRj_mjpROCJwpBa23zmuVRQMdG6VnxHRhixb3s-QXzsSdut2z/s640/gRIMG_4405.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_tmTLRnoW1WLxml98IbUR7XowusUdSvT-vERH9qTh72Fpm9H0lh0uQznB1L-ehd9CkTsVFXLXpU4szIuE65LmFXm-YKv3iPGXmse7fTHJZxC5t6TC9AX1xdaB4f3oIXZuoXj00OOLsNFoRj_mjpROCJwpBa23zmuVRQMdG6VnxHRhixb3s-QXzsSdut2z/w640-h480/gRIMG_4405.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I spotted this sweet little forest gnome on this hike.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">You can see it was hard to spot on the top of a big boulder.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibBZ8dX-s-lFfwTWPUXc2quUab5UrID-KaYyMblia4gLO_EqFI-VW1IjSSdGEIc-Sf_GYb8W1yndPleluys7pw1rppPD-JJkSCBAIb2QBXvm-JVju6kAX2WaPvOdXgmhtnnNwZ5TiLVE5iG4qK4NWR4b7YtaAPEbSzv7wkdXqcviaCjuel_akN1_-3LXvf/s800/collagegnome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibBZ8dX-s-lFfwTWPUXc2quUab5UrID-KaYyMblia4gLO_EqFI-VW1IjSSdGEIc-Sf_GYb8W1yndPleluys7pw1rppPD-JJkSCBAIb2QBXvm-JVju6kAX2WaPvOdXgmhtnnNwZ5TiLVE5iG4qK4NWR4b7YtaAPEbSzv7wkdXqcviaCjuel_akN1_-3LXvf/w640-h640/collagegnome.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">When I finished my hike in the diggings near SR 200 I got to watch a Brown Thrasher digging for worms and insects.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqnw1Q07sHItvnM1POeEpZdz6n3y8xmM1hXur6x5Kw4WTdItpD8EThQYbkgCM44ufaJvGm1wXVBrvp46NPW07_Gyf7LP6Fj0j_AaLtAkm09GC2Dbw6ZAkKpkcZE5WrnLF9gG-egdlbwT5fIRv3GSSpcPNKrsRZ3GHbDxgNJyCuoQp1gjHXFGAcB08pAmdg/s640/bRIMG_4358.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="521" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqnw1Q07sHItvnM1POeEpZdz6n3y8xmM1hXur6x5Kw4WTdItpD8EThQYbkgCM44ufaJvGm1wXVBrvp46NPW07_Gyf7LP6Fj0j_AaLtAkm09GC2Dbw6ZAkKpkcZE5WrnLF9gG-egdlbwT5fIRv3GSSpcPNKrsRZ3GHbDxgNJyCuoQp1gjHXFGAcB08pAmdg/w522-h640/bRIMG_4358.jpg" width="522" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">He was scattering the leaves and having a fine time.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUpU0ob-KKwwvIAzPculIPALI8zVVW51shOQNmBU3hMeaFs_Mktu9ODjK0EhOcZN2B4q443Wf7vyYOGW2yTULweCkmfMc3NjpMZ6lQlG_2BdB-ZHaRhnQzFqb8ZwSHZitXsFXjx4OurCWHHCzsFVVfcPMYjPhGmfJj1oJedRnICYLsdWvq_J5wX2lBypHA/s640/bRIMG_4361.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUpU0ob-KKwwvIAzPculIPALI8zVVW51shOQNmBU3hMeaFs_Mktu9ODjK0EhOcZN2B4q443Wf7vyYOGW2yTULweCkmfMc3NjpMZ6lQlG_2BdB-ZHaRhnQzFqb8ZwSHZitXsFXjx4OurCWHHCzsFVVfcPMYjPhGmfJj1oJedRnICYLsdWvq_J5wX2lBypHA/w640-h480/bRIMG_4361.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I stood very still and watched him.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCkuM4_dVMHoCQmhWgbGDGkU4tDcmYD-pDvE2l7bhatXNAaUhSfUoYXAY09kSdWHmo8pxzaR_lQ4sRYYJ42-_vh0_k4JagLW6EeQ8BVuD5ZgAJkuhEyUIZ8jKJeHfZuBqOan1pNe0iclss5hY80BVEYjNC_sOiZWHSmYTLAByl6c95GERfUtHg-j5ZgpkE/s640/bRIMG_4366.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCkuM4_dVMHoCQmhWgbGDGkU4tDcmYD-pDvE2l7bhatXNAaUhSfUoYXAY09kSdWHmo8pxzaR_lQ4sRYYJ42-_vh0_k4JagLW6EeQ8BVuD5ZgAJkuhEyUIZ8jKJeHfZuBqOan1pNe0iclss5hY80BVEYjNC_sOiZWHSmYTLAByl6c95GERfUtHg-j5ZgpkE/w640-h480/bRIMG_4366.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">So what does this post have to do with King Kong?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-cCog6t85Fb7BhPES8VKgCKDUXcVutGhgKRpyKhrJq7rR3GlfJL8cyu-AMQALkN9urYMS1n4CLIKQ9zAHAMrFYNOwyIOH5eDkCd3qC3FC90SGBjT0DoKwIjLIeiE0ntl0OFRhpDpWQtv-m3sSJ-eSME9aNNFYpqlRiy1JElZ9Gw58TpJz-gOywLZlgz7s/s640/monsterRIMG_3614.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-cCog6t85Fb7BhPES8VKgCKDUXcVutGhgKRpyKhrJq7rR3GlfJL8cyu-AMQALkN9urYMS1n4CLIKQ9zAHAMrFYNOwyIOH5eDkCd3qC3FC90SGBjT0DoKwIjLIeiE0ntl0OFRhpDpWQtv-m3sSJ-eSME9aNNFYpqlRiy1JElZ9Gw58TpJz-gOywLZlgz7s/w640-h480/monsterRIMG_3614.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I found the jungle where he lives.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj92sbjLrQ6a6mBKnJgK7RjpE5C974vwBFW10vTlLne6gV8-RNCbS5Cpajs1SJlCnTqLAC4kK-fZiciYsgbMX3Vqqy070JU8TMSAFCWgz0EssxeNEs6YM8Qj8gBAm0kcoENVY3yvF6QkycpIFYe7sncTMdyXScIJ_ZXe7BbSg1nCLX6bPM_MfHyjch7IooB/s640/rocksRIMG_3613.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj92sbjLrQ6a6mBKnJgK7RjpE5C974vwBFW10vTlLne6gV8-RNCbS5Cpajs1SJlCnTqLAC4kK-fZiciYsgbMX3Vqqy070JU8TMSAFCWgz0EssxeNEs6YM8Qj8gBAm0kcoENVY3yvF6QkycpIFYe7sncTMdyXScIJ_ZXe7BbSg1nCLX6bPM_MfHyjch7IooB/w640-h480/rocksRIMG_3613.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It's been a long time since I watched the movie but these big boulders made me think of King Kong and glance over my shoulder when I heard a noise.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBaR7GctXit9yjEAfR9jJnb6f5LtRR8ys329HyVd756p4gfa30oRUcnavDyty0dTbC0ivXHdZpneeF4vQzUPOUgYDf-GZZK_iI6HM4tVyznLgzW1-7_VrUZim3JrUcMx59vocDKTmVNmxvfzAfSNlNxELWmgaaLRSbsE3e7RIqXvcPZXQghw_34XGUcU6I/s640/kingRIMG_4413.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBaR7GctXit9yjEAfR9jJnb6f5LtRR8ys329HyVd756p4gfa30oRUcnavDyty0dTbC0ivXHdZpneeF4vQzUPOUgYDf-GZZK_iI6HM4tVyznLgzW1-7_VrUZim3JrUcMx59vocDKTmVNmxvfzAfSNlNxELWmgaaLRSbsE3e7RIqXvcPZXQghw_34XGUcU6I/w640-h480/kingRIMG_4413.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">This one was a big as a house!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7LOHoTDVMeO2KVDAvDWyQD_1aITJk3_kxwmB3FExOE0_ps86i30ACMp9PJhTLxfGYUhgkVOlOt0aOzurYR90tpPENnqKF5_fgasodNLR4JbzAOLYAPuXtmiBbK8hXjcasKZxpnxHMTbQcwXO9VuDn5NeJc1m_Q0NAIOm_7KKZbISFTVNNek_WmMSR5JZt/s640/kRIMG_4414.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7LOHoTDVMeO2KVDAvDWyQD_1aITJk3_kxwmB3FExOE0_ps86i30ACMp9PJhTLxfGYUhgkVOlOt0aOzurYR90tpPENnqKF5_fgasodNLR4JbzAOLYAPuXtmiBbK8hXjcasKZxpnxHMTbQcwXO9VuDn5NeJc1m_Q0NAIOm_7KKZbISFTVNNek_WmMSR5JZt/w640-h480/kRIMG_4414.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">What would you rather see....or hear in the forest?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3YxZSAng9xbKxjtx46jV1fl6bkSWq_frg4VNKRvArloKw3oGu0cBAdtC_8yGNAov0Xq68XVpyc0zEOA9PWU61k0QufJp-22YP5OKQ4U-VKZs5i9yO7Fu7yMn67dMlMm2vOMDiMY2vw57bxIaWwJGWwGcyfYKPlBb-m6NWid3f_0-ppGcKPIqObZaqsYi2/s640/monsterRIMG_4401.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3YxZSAng9xbKxjtx46jV1fl6bkSWq_frg4VNKRvArloKw3oGu0cBAdtC_8yGNAov0Xq68XVpyc0zEOA9PWU61k0QufJp-22YP5OKQ4U-VKZs5i9yO7Fu7yMn67dMlMm2vOMDiMY2vw57bxIaWwJGWwGcyfYKPlBb-m6NWid3f_0-ppGcKPIqObZaqsYi2/w640-h480/monsterRIMG_4401.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>an imaginary monster</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> I guess we all like the sounds of bird song best!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I’m joining Saturday’s critters </span><a href="http://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> and Mosaic Monday <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/" style="color: #5588aa; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span><a href="https://lapaylor.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> </a><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>~Lavender Dreamer~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06298191144517740164noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629366429583853135.post-32810427978821782512024-02-23T08:11:00.065-05:002024-02-23T08:11:00.153-05:00February brings signs of Spring!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> We definitely see signs of Spring in the month of February here in Florida.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9kUgvxg0lAkG4jxjmT0NJlB6FY_Pc9-DHN3Hy9zntf1LLE6WIXnmW4KApWNpjFQNvflon3APRtzRRPjROw3LMUwva_m3vl9BztO92G5KerRk54QKIT6eXxaxQF9tXesks-GkipvT066NOZH80pSFvoJas5olcXGhiNTW7VPlMfsR0JNkdvaCeFlG2pdL9/s640/butterRIMG_4325.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9kUgvxg0lAkG4jxjmT0NJlB6FY_Pc9-DHN3Hy9zntf1LLE6WIXnmW4KApWNpjFQNvflon3APRtzRRPjROw3LMUwva_m3vl9BztO92G5KerRk54QKIT6eXxaxQF9tXesks-GkipvT066NOZH80pSFvoJas5olcXGhiNTW7VPlMfsR0JNkdvaCeFlG2pdL9/w640-h480/butterRIMG_4325.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I'm sure that's why so many people visit the state during this month.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIVGHy4kAyRgQvLDP3-jxllYibEKr4PFTjLJ_1329bMDgitc0Deck0QNOqvAVygx_BW9z52G40ftDBT8Z1QGQwoEbsKpLOBvHVLMeptG6WsMURpEZr5dnJAXdwWvP6Os7j2_4_xx49mnuyX0BWeLSr3ZX6ljw4gbb7o4c9tsFNaqeurYW_kjwbxb_-ICbq/s800/collagebutterfly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIVGHy4kAyRgQvLDP3-jxllYibEKr4PFTjLJ_1329bMDgitc0Deck0QNOqvAVygx_BW9z52G40ftDBT8Z1QGQwoEbsKpLOBvHVLMeptG6WsMURpEZr5dnJAXdwWvP6Os7j2_4_xx49mnuyX0BWeLSr3ZX6ljw4gbb7o4c9tsFNaqeurYW_kjwbxb_-ICbq/w640-h640/collagebutterfly.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I've seen more birds, wildflowers, colorful leaves and an abundance of butterflies already.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And I want to give an update on the honey bee hive at Halpata Tastanaki Preserve.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVdkFt9x6xORnWzLspDGkcKFu3cenN_iEKwF_XHuMmBU6-TsYD5QrUQ7W4TscNXVbsJBSiDCU3LRcmcz-bQyymbpeUtpwyFd6byfBGiBlBGfaZw5bJxsnr6RDgm-a8ocE3tda2QowGR3yh4GjI-Z3aL8OFoeRq-giQWu0CkAs-RVchWxqgTM-ra1rybWCZ/s640/beeRIMG_4131.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="533" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVdkFt9x6xORnWzLspDGkcKFu3cenN_iEKwF_XHuMmBU6-TsYD5QrUQ7W4TscNXVbsJBSiDCU3LRcmcz-bQyymbpeUtpwyFd6byfBGiBlBGfaZw5bJxsnr6RDgm-a8ocE3tda2QowGR3yh4GjI-Z3aL8OFoeRq-giQWu0CkAs-RVchWxqgTM-ra1rybWCZ/w534-h640/beeRIMG_4131.jpg" width="534" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The bees are busy making honeycomb and it changes from week to week.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3yHmd2Ta4Ha1C-6_-mlVRQbFDnYrDtYjTpHFen8b2rDR9TxuZ4UIGni_wiJSsYKUPb7CotJ3ZuV7dSMoDR_L9mQP-uzqc9v09wTJ0Nmbn0ka8k7uXe7qvR6aIM2aGfL1NcqGt3FafcoccOqgOi9iBvsVpHo6IQZnaG2dDLGkSSLHiTpF4REzESfSAFIwm/s640/beeRIMG_4134.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3yHmd2Ta4Ha1C-6_-mlVRQbFDnYrDtYjTpHFen8b2rDR9TxuZ4UIGni_wiJSsYKUPb7CotJ3ZuV7dSMoDR_L9mQP-uzqc9v09wTJ0Nmbn0ka8k7uXe7qvR6aIM2aGfL1NcqGt3FafcoccOqgOi9iBvsVpHo6IQZnaG2dDLGkSSLHiTpF4REzESfSAFIwm/w640-h480/beeRIMG_4134.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I thought in the beginning that it was a swarm and they would leave after a couple of weeks.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYY0wjB9r5xzrqGSVy-S0r9hnx9NIlyajLJ4LMCbkBJaro7RhhGol1I7Tv9MmvVTEx7ujKy9L0FKb6l2blG_fOdneX2P7tc0T5UPJ_eAfwKIINmsPdcdgC6Li_-XJ0aF-eGFh0PN-sUEixy0HJOJSAASrPGhfVFvkj9vpbiGWmr065SqcnuatSVx0GrbG8/s640/beecropRIMG_4135.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="640" height="626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYY0wjB9r5xzrqGSVy-S0r9hnx9NIlyajLJ4LMCbkBJaro7RhhGol1I7Tv9MmvVTEx7ujKy9L0FKb6l2blG_fOdneX2P7tc0T5UPJ_eAfwKIINmsPdcdgC6Li_-XJ0aF-eGFh0PN-sUEixy0HJOJSAASrPGhfVFvkj9vpbiGWmr065SqcnuatSVx0GrbG8/w640-h626/beecropRIMG_4135.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">But they have been there for over 4 months now!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqbsEzdnwFNmNsv0AjuxqNmZwALHmdCl4T8EcOvjSADRm6HyNk7m6lefFSvTbxhaEDbgBdQeFpxc900Tjf90QgYqSmQYOqFftfooNxrm3iFYAaYGAli5AGLHRZ4nPU0hVgefbn5LAxZJsGVNvuAj4Z2CD-voRATu3nvgLt_sb76rcknGDTK6t3jSJu_-V8/s800/collagebees.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqbsEzdnwFNmNsv0AjuxqNmZwALHmdCl4T8EcOvjSADRm6HyNk7m6lefFSvTbxhaEDbgBdQeFpxc900Tjf90QgYqSmQYOqFftfooNxrm3iFYAaYGAli5AGLHRZ4nPU0hVgefbn5LAxZJsGVNvuAj4Z2CD-voRATu3nvgLt_sb76rcknGDTK6t3jSJu_-V8/w640-h640/collagebees.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Here's the same photo taken a week apart and put together for comparison. You can see the same stick in each photo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHwzos21lr0rvqN4ZjqAXxuo1jzhRvgB6UHKF-CxBN8UkjA_vl2XgF_mCt-l1a34uA07qQzPdyajCnlNyJ_BVIvyvulAkeC4StUXEMAihbmFRBhcQ_9AdIJgPE_-wh12QRNppkf_wSwQuH-127FHXqDnz7kpB87GZXyN_lsWmkGoHSNnba2rLQNDOJawLp/s640/kestrelRIMG_4287.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="573" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHwzos21lr0rvqN4ZjqAXxuo1jzhRvgB6UHKF-CxBN8UkjA_vl2XgF_mCt-l1a34uA07qQzPdyajCnlNyJ_BVIvyvulAkeC4StUXEMAihbmFRBhcQ_9AdIJgPE_-wh12QRNppkf_wSwQuH-127FHXqDnz7kpB87GZXyN_lsWmkGoHSNnba2rLQNDOJawLp/w574-h640/kestrelRIMG_4287.jpg" width="574" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">While I was on this particular hike, I got to watch 2 American Kestrels in all their glory!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuvSLBMS_Hh-WPezGmhwF1IyUewPpwwMvrpTYKQJtkHH7dcBatdTDzczl0ci30YPrRZLk9O6QUMHBylNhtXyn80DWrpcTblSXkWwXA9S8R5keXQJ7qqyAnaQInv85aFQa5VdahqYSuj3C9X0uphR-6Z-3aU_bZ9z4X0GTf_N678MZEEJhkVhW1Q3-tMn-K/s640/kestrelRIMG_4288.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="573" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuvSLBMS_Hh-WPezGmhwF1IyUewPpwwMvrpTYKQJtkHH7dcBatdTDzczl0ci30YPrRZLk9O6QUMHBylNhtXyn80DWrpcTblSXkWwXA9S8R5keXQJ7qqyAnaQInv85aFQa5VdahqYSuj3C9X0uphR-6Z-3aU_bZ9z4X0GTf_N678MZEEJhkVhW1Q3-tMn-K/w574-h640/kestrelRIMG_4288.jpg" width="574" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">This one was particularly cute!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY_pOjMjQQ6496Q_VOjHJviOOTev42gFeOjExaglprzSUeXwTeC1C-zEAkp3uF87eowLcCXMb6koS-LpSJQW_HmLdu7eRSA4C6u-CWX8W47cNtX_xB-rcbOzC6OL1tTjNKufc8iFP_9KdnAfIcQOnfO2UIO1J_TetVpuY8Kz7CAMCFUE47O071wiRsr0aq/s640/kRIMG_4284.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY_pOjMjQQ6496Q_VOjHJviOOTev42gFeOjExaglprzSUeXwTeC1C-zEAkp3uF87eowLcCXMb6koS-LpSJQW_HmLdu7eRSA4C6u-CWX8W47cNtX_xB-rcbOzC6OL1tTjNKufc8iFP_9KdnAfIcQOnfO2UIO1J_TetVpuY8Kz7CAMCFUE47O071wiRsr0aq/w640-h480/kRIMG_4284.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Kestrel in flight</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh90U62OBeXUho03qUnTC1ZR3cU2bV6OLsf7LxpQnxpY062i290VyYCcC0UrDVLfNR19x8jQc5lQ_aMckfnHHNFtfFhTZZHimBAC1HLJRbwYtGO-bdllOiuhN40TVOLTvZtB7qJOBRjQgPWYwlLgAPFt8Jx-selLes6gGy5CaxIB5FMm5wzaQgLesFVIeCr/s640/easternmeadowRIMG_4280.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh90U62OBeXUho03qUnTC1ZR3cU2bV6OLsf7LxpQnxpY062i290VyYCcC0UrDVLfNR19x8jQc5lQ_aMckfnHHNFtfFhTZZHimBAC1HLJRbwYtGO-bdllOiuhN40TVOLTvZtB7qJOBRjQgPWYwlLgAPFt8Jx-selLes6gGy5CaxIB5FMm5wzaQgLesFVIeCr/w640-h480/easternmeadowRIMG_4280.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And even saw a few Eastern Meadowlarks!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">They always show up in the Spring!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ctdlYfk8bbmZhXaF8F1ZJtOeutMujITTwRQcy82Uu1MKQjIxQuMsYU4HLwjIzmU_7g7a7_8maicwekcpp3-u4QKKn_e1kx4Tl2Jpbi4XJJLyJeJdania1aSIt4YJvWnOooT9FxqcslNRB_l7q3CSl-fleTOpEEBAP4gw9qJLWoMHvto554F9Qu5BMUsW/s800/collagetree2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ctdlYfk8bbmZhXaF8F1ZJtOeutMujITTwRQcy82Uu1MKQjIxQuMsYU4HLwjIzmU_7g7a7_8maicwekcpp3-u4QKKn_e1kx4Tl2Jpbi4XJJLyJeJdania1aSIt4YJvWnOooT9FxqcslNRB_l7q3CSl-fleTOpEEBAP4gw9qJLWoMHvto554F9Qu5BMUsW/w640-h640/collagetree2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The weather has been beautiful allowing me to hike just about every other day for the month, which makes me very happy!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Are you seeing any signs of Spring where you live? Don't worry, it will be here before you know it! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>AHHHH Chooooo!!! lol</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I’m joining Saturday’s critters </span><a href="http://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> and Mosaic Monday <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/" style="color: #5588aa; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span><a href="https://lapaylor.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> </a><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>~Lavender Dreamer~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06298191144517740164noreply@blogger.com47tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629366429583853135.post-71909932210254265582024-02-16T08:11:00.001-05:002024-02-16T08:11:00.381-05:00Deep in the Forest!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> Time to put on our hiking shoes and go deep into the woods!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBSkeqRO73UsSNPVK0B840rGu3j-WS_d8RV32WNvt97aaACNxlwDDrh6Cwc6BM6SlGjp9DyzbBixYTHFVK-I9QvXz-AK_02YDN2uasEB6D6rXNuINE3X38GLudSjjKP_e6mthdMpAd1bbpB6up9vcKOvx9ilbtxFhgVJ_ohqNDfD73R4vvrweeGgNqYkmB/s640/trailRIMG_3983.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBSkeqRO73UsSNPVK0B840rGu3j-WS_d8RV32WNvt97aaACNxlwDDrh6Cwc6BM6SlGjp9DyzbBixYTHFVK-I9QvXz-AK_02YDN2uasEB6D6rXNuINE3X38GLudSjjKP_e6mthdMpAd1bbpB6up9vcKOvx9ilbtxFhgVJ_ohqNDfD73R4vvrweeGgNqYkmB/w640-h480/trailRIMG_3983.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>Don't be skeeeeered!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS2NaABRqxJzVi2pOFn2PYpcO4VsWGvXwQdd7E-W3Cs4OpURAAgbNvdRBpdehcoSXQ-yz8wOdL1aXcHfQoAuIlP7qTdd29CXfxpwMPnIby0Bglk3NRw6-f6BfMq6sAX7gYSUsG5rZYHJ4Pqv7ZEIx-THHhzv4AtDXflL9LehcJoBY3y39ge-5XsjEySjEU/s640/trailsignRIMG_4009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS2NaABRqxJzVi2pOFn2PYpcO4VsWGvXwQdd7E-W3Cs4OpURAAgbNvdRBpdehcoSXQ-yz8wOdL1aXcHfQoAuIlP7qTdd29CXfxpwMPnIby0Bglk3NRw6-f6BfMq6sAX7gYSUsG5rZYHJ4Pqv7ZEIx-THHhzv4AtDXflL9LehcJoBY3y39ge-5XsjEySjEU/w640-h480/trailsignRIMG_4009.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">You're in Bear Country now!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLs7OaOMN20wacwoNmgIxHic34mwZqu1CDIRnkVoOkPyUk6TqsSuhO1kM0UOWD-Vy6Wp4KGSpxk8JQANN1Hpchto6TbDYPTAvD7ZltKlusS8bnLbmU-lM3aisRtchL5MA7wXSFdGf0Gz8YZdy1bEBhFyydX6knjCN1W5_dmbCo5_bSUBRYdfd64V7ZJp3y/s640/beardenRIMG_3940.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLs7OaOMN20wacwoNmgIxHic34mwZqu1CDIRnkVoOkPyUk6TqsSuhO1kM0UOWD-Vy6Wp4KGSpxk8JQANN1Hpchto6TbDYPTAvD7ZltKlusS8bnLbmU-lM3aisRtchL5MA7wXSFdGf0Gz8YZdy1bEBhFyydX6knjCN1W5_dmbCo5_bSUBRYdfd64V7ZJp3y/w640-h480/beardenRIMG_3940.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">A REAL bear den!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9_0l8XDt63kdTyIBj2Sgseb0XikWe5d2IHRol8Xf-YrbFCILlL7W7_xPsQlAesvMGR6vpRwNdgH2s9iXY4tWlEqtot_JlDBqCge3nHvvi7j1cSYXMqE4ftSa6bqm7vjLTC_39-L-FYz6r197-xPXOnn_nV_5VJ84G8SPz0xcET3N9Vzkl-Jmp7dDbsvUt/s640/beardenRonRIMG_3941.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9_0l8XDt63kdTyIBj2Sgseb0XikWe5d2IHRol8Xf-YrbFCILlL7W7_xPsQlAesvMGR6vpRwNdgH2s9iXY4tWlEqtot_JlDBqCge3nHvvi7j1cSYXMqE4ftSa6bqm7vjLTC_39-L-FYz6r197-xPXOnn_nV_5VJ84G8SPz0xcET3N9Vzkl-Jmp7dDbsvUt/w640-h480/beardenRonRIMG_3941.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">OK! That's close enough....let's keep going!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnVaRvvD34n1mzsadx_5G6pfBN9CRWJLiNnvX72ZSuhRk6_YFYK2IL4dKcuTlBi8qIW8TJdtmY4zSQ3KY4DM-yU06UT1pWPmm6McL7bj3ibDNHmW_e8yH1z_GST4cnY2i4SMmgFOS62L-uzqDkdqrvPkX2w4iYJVHYhZQ21chWlyp9WZziqKQ806QUkcsX/s640/monsterRIMG_3991.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnVaRvvD34n1mzsadx_5G6pfBN9CRWJLiNnvX72ZSuhRk6_YFYK2IL4dKcuTlBi8qIW8TJdtmY4zSQ3KY4DM-yU06UT1pWPmm6McL7bj3ibDNHmW_e8yH1z_GST4cnY2i4SMmgFOS62L-uzqDkdqrvPkX2w4iYJVHYhZQ21chWlyp9WZziqKQ806QUkcsX/w640-h480/monsterRIMG_3991.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We'll only go during the day when the monsters don't look as scary.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBY_GMkqLmQna0-UtEmqAxBLKU9P41Oopu6F9otdfy5_HcsAyh2T9vSrbumo3aD7UJGWWCwytfLdYrieP8JDLx6sb-OaB3tkFxcHNJrAUaidIAyHleHqpsET-Itojo61ALr17SL6kvjw81CVhgRpQDfLRs2t4OayPTFX8GsYEIpWFv-5tKiFoHv9f-EU_N/s640/monsterRIMG_3994.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBY_GMkqLmQna0-UtEmqAxBLKU9P41Oopu6F9otdfy5_HcsAyh2T9vSrbumo3aD7UJGWWCwytfLdYrieP8JDLx6sb-OaB3tkFxcHNJrAUaidIAyHleHqpsET-Itojo61ALr17SL6kvjw81CVhgRpQDfLRs2t4OayPTFX8GsYEIpWFv-5tKiFoHv9f-EU_N/w640-h480/monsterRIMG_3994.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Because you KNOW there will be monsters in the forest!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Some real.....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioEFxdENa5O1FJpilyAnELmpm31MUhBYUXFxXkVQYNcRigAsY34V4_qWyvnMc6iIevOGZKI7HJJ9MHn0avozAcmsmuGDMR-n00xrsyOOozqDKNDjjrZXP6FPCQ0foUoiHgN9OCJaiu41WMhvZ9XGTZnH5RLIWb3PUbnesK5sKAZNwAZ-B_IswfuJBNmZu-/s640/lizcropRIMG_4002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioEFxdENa5O1FJpilyAnELmpm31MUhBYUXFxXkVQYNcRigAsY34V4_qWyvnMc6iIevOGZKI7HJJ9MHn0avozAcmsmuGDMR-n00xrsyOOozqDKNDjjrZXP6FPCQ0foUoiHgN9OCJaiu41WMhvZ9XGTZnH5RLIWb3PUbnesK5sKAZNwAZ-B_IswfuJBNmZu-/w640-h480/lizcropRIMG_4002.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">others imagined!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlVXyce9U_9qOHxXPmF0ZIFRufeGxnT8iI-y1d5PxHsKJ-3dGovCYdM-22Rro8zRSV3k8IFN8BUbwpKq5EOr4axGeFSNvIKGaAvWkKCvhM1CqFwKgLuRu3SnM2LwpdeaK2DnkBMw0I9jjUqyA6vVay3g2wlUU_EdA7lyE4NIsmxXoWyCQwLPiEhH0C_EmX/s640/monsterRIMG_4001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlVXyce9U_9qOHxXPmF0ZIFRufeGxnT8iI-y1d5PxHsKJ-3dGovCYdM-22Rro8zRSV3k8IFN8BUbwpKq5EOr4axGeFSNvIKGaAvWkKCvhM1CqFwKgLuRu3SnM2LwpdeaK2DnkBMw0I9jjUqyA6vVay3g2wlUU_EdA7lyE4NIsmxXoWyCQwLPiEhH0C_EmX/w640-h480/monsterRIMG_4001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Use your imagination!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">But don't let it run WILD!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUw9Lx-3f-eVsJO_Xy8WvkfHL7wKw6jY2wnDFmxtN66vKnQPrMnAO9YSLnH5Ihpx4GwIsYOmWEAVEBzlZrCN2yOvQDyFxHceV1aTSkpAzeoDSbefgrq6H7jtqhGoJAAWz3lJujebTHVdge_NKlfqrsZao-AWv0D7WYZtxU-BBPvTC7pr7uaan3PizAMYMZ/s640/gnomeRIMG_3997.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUw9Lx-3f-eVsJO_Xy8WvkfHL7wKw6jY2wnDFmxtN66vKnQPrMnAO9YSLnH5Ihpx4GwIsYOmWEAVEBzlZrCN2yOvQDyFxHceV1aTSkpAzeoDSbefgrq6H7jtqhGoJAAWz3lJujebTHVdge_NKlfqrsZao-AWv0D7WYZtxU-BBPvTC7pr7uaan3PizAMYMZ/w640-h480/gnomeRIMG_3997.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I love hiking deep into the forest BEST! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-kd11VQI1iub2ddekqFqA31NA776tuS7BHcX4GBeALek3eac6SBHsk2VLBdTTerMgmoN3r6bVWn6oQxYSWePda0fWRy8XjT275vViiiH2hfeRu9Ffe4rIe-SXKT5Y3AoVckRbgM-reIK7SewISo9xEh0VMB1BLUYzWEgcXCl-mfLyVZCTfFIQXlAhfr1/s640/gnomeRIMG_3999.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-kd11VQI1iub2ddekqFqA31NA776tuS7BHcX4GBeALek3eac6SBHsk2VLBdTTerMgmoN3r6bVWn6oQxYSWePda0fWRy8XjT275vViiiH2hfeRu9Ffe4rIe-SXKT5Y3AoVckRbgM-reIK7SewISo9xEh0VMB1BLUYzWEgcXCl-mfLyVZCTfFIQXlAhfr1/w640-h480/gnomeRIMG_3999.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Gnome Country! It's my favorite place to be!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We'll just stop now to watch the pretty Warblers!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQQgskQlHzCjLezqaSy9dQbkjLxic2sLP_yVluDDBtbTm1iFZ97T9AP8wbGl5pI3IsdLT6n2KO7OpLd3LjrPuvnKQDH0c0JWk_HhV48mb3sfZBnzDLjI2L1fK7HyHcTdNL71jAm9JpJogiL66WhUTU3Pp7wqzqwK0THygHXnOJVRRf0PdbfhoIYmR7G3Mb/s800/collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQQgskQlHzCjLezqaSy9dQbkjLxic2sLP_yVluDDBtbTm1iFZ97T9AP8wbGl5pI3IsdLT6n2KO7OpLd3LjrPuvnKQDH0c0JWk_HhV48mb3sfZBnzDLjI2L1fK7HyHcTdNL71jAm9JpJogiL66WhUTU3Pp7wqzqwK0THygHXnOJVRRf0PdbfhoIYmR7G3Mb/w640-h640/collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>Time to FLY!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIxZ_gqMH3Ya7G1cIVrPamBpJGOkMi2PCiuof114W6BXpwgT7WOHDSHmX-wPlmXvjgTnMUugPMsmVqC1Gc_HOXVo2CQAjLcipUPzndcGZR4yF1IJ890fQwqCs8lbPje9jt-o2wRfV13rv-ZjG2SRjnOos0DvtfOiqrE6SFJghZdY3cuD56T2KbKbKsODeO/s640/wRIMG_3979.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIxZ_gqMH3Ya7G1cIVrPamBpJGOkMi2PCiuof114W6BXpwgT7WOHDSHmX-wPlmXvjgTnMUugPMsmVqC1Gc_HOXVo2CQAjLcipUPzndcGZR4yF1IJ890fQwqCs8lbPje9jt-o2wRfV13rv-ZjG2SRjnOos0DvtfOiqrE6SFJghZdY3cuD56T2KbKbKsODeO/w640-h480/wRIMG_3979.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Were you skeeeered? Maybe just a little? Me too!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgllZW4CduWBMhvYQQOV9m-y8oXmhiq8BtZYfv97OjrW5vo5R8EJEaxU50aql5gwdB2zIJdCY2XZ1XFtKTqgeRZwsJRX0-IJPSe7Y-AXsu0tq5Wn4yOy1Ns21Suxao8jRdB9sIyR0qMPzfDVyzNdjaTxRi9LX-eA2WLcOUf7Cy6Vx8N82fq71zZBWDrc7US/s274/saturdays-critters2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="274" data-original-width="199" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgllZW4CduWBMhvYQQOV9m-y8oXmhiq8BtZYfv97OjrW5vo5R8EJEaxU50aql5gwdB2zIJdCY2XZ1XFtKTqgeRZwsJRX0-IJPSe7Y-AXsu0tq5Wn4yOy1Ns21Suxao8jRdB9sIyR0qMPzfDVyzNdjaTxRi9LX-eA2WLcOUf7Cy6Vx8N82fq71zZBWDrc7US/s1600/saturdays-critters2.jpg" width="199" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I’m joining Saturday’s critters </span><a href="http://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> and Mosaic Monday <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/" style="color: #5588aa; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span><a href="https://lapaylor.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> </a><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>~Lavender Dreamer~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06298191144517740164noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629366429583853135.post-56327770448852059932024-02-09T08:11:00.092-05:002024-02-09T08:11:00.180-05:00Beautiful Birds of Florida<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We always check the tide chart before we drive out to the Gulf of Mexico and on this particular day, the lowest tide was at noon. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBpf7-3Gu61CmOhOQx6lV6yRpvi_O7Mv-lNX4gXgSaLaUVE7xLFTrgKCLk3B_vOH2jr5JhS3jDWALnM0F9kA807v_WOQqLB-NquEwQPI23aoE2LjBhJY9AzVc9Qn8Vwbw0kK8gEjsvCFiF9zyGVLVvYhkH93nx77lk2RLVjYBRlvVojYhNrkZmY_nV4-I5/s640/lowtideRDSCN1217.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBpf7-3Gu61CmOhOQx6lV6yRpvi_O7Mv-lNX4gXgSaLaUVE7xLFTrgKCLk3B_vOH2jr5JhS3jDWALnM0F9kA807v_WOQqLB-NquEwQPI23aoE2LjBhJY9AzVc9Qn8Vwbw0kK8gEjsvCFiF9zyGVLVvYhkH93nx77lk2RLVjYBRlvVojYhNrkZmY_nV4-I5/w640-h480/lowtideRDSCN1217.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Perfect! All of these sandbars will be covered with water when the tide comes in.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">But for now....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiixMStfn4I8eUjmArxCxBSNeV71EIBCvkNkyKHSPk7gno0xJziPlu7Yb8bcFMUB41hmMuXml53BOT3t3aKVeAswzjRzEYa5oRnYh8sMREG3P1JvDF2XH8AX-GKkSvS4eHEhIGrEYhIX8jZWb9fQxP7DLayBLzPzq_w3qnJRe2bZXCMLpvKqeCFwfrfYHF_/s640/lowRDSCN1221.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiixMStfn4I8eUjmArxCxBSNeV71EIBCvkNkyKHSPk7gno0xJziPlu7Yb8bcFMUB41hmMuXml53BOT3t3aKVeAswzjRzEYa5oRnYh8sMREG3P1JvDF2XH8AX-GKkSvS4eHEhIGrEYhIX8jZWb9fQxP7DLayBLzPzq_w3qnJRe2bZXCMLpvKqeCFwfrfYHF_/w640-h480/lowRDSCN1221.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">a glimpse at how many birds are out there!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The Pelicans seem to be having a conversation.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt-g-P7JZFIG5x37ljlm6lnSVTPMn73EyemN-agbh_bgwOEbwd4ZChlcVywh1Y1PoHWymWED0ddVF4J0VsGPs1gI7JXmJF3kxG2gUyifoT7FStgjeiDGlAXmK_STLXClPErxeFf9v0BXTpqOfzPwpw2RYNNyFYXvqVnVZi1WzYZvXWP0_th4vYzbn4BFHc/s640/lowRDSCN1224.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt-g-P7JZFIG5x37ljlm6lnSVTPMn73EyemN-agbh_bgwOEbwd4ZChlcVywh1Y1PoHWymWED0ddVF4J0VsGPs1gI7JXmJF3kxG2gUyifoT7FStgjeiDGlAXmK_STLXClPErxeFf9v0BXTpqOfzPwpw2RYNNyFYXvqVnVZi1WzYZvXWP0_th4vYzbn4BFHc/w640-h480/lowRDSCN1224.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Or is it an argument? lol</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy1QyM31bNnU_5QGBZxqhE0Glhk7LYILMIBIwxOKfeOfGXWGbpVs4jN9hOD6uvN8Kk0ShnmDVYU8HUdPL1AEVAuXiet81rrIAPYyO7wiTH4UMS4oORNytI_rN8EOfOqjvRwawX8iiBSmsFEc1faSfgyLQiZeIDobE_K2TP4nkZoI3djuGoNASCJb_QXkp5/s640/lowRDSCN1223.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy1QyM31bNnU_5QGBZxqhE0Glhk7LYILMIBIwxOKfeOfGXWGbpVs4jN9hOD6uvN8Kk0ShnmDVYU8HUdPL1AEVAuXiet81rrIAPYyO7wiTH4UMS4oORNytI_rN8EOfOqjvRwawX8iiBSmsFEc1faSfgyLQiZeIDobE_K2TP4nkZoI3djuGoNASCJb_QXkp5/w640-h480/lowRDSCN1223.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We drive along the canal on a dirt road for 4 miles before we reach the Gulf.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Np11jOYzA27SNfC3wUEOxPPsABtd2fXI7o_YBC87lEDzej_1USWGu_G4fPk6vRL0Y4Dgfk0_CdMDM8GAQS9snTOQXXlpx5KG5MTdGAgQgWnvS3rqTxa2pOwhw3hGUqiEO5mqwb5-Lxgw6_NjOrzrWP01nt33DUHNtM7RoZLhKJsZIIVYQFw77JIQNUs-/s640/estRIMG_3776.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Np11jOYzA27SNfC3wUEOxPPsABtd2fXI7o_YBC87lEDzej_1USWGu_G4fPk6vRL0Y4Dgfk0_CdMDM8GAQS9snTOQXXlpx5KG5MTdGAgQgWnvS3rqTxa2pOwhw3hGUqiEO5mqwb5-Lxgw6_NjOrzrWP01nt33DUHNtM7RoZLhKJsZIIVYQFw77JIQNUs-/w640-h480/estRIMG_3776.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Great White Egret, Snowy Egret and Tri-colored Heron</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And we had never seen so many birds along the banks of the canal and in the water.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_n-lJ4tGqyuzh6Xt7RigR9iSH8bwsCba4TDZc-iSmqGuiKVhPXnCdv3U7d3dZlywNv9MehCVJmCopZY8sJ5-T0T_f29ouZ0-epZZQUYE07-8-iXANs58C79J0NS0Jb6B07QwXNyzZhhnmESzi1dxISemhkgx94QsU-jDX2nIeAw4dQ0HPRarpqZAObbdt/s640/gullsRIMG_3780.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_n-lJ4tGqyuzh6Xt7RigR9iSH8bwsCba4TDZc-iSmqGuiKVhPXnCdv3U7d3dZlywNv9MehCVJmCopZY8sJ5-T0T_f29ouZ0-epZZQUYE07-8-iXANs58C79J0NS0Jb6B07QwXNyzZhhnmESzi1dxISemhkgx94QsU-jDX2nIeAw4dQ0HPRarpqZAObbdt/w640-h480/gullsRIMG_3780.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I think this is a Bonaparte's Gull.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0oN-MuE1HR1bmNeH8kEuSrcsyQ1L5f7JePd8mdCWnnGZD7C25wLLzelMCnMfGkszusRSnO_MB7hWorZhpmdNM78DxxDKkuVciMm8shUhnpR_2xR-QVqm6uiEyxheppRA3ILVfP4d9cPRJrqP4cj9gR3C9X4l6935Kb0wpy7W0bj_7_3cwzq4BA0S_vqCH/s640/gullRIMG_3771.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0oN-MuE1HR1bmNeH8kEuSrcsyQ1L5f7JePd8mdCWnnGZD7C25wLLzelMCnMfGkszusRSnO_MB7hWorZhpmdNM78DxxDKkuVciMm8shUhnpR_2xR-QVqm6uiEyxheppRA3ILVfP4d9cPRJrqP4cj9gR3C9X4l6935Kb0wpy7W0bj_7_3cwzq4BA0S_vqCH/w640-h480/gullRIMG_3771.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Hubby was driving and some of these were taken from inside the truck!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZOB-lt92J6FonHNAbm-EYPfZ16cQX1vvJ52uPoJ62px6C-W2LuFqHDAvY22bTZtxO1fRFlXRlI7Haro04ODl4Z7cSpAgtleYI3W-UqYhcfMO-HKrUQjdB9_enDFsNqZWunjDCjcWRQYlUj7Vpkunxv8W7ddl_Oj-4MAFUwXECFbS-I4ag32G04FEp89g-/s640/snowytriRIMG_3777.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZOB-lt92J6FonHNAbm-EYPfZ16cQX1vvJ52uPoJ62px6C-W2LuFqHDAvY22bTZtxO1fRFlXRlI7Haro04ODl4Z7cSpAgtleYI3W-UqYhcfMO-HKrUQjdB9_enDFsNqZWunjDCjcWRQYlUj7Vpkunxv8W7ddl_Oj-4MAFUwXECFbS-I4ag32G04FEp89g-/w640-h480/snowytriRIMG_3777.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Snowy Egret and Tri-colored Heron</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And then some of my favs!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi20hNOOrkLBHVHNdKg4KxAB4RXHet-V9ADsBWJJtTyV2bYivxKAjSW6wN_sPAFc8PK6UeEuJW6aHv_ilKYykQtQoWoUZWexfWPYNkiq57-8OKfUaOPvFxUKrcBPsQzFgXTAbluxeHNQSja4khzfSZojXUNga-uqTu4LwaavZJI-zbFYJ4uU1Rw9-oPOqP/s640/storkRIMG_3788.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi20hNOOrkLBHVHNdKg4KxAB4RXHet-V9ADsBWJJtTyV2bYivxKAjSW6wN_sPAFc8PK6UeEuJW6aHv_ilKYykQtQoWoUZWexfWPYNkiq57-8OKfUaOPvFxUKrcBPsQzFgXTAbluxeHNQSja4khzfSZojXUNga-uqTu4LwaavZJI-zbFYJ4uU1Rw9-oPOqP/w640-h480/storkRIMG_3788.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">A Stork fishing for his dinner!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia77KaUUFYUVAgzD-xX94zIWlQbfiht-9qn9GRmLhqPQLFQ3EuV3InhTbxkFQez6LIacHmT9VnAVq7dvgvoDFIqZZzicYDXTcP3S3U2akLEaBYMPZnUKbQtBiCJDT_TAIvFYbRpmTAo_d3AtA4eHPgwxUO9k5wNF9yHXFt0Ayxm_VURvK78hKtiVeAKJ4b/s640/storkRIMG_3789.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia77KaUUFYUVAgzD-xX94zIWlQbfiht-9qn9GRmLhqPQLFQ3EuV3InhTbxkFQez6LIacHmT9VnAVq7dvgvoDFIqZZzicYDXTcP3S3U2akLEaBYMPZnUKbQtBiCJDT_TAIvFYbRpmTAo_d3AtA4eHPgwxUO9k5wNF9yHXFt0Ayxm_VURvK78hKtiVeAKJ4b/w640-h480/storkRIMG_3789.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">He looked a bit comical with all his twists and turns!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWtZ6bVQMsxLTIH2z0O88YF2_Prhh08FWYcwF8F_ghQ0TTA9IOak6gCZG34_RVmFjxM3BN5tq3-OkhMh2Lxdsn46B76jksY2j3weEigCTOVtgNJaHnJ7tbXJ_v63ZIjGTaXguEGN7cVQP7J5F0Q7noh-sQFN9-x5B1PdoakJh-T4myAMs1Yv-yfvu6WqFe/s640/storkRDSCN1201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWtZ6bVQMsxLTIH2z0O88YF2_Prhh08FWYcwF8F_ghQ0TTA9IOak6gCZG34_RVmFjxM3BN5tq3-OkhMh2Lxdsn46B76jksY2j3weEigCTOVtgNJaHnJ7tbXJ_v63ZIjGTaXguEGN7cVQP7J5F0Q7noh-sQFN9-x5B1PdoakJh-T4myAMs1Yv-yfvu6WqFe/w640-h480/storkRDSCN1201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Just one more before we have to walk away!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5PGz-J5DGLBnmsOU6J5MfQsE2sSmGKVUqAtZMrDkqqpmYwYfr5ONUCBhQCTNv3wbq3m6bYLXirMpkEawu8u5XuOEWBeUyV6h3e5RR-BrW-pDkSG_MnjEvGottwW9FN7hKW0vFbQA538ph1PJD-qPNlcq2uctE2qO2UyCIq9Jtzqfmph1pr4H9OsD8xIPt/s640/storkRDSCN1202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5PGz-J5DGLBnmsOU6J5MfQsE2sSmGKVUqAtZMrDkqqpmYwYfr5ONUCBhQCTNv3wbq3m6bYLXirMpkEawu8u5XuOEWBeUyV6h3e5RR-BrW-pDkSG_MnjEvGottwW9FN7hKW0vFbQA538ph1PJD-qPNlcq2uctE2qO2UyCIq9Jtzqfmph1pr4H9OsD8xIPt/w640-h480/storkRDSCN1202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We saw a wonderful variety of shorebirds! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRvmdPDONCTo_Yfwrol3T_dY7FaFvatCLD81Um7UySSnNjGxBMePfB1BGntwKAg0s4NpYsSut0-MuvBxFA0BOy1vde03Rprhe2JFMFuH-mykYix4BQ68BI8czleJbqGb7cKY2gwvGZ0rrlcpeejV0id1hWVyxTrePsK5JCifTjIHuYNUDUpN1cbp8J4IfX/s800/collagesnowy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRvmdPDONCTo_Yfwrol3T_dY7FaFvatCLD81Um7UySSnNjGxBMePfB1BGntwKAg0s4NpYsSut0-MuvBxFA0BOy1vde03Rprhe2JFMFuH-mykYix4BQ68BI8czleJbqGb7cKY2gwvGZ0rrlcpeejV0id1hWVyxTrePsK5JCifTjIHuYNUDUpN1cbp8J4IfX/w640-h640/collagesnowy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And now to share my favorite photo of the day!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl8Dg70ktyQ1YsjGsQXJ_uU1xLg-A1Sm2jDYNJn55v8LIQ4G3Ui2GoBoENNSZG_KxW1-nBGuITpiQcinKp7cEgnwcugzOuXW0InobluPPJeZ5sXCMR0ijWlXJvYJiw2c_WpAsJcMrPwunGLUYH4v-57cwbOc81ieTTZzGuv94BpJWaOFqw9-EC2_bdOkft/s640/heronRIMG_3823.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl8Dg70ktyQ1YsjGsQXJ_uU1xLg-A1Sm2jDYNJn55v8LIQ4G3Ui2GoBoENNSZG_KxW1-nBGuITpiQcinKp7cEgnwcugzOuXW0InobluPPJeZ5sXCMR0ijWlXJvYJiw2c_WpAsJcMrPwunGLUYH4v-57cwbOc81ieTTZzGuv94BpJWaOFqw9-EC2_bdOkft/w640-h480/heronRIMG_3823.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Great Blue Heron</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It was hard to pick a favorite!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdoBb8SMLdPbZdavHNWj1JIKGSF-5JPrxFgZL0s-3kAfcVROr8P07sQSlPNpW6IsIrcTHxU6vWQI4iU7VMjkvExZEii1K3l5uEGBoOnubHO5GwFytzN8oAgFpCt-QahsNE21PLuJx0PmDmUmfuA-Bogq4hxsriEnU8JmGEakikxGimcOSnFHCVGxe_Dfec/s274/saturdays-critters2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="274" data-original-width="199" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdoBb8SMLdPbZdavHNWj1JIKGSF-5JPrxFgZL0s-3kAfcVROr8P07sQSlPNpW6IsIrcTHxU6vWQI4iU7VMjkvExZEii1K3l5uEGBoOnubHO5GwFytzN8oAgFpCt-QahsNE21PLuJx0PmDmUmfuA-Bogq4hxsriEnU8JmGEakikxGimcOSnFHCVGxe_Dfec/s1600/saturdays-critters2.jpg" width="199" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I’m joining Saturday’s critters </span><a href="http://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> and Mosaic Monday <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/" style="color: #5588aa; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span><a href="https://lapaylor.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> </a><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>~Lavender Dreamer~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06298191144517740164noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629366429583853135.post-21454134859673794222024-02-02T08:11:00.056-05:002024-02-02T08:11:00.129-05:00A Trip to the Gulf Coast!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> It takes us less than an hour to drive to the Gulf Coast so this is one of our favorite day trips!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzAbuC0kM3NBQ_dg-3voepCuXj2HIJ9G7q_VrokAh-rQAOkiT_XLk9yswI0fxZy-aeAWnRmd2RadOAd63QOdhVBtcJoyV8v-hfntdnzUmqhFs5zbMv7pNCT-Ks-P_QLP-Q5q4cthfmsHlhK12AAv0RKQADOcdC2jXlF16uY-5K9f0w4yNt-7aNGVGncpD/s640/horseRIMG_3901.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzAbuC0kM3NBQ_dg-3voepCuXj2HIJ9G7q_VrokAh-rQAOkiT_XLk9yswI0fxZy-aeAWnRmd2RadOAd63QOdhVBtcJoyV8v-hfntdnzUmqhFs5zbMv7pNCT-Ks-P_QLP-Q5q4cthfmsHlhK12AAv0RKQADOcdC2jXlF16uY-5K9f0w4yNt-7aNGVGncpD/w640-h480/horseRIMG_3901.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And no we didn't travel by horse cart but hubby was kind enough to pull into this little convenience store for me to get a few photos! I can't imagine getting out in this on the main road! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3e2nCxrYEnS4kX6Dt_OI1glDwDncLpwPuK45m3DZZHmKtwXcOvTDz9VmRjJjgltnPQvo3IlSy0uLX_8UQGD7WzDFv7EKaXFD94ivHJY1mHeQFrzTkugg_LZAJrBxR1S6tYaM2MYw2RHWtUfAOtU2hKZwRIdj3dpp3sLfZrLK8LX3VcaVRp5Fhn-OMNFdq/s640/grassesRIMG_3843.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3e2nCxrYEnS4kX6Dt_OI1glDwDncLpwPuK45m3DZZHmKtwXcOvTDz9VmRjJjgltnPQvo3IlSy0uLX_8UQGD7WzDFv7EKaXFD94ivHJY1mHeQFrzTkugg_LZAJrBxR1S6tYaM2MYw2RHWtUfAOtU2hKZwRIdj3dpp3sLfZrLK8LX3VcaVRp5Fhn-OMNFdq/w640-h480/grassesRIMG_3843.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Every trip to the Withlacoochee Bay Trail is an adventure!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_coVf25_8nkGOwCbUNQC-svC4gQON_juJiy_rlIO34ecTOw6O2HAEDR-lKie4RvOLFoec_aM7wuzMx6Hc12Ix7JrzcuRhguaK85qcez2sC1MpSVgBlFhLcnawRhdI0dpG0iImlpJSGjH3e8f_TXvRHHZfkglL7qBC7rl6QKGz0L0KOLbScTZd-78CbX9G/s800/collagegulf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_coVf25_8nkGOwCbUNQC-svC4gQON_juJiy_rlIO34ecTOw6O2HAEDR-lKie4RvOLFoec_aM7wuzMx6Hc12Ix7JrzcuRhguaK85qcez2sC1MpSVgBlFhLcnawRhdI0dpG0iImlpJSGjH3e8f_TXvRHHZfkglL7qBC7rl6QKGz0L0KOLbScTZd-78CbX9G/w640-h640/collagegulf.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I love the winter brown grasses all along the canal.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We have honestly never seen so many birds and such a variety but I'll skip around and show a few highlights.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwrlv5OK5B8a_JIKqaqoJzLKdm4Y6zWLx4NBeeAQYdCjA8yJc55LNKwr30zB9X13gYaRbU-3xrz3Ku4PoQyLvch_nMZg990XQZE3lVK918tNT5OLP-5ScXakbntjLZQluvmT9Oi8vY7znEV3TuzQlBGKpv4ernQ9G1d_A2eJKuUPNXtLBuRIxq7HThZZnD/s640/fishRIMG_3799.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwrlv5OK5B8a_JIKqaqoJzLKdm4Y6zWLx4NBeeAQYdCjA8yJc55LNKwr30zB9X13gYaRbU-3xrz3Ku4PoQyLvch_nMZg990XQZE3lVK918tNT5OLP-5ScXakbntjLZQluvmT9Oi8vY7znEV3TuzQlBGKpv4ernQ9G1d_A2eJKuUPNXtLBuRIxq7HThZZnD/w640-h480/fishRIMG_3799.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">This fisherman was checking his baskets and the pelicans followed closely to see if they might get an easy meal.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicwZHSQJPnYGcOjTgNdFYhMd0VnQkab8o4pvr5vHYGhHGqoCumInmy4rx-qhjklXuEZFvvQPl5v0A59d1MJ3c38gjB45bj1l-1zDLi1fc1vj8hTA2UyS4D03I5fx8EKiMglhmIs81XQQio00hhUdIYmLORcQ0hHnkBaWw3cFBTBA1dIU-rmAqoTK83IcOg/s640/fishermanRDSCN1218.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicwZHSQJPnYGcOjTgNdFYhMd0VnQkab8o4pvr5vHYGhHGqoCumInmy4rx-qhjklXuEZFvvQPl5v0A59d1MJ3c38gjB45bj1l-1zDLi1fc1vj8hTA2UyS4D03I5fx8EKiMglhmIs81XQQio00hhUdIYmLORcQ0hHnkBaWw3cFBTBA1dIU-rmAqoTK83IcOg/w640-h480/fishermanRDSCN1218.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It was amazing to watch!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And something else that caught our eyes!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpI57uwj9j4q9cMWSfIkpGWlSz-etKroIQkY1yazJtNI_KScBzzLHoKpaiqOOcW84k_xqOX0eeiw47oeONkl-UioOXR-Z-YqYXtr90s-OZig7cl-FEzP67aOrm2tNAZzI5_dQ4WTJlbLmAuT6msGLBaRsTv-eDM4Re_DM3SV9pHpfCzLIrZ4IBqdbORo2L/s640/dolphinRDSCN1216.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpI57uwj9j4q9cMWSfIkpGWlSz-etKroIQkY1yazJtNI_KScBzzLHoKpaiqOOcW84k_xqOX0eeiw47oeONkl-UioOXR-Z-YqYXtr90s-OZig7cl-FEzP67aOrm2tNAZzI5_dQ4WTJlbLmAuT6msGLBaRsTv-eDM4Re_DM3SV9pHpfCzLIrZ4IBqdbORo2L/w640-h480/dolphinRDSCN1216.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Dolphins!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-q04afkQFSzog3X1FJqr7hHGJ_DkR8w1_9tei78kfzwOMlsrIGxJgxg6Bt-hxda2ARYepxHZH5VfPkZc5NOMKa3M2kM7Irxu_pxr7-4jGUbyxaoD54kznJlr0D4LbrkIZJ2rV_FOAd01Y57U__Zrg1T51runmtcouNghX3sKQmBtaeRM3MfpkCNTZy3L4/s640/dolphinRIMG_3820.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="367" data-original-width="640" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-q04afkQFSzog3X1FJqr7hHGJ_DkR8w1_9tei78kfzwOMlsrIGxJgxg6Bt-hxda2ARYepxHZH5VfPkZc5NOMKa3M2kM7Irxu_pxr7-4jGUbyxaoD54kznJlr0D4LbrkIZJ2rV_FOAd01Y57U__Zrg1T51runmtcouNghX3sKQmBtaeRM3MfpkCNTZy3L4/w640-h368/dolphinRIMG_3820.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We spotted several out in the bay and that's always a treat!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip1V0G77Mm1DxvRtwkiACxc8EU-4QyUnsPAOj1sxD6lgHmhTti9neySQDFljZkYADWNDLP0NOU_jCjkUhQ5m4_OrXQruPnIItGgsBwIqdZ_o7cdaOkEQUQ3gWekRUdscy3dWFAKnSOmKz4X8kFY5aQwL81RiJqB7d_x6JGTB0_GhuGunOn78FHGqxj7Qd7/s640/dophin2RIMG_3820.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip1V0G77Mm1DxvRtwkiACxc8EU-4QyUnsPAOj1sxD6lgHmhTti9neySQDFljZkYADWNDLP0NOU_jCjkUhQ5m4_OrXQruPnIItGgsBwIqdZ_o7cdaOkEQUQ3gWekRUdscy3dWFAKnSOmKz4X8kFY5aQwL81RiJqB7d_x6JGTB0_GhuGunOn78FHGqxj7Qd7/w640-h480/dophin2RIMG_3820.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">A cropped view!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Lots of beautiful scenes as we hiked to the end of the trail.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrUnZFt00XIukl-m4TW7_AC04W-L9miS0crVkFyIhptUYFD6RPG5myEghyphenhyphenvplf6EVacOLHtbzeSx3oXMcXe1c6Ht4pX6wC8k0xtmFQZadQjZoYA0iZbMe-HIncJdvSOSVz270gCB2hnLm28IZbAN1sTqiD4a5OG8zpIQ-pFkPUl0metlumekwXoxi1nBrT/s640/gulfRIMG_3826.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrUnZFt00XIukl-m4TW7_AC04W-L9miS0crVkFyIhptUYFD6RPG5myEghyphenhyphenvplf6EVacOLHtbzeSx3oXMcXe1c6Ht4pX6wC8k0xtmFQZadQjZoYA0iZbMe-HIncJdvSOSVz270gCB2hnLm28IZbAN1sTqiD4a5OG8zpIQ-pFkPUl0metlumekwXoxi1nBrT/w640-h480/gulfRIMG_3826.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It was a brisk winter day and perfect for walking!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Do you have a special place to visit to see birds and wildlife?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHGtG67GPnjUfC6FzQXJEBXVFJV0TWkzA9H0pr3EegFs9ldilk8sLGpBtMnjxV1LWboXQUyd-FuI8Hllwj0_3asg_YxtoSDYXrqEJ5vLxVchCnx7thuWBqMqsGPrHD_rcfwlDB_DrPVPxgEHn4kGpEP0tnNLnlHgPgG5Nz6SDbiRpRvGRSM4AshPlljUc9/s274/saturdays-critters2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="274" data-original-width="199" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHGtG67GPnjUfC6FzQXJEBXVFJV0TWkzA9H0pr3EegFs9ldilk8sLGpBtMnjxV1LWboXQUyd-FuI8Hllwj0_3asg_YxtoSDYXrqEJ5vLxVchCnx7thuWBqMqsGPrHD_rcfwlDB_DrPVPxgEHn4kGpEP0tnNLnlHgPgG5Nz6SDbiRpRvGRSM4AshPlljUc9/s1600/saturdays-critters2.jpg" width="199" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I’m joining Saturday’s critters </span><a href="http://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> and Mosaic Monday <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/" style="color: #5588aa; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span><a href="https://lapaylor.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> </a><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div></div>~Lavender Dreamer~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06298191144517740164noreply@blogger.com48tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629366429583853135.post-17818185587052682332024-01-26T08:11:00.075-05:002024-01-26T08:55:37.098-05:00Shangri-La Trailhead, best for "Winter hiking"<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> Now that the weather has cooled off here in Florida I am enjoying some of the trails I usually avoid in the summer months. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPBYN7WhCDhhFzzr4HP2f144u6D4vQqbbfd-qSC1GnmlVjnKWeM6KSw7jtPVz6S1lqPWzDW55-4eXZy69g2UeM3O4poQXXZa6i4Nw-G3LfkXRz2w_9sDA0alxIPaZfYMwD4oG-xCCnYIMO2tJALe5CPAIivK6Uorxt8gKudsTBLmIMjcLIO09wUf3S-ekW/s640/trailhead2RIMG_3364.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPBYN7WhCDhhFzzr4HP2f144u6D4vQqbbfd-qSC1GnmlVjnKWeM6KSw7jtPVz6S1lqPWzDW55-4eXZy69g2UeM3O4poQXXZa6i4Nw-G3LfkXRz2w_9sDA0alxIPaZfYMwD4oG-xCCnYIMO2tJALe5CPAIivK6Uorxt8gKudsTBLmIMjcLIO09wUf3S-ekW/w640-h480/trailhead2RIMG_3364.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">But as you can see by the parking area at the Shangri-La Trailhead, I have it all to myself today!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaBgRbA2JRLiNfBRu4KJs_4fjjfMtijubDEjE-lBgMKpf4WU45Q3tGX9hKo0riCv-kvCll7YCI5aJH5SbK5739p0gfn2NoNaLVqe1rdEQD0vGITS3DqAAZkGYG0a6ReAzbyhSgYrd_QCcJ-gcGCL448z6_r_BiTLTQ4eYNo5SEMZNbWd2qEabB5sUa_PkB/s640/trailbestRIMG_3353.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaBgRbA2JRLiNfBRu4KJs_4fjjfMtijubDEjE-lBgMKpf4WU45Q3tGX9hKo0riCv-kvCll7YCI5aJH5SbK5739p0gfn2NoNaLVqe1rdEQD0vGITS3DqAAZkGYG0a6ReAzbyhSgYrd_QCcJ-gcGCL448z6_r_BiTLTQ4eYNo5SEMZNbWd2qEabB5sUa_PkB/w640-h480/trailbestRIMG_3353.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The trails are just gorgeous and easy to walk. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The way the trails 'lie', there's not much breeze so it feels hotter and the bugs enjoy it more than I do in the summer heat! So I wait for the cooler temps with less humidity.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUpHecI1qmn3VCTE4hz02fn4JfnD7pEN5yp2qkhqDkuad7PXA_0NDi4JPDfwREujKWU2O6vP3liZGC-k68DRbx_ZQGiB5zaIJiLBS1Jl3mCkga9Zv344-3wi0avxl2XRAdVvbS4uUA1qlr1rvoQyPZhuLbgw8dt8bYtFAMpajhQHMoLeQb8bXTTwyGy8dK/s640/trailRIMG_3343.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUpHecI1qmn3VCTE4hz02fn4JfnD7pEN5yp2qkhqDkuad7PXA_0NDi4JPDfwREujKWU2O6vP3liZGC-k68DRbx_ZQGiB5zaIJiLBS1Jl3mCkga9Zv344-3wi0avxl2XRAdVvbS4uUA1qlr1rvoQyPZhuLbgw8dt8bYtFAMpajhQHMoLeQb8bXTTwyGy8dK/w640-h480/trailRIMG_3343.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Some of the trails follow the old diggings and it is perfectly quiet and peaceful.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhonADaJRMX5wdEJIPavHA15zdCi_8wXoCnmefKvays7_YbVZaywhhRa0Mr6mTwLcyG28-MN5VwZC_IDzk1GXM5GYP1lnIVWztVFBnrIwO55lWEMvr2Bi34WlRjPagf8cWpF8zj31H2BnzqHtIIwiGW6gDH1YpgeOOpOSHxzWsNseqvooe8eiTdrysBKOB7/s640/muRIMG_3534.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhonADaJRMX5wdEJIPavHA15zdCi_8wXoCnmefKvays7_YbVZaywhhRa0Mr6mTwLcyG28-MN5VwZC_IDzk1GXM5GYP1lnIVWztVFBnrIwO55lWEMvr2Bi34WlRjPagf8cWpF8zj31H2BnzqHtIIwiGW6gDH1YpgeOOpOSHxzWsNseqvooe8eiTdrysBKOB7/w640-h480/muRIMG_3534.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We've had some rain so the mushrooms are abundant in the forest.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ70c908lsRW4v5xCFISpomTz7im33hdcQXZoSVPiujuSoVG6IcUD5RmqyhuDBdKC5FrBk61jCPxWVX0MYDM_a42LBS8kc6OiSoFr1wRlN3yhinSz9AKex5khYtMreNqDywVigqApqhrPTlnYUEkjf2OHctlm2KFwGKo0NjweklCkFFZP-pDkaDvWjrwKN/s640/mRIMG_3535.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ70c908lsRW4v5xCFISpomTz7im33hdcQXZoSVPiujuSoVG6IcUD5RmqyhuDBdKC5FrBk61jCPxWVX0MYDM_a42LBS8kc6OiSoFr1wRlN3yhinSz9AKex5khYtMreNqDywVigqApqhrPTlnYUEkjf2OHctlm2KFwGKo0NjweklCkFFZP-pDkaDvWjrwKN/w640-h480/mRIMG_3535.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I'll pop a mosaic in to try to show more of these beauties!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2w1551zXl2Upnc-wOlGBzv5SXlLYcA6qSIKbiPZI2Jo57_icdGAk8jKiV3F1da9tYeevuoTzsAAHg0Xm4-VaKKF-QQgrDjNJ-EFEw3_MN5EQemRRISQWEbIoq-bMAsQYfUuzC7anL0n1-mB1RG8re9pH6RjDRzingoeUoVB3cvdAOGw82KXVBiY87cesS/s640/mRIMG_3521.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2w1551zXl2Upnc-wOlGBzv5SXlLYcA6qSIKbiPZI2Jo57_icdGAk8jKiV3F1da9tYeevuoTzsAAHg0Xm4-VaKKF-QQgrDjNJ-EFEw3_MN5EQemRRISQWEbIoq-bMAsQYfUuzC7anL0n1-mB1RG8re9pH6RjDRzingoeUoVB3cvdAOGw82KXVBiY87cesS/w640-h480/mRIMG_3521.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">This one looks like it has a little skirt on!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgG4lCHsCQ_gQaNNu_8zVwWy13hZcAIIqykMnhSIEjlpiex2E5DIX6Vu2OU2oksBWWxxHO01OpVzBIZYOp6fxkYTQDF8nxRM8SzOPBrYp-V9tXHA-p9C8oohq59Mi1gw3flRMj95D1_F9hhefxOGO4cmSwW62nFVeYseDdv4cwFa1JS3IpW5xYCRbYXSMf/s800/collagemush.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgG4lCHsCQ_gQaNNu_8zVwWy13hZcAIIqykMnhSIEjlpiex2E5DIX6Vu2OU2oksBWWxxHO01OpVzBIZYOp6fxkYTQDF8nxRM8SzOPBrYp-V9tXHA-p9C8oohq59Mi1gw3flRMj95D1_F9hhefxOGO4cmSwW62nFVeYseDdv4cwFa1JS3IpW5xYCRbYXSMf/w640-h640/collagemush.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And we've seen lots of Warblers, Flycatchers and Bluebirds this week.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyqZdao5r-xZRrNO7pLegyurSM8_DKp3g8GrOJqlUAWIR-5RZA6FPseWg0sMGjO77X8AnWnBsOGQ-nfvLXy5_gwia4929lX8pUSpYwobn95X9h1EDH42AwB2UMgq2-quVb0USSQnjVrcVV14VCxjVmHWp2WG4qGGB8kbcXl6HHxR072CC8XWoqjBQZbv-1/s800/collagewarblers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyqZdao5r-xZRrNO7pLegyurSM8_DKp3g8GrOJqlUAWIR-5RZA6FPseWg0sMGjO77X8AnWnBsOGQ-nfvLXy5_gwia4929lX8pUSpYwobn95X9h1EDH42AwB2UMgq2-quVb0USSQnjVrcVV14VCxjVmHWp2WG4qGGB8kbcXl6HHxR072CC8XWoqjBQZbv-1/w640-h640/collagewarblers.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I know many people have gotten a winter blast this week. We've had a few cold nights too!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbkuujdLh4SvBjW6gRkGji_2gLqSTyPmR1JgLYl2wRxm2RPnVhFL2UT07gggd7cu3t2Mv7O3yUTbWn32OFrTut5HsME7rZRifuSXU9Sdbb8_Ozz2yQQWXwS_llEgMGo0pVAzPilWUfR2YcuWBi-28kGqQDR6SGVSds81DneePG3T0NuUGTq4u7m5JTMgSU/s800/collageshowyR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbkuujdLh4SvBjW6gRkGji_2gLqSTyPmR1JgLYl2wRxm2RPnVhFL2UT07gggd7cu3t2Mv7O3yUTbWn32OFrTut5HsME7rZRifuSXU9Sdbb8_Ozz2yQQWXwS_llEgMGo0pVAzPilWUfR2YcuWBi-28kGqQDR6SGVSds81DneePG3T0NuUGTq4u7m5JTMgSU/w640-h640/collageshowyR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Hubby took this Eastern Bluebird photo and it's one of my all time favorites now!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGor8-6ppYcTgxwpcrED_CBomOvZcGaJNM3FADdCySHxK3HUVkKq1fsFbzfhtPNyieh8tPfS4QqNZi6I9cUnXO4ZL8nWpbWoikh5SeqT8spZikaw4-6ckPOy93WDl5GAynCV2Z0eAUkaOmOXv07mU0aMMIkEPADvYbomVohtPiSYjDjWURKTUh8Ht0TamQ/s640/bluequote2RDSCN1164.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGor8-6ppYcTgxwpcrED_CBomOvZcGaJNM3FADdCySHxK3HUVkKq1fsFbzfhtPNyieh8tPfS4QqNZi6I9cUnXO4ZL8nWpbWoikh5SeqT8spZikaw4-6ckPOy93WDl5GAynCV2Z0eAUkaOmOXv07mU0aMMIkEPADvYbomVohtPiSYjDjWURKTUh8Ht0TamQ/w640-h480/bluequote2RDSCN1164.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Enjoy your week and get outside to enjoy nature when you can!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And for those of you who are interested in the <i>BIG</i> announcement I made on Jan. 23rd, I'll include a link to the post <a href="https://lavenderdreamstoo.blogspot.com/2024/01/exciting-news-for-2024.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAjDRen4DHkugjuH7AW28ybcm_ghgN1BZ3KBPrVrl4TP3dDDAGzksoh0Skz7Mz2Cb4XLJ_Pio60PLI7WA8wRWsw9LvYRllrVJNf6LTjfCVLz5WoyGbxav6lZmS10ldjkYbn-uo_DyBxaGeWclBWWgwlvFT0Eym3yEygG8oTvzRjhxFU5nRgcObAlB0dsVW/s640/outRIMG_3282.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAjDRen4DHkugjuH7AW28ybcm_ghgN1BZ3KBPrVrl4TP3dDDAGzksoh0Skz7Mz2Cb4XLJ_Pio60PLI7WA8wRWsw9LvYRllrVJNf6LTjfCVLz5WoyGbxav6lZmS10ldjkYbn-uo_DyBxaGeWclBWWgwlvFT0Eym3yEygG8oTvzRjhxFU5nRgcObAlB0dsVW/w640-h480/outRIMG_3282.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i> It's going to be FUN!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ99dv6zqYPfc3hojZuGf0FrxKsnukbCgXhvEUQfhUW_NYDgX6_jgcbgcCHhxTSW1Gkhk79SVdkLAFEzgsWLEqZt6zgTurA-JMaWwMWEXpWUijmUcJo9lBV8ta4HRztczUI-AE0No9wxQtd3lFhMo89AWM8OVx_EsWh9d3N67PbVlOHtQVhlROFz_PLP0a/s274/saturdays-critters2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="274" data-original-width="199" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ99dv6zqYPfc3hojZuGf0FrxKsnukbCgXhvEUQfhUW_NYDgX6_jgcbgcCHhxTSW1Gkhk79SVdkLAFEzgsWLEqZt6zgTurA-JMaWwMWEXpWUijmUcJo9lBV8ta4HRztczUI-AE0No9wxQtd3lFhMo89AWM8OVx_EsWh9d3N67PbVlOHtQVhlROFz_PLP0a/s1600/saturdays-critters2.jpg" width="199" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I’m joining Saturday’s critters </span><a href="http://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> and Mosaic Monday <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/" style="color: #5588aa; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span><a href="https://lapaylor.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> </a><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>~Lavender Dreamer~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06298191144517740164noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629366429583853135.post-72862252573311575442024-01-23T08:11:00.072-05:002024-01-23T08:11:00.307-05:00Exciting News for 2024!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We spent months researching what we wanted to do to expand our nature hikes for this year!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It's been fun to go online and learn so much about camping in the Southeast!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCOqyYuh9GTk7oCbIHrM-mADQuy3ic0hJlPEM-b6hCKh-QEAZTCfYbhHpxI9v2z7lLCsblcFQez7pYsakqevgkWSYVs-ey7r7X-iLxzYgh88EcjGxxWDQ2sagzi8VBzCoCJ9QILZIBHskXJgLvtRb_T8K8kKW5uTiov6LoDHoreBNLbG4xWRPK191Sr2GU/s640/outRIMG_3278.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCOqyYuh9GTk7oCbIHrM-mADQuy3ic0hJlPEM-b6hCKh-QEAZTCfYbhHpxI9v2z7lLCsblcFQez7pYsakqevgkWSYVs-ey7r7X-iLxzYgh88EcjGxxWDQ2sagzi8VBzCoCJ9QILZIBHskXJgLvtRb_T8K8kKW5uTiov6LoDHoreBNLbG4xWRPK191Sr2GU/w640-h480/outRIMG_3278.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Over the years my husband and I have hiked, backpacked, slept in tents and just about every kind of camper they make. We even owned a motorhome for a few years and really enjoyed traveling in that.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">But to go to the State Parks and campgrounds we are interested in, we needed something small!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbTVgT-smdnNeEKjbVxJyFIwuWVlDL05iKdzCXFrXg8WmuWgKOIDBHfqqJSGVj2o_7TNrMtxJjke9KmpW27xFrY5V3GdX6yOSU4gHnqQynMd3d_UDKJqfzd-38Kj88WQlR1O6N4SYCLskVSOzayi2q6ewPH2rFPVQEGRU60Ex6g4j1ZS1JGu09LKVWEMDS/s640/AIMRIMG_3056.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbTVgT-smdnNeEKjbVxJyFIwuWVlDL05iKdzCXFrXg8WmuWgKOIDBHfqqJSGVj2o_7TNrMtxJjke9KmpW27xFrY5V3GdX6yOSU4gHnqQynMd3d_UDKJqfzd-38Kj88WQlR1O6N4SYCLskVSOzayi2q6ewPH2rFPVQEGRU60Ex6g4j1ZS1JGu09LKVWEMDS/w640-h480/AIMRIMG_3056.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">So we bought the smallest travel trailer we could find that had everything we wanted. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo7oDMJrk_H3pnihar2lgpqG_Jj5xHoDroWUBDK435p4fhlPBMkIsmk8Lf75Uta4EfHhsGHggxeKr5NDzTJCBaL4tz2cRwEhZPLxUmya-oDieWATZIH1qLEhyrC2-qyYSojhIHTHaB7iHKRPoS7Sd_dwTIRCPNYTIA524-NcNlVLLTgbAMeCwFvqzJm86y/s640/GeorgeRIMG_3049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo7oDMJrk_H3pnihar2lgpqG_Jj5xHoDroWUBDK435p4fhlPBMkIsmk8Lf75Uta4EfHhsGHggxeKr5NDzTJCBaL4tz2cRwEhZPLxUmya-oDieWATZIH1qLEhyrC2-qyYSojhIHTHaB7iHKRPoS7Sd_dwTIRCPNYTIA524-NcNlVLLTgbAMeCwFvqzJm86y/w640-h480/GeorgeRIMG_3049.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We wrote down our 'wish list' and the Grand Design 'Adventure in Motion' met all of our needs. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">A special thanks to George and Katie and everyone at Camper's Inn RV that made our dream come true! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The link <a href="https://www.granddesignrv.com/travel-trailers/imagine-aim/15rb" target="_blank">HERE</a> shows the AIM floorplan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgBnhJdV4YEakQEnEfvqK2Y-OCpxXksjhiqFkbpKDRb4tXryjm8tUENH-Omf2-hcY6RSMWHa2f-fNxmiYJlHD-ioupPb_u4SeOgpqkmMhxMt8kA6RjYgp7EDGYWszRY7ofU7SLHg4SQ1cvDrC6fZH4C_XIk8ffX_lVU86-hCfxG3g75lLxriARmcNUIwgw/s640/1RIMG_3276.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgBnhJdV4YEakQEnEfvqK2Y-OCpxXksjhiqFkbpKDRb4tXryjm8tUENH-Omf2-hcY6RSMWHa2f-fNxmiYJlHD-ioupPb_u4SeOgpqkmMhxMt8kA6RjYgp7EDGYWszRY7ofU7SLHg4SQ1cvDrC6fZH4C_XIk8ffX_lVU86-hCfxG3g75lLxriARmcNUIwgw/w480-h640/1RIMG_3276.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Come on in!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH03JxukTmH9xrZ69dKrSgjxM1fWgiaLUt5v62iFSWRKwLAXk5xPa2g1crhMgTAhONjDEDcC0FwRmjdq3iBIbtxov1-mcXgqJiQZmMg9Xry9YVkWBu6zOyX2isiHJS4uw5KBXRy0o623MgwVRQlwXv6QXjALaUg05B3SawKfLm1iK3zMm4CIwweI6WgjDY/s640/2RIMG_3263.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH03JxukTmH9xrZ69dKrSgjxM1fWgiaLUt5v62iFSWRKwLAXk5xPa2g1crhMgTAhONjDEDcC0FwRmjdq3iBIbtxov1-mcXgqJiQZmMg9Xry9YVkWBu6zOyX2isiHJS4uw5KBXRy0o623MgwVRQlwXv6QXjALaUg05B3SawKfLm1iK3zMm4CIwweI6WgjDY/w640-h480/2RIMG_3263.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">A view from the back! It's tiny!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQAPod3M9Hg_M0RXTwo9L2zU78cnrNLfU-gGHgAn52M97mimFZTu58ZE5OuJ5xusi3BByRu3BO1imQcAVdaFmaUn_ekd5WegKKyEQ9EFZzQ6TtHheksbEfknqpB5snLIBQry4oisEtTfCcAJ4CFT6-dHr0gboGLXmZhk6SZJvj-GwICT3sPIsOmAjEQosO/s640/3RIMG_3264.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQAPod3M9Hg_M0RXTwo9L2zU78cnrNLfU-gGHgAn52M97mimFZTu58ZE5OuJ5xusi3BByRu3BO1imQcAVdaFmaUn_ekd5WegKKyEQ9EFZzQ6TtHheksbEfknqpB5snLIBQry4oisEtTfCcAJ4CFT6-dHr0gboGLXmZhk6SZJvj-GwICT3sPIsOmAjEQosO/w640-h480/3RIMG_3264.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It has a murphy bed that easily folds back into a comfortable sofa for daytime use.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidDiD9AWPjiZOyK3bGaCpySlFwK9pmUxdZq0pqkOXOctu9ANe6RgHi1ix6rJh8iCen-QyRlmyQAOV4n46yNAIVs-SgfHwJ6B_K5YNSDx1w5bNjNIguTiiZgdfqJ1Lrrc4tvaBpB2GJJ1uX3migcSjkGW931LgjI-vUE5XArTIgXleQkLFet_A8LnN96i6e/s640/6RIMG_3262.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidDiD9AWPjiZOyK3bGaCpySlFwK9pmUxdZq0pqkOXOctu9ANe6RgHi1ix6rJh8iCen-QyRlmyQAOV4n46yNAIVs-SgfHwJ6B_K5YNSDx1w5bNjNIguTiiZgdfqJ1Lrrc4tvaBpB2GJJ1uX3migcSjkGW931LgjI-vUE5XArTIgXleQkLFet_A8LnN96i6e/w640-h480/6RIMG_3262.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It has a small dinette.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAdWhimni5oIFuOkB2hPZc7GDscahlUAoor4kb9gXE3IYvtNIsyLG_LnJ-YhTaudvRcP9gxajKqAi1b7-_pJ5lDS58MVGLKaIroa4C4Tw16Zxfa0woT-4ROaWyXVIq7K52qVU9pqfDuDYwytaNq_BlDfgs2bjRQGJ1V8TYs_eUDvb00use2bjO3r4EbSjh/s640/4RIMG_3257.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAdWhimni5oIFuOkB2hPZc7GDscahlUAoor4kb9gXE3IYvtNIsyLG_LnJ-YhTaudvRcP9gxajKqAi1b7-_pJ5lDS58MVGLKaIroa4C4Tw16Zxfa0woT-4ROaWyXVIq7K52qVU9pqfDuDYwytaNq_BlDfgs2bjRQGJ1V8TYs_eUDvb00use2bjO3r4EbSjh/w640-h480/4RIMG_3257.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The kitchen has 2 burners, a deep sink, a confection oven/microwave and a refrigerator and freezer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It has lots of cabinets, wardrobes and storage bins. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmOAzwibIQ4KEHnQXxgpwmjT8zKTsoeZq9NpzHdzDhc5l-ee5Y1G4OvyTgIXSulkknGHmeAC-FfOs_J5J4vodhrzeYz6t4b6XT_1QlgWaWyqFaUMEio7OiMz_zldR4W3EuKqb3QcagQlFHvzdvL4IO9kLClcsu6nSI1XnyQKumDC7N3KwmBqRV1xpVRLc5/s640/7RIMG_3268.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmOAzwibIQ4KEHnQXxgpwmjT8zKTsoeZq9NpzHdzDhc5l-ee5Y1G4OvyTgIXSulkknGHmeAC-FfOs_J5J4vodhrzeYz6t4b6XT_1QlgWaWyqFaUMEio7OiMz_zldR4W3EuKqb3QcagQlFHvzdvL4IO9kLClcsu6nSI1XnyQKumDC7N3KwmBqRV1xpVRLc5/w640-h480/7RIMG_3268.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">AND...a full bathroom along the back with a shower, toilet and sink.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1DCuJEfOGhaMZgiXmj92SKlKUa1rTKVBAkkn5PySSFztiYB0RNCPmmflNrR1BwOs-36XCWk1NaXrm8cH9QbMiInmpp-A1NFLpwk2VKvM_USq0mXGUlhNhq6lpCJtKd0yEs7vetl8KS-s45K2uepJlILltyrp_Wiftk9LCUd2IgdYKjgGkpC1X7_ShnPQa/s640/8RIMG_3269.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1DCuJEfOGhaMZgiXmj92SKlKUa1rTKVBAkkn5PySSFztiYB0RNCPmmflNrR1BwOs-36XCWk1NaXrm8cH9QbMiInmpp-A1NFLpwk2VKvM_USq0mXGUlhNhq6lpCJtKd0yEs7vetl8KS-s45K2uepJlILltyrp_Wiftk9LCUd2IgdYKjgGkpC1X7_ShnPQa/w640-h480/8RIMG_3269.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">A pocket door closes the bathroom off...don't worry! lol</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhViIJ7aOnwLNS2ppeerb0vBXKMrMUIvzgg48QlLMy8WwKiT64jZAR0iuXRAQMCITu3CDZBHJHzJVP2oPz5D9SNrJGUZLFKvUXaARlwZdaOC1W4O7ghgkbocfn9DjO0fJMKxfkfQNkBPUffyqOaLRh2sHouodDwUk3fHRxFSZqGXylqLKeCISp68EG8Jpk0/s640/9RIMG_3271.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhViIJ7aOnwLNS2ppeerb0vBXKMrMUIvzgg48QlLMy8WwKiT64jZAR0iuXRAQMCITu3CDZBHJHzJVP2oPz5D9SNrJGUZLFKvUXaARlwZdaOC1W4O7ghgkbocfn9DjO0fJMKxfkfQNkBPUffyqOaLRh2sHouodDwUk3fHRxFSZqGXylqLKeCISp68EG8Jpk0/w640-h480/9RIMG_3271.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Everything we wanted in a little more than 19 feet...that can be pulled by our Chevy Silverado!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisXBnumoN1OQkpX90FlcgokQ0CVunfZPyWHzBrhpEKj12dfNJmd8vRP91X2j7ROOjsq9McRjiJpxOGrPK-a4B6ZaOMvlFYJDfTb4Kft-yszIfefJavGx2QdLmUfFrglosErDXl0l6-uc2L5hXcO8uRwe-O7VyvdtkiMMFtcjfMrvcZuUhpY4pgrVnWFXdP/s640/CampersinRIMG_3909.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisXBnumoN1OQkpX90FlcgokQ0CVunfZPyWHzBrhpEKj12dfNJmd8vRP91X2j7ROOjsq9McRjiJpxOGrPK-a4B6ZaOMvlFYJDfTb4Kft-yszIfefJavGx2QdLmUfFrglosErDXl0l6-uc2L5hXcO8uRwe-O7VyvdtkiMMFtcjfMrvcZuUhpY4pgrVnWFXdP/w640-h480/CampersinRIMG_3909.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We just picked it up a few days ago so we are busy learning the systems and figuring out where everything needs to go. There are things to purchase but we can use our 'extras' from our house. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">So we'll be able to go a little farther away from home to 'discover the real Florida' and when the weather improves we would love to travel to some of the campgrounds in Georgia.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEien9Id-KMOTLmIZ1WqiFdvWxXyT3NJ-61g74cFG-uj5lKUOrhasKaLk3VIM7BQkEcObs9FVBHaNC9gZW2p0XcAMbDte29u41EcDonlLy0ptieBleu6gHttmkmsn9yfgZVeapSQKGl69lhaieoaI0y9TVuHWy_zKz4jy5ZPu0qdfWt9wC3dhaccoD9MAhxc/s640/outbowRIMG_3282.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEien9Id-KMOTLmIZ1WqiFdvWxXyT3NJ-61g74cFG-uj5lKUOrhasKaLk3VIM7BQkEcObs9FVBHaNC9gZW2p0XcAMbDte29u41EcDonlLy0ptieBleu6gHttmkmsn9yfgZVeapSQKGl69lhaieoaI0y9TVuHWy_zKz4jy5ZPu0qdfWt9wC3dhaccoD9MAhxc/w640-h480/outbowRIMG_3282.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I was going to begin this post with "Someone's been very good this year" because we picked up the trailer just a few days before my birthday! How about a <i><span style="color: red;">BIG RED BOW</span></i> for the top!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We are excited to plan some camping trips. Have you ever been camping?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>~Lavender Dreamer~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06298191144517740164noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629366429583853135.post-8882097791775347922024-01-19T08:11:00.000-05:002024-01-19T08:11:00.136-05:00"Short and Sweet"<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We have a fun weekend planned so I'll keep this post 'short and sweet'....like ME! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaRkZaPmMYPe-Z5BHgtmDk-HOOx1sQyacuw-AhQVFzlpGkX1XIhzmTkUQUbb2zAJ67P0n3haaiEtSgaStxt-VIaON1VuGPT128IS9hCvqn-f05mTfMGZbX3Yh-xtZqVDM2cc-W5UX7zcxCyV5EAbgKgxe_QShuz86MD1W8nqI880_O-Y-LAjVeguUb-wsg/s640/IMG_5101.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="444" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaRkZaPmMYPe-Z5BHgtmDk-HOOx1sQyacuw-AhQVFzlpGkX1XIhzmTkUQUbb2zAJ67P0n3haaiEtSgaStxt-VIaON1VuGPT128IS9hCvqn-f05mTfMGZbX3Yh-xtZqVDM2cc-W5UX7zcxCyV5EAbgKgxe_QShuz86MD1W8nqI880_O-Y-LAjVeguUb-wsg/w444-h640/IMG_5101.JPG" width="444" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And yes, it's my birthday weekend so I hope the weather is sunny and we can spend our time in nature!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I don't know if I'll have time to play 'dress up' but maybe I could wear this hat hiking!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeNfEOt1ifv5hImQUrNNk8-QEMMxeX66jlg6H9WloueyW8pCUJpNxGzbAxy6h5JErIK22ktc3kkQiTTe4Xajn4t8AbNFImlolScDMuHvoeeMC5pLUXSH650XdQgF5OOqFwW3XmAemDRPlsSmO6rvmgUohyiFV8-YRA41uOBsnFS3oOXpQzxLwmglImtaqv/s695/Diane2yrs04.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeNfEOt1ifv5hImQUrNNk8-QEMMxeX66jlg6H9WloueyW8pCUJpNxGzbAxy6h5JErIK22ktc3kkQiTTe4Xajn4t8AbNFImlolScDMuHvoeeMC5pLUXSH650XdQgF5OOqFwW3XmAemDRPlsSmO6rvmgUohyiFV8-YRA41uOBsnFS3oOXpQzxLwmglImtaqv/w442-h640/Diane2yrs04.JPG" width="442" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Or I could ride my bike on the trails!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I could always play my record player!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFoz_xIcXsZZeq8v54qHKEY4TnNBu_l56T3XPyH9MuQUyY7ru_I_pkzWKxlH7pGqoPUTVxr7vjiVEI9TLk6KjsDGetRxofR_GQL9ULKBuYVGwF9Ha9Uns-5WsImBD4Uk3J6clBqqSRKza21A9TzqgBlYLJ_7K4gFpqJzDU_VXPTkivumj4EKnbOYEIuz8M/s696/PaperDoll0015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="685" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFoz_xIcXsZZeq8v54qHKEY4TnNBu_l56T3XPyH9MuQUyY7ru_I_pkzWKxlH7pGqoPUTVxr7vjiVEI9TLk6KjsDGetRxofR_GQL9ULKBuYVGwF9Ha9Uns-5WsImBD4Uk3J6clBqqSRKza21A9TzqgBlYLJ_7K4gFpqJzDU_VXPTkivumj4EKnbOYEIuz8M/w630-h640/PaperDoll0015.jpg" width="630" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">So much fun to look back at birthdays long gone!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And more fun for this weekend!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I'll share my favorite bird photos of the week.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5gMJvIzNqdoltJFxIO8ItDWYhOFmTErMyJsqgmpAWaTAvCvXAK3CzqeHF6IcjSdsbt-q_o5oEzPmDTxTVRJPxkobArFINs8XvpZm5yqu-ZHGHi3clmTL1jJ79dwul4nQc0nDjz2xWF1DM3w0meMFDJyV2fpw4rEiv-K3rt-ej1MgeBSJ9i6pWuB_KBnak/s640/dRIMG_3737.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5gMJvIzNqdoltJFxIO8ItDWYhOFmTErMyJsqgmpAWaTAvCvXAK3CzqeHF6IcjSdsbt-q_o5oEzPmDTxTVRJPxkobArFINs8XvpZm5yqu-ZHGHi3clmTL1jJ79dwul4nQc0nDjz2xWF1DM3w0meMFDJyV2fpw4rEiv-K3rt-ej1MgeBSJ9i6pWuB_KBnak/w640-h480/dRIMG_3737.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We saw these beautiful Mourning Doves on the Shangri-La trail.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJX-iCFseJWyg6kS47c0k3IoZssX7jmUDXq-jlVDMrURGt8dfWtjHaff9NWg979B_qYxnbbGf1IE8kj3K9RIiq_ZzL0XZG9PIkSvWunv9de-OYNfnVPlud9QLYOlkv8FM-ehM6AFqkoZm_pCUpTbFRKm7lY1IWNPHvwEPmiNC40V8JOwUFN6CaS6YWaSmU/s640/dRIMG_3739.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJX-iCFseJWyg6kS47c0k3IoZssX7jmUDXq-jlVDMrURGt8dfWtjHaff9NWg979B_qYxnbbGf1IE8kj3K9RIiq_ZzL0XZG9PIkSvWunv9de-OYNfnVPlud9QLYOlkv8FM-ehM6AFqkoZm_pCUpTbFRKm7lY1IWNPHvwEPmiNC40V8JOwUFN6CaS6YWaSmU/w640-h480/dRIMG_3739.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">They scared me when they flew out of the tall grasses next to the trail.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYXGR-YIu7-fNwkr9OjyNNyySItV5BbKG2JO2rOBvjDbZfFA4xaikpYnmsTtMw4asGW86bNUlVDvqxZ3c3jrk4Xsgz9jMWN45uu-G8EvarUtdNsC56T_FStyew_nV91DGB1cdGrU-1eNQ76tCUzV2a8EhvzqEvHBzT7e0ZYCOTAs1kVnIXHKrVXiBK2uNg/s640/dRIMG_3740.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYXGR-YIu7-fNwkr9OjyNNyySItV5BbKG2JO2rOBvjDbZfFA4xaikpYnmsTtMw4asGW86bNUlVDvqxZ3c3jrk4Xsgz9jMWN45uu-G8EvarUtdNsC56T_FStyew_nV91DGB1cdGrU-1eNQ76tCUzV2a8EhvzqEvHBzT7e0ZYCOTAs1kVnIXHKrVXiBK2uNg/w640-h480/dRIMG_3740.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">But they were nice enough to perch nearby and give us a chance to photograph them.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRYbqXwty35vC0XcsTREKed4XCnLLVsn6eD9z3U6TJVgBURL8mOMd6BjO8W0NqfwbDKmflnsDPh1NTKQHK0BcgU41l93HgckZ7dspPyd_M2HfRIJNnN5bd28cFcuXHXHmy4jxouPg7yIpsye0aeQFJ8BwQ4u_JME1zgGYUBjJPXN1lV_HXYIRn0ZJtXbv8/s640/dRIMG_3741.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRYbqXwty35vC0XcsTREKed4XCnLLVsn6eD9z3U6TJVgBURL8mOMd6BjO8W0NqfwbDKmflnsDPh1NTKQHK0BcgU41l93HgckZ7dspPyd_M2HfRIJNnN5bd28cFcuXHXHmy4jxouPg7yIpsye0aeQFJ8BwQ4u_JME1zgGYUBjJPXN1lV_HXYIRn0ZJtXbv8/w640-h480/dRIMG_3741.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It would be fun to put captions to some of these pics.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbfza8Aq8EYBUANgsne-nNOk9A8vN7Oxgkzg0o0XSUDO92tIzYmt1inyAuzYST-w1tVhrrubD3HwnezRKUxMNFxwXqM6VKfEb9bjwPCgf1JZ_0ibK46cgPoJ9ccPFEvsVkHpr_HFzm2AK-qoYwz1NI7NOcxkVYQAqHbo7-16jYMNHH2PkJvPrm7-QuFw_R/s640/dovesRDSCN1186.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbfza8Aq8EYBUANgsne-nNOk9A8vN7Oxgkzg0o0XSUDO92tIzYmt1inyAuzYST-w1tVhrrubD3HwnezRKUxMNFxwXqM6VKfEb9bjwPCgf1JZ_0ibK46cgPoJ9ccPFEvsVkHpr_HFzm2AK-qoYwz1NI7NOcxkVYQAqHbo7-16jYMNHH2PkJvPrm7-QuFw_R/w640-h480/dovesRDSCN1186.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Enjoy your weekend! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRcfwnYlyKJzcoKBttg95Q9R2vUANMY6lCUBpOWlxp24n8U1IYdvsPCrZSDTy1NiynCQbLdSlUTePwwOc18VIfWxe9rG1-4nDXx5kWENZDg4ctJCR_m3IcjefT4m58GW-utoMTBbpRolmZ-JgNNuXL-4c1iYvux6YkVaUXLf-TNzqd5dV1bB0zCpNWpTAr/s800/collagebirthday.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRcfwnYlyKJzcoKBttg95Q9R2vUANMY6lCUBpOWlxp24n8U1IYdvsPCrZSDTy1NiynCQbLdSlUTePwwOc18VIfWxe9rG1-4nDXx5kWENZDg4ctJCR_m3IcjefT4m58GW-utoMTBbpRolmZ-JgNNuXL-4c1iYvux6YkVaUXLf-TNzqd5dV1bB0zCpNWpTAr/w640-h640/collagebirthday.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I'll save you a piece of birthday cake. (Actually I'm making birthday brownies with a KETO mix)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR33mVwDL5oI-EPpGMOvcGZ1sBTO0ie1nVJQ3bxo53VB5-gwoKvpoDv6w_-xyJLkBRV5LFGNKaQzFYP1y4Ec_7fl8r0GRwvYpbESTsU1afhcO_E-wktbJOChu8fmdgzz5bBYh7tlQ21Ifyj_yjDypvrST99-xlMk6iLiaoSmPNt55sLv2oYe9Tal3igqr3/s691/Diane2yrs01.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="691" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR33mVwDL5oI-EPpGMOvcGZ1sBTO0ie1nVJQ3bxo53VB5-gwoKvpoDv6w_-xyJLkBRV5LFGNKaQzFYP1y4Ec_7fl8r0GRwvYpbESTsU1afhcO_E-wktbJOChu8fmdgzz5bBYh7tlQ21Ifyj_yjDypvrST99-xlMk6iLiaoSmPNt55sLv2oYe9Tal3igqr3/w464-h640/Diane2yrs01.JPG" width="464" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>HAVE FUN!!!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">(I don't MEAN to be bossy!) hahaha</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">PS I have some exciting news to share and have a post scheduled for January 23 with an announcement! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I’m joining Saturday’s critters </span><a href="http://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> and Mosaic Monday <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/" style="color: #5588aa; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span><a href="https://lapaylor.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> </a><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>~Lavender Dreamer~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06298191144517740164noreply@blogger.com47tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629366429583853135.post-77776648382810063642024-01-12T08:11:00.062-05:002024-01-12T09:17:52.961-05:00Blue Run Park of Dunnellon Delights<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We can always count on delights when we hike the Florida Trails at Blue Run Park.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVE5gaMqN6N0UcY_b6P-W_Y9M0U8b63aIu2Pe-o_7ObWbaXCVDzmHVjyFqTVlo0qHhcQefpIVK8IUqmLYCO9eQC8Waya6iBIVSuG53S2DhFHGQUpRN2JdNpPKLeNU4SmrdkvgQVFZ4PHn1XmnX7k1MC_s1b7mgWKJypAYGfXi87shp99PFHZdMPOkASE9a/s640/greenRIMG_3662.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="518" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVE5gaMqN6N0UcY_b6P-W_Y9M0U8b63aIu2Pe-o_7ObWbaXCVDzmHVjyFqTVlo0qHhcQefpIVK8IUqmLYCO9eQC8Waya6iBIVSuG53S2DhFHGQUpRN2JdNpPKLeNU4SmrdkvgQVFZ4PHn1XmnX7k1MC_s1b7mgWKJypAYGfXi87shp99PFHZdMPOkASE9a/w518-h640/greenRIMG_3662.jpg" width="518" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Are you lookin' at ME?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxQYLwqY07AZfOB8QQ1nlIQe1CkGNTXkffAd5ycdpk0nnyb_QEVwSw7odQ38LRRqgVhyphenhyphen-IPkGqFHl9aKW57HO_ailxU4O9eTZveLo1yrcHCtk8qu8_MQloShiFDcaVMUOV9Yh2u9111MW89fiFu90BJzYn1kCbqmyJc3fd9hLr9s9-sUQREg-j_GS0pTTb/s640/gRIMG_3659.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxQYLwqY07AZfOB8QQ1nlIQe1CkGNTXkffAd5ycdpk0nnyb_QEVwSw7odQ38LRRqgVhyphenhyphen-IPkGqFHl9aKW57HO_ailxU4O9eTZveLo1yrcHCtk8qu8_MQloShiFDcaVMUOV9Yh2u9111MW89fiFu90BJzYn1kCbqmyJc3fd9hLr9s9-sUQREg-j_GS0pTTb/w640-h480/gRIMG_3659.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">This Green Heron had just been to the hair salon and was proud of his new 'do'!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFvwSW8m0VaxcS4vP3WexJqOm_F96W2aS_j2Rz6aIJJrVbK53zRYC8gf60wlVS4_0C9DVFYYeAaV6KkkA0167ogNbC91mWXIPj9K1mH8k3fE1EV6mm0JT3wqBTVFihvsq6RZlHHTic6ywhqn-JlAQDH3fcj_5EVSO47VC5_M5YdCi6s7XZnJhI7gsZ3meV/s640/gRIMG_3663.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="544" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFvwSW8m0VaxcS4vP3WexJqOm_F96W2aS_j2Rz6aIJJrVbK53zRYC8gf60wlVS4_0C9DVFYYeAaV6KkkA0167ogNbC91mWXIPj9K1mH8k3fE1EV6mm0JT3wqBTVFihvsq6RZlHHTic6ywhqn-JlAQDH3fcj_5EVSO47VC5_M5YdCi6s7XZnJhI7gsZ3meV/w544-h640/gRIMG_3663.jpg" width="544" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We think this is a Juvenile Green Heron and probably a teenager! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsfSKXlKbwhMs3SQyZP9UBvIlukBamcqd-c0CyyhUjQt42FikoqsS2m1uI20Y8tNrl2IbJMjFCDO1k3rr9NY0O6tSE-pt3daNKOQELb86EWtj2cw7X08zhkq95VL-LmI8ViRPH8OaTUgCpqWbaefKqH4nBAk2jTCYhMJb7mFVFwNwRZocDmRmvHlIU9hU4/s640/gRIMG_3661.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsfSKXlKbwhMs3SQyZP9UBvIlukBamcqd-c0CyyhUjQt42FikoqsS2m1uI20Y8tNrl2IbJMjFCDO1k3rr9NY0O6tSE-pt3daNKOQELb86EWtj2cw7X08zhkq95VL-LmI8ViRPH8OaTUgCpqWbaefKqH4nBAk2jTCYhMJb7mFVFwNwRZocDmRmvHlIU9hU4/w640-h480/gRIMG_3661.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">He is sporting a new hair style...it's even a bright shade of blue!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">He was quite vocal because a Hawk had chased him over to that tree!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp13HvSGNxcQ4PHaZUUxXlp27JwwEUuIYBEQZTOCP9bSxVC0LfXVMiS7vxbiAYSK2ckDLW6W9_6a2whJyCo9UC-ZxbVq5cTR0uW8vdLy8Wkxlbs5yQ3g7eBeHMqsfeip2NpWNFvmgPCQKowPiSnQPXvDQ9HKDZE6zAf21scDok8pBlBxr6dxL7fK7TQU-s/s640/greenheronRIMG_3658.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="616" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp13HvSGNxcQ4PHaZUUxXlp27JwwEUuIYBEQZTOCP9bSxVC0LfXVMiS7vxbiAYSK2ckDLW6W9_6a2whJyCo9UC-ZxbVq5cTR0uW8vdLy8Wkxlbs5yQ3g7eBeHMqsfeip2NpWNFvmgPCQKowPiSnQPXvDQ9HKDZE6zAf21scDok8pBlBxr6dxL7fK7TQU-s/w616-h640/greenheronRIMG_3658.jpg" width="616" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We saw lots of neat sights on the trail.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTnoRnKnP9R0krlyH4JatDutjbK9-S3-3c0R9VsXEbWhK6EtYeTGWfmXhRne-v97nBsL0zdu0DjMAbRP5wj4U0qbxiEBrwZk0O7EUQIfCz4rCm9HKSnFPTtRLIfKB22ApODJNBSNi8lJMambhKxytZZFcLTQyFrO3dPtnoes0fXy-8FSSDOBT28L_HT34X/s640/riverRIMG_3656.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTnoRnKnP9R0krlyH4JatDutjbK9-S3-3c0R9VsXEbWhK6EtYeTGWfmXhRne-v97nBsL0zdu0DjMAbRP5wj4U0qbxiEBrwZk0O7EUQIfCz4rCm9HKSnFPTtRLIfKB22ApODJNBSNi8lJMambhKxytZZFcLTQyFrO3dPtnoes0fXy-8FSSDOBT28L_HT34X/w640-h480/riverRIMG_3656.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We ended up seeing the Red-shouldered Hawk as we were nearing the parking area.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHGkLXeR62DDFJDzI0BDsTpIGKXDGonjrLPSPOiaBxSgL76pyQqjo4lyDwBQkKIv9dLgZ8lb6R82yJLbu0QyaHY30-sxewT0Rpe0FvGoUEeUnSMNM3P5XR4rPZpcCygGQRc9hpx_PZ6sgaMZtUT6or29RSAgjj5I0jBzvPnsvng1gfKQqpeizt1Jzt2p-x/s640/hawkRDSCN1139.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHGkLXeR62DDFJDzI0BDsTpIGKXDGonjrLPSPOiaBxSgL76pyQqjo4lyDwBQkKIv9dLgZ8lb6R82yJLbu0QyaHY30-sxewT0Rpe0FvGoUEeUnSMNM3P5XR4rPZpcCygGQRc9hpx_PZ6sgaMZtUT6or29RSAgjj5I0jBzvPnsvng1gfKQqpeizt1Jzt2p-x/w640-h480/hawkRDSCN1139.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It is right in the center of the photo below.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCesu874-b2_QakV9TsPKdfu3gFubY7zvXhbdqeNvKbWQLdgnbX97a-CA8VjIAdBe8_jBMYx0QF9ZM-SeOk23spuwK7thImBp8h_bHQ_juITSVQNGXg0n4XnoZac5KXx2wvlNUiW2egL8_mW_HhhiPs9_6cV6BuwTZl123VEGy4u1YJze8ajoSlxBBLZB-/s640/hawkRIMG_3702.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCesu874-b2_QakV9TsPKdfu3gFubY7zvXhbdqeNvKbWQLdgnbX97a-CA8VjIAdBe8_jBMYx0QF9ZM-SeOk23spuwK7thImBp8h_bHQ_juITSVQNGXg0n4XnoZac5KXx2wvlNUiW2egL8_mW_HhhiPs9_6cV6BuwTZl123VEGy4u1YJze8ajoSlxBBLZB-/w640-h480/hawkRIMG_3702.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We loved getting so close to it and took pics until someone else walked up and then he was scared away.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6yZoCKeG42zD-cFQ0lR5lZ99_iKghdDVZx-HgVCmCGBW8d69i8V5CjMxyA3yoYNoBfrXTf80LURjioyCVca6iBLcB6zQW3jT5xb2AZMwauM849GVn7yAypRImS9YDBmvxusxCxlrhn5MPPy6kHejii5LCDYrJ5MgM_2rG2GOn67KUOuApjiSFaPH_wPUN/s640/hawkRIMG_3704.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6yZoCKeG42zD-cFQ0lR5lZ99_iKghdDVZx-HgVCmCGBW8d69i8V5CjMxyA3yoYNoBfrXTf80LURjioyCVca6iBLcB6zQW3jT5xb2AZMwauM849GVn7yAypRImS9YDBmvxusxCxlrhn5MPPy6kHejii5LCDYrJ5MgM_2rG2GOn67KUOuApjiSFaPH_wPUN/w640-h480/hawkRIMG_3704.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">For anyone local, be aware that the trail is posted right now with signs saying they are getting ready to repave the trail this month. So any walks along the river will have to wait until February.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ2xKH0vvZuJzO3qhRDZvxdpeQ1t_x8Kmlk0eWivner5MoJNJivGEi5ifgqaZe5-k8MkzaaO9A-DDg3a5h5gOxc_yNznFIFfPcxYl-t0fXy2O76mMvfDwK-HrBeLnFFzsnSi4vO8W5X-GLCozeSjV2-91TbZ-p0mrqu1DQVpzkXr6ask0yP3s0bZNtRJ2e/s800/collageberries.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ2xKH0vvZuJzO3qhRDZvxdpeQ1t_x8Kmlk0eWivner5MoJNJivGEi5ifgqaZe5-k8MkzaaO9A-DDg3a5h5gOxc_yNznFIFfPcxYl-t0fXy2O76mMvfDwK-HrBeLnFFzsnSi4vO8W5X-GLCozeSjV2-91TbZ-p0mrqu1DQVpzkXr6ask0yP3s0bZNtRJ2e/w640-h640/collageberries.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Have you had a good week? What's your weather like?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNt4HZYyNbGvrQJgDlmAwQH2xqxpjZ5zRu8_V5T6ZiV54TO-N08JeCAanIPoyghkmIuTzs7KaB10cgwAPiG-mNtRrvuDhYoAnXROGF3Ae6dspnOkmSmiC9XWFmep_smJxK1hfDb7Tag2W5sDY0GJf2oLr-rkYQFpT7nXX7FTV4x2BXRALJT2NiBVyPVCtD/s274/saturdays-critters2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="274" data-original-width="199" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNt4HZYyNbGvrQJgDlmAwQH2xqxpjZ5zRu8_V5T6ZiV54TO-N08JeCAanIPoyghkmIuTzs7KaB10cgwAPiG-mNtRrvuDhYoAnXROGF3Ae6dspnOkmSmiC9XWFmep_smJxK1hfDb7Tag2W5sDY0GJf2oLr-rkYQFpT7nXX7FTV4x2BXRALJT2NiBVyPVCtD/s1600/saturdays-critters2.jpg" width="199" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I’m joining Saturday’s critters </span><a href="http://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> and Mosaic Monday <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/" style="color: #5588aa; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span><a href="https://lapaylor.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> </a><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div></div>~Lavender Dreamer~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06298191144517740164noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629366429583853135.post-24234086833504678372024-01-05T08:11:00.077-05:002024-01-06T10:25:05.652-05:00A short walk to the neighborhood pond for 2024!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It's always hard to get used to writing the new year! 2024! WOW! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyOpZRPhY-RNZd8NdQ80VxuADy46E1ruqQh7KgCQGGTMR9B-0N3qpcSooTpNjpZ0cnETPAAbvQhE7f-x0BAO-2auIohw4xfayPfAE_OqNoT1GYxdVcoEX413uqtlMSbNoz_l_mfvXDsY1D1S_B94hMUTkct6Eno5FedO3ngyjNNthJHB8mEmxQp8Es-d-/s640/pondRIMG_3505.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyOpZRPhY-RNZd8NdQ80VxuADy46E1ruqQh7KgCQGGTMR9B-0N3qpcSooTpNjpZ0cnETPAAbvQhE7f-x0BAO-2auIohw4xfayPfAE_OqNoT1GYxdVcoEX413uqtlMSbNoz_l_mfvXDsY1D1S_B94hMUTkct6Eno5FedO3ngyjNNthJHB8mEmxQp8Es-d-/w640-h480/pondRIMG_3505.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Let's take a walk to the neighborhood pond. It's not far so I don't count it as a hike but we made 143 hikes on the Florida trails for 2023 so I'm happy with that! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK1qyPeg7v8_Viu49nTY6dl5Qccfy5gBsK2s8ukuAj-fm672Kb02C1lJtaRhpgQIFy8j4NetzHYD9UoC2hTEnLZnQBE2EkM_2X6yUro_kjeSQEI_IFraUpkrq1AyNrJQQWEvHqwcGS5NUqqzrH3-ZAP5NvXhwTrAT5l6aK0efnCXkenK3qUWDSj6TiGtne/s640/pondRIMG_3494.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK1qyPeg7v8_Viu49nTY6dl5Qccfy5gBsK2s8ukuAj-fm672Kb02C1lJtaRhpgQIFy8j4NetzHYD9UoC2hTEnLZnQBE2EkM_2X6yUro_kjeSQEI_IFraUpkrq1AyNrJQQWEvHqwcGS5NUqqzrH3-ZAP5NvXhwTrAT5l6aK0efnCXkenK3qUWDSj6TiGtne/w640-h480/pondRIMG_3494.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I walked over there in the late afternoon so the lighting was kind of funny. And the Bald Cypress trees are deciduous conifers that turn a burnt orange and then lose their leaves (or needles) at this time of year. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Some photos look lighter and brighter than others.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1g4AYyQXoIKaAgUC2jJJcNBlNRYu_X55IJC_rxTdXNVF-XWMvc-NTMCOyOpo3EJdLCX6S9jUvjTq5z1ZgBFT56mhTgoQKocPOBxDjakzx14cpyuObQlXeWQHvL0WHvvjqaPVJaHnRNnJ2RxkNPzXGMXjTe7kt4JEGJWQdVCamGtzb8_c7VYfc98BA_3ka/s640/pondRIMG_3495.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1g4AYyQXoIKaAgUC2jJJcNBlNRYu_X55IJC_rxTdXNVF-XWMvc-NTMCOyOpo3EJdLCX6S9jUvjTq5z1ZgBFT56mhTgoQKocPOBxDjakzx14cpyuObQlXeWQHvL0WHvvjqaPVJaHnRNnJ2RxkNPzXGMXjTe7kt4JEGJWQdVCamGtzb8_c7VYfc98BA_3ka/w640-h480/pondRIMG_3495.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And of course I saw ducks!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsfTZJswj9TiPYBiTBEe0IHNxwz3XjN1y74xJA1FEGr9L7YlRhP41zYu0pLfYiTlWKprDpAuXpFH3mXgYIw5xTjBXVLVLjwkR9IHAIkcNp6xeS53fPLgiK3DPf0lrsn4qZ7dJeckif5JSrkhW9tedAe_SKrXwjWV6ObD2j6TfjU3MGPL1lnyLKVjF_XQxl/s640/ducksRIMG_3487.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="356" data-original-width="640" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsfTZJswj9TiPYBiTBEe0IHNxwz3XjN1y74xJA1FEGr9L7YlRhP41zYu0pLfYiTlWKprDpAuXpFH3mXgYIw5xTjBXVLVLjwkR9IHAIkcNp6xeS53fPLgiK3DPf0lrsn4qZ7dJeckif5JSrkhW9tedAe_SKrXwjWV6ObD2j6TfjU3MGPL1lnyLKVjF_XQxl/w640-h356/ducksRIMG_3487.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">When I first walked up, I noticed a whole line of ducks on the bank across the pond.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-iVurqnCnXhnY3LcjQ3ZJuvA3IMpBVstVxiqPUHCWwhwqwd7WNFa2XzMacfS-WLv_2ZGK_f9IbMunCj8n8gsUXat1JYwT9b9A_zBw4tvrwWR3yjx5psXFW99aMZnG_8sUUKMnwcZLopKEKe3nDg3SuNBz5WuYGqfn91uGpr8c9YUYRHn05lMNXx-FXYiA/s640/ducksRIMG_3506.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-iVurqnCnXhnY3LcjQ3ZJuvA3IMpBVstVxiqPUHCWwhwqwd7WNFa2XzMacfS-WLv_2ZGK_f9IbMunCj8n8gsUXat1JYwT9b9A_zBw4tvrwWR3yjx5psXFW99aMZnG_8sUUKMnwcZLopKEKe3nDg3SuNBz5WuYGqfn91uGpr8c9YUYRHn05lMNXx-FXYiA/w640-h480/ducksRIMG_3506.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And this beautiful Great Blue Heron was crouched down in the tall grasses.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYllJ1C6FQunZbGZdQEx89ABSuVmyLWMPnY8fyRwkD85p2JTAQqedEI2M6sT0MkNeJSg5uqW3OBx21GyQ5qYBdRqR6I0rfhyfN3z68uMh1Fb_q7WdOisAH79QeEqnOoJTxF_4wySlpzSxbpUYUCj1WAbyoOJYhcFqdScTy21G-Japk29b4WwcCZvN5lL7/s640/heronRIMG_3498.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYllJ1C6FQunZbGZdQEx89ABSuVmyLWMPnY8fyRwkD85p2JTAQqedEI2M6sT0MkNeJSg5uqW3OBx21GyQ5qYBdRqR6I0rfhyfN3z68uMh1Fb_q7WdOisAH79QeEqnOoJTxF_4wySlpzSxbpUYUCj1WAbyoOJYhcFqdScTy21G-Japk29b4WwcCZvN5lL7/w640-h480/heronRIMG_3498.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Let's see how close we can get!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoVa921RhxWqxkTRkpRQypk5wds6NRQ_FEHBsvoRf7QtjYfhyphenhyphenPlexubPjtrj1JMgay41Nx951C14gbTT1vHS1O7I5SC197uSHRvTZwei_-fN9KRs68IHl16DojXDt_Zf9rc6WrLGfO06-Ko7t8Dmvkj_k1gdMvoyI48Pp5i5N_iQwY6vyqsMCRq9SoOJjB/s640/heronRIMG_3485.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoVa921RhxWqxkTRkpRQypk5wds6NRQ_FEHBsvoRf7QtjYfhyphenhyphenPlexubPjtrj1JMgay41Nx951C14gbTT1vHS1O7I5SC197uSHRvTZwei_-fN9KRs68IHl16DojXDt_Zf9rc6WrLGfO06-Ko7t8Dmvkj_k1gdMvoyI48Pp5i5N_iQwY6vyqsMCRq9SoOJjB/w640-h480/heronRIMG_3485.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It was just beautiful in every direction!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk7jrmLn5D3c_Kepsv0rcH8LqJOuveH0nqZ-wnEakwaXrc7c85NxL9Uc628iWpoHGTMwxss-vplzhkra5M8A60Mg_bhELOo0o5J5jlR598zKcsSOHs48xZQDO2BLYfVGUoauluMvetHAgRhyphenhyphenUH_loZryuUOR0bGiZmL6GxLK50hyphenhyphenEgyGPLTkeAz8ZEx3yM/s640/pond2RIMG_3507.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk7jrmLn5D3c_Kepsv0rcH8LqJOuveH0nqZ-wnEakwaXrc7c85NxL9Uc628iWpoHGTMwxss-vplzhkra5M8A60Mg_bhELOo0o5J5jlR598zKcsSOHs48xZQDO2BLYfVGUoauluMvetHAgRhyphenhyphenUH_loZryuUOR0bGiZmL6GxLK50hyphenhyphenEgyGPLTkeAz8ZEx3yM/w640-h480/pond2RIMG_3507.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Some of the ducks I have tried to ID before and finally realized they are hybrid ducks. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgziTVPnzT53xQXMT8rvGtoWLTwA6EMU64S4hyQGb_jxso4CaALOIfZSsRxixNhS5dlMGuSVsv05Uu8eAr_8TS_Yb0Q4g8dkxMzSBjrNK6gNkqLRIAkaCerTku9bwoZhyphenhyphenS-IL6yz0Fzoc3smq5BYcMNlFkcNJgionwT5cmLupBTAK2C_vTRQi9EbkMa0Sdc/s640/duckRIMG_3502.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="566" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgziTVPnzT53xQXMT8rvGtoWLTwA6EMU64S4hyQGb_jxso4CaALOIfZSsRxixNhS5dlMGuSVsv05Uu8eAr_8TS_Yb0Q4g8dkxMzSBjrNK6gNkqLRIAkaCerTku9bwoZhyphenhyphenS-IL6yz0Fzoc3smq5BYcMNlFkcNJgionwT5cmLupBTAK2C_vTRQi9EbkMa0Sdc/w566-h640/duckRIMG_3502.jpg" width="566" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">But if you have a better ID, please let me know and I'll add it to the description.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">There were a few Moorhens in the mix too.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQIDQCXO2mKhvEAgAPRu4ZkvRsxFYAV0l6j-Q2Qub498BGLOEO-GWNS_4SQrEgcyJMfHwION-SinVgdXmB5jrAJWhDn2mwTTrN9QVjAZhtL_XRhV9rDIGNYAM_WWhKhs5mwXIbhg4IUHGuy1YNH5dJI7q4J2jpQQcmLnZZph4QZOeWWbDaB6PGAVf862ba/s640/moorhenRIMG_3486.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQIDQCXO2mKhvEAgAPRu4ZkvRsxFYAV0l6j-Q2Qub498BGLOEO-GWNS_4SQrEgcyJMfHwION-SinVgdXmB5jrAJWhDn2mwTTrN9QVjAZhtL_XRhV9rDIGNYAM_WWhKhs5mwXIbhg4IUHGuy1YNH5dJI7q4J2jpQQcmLnZZph4QZOeWWbDaB6PGAVf862ba/w640-h480/moorhenRIMG_3486.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And one we see in the winter months....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXtMgaFT7G8XXYF3wFn0OJU1im1CxiKACuqCFm8-A2vTMunNw_3zFo7wC_co_ZrVFoIbg8D0sAFRuJPyUjXXi-U2TGg9GSz_wzaArCjNs0HS4wgoe7g5L7505qTlgzkwlDg59L4ZHGrZBgtMG-gOCOauVMEfPtKYF4lVkQmUI25WLYkgPNblULHGMaPxLR/s640/ringRIMG_3490.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXtMgaFT7G8XXYF3wFn0OJU1im1CxiKACuqCFm8-A2vTMunNw_3zFo7wC_co_ZrVFoIbg8D0sAFRuJPyUjXXi-U2TGg9GSz_wzaArCjNs0HS4wgoe7g5L7505qTlgzkwlDg59L4ZHGrZBgtMG-gOCOauVMEfPtKYF4lVkQmUI25WLYkgPNblULHGMaPxLR/w640-h480/ringRIMG_3490.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">the Ring-necked Duck.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">They are so distinct and beautiful.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMTMO3dS8hFOlvfnEzfRGtREYkHSAsU45nnlIs37LdhxHUBcaObaMVygv2KnK9XzfcKsYOr1MDunpplSt7u-HhjJKGgawOnLVc1qjy9-_4eSTxjB-CIpSiRSe4cdO1rE-qvT6kXIBUWfUGI7cD6_I5NnMDDHUOSdseuAnFmVfVq6qzSszQEVnM1C2iO_e/s800/collagering.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMTMO3dS8hFOlvfnEzfRGtREYkHSAsU45nnlIs37LdhxHUBcaObaMVygv2KnK9XzfcKsYOr1MDunpplSt7u-HhjJKGgawOnLVc1qjy9-_4eSTxjB-CIpSiRSe4cdO1rE-qvT6kXIBUWfUGI7cD6_I5NnMDDHUOSdseuAnFmVfVq6qzSszQEVnM1C2iO_e/w640-h640/collagering.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It was a nice warm 70 degree afternoon.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCz8CTSzOMfym5uDx5WLdqsIsNzOhPLO3LUgu3RfSXIzgQ0SDb1pwr8qYYFZO2c8Jylbu8vLCZq65yX9FJ5sOWRKKr89V7zK2GIKIH7dv7gTAM5iG0Vrn4DDbfz9UvpFGzg4ascCTjFAsHlJhMT-4XsAC_WQOvDZzdmMUnenBmG_FutyQrOwbBtEqe1vxg/s640/pond2RIMG_3510.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCz8CTSzOMfym5uDx5WLdqsIsNzOhPLO3LUgu3RfSXIzgQ0SDb1pwr8qYYFZO2c8Jylbu8vLCZq65yX9FJ5sOWRKKr89V7zK2GIKIH7dv7gTAM5iG0Vrn4DDbfz9UvpFGzg4ascCTjFAsHlJhMT-4XsAC_WQOvDZzdmMUnenBmG_FutyQrOwbBtEqe1vxg/w640-h480/pond2RIMG_3510.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The perfect way to begin the new year!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizpHti599VA85bVKWRmBRq9TRK7DnNFFl4OdFI-fQjMWidhrVhuhvy6xj8PrEP7XTTc3EDCdJDMsFv7_x7r23OviMbersItEyHnKy9SlLU2t6UyOYtzZv51kl45b1Jw1M8B9RkxvPhA4R_9WbS4ZCA3ssNIcDpgtbtKpkDJPP5FOFF992jRAVZLfVVoRtw/s800/collageflowers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizpHti599VA85bVKWRmBRq9TRK7DnNFFl4OdFI-fQjMWidhrVhuhvy6xj8PrEP7XTTc3EDCdJDMsFv7_x7r23OviMbersItEyHnKy9SlLU2t6UyOYtzZv51kl45b1Jw1M8B9RkxvPhA4R_9WbS4ZCA3ssNIcDpgtbtKpkDJPP5FOFF992jRAVZLfVVoRtw/w640-h640/collageflowers.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>Happy New Year everyone!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ6lJD5BnIWi_0R1chKpzVHMGB3XvSD_vlnearejAHTF3Jfg0wEiS7k1Ljco0dmP52XJYyEIdOpsovF2Kt48bdZkx9Rt_jhtTwA7qFdfxM1d4s5x4_l7l2dlRCy-3HJDd72bmyy1R5y1lLqNL64QBFLeuDIIYLJiB43pfudJOKfzJNuRNYN0nqM-RvUn8h/s274/saturdays-critters2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="274" data-original-width="199" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ6lJD5BnIWi_0R1chKpzVHMGB3XvSD_vlnearejAHTF3Jfg0wEiS7k1Ljco0dmP52XJYyEIdOpsovF2Kt48bdZkx9Rt_jhtTwA7qFdfxM1d4s5x4_l7l2dlRCy-3HJDd72bmyy1R5y1lLqNL64QBFLeuDIIYLJiB43pfudJOKfzJNuRNYN0nqM-RvUn8h/s1600/saturdays-critters2.jpg" width="199" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I’m joining Saturday’s critters </span><a href="http://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> and Mosaic Monday <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/" style="color: #5588aa; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span><a href="https://lapaylor.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> </a><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>~Lavender Dreamer~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06298191144517740164noreply@blogger.com48tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629366429583853135.post-13314841025426179082023-12-30T08:11:00.047-05:002023-12-30T08:11:00.256-05:00Peachy Keen<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Peachy Keen, an adjective meaning extremely good or exactly right.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhDbkpeBFrpgrM-ineOK3Fi5KbkBKgncr688mq_v4QwMUv8zrbJ9R0lDkQ57cg0fEGk7lp_pk8N8zNMkZ9mvNRi_1hGAPEUdD22Hoc0jsDtJ4lPI-ZeGO52JY5fI44JpGzmJ2Ym95OS_ae5lB3I5ZD7ZyUmrvrKNKmlgLhLAf9linHPCrTWj-vOpTbORGN/s640/doveRMG_3470.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhDbkpeBFrpgrM-ineOK3Fi5KbkBKgncr688mq_v4QwMUv8zrbJ9R0lDkQ57cg0fEGk7lp_pk8N8zNMkZ9mvNRi_1hGAPEUdD22Hoc0jsDtJ4lPI-ZeGO52JY5fI44JpGzmJ2Ym95OS_ae5lB3I5ZD7ZyUmrvrKNKmlgLhLAf9linHPCrTWj-vOpTbORGN/w640-h480/doveRMG_3470.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">My blog break was good but not exactly 'peachy keen'. We are still working on that! lol</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEUbU5ih-3Z9GWLNQCTupoImOv694npUJcVE_wPjgl2RcEM3HQoyLAfsCUnyNihaAxNGaEYcFu1kXMBTpitKeXa8eqOkbjE68T7wtFtQQJz-hAjrnoWV1JSA-yJ9Sw9ITC493XNUM2WKttrQJTfvx1ZhEcl08oRQqQ7mWxmzjNgTfFkygYUG8N1skXWgXc/s640/DoveRIMG_3476.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEUbU5ih-3Z9GWLNQCTupoImOv694npUJcVE_wPjgl2RcEM3HQoyLAfsCUnyNihaAxNGaEYcFu1kXMBTpitKeXa8eqOkbjE68T7wtFtQQJz-hAjrnoWV1JSA-yJ9Sw9ITC493XNUM2WKttrQJTfvx1ZhEcl08oRQqQ7mWxmzjNgTfFkygYUG8N1skXWgXc/w640-h480/DoveRIMG_3476.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">But the term came to mind when I saw this Mourning Dove.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I was convinced it was something special because of it's soft peachy colors.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8PyuVmkmNcigPpi4GLgRp1JkHM2bRSyflY93FPz24CBXHVNEkf6KRXFiqiZ4O4XvI_LMIhgJqTF7f6lx2ksUQMERj-IWJ9h1vqVt5N7ex-YNxe2PyRnUB0QZHexQgsDa3NreIr0rwP9X9yMgN1aCrTT1B4WN0c1qUlFE_DM6YWfRwyAdvQikbbeRVMvL8/s800/collagedove.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8PyuVmkmNcigPpi4GLgRp1JkHM2bRSyflY93FPz24CBXHVNEkf6KRXFiqiZ4O4XvI_LMIhgJqTF7f6lx2ksUQMERj-IWJ9h1vqVt5N7ex-YNxe2PyRnUB0QZHexQgsDa3NreIr0rwP9X9yMgN1aCrTT1B4WN0c1qUlFE_DM6YWfRwyAdvQikbbeRVMvL8/w640-h640/collagedove.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It was just gorgeous.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We took this hike at Halpata Tastanaki Preserve from the Pruitt trailhead on a very windy day. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9fDJmErnE6tFDxReR5-vdBht3NnWQueoqMwlPpYbTTTuJBacV-48Aye5AdZ3AQhlOtnfu6oHqHv4l9jwRQkAgLfxQ1XjKO2A7-bjo2Iucbk16D1bZPXtwCAP9D1IMwp06j35R38SwgQzGPpXGWdrAwE03r-igcM5seB3z5MOef9-UPbMu2qKbe4ENsUr0/s640/trailRIMG_3435.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9fDJmErnE6tFDxReR5-vdBht3NnWQueoqMwlPpYbTTTuJBacV-48Aye5AdZ3AQhlOtnfu6oHqHv4l9jwRQkAgLfxQ1XjKO2A7-bjo2Iucbk16D1bZPXtwCAP9D1IMwp06j35R38SwgQzGPpXGWdrAwE03r-igcM5seB3z5MOef9-UPbMu2qKbe4ENsUr0/w640-h480/trailRIMG_3435.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It was around 70 degrees so it wasn't cold but it was extremely blustery.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">One good thing about it was we walked into the wind so that when we turned around, the wind blew us back to our vehicle. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">That's a good thing when you are tired!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5KXuQtOs1_cg2ulgGFKHLKt497QeGQpF_Bi5URfNuBB0B7BtbqU7hxjHQwg6Z3FA_h8xJZHWe5wIz5ISxjAeOGmn1SleTRFNviBQQBYkKWz69gqEXRjfWdH_VhfeRsKZQty9_6Ylv94Dd96IArWNhNT3_6yeDK5HKQw-BIqLqY9be4iGzMvy68m23tRHq/s640/kestrelRIMG_3443.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5KXuQtOs1_cg2ulgGFKHLKt497QeGQpF_Bi5URfNuBB0B7BtbqU7hxjHQwg6Z3FA_h8xJZHWe5wIz5ISxjAeOGmn1SleTRFNviBQQBYkKWz69gqEXRjfWdH_VhfeRsKZQty9_6Ylv94Dd96IArWNhNT3_6yeDK5HKQw-BIqLqY9be4iGzMvy68m23tRHq/w640-h480/kestrelRIMG_3443.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We saw several American Kestrels that day.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGkV3U3gapJMa1YhseiA5IUyOHqCVzRghx7-hRg3RzJo3KqKcuhjqJM-q6JIP9CXEiQdb6W9Rl8S7t218_Gm_n-zeKHu73irMHM1XY84kljhEjTeHHzuF0lT3d8AP_X7XBec63aMjESjRK7TsRdB0nZM_OXZM640-Qa_OjGv9j41WNzsQdUvczPsi-tphQ/s640/kRIMG_3445.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGkV3U3gapJMa1YhseiA5IUyOHqCVzRghx7-hRg3RzJo3KqKcuhjqJM-q6JIP9CXEiQdb6W9Rl8S7t218_Gm_n-zeKHu73irMHM1XY84kljhEjTeHHzuF0lT3d8AP_X7XBec63aMjESjRK7TsRdB0nZM_OXZM640-Qa_OjGv9j41WNzsQdUvczPsi-tphQ/w640-h480/kRIMG_3445.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">They have such rich colors with the soft light of a cloudy day.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuHcVzAathfOuBh52gGNbCEPdvT8aB3C-sZrijDqhsZiYK5aCjjlB8SEAW1kYGJeBrxJRRgf5MynMQCuwHotwYFhZwyRWy-vDfiI7osH8zvx1ryQn97G22eC3MnZOK2dnQFhxlu6kTJbxqKglJ8R4jVSrMkX2lr06Qam_N2z6iD11jPEVqOXKWbUAt9a3u/s640/kRIMG_3446.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuHcVzAathfOuBh52gGNbCEPdvT8aB3C-sZrijDqhsZiYK5aCjjlB8SEAW1kYGJeBrxJRRgf5MynMQCuwHotwYFhZwyRWy-vDfiI7osH8zvx1ryQn97G22eC3MnZOK2dnQFhxlu6kTJbxqKglJ8R4jVSrMkX2lr06Qam_N2z6iD11jPEVqOXKWbUAt9a3u/w640-h480/kRIMG_3446.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And one of my favorite photos to take are the 'winter trees'. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjalaFPJ13r_IRB7E82qpuNQLy5TfgR_Yo3AWf420yM1HSd0lm1kVVD4nzPgeFU0zilbGw6ZNMWprjJqcXyDmb0N1YDnB21ozzM1d7uUN9Z_HLue_DvTC_YuvDmjRDy7upDHelZx_NsTXOyL_2iVFApcsYYpCjuIs90RpUtJ-AVUekRVS8s5JSca3zBA-mP/s640/treesRIMG_3434.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjalaFPJ13r_IRB7E82qpuNQLy5TfgR_Yo3AWf420yM1HSd0lm1kVVD4nzPgeFU0zilbGw6ZNMWprjJqcXyDmb0N1YDnB21ozzM1d7uUN9Z_HLue_DvTC_YuvDmjRDy7upDHelZx_NsTXOyL_2iVFApcsYYpCjuIs90RpUtJ-AVUekRVS8s5JSca3zBA-mP/w640-h480/treesRIMG_3434.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The grasses were all a burnt orange too.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisHs40vOhba9-kriaFsxPPZcoba3Te2lBn8ekACsZhajfOte4dhb32nP8NEYAryLVDMShFehfxit01DZYlkPsLzNeqqzYfa9tDSDIOFON35NIXdv8X54t9yXEEXgga7yBalrHUJoQNTLJxxnLME52RbL_WmsEHQz0Lb06Ll1boTrzelYh4eiwxtP4ULN_W/s640/gRIMG_3449.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisHs40vOhba9-kriaFsxPPZcoba3Te2lBn8ekACsZhajfOte4dhb32nP8NEYAryLVDMShFehfxit01DZYlkPsLzNeqqzYfa9tDSDIOFON35NIXdv8X54t9yXEEXgga7yBalrHUJoQNTLJxxnLME52RbL_WmsEHQz0Lb06Ll1boTrzelYh4eiwxtP4ULN_W/w640-h480/gRIMG_3449.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I hope your holiday week has been good. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEileTd6DodJaxVKwnZHnYK1GemogDBFcAC9Bl2uXWgrYb1eINBstPJ24V_Ioq7kKZP6CQe6LEPXGRANZrY3-TNFQtW1Fy2-T8HaZo4NYHCulPeLPc8hIqbM5FnRzqyT-ET4zurZnbmAm1JQoEeUmHGTEYuDSAZdsC3lD71sJW4falaEpYfdqCPOQsXM799b/s800/collagegrass.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEileTd6DodJaxVKwnZHnYK1GemogDBFcAC9Bl2uXWgrYb1eINBstPJ24V_Ioq7kKZP6CQe6LEPXGRANZrY3-TNFQtW1Fy2-T8HaZo4NYHCulPeLPc8hIqbM5FnRzqyT-ET4zurZnbmAm1JQoEeUmHGTEYuDSAZdsC3lD71sJW4falaEpYfdqCPOQsXM799b/w640-h640/collagegrass.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">What did I miss? 🚘</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I’m joining Saturday’s critters </span><a href="http://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> and Mosaic Monday <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/" style="color: #5588aa; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span><a href="https://lapaylor.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> </a><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div></div>~Lavender Dreamer~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06298191144517740164noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629366429583853135.post-64042563189541657852023-12-15T08:15:00.053-05:002023-12-15T08:15:00.145-05:00December JOY!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> I have to admit to having so much fun this month that I need to take a break! I'm going to wish you all a Very Merry Season of JOY and step away from my computer for a couple of weeks.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilrGuArap9elH2I6hR4K5HCdX6vS4Yv1_KKNc7kResAWgfaNrNm9HOSPANy-GCxrXEeI7XKY1_vJw9sYBJIl3hamCF6ROVCAmfDGB3EZMiWhnGw_37_z_rOBY08tOsIkBznuM6mJ27PP2TaaRiIlWCNAdkrB4MupuA0rNYwiHUKRqEFkaZcA5KsJyRp7U6/s640/cRIMG_2953.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilrGuArap9elH2I6hR4K5HCdX6vS4Yv1_KKNc7kResAWgfaNrNm9HOSPANy-GCxrXEeI7XKY1_vJw9sYBJIl3hamCF6ROVCAmfDGB3EZMiWhnGw_37_z_rOBY08tOsIkBznuM6mJ27PP2TaaRiIlWCNAdkrB4MupuA0rNYwiHUKRqEFkaZcA5KsJyRp7U6/w640-h480/cRIMG_2953.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Of course I want to share some of the sightings from my hikes this week.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggvFv7FvyCcESj2UDjwU-FD7nmbwA3Wr-yCn-XPMgZab2QNnoef3AaGqDU3ROnY-IjZAD_R1iJcWVp5NpKjf4C9M6-ikowquRxW1xa2WwepUst_XKcnYuoZPtRp1MEskFzURFL13pJObi27npIiKOh2uZR3AQOEizcT-J1DG7BhaqW2rRfqs9EHreoZBue/s640/deerRIMG_2923.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggvFv7FvyCcESj2UDjwU-FD7nmbwA3Wr-yCn-XPMgZab2QNnoef3AaGqDU3ROnY-IjZAD_R1iJcWVp5NpKjf4C9M6-ikowquRxW1xa2WwepUst_XKcnYuoZPtRp1MEskFzURFL13pJObi27npIiKOh2uZR3AQOEizcT-J1DG7BhaqW2rRfqs9EHreoZBue/w640-h480/deerRIMG_2923.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Several people got to enjoy seeing this young deer! There's a lady sitting at the picnic table and 2 people on bikes and I'm at the top of the hill with my camera!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xKoSe0S25hv2yJYDbmoVcvtVGcZYh8KVsdFXctQR3zAukhCU2cduBg4_mtHMEGqeIMpoNGaveFkOMHT6BM2ghSn7uccfvdJ7k_2j_AN2jhewY8kElpjp9HvV4OQpRK6VPuOmZCxoMHE5BvJz5m3qjkLd7QRn_kO7IMK1qSEIM_c9jT-i4vfXomfu9Oyu/s640/deerRIMG_2924.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xKoSe0S25hv2yJYDbmoVcvtVGcZYh8KVsdFXctQR3zAukhCU2cduBg4_mtHMEGqeIMpoNGaveFkOMHT6BM2ghSn7uccfvdJ7k_2j_AN2jhewY8kElpjp9HvV4OQpRK6VPuOmZCxoMHE5BvJz5m3qjkLd7QRn_kO7IMK1qSEIM_c9jT-i4vfXomfu9Oyu/w640-h480/deerRIMG_2924.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">But of course, he really wants to cross the trail right now!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyTONt_03sLdq2qX3EBOb_T439UBGV2grELV-db5E_9JtTaS-0OMECsdKD-BMtOGrrrNetZoYTfkKH9cIkXSu3lA4yKYxp4_-0vSpzI1UtMLwcux-t1YDoAPyLdT8K6J0c2pOTw4TVi-qPBEI9bXZ-kBZZIqC87ciINh-Ib-7uhtYKCZKUBymkRzvtG-tV/s640/deerRIMG_2925.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyTONt_03sLdq2qX3EBOb_T439UBGV2grELV-db5E_9JtTaS-0OMECsdKD-BMtOGrrrNetZoYTfkKH9cIkXSu3lA4yKYxp4_-0vSpzI1UtMLwcux-t1YDoAPyLdT8K6J0c2pOTw4TVi-qPBEI9bXZ-kBZZIqC87ciINh-Ib-7uhtYKCZKUBymkRzvtG-tV/w640-h480/deerRIMG_2925.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">WHEW! He made it just in time!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdiBVv2Z1OoXqL4shwtYWdAwsznFCvYtq7BFOjGgHC5T2bT00K3jx49_GN8zraCBzxRz6-HlzPNhwMN_f7GenZHxDeJWk4eXD5_p6_ivvWpYsJME4tb22olLWOdiw7szAXVi1_QCcZ302CwCCIlCXd5AbDUCbPSJ08Zy_jG_1QURZ-7dmoOgKF4OuehQA3/s640/deerRIMG_2919.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdiBVv2Z1OoXqL4shwtYWdAwsznFCvYtq7BFOjGgHC5T2bT00K3jx49_GN8zraCBzxRz6-HlzPNhwMN_f7GenZHxDeJWk4eXD5_p6_ivvWpYsJME4tb22olLWOdiw7szAXVi1_QCcZ302CwCCIlCXd5AbDUCbPSJ08Zy_jG_1QURZ-7dmoOgKF4OuehQA3/w640-h480/deerRIMG_2919.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I sure love watching scenes like this along the Marjorie Carr Cross Florida Greenway. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvlMUAbJc68DUopQ_9oZfWC2nPzROcwkJw9kkH-nd1KV_TIqJQwFCzmNCIIQ0r_ZnJ46o2qHxvx-x6dJQMuJHjZv_b0Po_PL6X8tKme0Vl0q_Bx_3SLyNNTqGvd6Xb6XhM1m_Ur2skQ3HIyYwHWzWltaRokf1MgyT6MhFLv0Cqk_7ijfT6IXVpwpkYCfOc/s800/collagedeer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvlMUAbJc68DUopQ_9oZfWC2nPzROcwkJw9kkH-nd1KV_TIqJQwFCzmNCIIQ0r_ZnJ46o2qHxvx-x6dJQMuJHjZv_b0Po_PL6X8tKme0Vl0q_Bx_3SLyNNTqGvd6Xb6XhM1m_Ur2skQ3HIyYwHWzWltaRokf1MgyT6MhFLv0Cqk_7ijfT6IXVpwpkYCfOc/w640-h640/collagedeer.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It really is a glorious time of the year to live in Florida. The weather is beautiful and I'm spending more and more time outdoors in nature. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Enjoy December and everything that means the most to you.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja7bC-gHgNFN5IT253baS0oNE57rckRPNls4Em_P0SLoOnQZfJYacNIBU8Pj7W5OYfAFUKoQx1ucHNyeFRx8VD99oKYLDIi7EVdKxQfijm8GzNj1v0WWWKLwIAGuiUrgsrWPxZvlP2y1vmA4lmprOTMKgLAHa8xUV8Nu-Y1B1PH0OcjRGtzdomcpQ2zr9j/s640/cRIMG_2951.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="576" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja7bC-gHgNFN5IT253baS0oNE57rckRPNls4Em_P0SLoOnQZfJYacNIBU8Pj7W5OYfAFUKoQx1ucHNyeFRx8VD99oKYLDIi7EVdKxQfijm8GzNj1v0WWWKLwIAGuiUrgsrWPxZvlP2y1vmA4lmprOTMKgLAHa8xUV8Nu-Y1B1PH0OcjRGtzdomcpQ2zr9j/w576-h640/cRIMG_2951.jpg" width="576" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>Happy Holidays from Florida!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I’m joining Saturday’s critters </span><a href="http://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> and Mosaic Monday <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/" style="color: #5588aa; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span><a href="https://lapaylor.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> </a><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div></div>~Lavender Dreamer~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06298191144517740164noreply@blogger.com54tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629366429583853135.post-50690669465210422432023-12-08T08:11:00.091-05:002023-12-08T08:35:14.725-05:00Winter Hiking...Come on along!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Winter hiking is the best here in Florida, as you can imagine!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTOpoSGFp0naQqHKtEcsEM2E5nrvjqJW_i6Jp-9uiCPoB0gkE6g8wt6rgqgTBMlX9nBen1SUe9_MU-RSbnOmVaW18zQ1uj-nbnXQ30Aa034f3w4q7prCkPQ-mnICscHgfh6SH1DSV8UaijVCYbxxUexQnHK9Z3MD3DJDrFtQZm7-SsiJ3WE-sH78w_P3n-/s640/birdRIMG_3232.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTOpoSGFp0naQqHKtEcsEM2E5nrvjqJW_i6Jp-9uiCPoB0gkE6g8wt6rgqgTBMlX9nBen1SUe9_MU-RSbnOmVaW18zQ1uj-nbnXQ30Aa034f3w4q7prCkPQ-mnICscHgfh6SH1DSV8UaijVCYbxxUexQnHK9Z3MD3DJDrFtQZm7-SsiJ3WE-sH78w_P3n-/w640-h480/birdRIMG_3232.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">A 'bird' ornament high in the pine tree! It's REAL!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyeSxzFT-DTHbIA2k6Or5Jhgis86myUzI3PvedNJDnQ_JHcjKuwBt9ej7Q5sZyrhSb2BIsN8mbWbYllGYffbYEcyTMVCnPlfoy1Eg67KBDHGjaf5fLYPVebByXGqvHa0pPy_53Ttizfo128zGBsZA0FgSFku1d9isjnYhD_wAW28UOAiwid7F6pcgeXzyH/s640/reindeermossRIMG_3236.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyeSxzFT-DTHbIA2k6Or5Jhgis86myUzI3PvedNJDnQ_JHcjKuwBt9ej7Q5sZyrhSb2BIsN8mbWbYllGYffbYEcyTMVCnPlfoy1Eg67KBDHGjaf5fLYPVebByXGqvHa0pPy_53Ttizfo128zGBsZA0FgSFku1d9isjnYhD_wAW28UOAiwid7F6pcgeXzyH/w640-h480/reindeermossRIMG_3236.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And some Reindeer Moss!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> Temps were in the 60s and 70s for these hikes....perfect!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Lk35ldNSUzjfFBeJh4ctGHlRtPz-w8MT2DjIwZrmVf9400o9dPufYY9BOr7jVhxGK1NaYkOV9g26X7lOB1zub9GB0xdUjXt61q7t6vINlnYJKK6oI-Jn8Hea9q74m3bBqE5VV5InM53b2hK8PVxYyoXsVS99GuZ6xJneIihtlK6jsnVoEF2QL2tEv2-g/s640/trailRIMG_3222.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Lk35ldNSUzjfFBeJh4ctGHlRtPz-w8MT2DjIwZrmVf9400o9dPufYY9BOr7jVhxGK1NaYkOV9g26X7lOB1zub9GB0xdUjXt61q7t6vINlnYJKK6oI-Jn8Hea9q74m3bBqE5VV5InM53b2hK8PVxYyoXsVS99GuZ6xJneIihtlK6jsnVoEF2QL2tEv2-g/w640-h480/trailRIMG_3222.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And there are some trails that I have to save for the cooler weather. Walking down in the canal diggings is too hot in the summertime. I can hike in hotter temps as long as I have a bit of a breeze but in these low areas it's hard to 'catch a breeze'!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">This is a section between the Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway paved trail and Shangri-La.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLz9wKbCX7DxRF75zNO1N3dJFjw7YSo7_uvW3OrjO4AnfaPmMhfSQKX3II3G24um4H93gh9Zi-DUVx5DlAGzn9xIxKtjbs9cVgtxME0KNlNPUeB5vQ_GOiS4-Zd8ypYHo9RP2BgxDK3s5e5vgznWcRm5mm7nZMVu7GNIwy2v-VlLev3QoWBWzkO43Cb86Y/s640/rockRIMG_3223.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLz9wKbCX7DxRF75zNO1N3dJFjw7YSo7_uvW3OrjO4AnfaPmMhfSQKX3II3G24um4H93gh9Zi-DUVx5DlAGzn9xIxKtjbs9cVgtxME0KNlNPUeB5vQ_GOiS4-Zd8ypYHo9RP2BgxDK3s5e5vgznWcRm5mm7nZMVu7GNIwy2v-VlLev3QoWBWzkO43Cb86Y/w640-h480/rockRIMG_3223.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It's very peaceful and I love these big old limestone formations. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU-K3INH-Wgq63ohovGFICi0m-FoWi0llnnLpPp4c9Pf6ouIYx1Axuu-ghmXxszVsXYOhBKrw7whq49eLXUf36tQnMZon1VP5lhOYZAd6vO1m2SKwgF68dg_cp_fr5CN1yLodkmmD5xh3KktcrcMavagiIvQX1Fb9JnKQR9Nf8uuamA6btodrJ6hTGyreH/s640/rockRIMG_3235.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU-K3INH-Wgq63ohovGFICi0m-FoWi0llnnLpPp4c9Pf6ouIYx1Axuu-ghmXxszVsXYOhBKrw7whq49eLXUf36tQnMZon1VP5lhOYZAd6vO1m2SKwgF68dg_cp_fr5CN1yLodkmmD5xh3KktcrcMavagiIvQX1Fb9JnKQR9Nf8uuamA6btodrJ6hTGyreH/w640-h480/rockRIMG_3235.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I know I've shown them to you before but I still love to share.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoiitdTL-_GnhABUPMr7eoxCWDblo9TIsJvV_qTc0l5fW0n_KtVMlviNQROZcZiim0iPfkd0FbhUYgo2MbtPzJyzhziB4YHLvU7Qx9DY3JuYJCcL75wQCMm0FWvDQvZZ4okCMXl5spSifCiaWS-V_DF3V3uKB12mFKmKcfrU5_FPp5dlAR8bqd5tVKKvck/s640/rocksRIMG_3228.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoiitdTL-_GnhABUPMr7eoxCWDblo9TIsJvV_qTc0l5fW0n_KtVMlviNQROZcZiim0iPfkd0FbhUYgo2MbtPzJyzhziB4YHLvU7Qx9DY3JuYJCcL75wQCMm0FWvDQvZZ4okCMXl5spSifCiaWS-V_DF3V3uKB12mFKmKcfrU5_FPp5dlAR8bqd5tVKKvck/w640-h480/rocksRIMG_3228.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">You can imagine faces and animal shapes in some of the rocks.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">When I got back up to the higher trail, I spotted an American Kestrel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhE7XBG3D_qDl4XvkUvDWSkvkUm26ixzY3WmwiWA0ExMjz0AGtfw_McNFE25PcvUn_rurRf3eqswdVc6sSL1U2Zm2a8mjQGTyhzX9YqsCZMCPuaYgF0Z5-Pq0zlc9JJW3mCcfZ-SVyxl-UZCNqaEErpqfWUAuDGRjVCGDSmsGJz-oLihqjNsYtNuPK74jl/s640/KRIMG_3173.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhE7XBG3D_qDl4XvkUvDWSkvkUm26ixzY3WmwiWA0ExMjz0AGtfw_McNFE25PcvUn_rurRf3eqswdVc6sSL1U2Zm2a8mjQGTyhzX9YqsCZMCPuaYgF0Z5-Pq0zlc9JJW3mCcfZ-SVyxl-UZCNqaEErpqfWUAuDGRjVCGDSmsGJz-oLihqjNsYtNuPK74jl/w640-h480/KRIMG_3173.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I thought it was perfectly posed and took a lot of photos on the perch.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMqzFL5lDKprgi10RYcaR6L4BXgTJHU9yqoCXOG5e05JrZdHupfCU3d6_58ZtuEb2Gs5QfmQmPZ_cfOvnjIqPE0wUSPlMt09MozLhcgbC1GCj-2FOpgr0NsW-lm-b4s_dJtE-qwP9u3B-xE1XJfcWZTQT34t9xI1O-Iln7WLSiwuR9_1SE5KFG4mDbfBYw/s640/kesRIMG_3180.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMqzFL5lDKprgi10RYcaR6L4BXgTJHU9yqoCXOG5e05JrZdHupfCU3d6_58ZtuEb2Gs5QfmQmPZ_cfOvnjIqPE0wUSPlMt09MozLhcgbC1GCj-2FOpgr0NsW-lm-b4s_dJtE-qwP9u3B-xE1XJfcWZTQT34t9xI1O-Iln7WLSiwuR9_1SE5KFG4mDbfBYw/w640-h480/kesRIMG_3180.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">But then it took off flying to snag a Dragonfly in it's talons!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja6eP0l2hb_VnmJLlh3jMOPMgduZd6ZzrJznM_X36iHP12g6qQaOk2hlL9IFnrbmRZz7IlTO_YgdClsSRtjF6Hh_aMI1rBnMSmFLgSR7hJixU_vGZGdigaz4eLz8r0cO2e7BGph_nJVmh2iDsLHj2cJXOJs_CXW-b3l9uIEsvqLZMthzf2J4PHwo-nB4nx/s640/kesRIMG_3181.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja6eP0l2hb_VnmJLlh3jMOPMgduZd6ZzrJznM_X36iHP12g6qQaOk2hlL9IFnrbmRZz7IlTO_YgdClsSRtjF6Hh_aMI1rBnMSmFLgSR7hJixU_vGZGdigaz4eLz8r0cO2e7BGph_nJVmh2iDsLHj2cJXOJs_CXW-b3l9uIEsvqLZMthzf2J4PHwo-nB4nx/w640-h480/kesRIMG_3181.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">So then I took another group of photos. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFJ6XRdzL-pukBxqEN-qONXUich4wBe23QdlMY5C4bBJ1EYi9vfNnG8ZxgOVzbeGcRYQHNzdYYUcfAV8U1sMAUiYF4xkfikGhmLjEG_qN6E18wZOv4NWTQoPa-5jtN5o8Vfinv9Jz_Djr9Q0mSbzkZNA5q2qZE_xUPjmAB7dgEa8W__ruq9dFkesRt5L63/s640/kesRIMG_3182.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFJ6XRdzL-pukBxqEN-qONXUich4wBe23QdlMY5C4bBJ1EYi9vfNnG8ZxgOVzbeGcRYQHNzdYYUcfAV8U1sMAUiYF4xkfikGhmLjEG_qN6E18wZOv4NWTQoPa-5jtN5o8Vfinv9Jz_Djr9Q0mSbzkZNA5q2qZE_xUPjmAB7dgEa8W__ruq9dFkesRt5L63/w640-h480/kesRIMG_3182.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Time to stand still and watch the Kestrel eat lunch!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-mtLeUoos04lr8F6fIw-Y0K7SmEwUumPZt_W_daEWfA1WVQwYpeZEe1piYUffnYsDf8BYAma7ZztB8gkHUFGzZ7jl08bWz8XUOe_MqCj9KZQ-f21OF1fH8R30S9UkjhGJbFBZmZ0d8IlB2NOr8zQlBi06xNznUGLtn8FTay73ug5OhTLsuTdZmPVGw6C/s640/kescatchRIMG_3184.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-mtLeUoos04lr8F6fIw-Y0K7SmEwUumPZt_W_daEWfA1WVQwYpeZEe1piYUffnYsDf8BYAma7ZztB8gkHUFGzZ7jl08bWz8XUOe_MqCj9KZQ-f21OF1fH8R30S9UkjhGJbFBZmZ0d8IlB2NOr8zQlBi06xNznUGLtn8FTay73ug5OhTLsuTdZmPVGw6C/w640-h480/kescatchRIMG_3184.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I was ready for a break anyway!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha8X9npXl3z6-uO2sa19P7YcH2oPgW0Nhyeln0ljVzx0YHBaJvV5ncTDfKnas9KB_v5NfJi64lTwD5-53CYR7RiqRBerQHoheK5Y9fIHBPnpxntSKvAwd8cb4Xg5_Rw4BaWny_14YKSvUcJlcS0ELa0bipui3iHfu8hsmcetz_C2dBHZ6asq2JwP6yfpGf/s640/kescatchRIMG_3185.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha8X9npXl3z6-uO2sa19P7YcH2oPgW0Nhyeln0ljVzx0YHBaJvV5ncTDfKnas9KB_v5NfJi64lTwD5-53CYR7RiqRBerQHoheK5Y9fIHBPnpxntSKvAwd8cb4Xg5_Rw4BaWny_14YKSvUcJlcS0ELa0bipui3iHfu8hsmcetz_C2dBHZ6asq2JwP6yfpGf/w640-h480/kescatchRIMG_3185.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>Amazing!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgv_wXCu3ruHityFjlhUL-7iYvQeS_-cEq0sgO546SC9Jb3TWy5_gnQfdUfLePIiiEomuTwLiwxzZ5Ow2I50FZN_QiPKsqrekm2rcClgAet1jDGDJ1NDXfjFp3bG9mfDHsWDnDzI-XjR8CMs190WOkIAYFKjfdI6p1O8Sbgqon3awIcSg8KUqHYuWTDlpZ/s640/kescatchRIMG_3188.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgv_wXCu3ruHityFjlhUL-7iYvQeS_-cEq0sgO546SC9Jb3TWy5_gnQfdUfLePIiiEomuTwLiwxzZ5Ow2I50FZN_QiPKsqrekm2rcClgAet1jDGDJ1NDXfjFp3bG9mfDHsWDnDzI-XjR8CMs190WOkIAYFKjfdI6p1O8Sbgqon3awIcSg8KUqHYuWTDlpZ/w640-h480/kescatchRIMG_3188.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Nature has outdone herself this winter with </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">red berries!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1pj3IqI7xC9_sOn8RGEmwKyFGv0K_4L2P4-TpGHLeC8UKL9VI4sZB1_PWNyjDiExD6oiATR9UnyBKV4Y8cwXy_KmFgsuAXMJtFBS5yEVXtizUEqJa6AeTX7537wfZtiCHm90IPCHBEYkKH8gPKCNUPurmq5ijn5xyez8g7UgRF5FKUC9UCT_w2ci45ler/s800/collageberries.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1pj3IqI7xC9_sOn8RGEmwKyFGv0K_4L2P4-TpGHLeC8UKL9VI4sZB1_PWNyjDiExD6oiATR9UnyBKV4Y8cwXy_KmFgsuAXMJtFBS5yEVXtizUEqJa6AeTX7537wfZtiCHm90IPCHBEYkKH8gPKCNUPurmq5ijn5xyez8g7UgRF5FKUC9UCT_w2ci45ler/w640-h640/collageberries.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">What a fabulous day for a wintertime hike in Florida!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I’m joining Saturday’s critters </span><a href="http://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> and Mosaic Monday <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/" style="color: #5588aa; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span><a href="https://lapaylor.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> </a><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>~Lavender Dreamer~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06298191144517740164noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629366429583853135.post-67971174679991922912023-11-30T08:33:00.109-05:002023-11-30T08:33:00.156-05:00Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I wanted to dedicate this post to the Greenway and share some of my favorite photos from my hikes there.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOHN3Wp4gTr1SlQ_Es162F1682IbvT3QYyatx9TNKie5cSIH71pz-RR0BIQLze09nL3jMMlo6vcqvPn6GcMry8GOQJc6QFKL-jGQAMzOBgqObD7lQsCmSt6O6XrYZrbTOfZ6J0CRo27p-7cbTDMlNNwlfVLdCUk1U4Mq5dqKZLCyflhTpU7kixq1ZS1ly/s640/DianequoteRDSCN3535.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOHN3Wp4gTr1SlQ_Es162F1682IbvT3QYyatx9TNKie5cSIH71pz-RR0BIQLze09nL3jMMlo6vcqvPn6GcMry8GOQJc6QFKL-jGQAMzOBgqObD7lQsCmSt6O6XrYZrbTOfZ6J0CRo27p-7cbTDMlNNwlfVLdCUk1U4Mq5dqKZLCyflhTpU7kixq1ZS1ly/w640-h480/DianequoteRDSCN3535.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Of course I spent hours looking at 'favorite pics'!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz-fF3XcraV9sBCdojyQOs3_s5scG_MUs6vIpft0KbAkKcGciMSnZZ8DzjfYNCXxkJssDwcRkeP_ICuCvS4PXJz-PBnV0NOmEABwLnWCSIKh4i0n4nxeFLJh0pGitTMua_xmFx1Q14RorLKteSvGErZeSbKpDnVFNNTZm8y12p5Cui532TGXeV31ZM-lyE/s640/rRIMG_7225.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz-fF3XcraV9sBCdojyQOs3_s5scG_MUs6vIpft0KbAkKcGciMSnZZ8DzjfYNCXxkJssDwcRkeP_ICuCvS4PXJz-PBnV0NOmEABwLnWCSIKh4i0n4nxeFLJh0pGitTMua_xmFx1Q14RorLKteSvGErZeSbKpDnVFNNTZm8y12p5Cui532TGXeV31ZM-lyE/w640-h480/rRIMG_7225.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I've been hiking the greenway for almost 10 years so I had trouble deciding which to share.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Please click on the link <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/152062337981462/" target="_blank">HERE</a> to read the facebook page started by the Greenway Guardians. Duke Energy is proposing a project to build high voltage power lines THROUGH the Greenway! As you can imagine this would be disastrous to wildlife, birds, wildflowers and plants. Thanks go those fighting to preserve the Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoFGc8la71ZEF5utSs-QYJ58OBDFUz0X7tIZN455-q34_K1p5EG51UHhYjYCNj-n1JDfhLa8m_jm5tXLCyemLADmDg_DEqYVTr3mPqXxHM3MYa8kKlQjVWX60rr9KAPDlVrjXGaYir0GoL4alZG3gLQQ10wn7oA_dMbeXKMcsBrfBxV8QL70Q9LMLBy109/s692/boytextRDSCN8093.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="416" data-original-width="692" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoFGc8la71ZEF5utSs-QYJ58OBDFUz0X7tIZN455-q34_K1p5EG51UHhYjYCNj-n1JDfhLa8m_jm5tXLCyemLADmDg_DEqYVTr3mPqXxHM3MYa8kKlQjVWX60rr9KAPDlVrjXGaYir0GoL4alZG3gLQQ10wn7oA_dMbeXKMcsBrfBxV8QL70Q9LMLBy109/w640-h384/boytextRDSCN8093.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And join me down memory lane as I share a few of my sightings.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinK7VVzd3B6Nrp-YbGtWlGyMSnYxEQK4EB2CWIVgEGZxpV6JtHOQDANv_-6jxGdGyzKYWE3ndM4Lh9XTmBJx8LuvwfKLJZuZYEMGzew-dS-Slpm3-pUqIySQFiap_WPQr8LnAgSRF8h-DNdBhZ314uHq4vKh7qoZh_1diALBb4BdZP5eNEl8BagYNik0tA/s640/deercropRDSCN7746.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="516" data-original-width="640" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinK7VVzd3B6Nrp-YbGtWlGyMSnYxEQK4EB2CWIVgEGZxpV6JtHOQDANv_-6jxGdGyzKYWE3ndM4Lh9XTmBJx8LuvwfKLJZuZYEMGzew-dS-Slpm3-pUqIySQFiap_WPQr8LnAgSRF8h-DNdBhZ314uHq4vKh7qoZh_1diALBb4BdZP5eNEl8BagYNik0tA/w640-h516/deercropRDSCN7746.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">White tailed Deer</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKSfTz_XjWwAylR1ULjryjxpPpjscFeqfS8ZxzJtM3OZ3BRyr5nqu6fw51Vm4-xO6rzldbPIew4igZL8sTSX6hRD8LCTV97v3CZxIbOAwDGEfT_9pzBZmaagQqh1IJiCbAh1gAfEPRF_nwQ9WJIi7-ub8bTm7bXUy_qwcfh99Hu7TexNdA3YV6LfK6aC0w/s640/eaglebestRIMG_1753.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKSfTz_XjWwAylR1ULjryjxpPpjscFeqfS8ZxzJtM3OZ3BRyr5nqu6fw51Vm4-xO6rzldbPIew4igZL8sTSX6hRD8LCTV97v3CZxIbOAwDGEfT_9pzBZmaagQqh1IJiCbAh1gAfEPRF_nwQ9WJIi7-ub8bTm7bXUy_qwcfh99Hu7TexNdA3YV6LfK6aC0w/w640-h480/eaglebestRIMG_1753.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Bald Eagle</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg0WO_8TBkrvraAih4Izkom5wZkiqnKeYzT7GAk0PVAu7pUkCurCESCyX1AMVWu-FzU7Bk6hKSiYBdeamU72i3F5PBjTs-zWQK8_2olYU6hDSdFuzF1ywLcsVNeycznhJcdPQAbq8918GMiw_aVPucUF24FgTECLxbjI0o-iKQ4bEB_Gj620LEhf-fUbC-/s480/EastertreeRDSCN0209.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="360" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg0WO_8TBkrvraAih4Izkom5wZkiqnKeYzT7GAk0PVAu7pUkCurCESCyX1AMVWu-FzU7Bk6hKSiYBdeamU72i3F5PBjTs-zWQK8_2olYU6hDSdFuzF1ywLcsVNeycznhJcdPQAbq8918GMiw_aVPucUF24FgTECLxbjI0o-iKQ4bEB_Gj620LEhf-fUbC-/w480-h640/EastertreeRDSCN0209.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">One of my favorite sightings!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4j-dqep9-eUPeQ54BWF9cfrrbAmWWCPMoxfYgW66_Z6h2dh3CCkA2KhWgtWNQkZP_Ey1GDumnFs8ZSAtXWPRraTsb3A4GiNeJ4yVVQHykxxi3IjSfxQ9btHLiYqsuisL5IptZjmdHUeM_YJ3k70hwRsOUvBJAHjTupLEMTYjPtu-YLL_FqTUxKQ2HFTCj/s640/foxRDSCN6190.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="627" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4j-dqep9-eUPeQ54BWF9cfrrbAmWWCPMoxfYgW66_Z6h2dh3CCkA2KhWgtWNQkZP_Ey1GDumnFs8ZSAtXWPRraTsb3A4GiNeJ4yVVQHykxxi3IjSfxQ9btHLiYqsuisL5IptZjmdHUeM_YJ3k70hwRsOUvBJAHjTupLEMTYjPtu-YLL_FqTUxKQ2HFTCj/w628-h640/foxRDSCN6190.jpeg" width="628" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Fox Squirrel</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ8TZyDSvH2_qVQoZN78VDEOBAGOo1lO-AGT9sbtlMwaRziEl7dCReX7O8_hgEt9BBUUh7ACoH5Qyex4_OfomEVEDhvZURyu_8bUWKr_v2GBp_3TmyaT5_Ll_AaiXVKUDNMEftqJSCRr9xzDvt19w5I9tijLyP7ydzswOoyrW-gl7LdP-ODaQKV-CcRFAZ/s1024/Best2text%5B3%5D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ8TZyDSvH2_qVQoZN78VDEOBAGOo1lO-AGT9sbtlMwaRziEl7dCReX7O8_hgEt9BBUUh7ACoH5Qyex4_OfomEVEDhvZURyu_8bUWKr_v2GBp_3TmyaT5_Ll_AaiXVKUDNMEftqJSCRr9xzDvt19w5I9tijLyP7ydzswOoyrW-gl7LdP-ODaQKV-CcRFAZ/w640-h360/Best2text%5B3%5D.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">These squirrels can be spotted all through the Greenway. My girlfriend saw one a couple of weeks ago and said it was the largest one she had ever seen! I'm still on the look out for that one!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHUWlSyVGFasnSl1EMXuo-wPSw9BwBehN23LDlQyLsu5x7X-DoAfoT58-XyGtxvUO-3azle-GH5DhJaUhOklOGCsFwQCIGcJjzYZnmhhQqsMuBrUY8EYQadztU23YS8KeImQ1mmqZkQ5G3Pl0TOPaWIe0yJbOa3YnTRTR92O4UYWpy9aiwV4FT9Pf6XA3S/s640/owl1RIMG_4081.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHUWlSyVGFasnSl1EMXuo-wPSw9BwBehN23LDlQyLsu5x7X-DoAfoT58-XyGtxvUO-3azle-GH5DhJaUhOklOGCsFwQCIGcJjzYZnmhhQqsMuBrUY8EYQadztU23YS8KeImQ1mmqZkQ5G3Pl0TOPaWIe0yJbOa3YnTRTR92O4UYWpy9aiwV4FT9Pf6XA3S/w640-h480/owl1RIMG_4081.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Barred Owl</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglHUOoBYs5hLe-Jw5JPmf18UYsTiA1bQuKaEdUlGYTM6Fa993hBIjGNU67maTCVnfbkcvAg3tWD8NxYmGF4E8Z9CiZOPcCEnIYseO0gxVEi-iISXxcmI1cdqAtTnrRFOSjWYBdwG_dDSVr0OrEA90L-HCYxF-4BdGP2Q-j_y02OXu_Oag9ogzZWpmqdScj/s640/scrubjayRIMG_3297.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglHUOoBYs5hLe-Jw5JPmf18UYsTiA1bQuKaEdUlGYTM6Fa993hBIjGNU67maTCVnfbkcvAg3tWD8NxYmGF4E8Z9CiZOPcCEnIYseO0gxVEi-iISXxcmI1cdqAtTnrRFOSjWYBdwG_dDSVr0OrEA90L-HCYxF-4BdGP2Q-j_y02OXu_Oag9ogzZWpmqdScj/w640-h480/scrubjayRIMG_3297.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Florida Scrub Jay</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN3Xz4N5Xv1pqyOhn_IkmJ0QcyiBFRgBjOSRwEBSb_pKPwncPOk9PqqgnmntqWXKG7JYwflEwZN3Ts1JRQx6hlhJRt3Oe33hu4ijaKtNYPjKNbODzu8XPMjND4C8UyFa6AzhkG1VI1R4PYEewg76tkJxRkl89WZwxf6U13EFr3MFQV9veyhH_8Q8eTukwf/s1024/scrubjIMG_9859.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN3Xz4N5Xv1pqyOhn_IkmJ0QcyiBFRgBjOSRwEBSb_pKPwncPOk9PqqgnmntqWXKG7JYwflEwZN3Ts1JRQx6hlhJRt3Oe33hu4ijaKtNYPjKNbODzu8XPMjND4C8UyFa6AzhkG1VI1R4PYEewg76tkJxRkl89WZwxf6U13EFr3MFQV9veyhH_8Q8eTukwf/w640-h480/scrubjIMG_9859.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The Greenway habitat is very important for this rare bird!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmmBo4HAKHHHQndLWIcSowZ9WVSrcXjfyWsuxnlFuwcbwyBoudXaxhoj1vEyYxPVm-l_Rx-npftDEyF3s7nX1COkWOaDmsxAR7gzTPolcLsCur1eDKaA2tUm35Z1oQbSBQI_awFccNRsC8uqMb_VyIyuYeoj_CqrGv-_XjesgW8qd_a3StnVkvHeWKvogi/s640/redRIMG_5210.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmmBo4HAKHHHQndLWIcSowZ9WVSrcXjfyWsuxnlFuwcbwyBoudXaxhoj1vEyYxPVm-l_Rx-npftDEyF3s7nX1COkWOaDmsxAR7gzTPolcLsCur1eDKaA2tUm35Z1oQbSBQI_awFccNRsC8uqMb_VyIyuYeoj_CqrGv-_XjesgW8qd_a3StnVkvHeWKvogi/w640-h480/redRIMG_5210.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Red headed Woodpeckers up on the hill!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF3wBf14tbglOiptaF56iKUBD6gBec_ZjSRPYFlAUKpFmQXIXPQx_c7VEymcaUtZakQ97xC4-83Vo0iyo0GHBZcj__FKv62paDaYjb2MVQyWg2kabdSyUg679ypN_ucuzxKmY53MHBRywkXNz7BjhGVgazcZEKzVAouSOnnBg5zs6p86p6bCqCtaeSoUI0/s640/woodRIMG_1889.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF3wBf14tbglOiptaF56iKUBD6gBec_ZjSRPYFlAUKpFmQXIXPQx_c7VEymcaUtZakQ97xC4-83Vo0iyo0GHBZcj__FKv62paDaYjb2MVQyWg2kabdSyUg679ypN_ucuzxKmY53MHBRywkXNz7BjhGVgazcZEKzVAouSOnnBg5zs6p86p6bCqCtaeSoUI0/w640-h480/woodRIMG_1889.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I've named this hill the Bluebird of Happiness Hill!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxIlD8dCaOpdZ13oKoTqoApJ4P1yECsX8_U-YmpHq82RsefwjMRwEn08AfUqLkaHOWDhRcxlsuc3VNKw0iApCyBPVsMZ6Wcix6ERoKFKguuYNQRsByue76Zm5nJHaTL9ItleCgv1bGPDoybMLuniMpOg3jeeZEHivV8nDZshKxjmloQxUvc-u1jHSNfCQA/s640/collagebluesR.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="640" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxIlD8dCaOpdZ13oKoTqoApJ4P1yECsX8_U-YmpHq82RsefwjMRwEn08AfUqLkaHOWDhRcxlsuc3VNKw0iApCyBPVsMZ6Wcix6ERoKFKguuYNQRsByue76Zm5nJHaTL9ItleCgv1bGPDoybMLuniMpOg3jeeZEHivV8nDZshKxjmloQxUvc-u1jHSNfCQA/w640-h500/collagebluesR.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Eastern Bluebirds</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3VdRvH_cmGg_L5nO5T13klM3DLKp1PcKS_kVWXlhveePEN5Qc3PYmMzvbu-jzlmiz6xkALJxKW9m4GOchXwMnjZOfTK-mPpt4GT6SVjD93ske_7-_X2WdatuxzFoMFyovUXmJgVMudWSOztwc_M5GbYow-ZQSpc1nMXwE6ieTepGmHud9y2IVtvHIww97/s640/torRIMG_2446.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3VdRvH_cmGg_L5nO5T13klM3DLKp1PcKS_kVWXlhveePEN5Qc3PYmMzvbu-jzlmiz6xkALJxKW9m4GOchXwMnjZOfTK-mPpt4GT6SVjD93ske_7-_X2WdatuxzFoMFyovUXmJgVMudWSOztwc_M5GbYow-ZQSpc1nMXwE6ieTepGmHud9y2IVtvHIww97/w640-h480/torRIMG_2446.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Gopher Tortoise</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLUXvadadmEsnG3Tw1gGpaQ5Xg1_DYJtl-FKXDcOR_oeJxoKWGGukNWev28P8v_X4HpXdo2UCtjmigJAxKBeEpkiMYsz0HRdfE7Z8NyazNpPr9gX_5CZKmt8aRsUOnxZN7ig2ExbOlg75PYt5-2Ex9BUwOlDXGB11Ui-dx4mhiv2BAPp7C6tGcYteoXY1_/s640/longidRIMG_2104.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLUXvadadmEsnG3Tw1gGpaQ5Xg1_DYJtl-FKXDcOR_oeJxoKWGGukNWev28P8v_X4HpXdo2UCtjmigJAxKBeEpkiMYsz0HRdfE7Z8NyazNpPr9gX_5CZKmt8aRsUOnxZN7ig2ExbOlg75PYt5-2Ex9BUwOlDXGB11Ui-dx4mhiv2BAPp7C6tGcYteoXY1_/w640-h480/longidRIMG_2104.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Longspurred Mint</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">One of my favorite sightings was this Florida Bobcat. I'll include a link to the bobcat story <a href="https://lavenderdreamstoo.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-florida-bobcat.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> in case you missed it!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRUXs147z_S8855_ApX1kA4RbsoFfwL_w7_jw62Bf0V9-5mBhr1jV_9ayiQ-mWiZJEbNRX47uX7_PeW7h40BWQCPJWwxu9UqX1PJz0bwJFDOYHKtlcq7ki_5Qu4hlKDQ80f5XrRqR-4YgDV-qseuvlkxnqyMBOYeofEQyy2G_EUU_FYtN8M3WMxmDrr5EA/s1024/bcropIMG_1433%5B3%5D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRUXs147z_S8855_ApX1kA4RbsoFfwL_w7_jw62Bf0V9-5mBhr1jV_9ayiQ-mWiZJEbNRX47uX7_PeW7h40BWQCPJWwxu9UqX1PJz0bwJFDOYHKtlcq7ki_5Qu4hlKDQ80f5XrRqR-4YgDV-qseuvlkxnqyMBOYeofEQyy2G_EUU_FYtN8M3WMxmDrr5EA/w640-h480/bcropIMG_1433%5B3%5D.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Florida Bobcat</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN2LIyp9x97AoQ5pNZDDuL79QjuB6em-pHwMmnkQwKod7vX1ybUwYMNfzP3XHxGh4_K85o1KvZEC4Ezvb3UMXUsFDI7zXevRqXe3iDIvWuWg4VXQAHMqSFKHUHql7-ltmaVqL5vO00V6nkFHHknUmaFd0RJqdz_wLcdfgeDni5Knu_ER9LEn65gVwHTTNA/s640/trailRIMG_2768%20-%20Copy%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN2LIyp9x97AoQ5pNZDDuL79QjuB6em-pHwMmnkQwKod7vX1ybUwYMNfzP3XHxGh4_K85o1KvZEC4Ezvb3UMXUsFDI7zXevRqXe3iDIvWuWg4VXQAHMqSFKHUHql7-ltmaVqL5vO00V6nkFHHknUmaFd0RJqdz_wLcdfgeDni5Knu_ER9LEn65gVwHTTNA/w640-h480/trailRIMG_2768%20-%20Copy%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">What a treasure this Greenway is to our community and to our state of Florida.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisJBCznw7lEvlouFbNX94Ipyn13yIaH0iSUipkXG8JOnzKl6f0gKZ23J8APM95-Q-q1H7PTQPeofbYzTO0OQwO1qsLwtOQ9iUD5idynBAQO6O6wAPR_e1pUDkVSUYwpx4dFuvHrFq3jQ7XQYWJt6WWy3zok_PhsGMfFTL2pfPsjxJXr7yxoT3HuG9OYLBf/s640/DianeRDSCN4760.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisJBCznw7lEvlouFbNX94Ipyn13yIaH0iSUipkXG8JOnzKl6f0gKZ23J8APM95-Q-q1H7PTQPeofbYzTO0OQwO1qsLwtOQ9iUD5idynBAQO6O6wAPR_e1pUDkVSUYwpx4dFuvHrFq3jQ7XQYWJt6WWy3zok_PhsGMfFTL2pfPsjxJXr7yxoT3HuG9OYLBf/w640-h480/DianeRDSCN4760.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br />49th Ave Trailhead </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I've met people from all over the country (and the world) that visit Florida and walk or ride bikes on the Greenway. It is a treasure worth preserving!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivIj-RGW9XBI47YrCGlPQb0jjb8YqYJUAP528xYfG9OAJ6MIkLHAifqCAMShxp5WLyF9VUDjB72Hf53A7LNx3qQKtrJ5Zeej3zFnYAJYD6o91iTzUVU-uJfavadMZREbVtEa-QJUNMTeohcb-ifuvRcENIjTn7PK6E-Hsz0yf0OxyBqYl9wTb4c8WrcOvN/s640/signRIMG_3084.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivIj-RGW9XBI47YrCGlPQb0jjb8YqYJUAP528xYfG9OAJ6MIkLHAifqCAMShxp5WLyF9VUDjB72Hf53A7LNx3qQKtrJ5Zeej3zFnYAJYD6o91iTzUVU-uJfavadMZREbVtEa-QJUNMTeohcb-ifuvRcENIjTn7PK6E-Hsz0yf0OxyBqYl9wTb4c8WrcOvN/w640-h480/signRIMG_3084.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I’m joining Saturday’s critters </span><a href="http://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> and Mosaic Monday <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/" style="color: #5588aa; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span><a href="https://lapaylor.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> </a><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>~Lavender Dreamer~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06298191144517740164noreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629366429583853135.post-23673313500883112192023-11-23T08:30:00.052-05:002023-11-23T08:30:00.157-05:00Gratitude, each and every day!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> I've always known I am blessed and I live my life thankful for all of my blessings every day of my life. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJCP2Q3v8iIiVKmCYt6-rMkeI9pYTqHB2dqsZGp2cai5NIscPhWc8Qx7BwAi3NnBSYYc6cyROQR8lCVuNYKSprzcOh0SpbkhzFVWSTs6ehK-xarTTS-FysgrITs_1NSs5P6BS5MVo78ogRUA5edTtBbSwLVV6Imny_Xc7vbRSc-alm78OMivJfzxlzomcV/s640/gulfRDSCN1012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJCP2Q3v8iIiVKmCYt6-rMkeI9pYTqHB2dqsZGp2cai5NIscPhWc8Qx7BwAi3NnBSYYc6cyROQR8lCVuNYKSprzcOh0SpbkhzFVWSTs6ehK-xarTTS-FysgrITs_1NSs5P6BS5MVo78ogRUA5edTtBbSwLVV6Imny_Xc7vbRSc-alm78OMivJfzxlzomcV/w640-h480/gulfRDSCN1012.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving week and spend some time doing things you enjoy with someone you love. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglydxuhU2z0au3dDpRbG8C-7RZu5nCW1nlz-wERKlGzekwMxq7CCIDernFtJbl211DKLWMPdpF51TgheIdt5NZOBOxbSnIGGiwW9GZnD-sn9yUApHdhSK7FcNRmeb3vLxxjWTVbl-31m9ps8B-SEoCkq9JQwYEKY69nTIdLK2ILajWf9FdxnLRSPbJl84E/s640/bRDSCN1021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglydxuhU2z0au3dDpRbG8C-7RZu5nCW1nlz-wERKlGzekwMxq7CCIDernFtJbl211DKLWMPdpF51TgheIdt5NZOBOxbSnIGGiwW9GZnD-sn9yUApHdhSK7FcNRmeb3vLxxjWTVbl-31m9ps8B-SEoCkq9JQwYEKY69nTIdLK2ILajWf9FdxnLRSPbJl84E/w640-h480/bRDSCN1021.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I'll share some photos we've taken this past week on the Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwuhe74RauxAudCJzahOn5QHqt1gRzrAodvCk5ycCapCC-ySuogG12hMPGINb-Eoy-pADGx0hD_chN4o3BfUw9VoXPKTbmi0SWLLORKfmTYZfjxNnA93X5Ykd2BkGV-Y5zE_b1fKHgjh8elOf1F9eLkcMU1FPIdque7yVaaAN_bs3wDu-2Iaj8a5cUfo2p/s640/signRIMG_3120.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwuhe74RauxAudCJzahOn5QHqt1gRzrAodvCk5ycCapCC-ySuogG12hMPGINb-Eoy-pADGx0hD_chN4o3BfUw9VoXPKTbmi0SWLLORKfmTYZfjxNnA93X5Ykd2BkGV-Y5zE_b1fKHgjh8elOf1F9eLkcMU1FPIdque7yVaaAN_bs3wDu-2Iaj8a5cUfo2p/w640-h480/signRIMG_3120.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">There are still lots of wildflowers blooming with butterflies fluttering!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtjkaWkzRItCnANFzQiLY98xHmD9ZWcFyQmYm7Pjzvtd1Iz9mrPDI3iB7gqe-nGp-eLvYxG-RLOOja_iUnO3g2wx82cvH4jLlQE-HhF6lICfLoyjPVf6UoQllHOb4almT8zbU57Gt6aqE17pDg0t-kgosHLDghMxFr0l8pqsIhzu5E_hxgVOLff2yCKmDZ/s640/skipperRDSCN1022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtjkaWkzRItCnANFzQiLY98xHmD9ZWcFyQmYm7Pjzvtd1Iz9mrPDI3iB7gqe-nGp-eLvYxG-RLOOja_iUnO3g2wx82cvH4jLlQE-HhF6lICfLoyjPVf6UoQllHOb4almT8zbU57Gt6aqE17pDg0t-kgosHLDghMxFr0l8pqsIhzu5E_hxgVOLff2yCKmDZ/w640-h480/skipperRDSCN1022.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It's a wonderful time of the year to be in Florida. The weather is gorgeous!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggwrCVIjMHW4P1jSjk0zxblVnysX0gRSd6U7B22AgvKG1sH4ze8rff033LDoj4G3HmWfp2PzV5Blf0JH-PombeY0MO0AnzcWRHCIUt7fS8mrRQ77dTBwJVOtbn82w6n7oFaMAn0c7sZcGEct52euorUbEzSGK8v6BasrJiEDahLkAAd42RKxdbUBcEYTXx/s640/birdRIMG_3089.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggwrCVIjMHW4P1jSjk0zxblVnysX0gRSd6U7B22AgvKG1sH4ze8rff033LDoj4G3HmWfp2PzV5Blf0JH-PombeY0MO0AnzcWRHCIUt7fS8mrRQ77dTBwJVOtbn82w6n7oFaMAn0c7sZcGEct52euorUbEzSGK8v6BasrJiEDahLkAAd42RKxdbUBcEYTXx/w640-h480/birdRIMG_3089.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I've seen some pretty Warblers of course!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGUlfxh6PvL2dkBVnam51lZEUN_hNUA3qTWf78z9VDPcgDp5gbS6QeLLiAE4NxiCZeXG_f53wnbo6D0o0bZeqyz0fBiEuRCpeiAMAVK6f0mTp4VHK-GC4ass1E32_N0SKfqEEO6i3FEs0RaeAgK5kj_tsUYp-SZJlEs2KGkyw68EJDeFqAJf3ywyjuUAqm/s640/birdRIMG_3091.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGUlfxh6PvL2dkBVnam51lZEUN_hNUA3qTWf78z9VDPcgDp5gbS6QeLLiAE4NxiCZeXG_f53wnbo6D0o0bZeqyz0fBiEuRCpeiAMAVK6f0mTp4VHK-GC4ass1E32_N0SKfqEEO6i3FEs0RaeAgK5kj_tsUYp-SZJlEs2KGkyw68EJDeFqAJf3ywyjuUAqm/w480-h640/birdRIMG_3091.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And watched the deer on the trails.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQeSSMbajDsRJvV80kyBqt2j1i7UtqyHf6noFWHye8KqZvx0wiVqmLUK9ANmOHnoWl5z3gINrjw7BQM9c0OeyyaedoE9ujKLkgvkGEKs5NOyWcoWpTWNI5w4Vu5FXalrL2L3IMOSzYaD-cJGB8htTiKMBzAedUMwCcY-1eZ8WTRguL8NOhb9bTMr84LFAv/s800/collageDiane.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQeSSMbajDsRJvV80kyBqt2j1i7UtqyHf6noFWHye8KqZvx0wiVqmLUK9ANmOHnoWl5z3gINrjw7BQM9c0OeyyaedoE9ujKLkgvkGEKs5NOyWcoWpTWNI5w4Vu5FXalrL2L3IMOSzYaD-cJGB8htTiKMBzAedUMwCcY-1eZ8WTRguL8NOhb9bTMr84LFAv/w640-h640/collageDiane.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Hubby even photographed me walking with the deer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdUyx8NS7Vd28CIgz_-v2A1Kq5r_oiA3zYNFYSIXRTp0c1m1Or6V4Qx4KKVhB63URh1D1JHHx59-NxgoasUjWGegniETgm2EhaapvqBkEUM2GX8WWlHYcinWB7vyVlPykaNfMigxNb6kRLpiDT0bbOVLPoVEwSItKZwT1wWEJiw1jHxgsbpWvWjsEummDo/s640/deerRIMG_2962.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdUyx8NS7Vd28CIgz_-v2A1Kq5r_oiA3zYNFYSIXRTp0c1m1Or6V4Qx4KKVhB63URh1D1JHHx59-NxgoasUjWGegniETgm2EhaapvqBkEUM2GX8WWlHYcinWB7vyVlPykaNfMigxNb6kRLpiDT0bbOVLPoVEwSItKZwT1wWEJiw1jHxgsbpWvWjsEummDo/w640-h480/deerRIMG_2962.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I was trying to get closer for better photos! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxAX4iacYdiY2O8Eg2YJH4dqrmzRV_YTu8tbjgBXZz-Vp6ViGWlL0vLEJrnRH3h3VA6Ho1q1Ef0SFz4jPiFa7lMyEOoYWE326BtxqSX5NDzwuhH5BPI_yVMUCe2cbStlKxj5I1NdWb-X86GFzGHo6hZz-QkL9CL8ivpDV4E4Fsonh-i9DeMvth1feVj5yu/s640/deerRIMG_2959.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="269" data-original-width="640" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxAX4iacYdiY2O8Eg2YJH4dqrmzRV_YTu8tbjgBXZz-Vp6ViGWlL0vLEJrnRH3h3VA6Ho1q1Ef0SFz4jPiFa7lMyEOoYWE326BtxqSX5NDzwuhH5BPI_yVMUCe2cbStlKxj5I1NdWb-X86GFzGHo6hZz-QkL9CL8ivpDV4E4Fsonh-i9DeMvth1feVj5yu/w640-h270/deerRIMG_2959.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Sending out lots of love to all of my family and friends, wishing them a week of Thanksgiving. I'm thankful for everyone that visits my blog too. You bless me when you take the time to visit my blog and leave a nice comment. It sure makes my day!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I’m joining Saturday’s critters </span><a href="http://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> and Mosaic Monday <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/" style="color: #5588aa; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span><a href="https://lapaylor.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> </a><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>~Lavender Dreamer~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06298191144517740164noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629366429583853135.post-40836038745391005742023-11-17T08:11:00.058-05:002023-11-17T08:37:52.567-05:00Feathers and Fuzzies<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We see some unusual sights when we hike and one thing I find interesting is the feathers on the trail.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6wl55GtvGFFnBXC5ydbwGCpm9y-oOTNKIoEBENhtU2OrtAx89xMyYGiyIJYzFbsKaXMdrgn7_yvELbagmD9eUD4IRyMBokw1hm98IU-n3GYo0WUHHSEFWFAEbgRbcdOxOCfDaqbfW8YKDPFgiR6yjkNrJcW75H3QnEwCUqhOnfXkP5aT9B-fzuiP0WhSu/s640/featherRIMG_2727.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6wl55GtvGFFnBXC5ydbwGCpm9y-oOTNKIoEBENhtU2OrtAx89xMyYGiyIJYzFbsKaXMdrgn7_yvELbagmD9eUD4IRyMBokw1hm98IU-n3GYo0WUHHSEFWFAEbgRbcdOxOCfDaqbfW8YKDPFgiR6yjkNrJcW75H3QnEwCUqhOnfXkP5aT9B-fzuiP0WhSu/w640-h480/featherRIMG_2727.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I don't see one every time I hike, so I've been saving these photos for about a month. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFwy0Ie8pe46llcb-ljNtAXOt9SCCupMf1m9FngCNitulvQk_rIm5HLiDKE8HaPZyTLQAo6gKq102aP6Eu14jjx8vyUGGs3MCbE1X86qxFHwx24yeelL-PIfujLhemkEsjJfoVI_Nf9v3B5O03vMh2HpznlyE74aNT7JlMQaY1COSGgm8iyw366432gLs-/s640/featherRIMG_2562.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFwy0Ie8pe46llcb-ljNtAXOt9SCCupMf1m9FngCNitulvQk_rIm5HLiDKE8HaPZyTLQAo6gKq102aP6Eu14jjx8vyUGGs3MCbE1X86qxFHwx24yeelL-PIfujLhemkEsjJfoVI_Nf9v3B5O03vMh2HpznlyE74aNT7JlMQaY1COSGgm8iyw366432gLs-/w640-h480/featherRIMG_2562.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It's hard to know what bird they come from but it's fun to speculate!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi8CyemM9ZECZb0IuhCRlY2ue4juH0nF7hDUFRZFjDrQbqYbF2wKeVhgqlLAbnlLkGKehF9o9Ki5jYjN6oeEvJKz4HIuZh3XAyKJx0sGwabi_sFQUgf_sB0NytD9pBH3-EzzSq2NKVqcx1pnM91ZM7OVWuai4Egxf_ogf2NqcybcHZdzjZ3eo3pmguTBSe/s640/featherRIMG_2637.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi8CyemM9ZECZb0IuhCRlY2ue4juH0nF7hDUFRZFjDrQbqYbF2wKeVhgqlLAbnlLkGKehF9o9Ki5jYjN6oeEvJKz4HIuZh3XAyKJx0sGwabi_sFQUgf_sB0NytD9pBH3-EzzSq2NKVqcx1pnM91ZM7OVWuai4Egxf_ogf2NqcybcHZdzjZ3eo3pmguTBSe/w640-h480/featherRIMG_2637.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Do you see one you can identify?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN_yvBoTQUQsyEYfL98Zw05a32ntQIQgSiOg29w4uw0WJ4AOnTO7jyoayNctySbHcDvHpep95ZFdtNt3xMLOkrDI7-l48ekfHuUKyL3MpdGQLij5fqPdztM_ru3rjy41Og_M7n45VfUaDEh_cKukPbVnjzWapP0Dy2iblxyQywEA_jO31Evyp0aNgQn9Cx/s800/collagefeathers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN_yvBoTQUQsyEYfL98Zw05a32ntQIQgSiOg29w4uw0WJ4AOnTO7jyoayNctySbHcDvHpep95ZFdtNt3xMLOkrDI7-l48ekfHuUKyL3MpdGQLij5fqPdztM_ru3rjy41Og_M7n45VfUaDEh_cKukPbVnjzWapP0Dy2iblxyQywEA_jO31Evyp0aNgQn9Cx/w640-h640/collagefeathers.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And then there are the fuzzies.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I had no idea what this was until I did an online search.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgICKi9Ey0fmdbl40JlOM6x3OSL43BtI5MxxKXZo4nkqevScMkpCluPXnEDl2rP_ZZXZ1s4R94UwAEFr4hJPwHUXyB2jmOIbfKE7oTtuON1wfP7xPh6dj6QiPPG0fYy0HCn3b3Mx2bh0cpBhYvZg_Xsnd4Rt0UlEHpbcVEqabS1RDaIXvlWnnFROc5nQ1tR/s640/monsterRIMG_2388.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgICKi9Ey0fmdbl40JlOM6x3OSL43BtI5MxxKXZo4nkqevScMkpCluPXnEDl2rP_ZZXZ1s4R94UwAEFr4hJPwHUXyB2jmOIbfKE7oTtuON1wfP7xPh6dj6QiPPG0fYy0HCn3b3Mx2bh0cpBhYvZg_Xsnd4Rt0UlEHpbcVEqabS1RDaIXvlWnnFROc5nQ1tR/w640-h640/monsterRIMG_2388.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Salt Marsh Tiger Moth</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi88-nV6_qL3XUw-vLRfy9BJdORTgk0emdTnQzFlx6cat1EvdGvks7HjdDUoihWUo1Nt-8XU_48wJ_i9c6V1WfZYMfrFF2x51Abo593HKtblWqSNjdTVSLYWay_qpkLmgrAkhZBby6fL7Jd4siv0hfDIFqH2O-484K-uWUphXrTj-AGosKn9j6iCPuCFqKz/s640/mRIMG_2387.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="474" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi88-nV6_qL3XUw-vLRfy9BJdORTgk0emdTnQzFlx6cat1EvdGvks7HjdDUoihWUo1Nt-8XU_48wJ_i9c6V1WfZYMfrFF2x51Abo593HKtblWqSNjdTVSLYWay_qpkLmgrAkhZBby6fL7Jd4siv0hfDIFqH2O-484K-uWUphXrTj-AGosKn9j6iCPuCFqKz/w474-h640/mRIMG_2387.jpg" width="474" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I found a good website for the ID <a href="https://www.thecaterpillarlab.org/spilosomina" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It's fun to spot caterpillars in the tall grasses too.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZQLwZ87FpemclNfDNy3-NCsm9JYigDAqTi1O5jgpwhXLpeq6uiWLbzSFXLWFIqH756aq7W_cpSvI0hGUeSOFqzZkhlZDd2uzdLU-KTysWvLSk9g8e87gIgsTvE7ZgQYsvVTOMU6yQu1RpmUmzYC7QWTwnBW0pWcGJtq22FJY29yzMJDZbonB-rnRzlNeW/s640/caterpRDSCN0801.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="634" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZQLwZ87FpemclNfDNy3-NCsm9JYigDAqTi1O5jgpwhXLpeq6uiWLbzSFXLWFIqH756aq7W_cpSvI0hGUeSOFqzZkhlZDd2uzdLU-KTysWvLSk9g8e87gIgsTvE7ZgQYsvVTOMU6yQu1RpmUmzYC7QWTwnBW0pWcGJtq22FJY29yzMJDZbonB-rnRzlNeW/w634-h640/caterpRDSCN0801.jpg" width="634" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Something just draws your eye to them.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD_lnRrGBWUmAeIQknbgK0CSDhKp-nG2opaKRmfAkI0LoZq2pM1I0Ln5ceHOKaWWZFQ-wcia-G3DxCVYkG7AUO9fEs6MCLXpzNYfah-bzQsGeAfX_Q-_6Gm_C6ALJF9Vrx2xI6igzb9ZK9uFyEsfx11JMcILneI9ZLYEBwxgOGvCbJKP5qAr_Nrf4RzPJx/s640/woolywormRIMG_2389.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD_lnRrGBWUmAeIQknbgK0CSDhKp-nG2opaKRmfAkI0LoZq2pM1I0Ln5ceHOKaWWZFQ-wcia-G3DxCVYkG7AUO9fEs6MCLXpzNYfah-bzQsGeAfX_Q-_6Gm_C6ALJF9Vrx2xI6igzb9ZK9uFyEsfx11JMcILneI9ZLYEBwxgOGvCbJKP5qAr_Nrf4RzPJx/w600-h640/woolywormRIMG_2389.jpg" width="600" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">How about these?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpEj6ppZGgP_dgRaNiuPbbT7p-FWbij5xqE5w41l0JYe7N_ZlBEzZbvyag4Ys8om3w8M7nn-498A4thNlgZrBk3RJKugH081qB-4I-ftGZv6yX-qY6j0Nule7RRL-D0x_UOq8aSSyYdi2XjO2KKjJP00qVnaVEZ9UDB717OFl4LkkL_i0NHFAioMQq7qq3/s640/woolyRIMG_2554.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpEj6ppZGgP_dgRaNiuPbbT7p-FWbij5xqE5w41l0JYe7N_ZlBEzZbvyag4Ys8om3w8M7nn-498A4thNlgZrBk3RJKugH081qB-4I-ftGZv6yX-qY6j0Nule7RRL-D0x_UOq8aSSyYdi2XjO2KKjJP00qVnaVEZ9UDB717OFl4LkkL_i0NHFAioMQq7qq3/w640-h480/woolyRIMG_2554.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Can you spot two of them?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtMTaRwaFI3Pqnh2ltPiyJKTixEd_4En-8U16ogmK1cAILWWOBWWBFKEKigtQ7-68MNbzuu9g7megsqUvuCLxy7yMCUTDek4czHgrxLlfYKm0t166-yGW11n62jb5wXSD5u0qhMmJ5CARLbhkZwoYoWzhuvZNQqR6x9gczDX0lTt7TVW4Z_T0WIP4dkSeS/s640/woolyRIMG_2555.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtMTaRwaFI3Pqnh2ltPiyJKTixEd_4En-8U16ogmK1cAILWWOBWWBFKEKigtQ7-68MNbzuu9g7megsqUvuCLxy7yMCUTDek4czHgrxLlfYKm0t166-yGW11n62jb5wXSD5u0qhMmJ5CARLbhkZwoYoWzhuvZNQqR6x9gczDX0lTt7TVW4Z_T0WIP4dkSeS/w640-h480/woolyRIMG_2555.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And just for fun, a titmouse flew towards me and I think I involuntarily took a pic! lol</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIM3IMEv4G1qewa7dAwKx7duyvGe6jkkIZGfymcmFQZlvFyJFaqKNBatC-mNAfyaKm6r0cIVq7ILtA02Ptvvq8sK4eux10RzYFl-lKQKgMtbfXNHjgBMp_3Je9P59E31cpyrYqUz45zRazkV_wUwp0n6RH8W4yetnBqZuaf2vq2MkPZKzete1HB7pmC4AH/s640/titmouseRIMG_2723.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIM3IMEv4G1qewa7dAwKx7duyvGe6jkkIZGfymcmFQZlvFyJFaqKNBatC-mNAfyaKm6r0cIVq7ILtA02Ptvvq8sK4eux10RzYFl-lKQKgMtbfXNHjgBMp_3Je9P59E31cpyrYqUz45zRazkV_wUwp0n6RH8W4yetnBqZuaf2vq2MkPZKzete1HB7pmC4AH/w640-h480/titmouseRIMG_2723.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It's a beautiful Fall in Florida, cooler temps and even some much needed rain showers.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Photos taken from Halpata Tastanaki Preserve and the Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>"Happy Hiking"</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I’m joining Saturday’s critters </span><a href="http://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> and Mosaic Monday <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/" style="color: #5588aa; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span><a href="https://lapaylor.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> </a><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div></div>~Lavender Dreamer~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06298191144517740164noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629366429583853135.post-84515262699240834782023-11-09T14:11:00.000-05:002023-11-09T14:11:56.352-05:00Halpata Tastanaki Preserve "What's new?"<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I had another post planned with some neat sightings from this past week's hiking but then I drove over to HTP and hiked from the Pruitt trailhead. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK6uBss28J1QxSNPXTg1PPbULsRwuYpX6OzWeoiKl6Zih2_NtaZ0505YyFq6pyDXR3fQB0C4Il25YJn4AWIM_kKhubXHXtxpfy-fu4cp9N5mfpDjXE7p3GTK8D431KlLLIC1i9NJ4-bI2-Fi-6dTOAkbwZmpZk-xtjrh8Nskl_T-eksp3pklBIJklYA_07/s640/flyRIMG_2512.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK6uBss28J1QxSNPXTg1PPbULsRwuYpX6OzWeoiKl6Zih2_NtaZ0505YyFq6pyDXR3fQB0C4Il25YJn4AWIM_kKhubXHXtxpfy-fu4cp9N5mfpDjXE7p3GTK8D431KlLLIC1i9NJ4-bI2-Fi-6dTOAkbwZmpZk-xtjrh8Nskl_T-eksp3pklBIJklYA_07/w640-h480/flyRIMG_2512.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Eastern Phoebe</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And I wanted to dedicate a post to this one hike. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh64d3JTl6tIZ3YipKr1AaA6GBokceyPWbv8UtGUC2cfZp28nk8hIoDAphvm0eBC9OMM94ePtbIQuuJwUTiyJDD9azOs7JI0LGyECnsWm_eWWMyksZzJgdwvJ9cJAVKPbxkCCh0gHw4qDC8dEiH3eauxzA7ZQN7UW38oedIW5dDuzEBwa2Aj0PRw49A-kFA/s640/signRIMG_2607.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh64d3JTl6tIZ3YipKr1AaA6GBokceyPWbv8UtGUC2cfZp28nk8hIoDAphvm0eBC9OMM94ePtbIQuuJwUTiyJDD9azOs7JI0LGyECnsWm_eWWMyksZzJgdwvJ9cJAVKPbxkCCh0gHw4qDC8dEiH3eauxzA7ZQN7UW38oedIW5dDuzEBwa2Aj0PRw49A-kFA/w640-h480/signRIMG_2607.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">A new 'bright blue' sign! WOW!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I still won't have space to share it all but I'll share some highlights.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFbb9LHnlNkfRXkWl5E9zJ5fvJPlCBvO_ZIyy0pjwNKFEZy8qbAbzxHEGmPW5RgtbmjciWSTlCUiO92tMHmbLhyPbAY9F5k594Y5GMTI4D4GbP67HRx7i7TrGaUWwyYGfPml2JYm1iyOVab1wFnE8EczpW5zkJCjGEvOKYFvzcOga036JT6sxuEl9ThtIF/s640/fritRIMG_2602.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFbb9LHnlNkfRXkWl5E9zJ5fvJPlCBvO_ZIyy0pjwNKFEZy8qbAbzxHEGmPW5RgtbmjciWSTlCUiO92tMHmbLhyPbAY9F5k594Y5GMTI4D4GbP67HRx7i7TrGaUWwyYGfPml2JYm1iyOVab1wFnE8EczpW5zkJCjGEvOKYFvzcOga036JT6sxuEl9ThtIF/w640-h480/fritRIMG_2602.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Gulf Frittilary </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And now are you ready for this?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZhMdcVTqiSvgsgRllbABGytuuVUywqmjdP-icePF_gTd6WaQhTnF2iL7y2lRx-NLZ0bfd7ocI-EBDSPZr6w7yOTOxZ2QJJdua_i8b0USnGxK-vdA_WuFGlSO7aNToW8aBRxZ0kHHJEA1_gJ5KimS7HWwuqsH3hKmJkELrpXQsxtvJMm-d6sscEZCjWtW/s640/qRIMG_2585.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZhMdcVTqiSvgsgRllbABGytuuVUywqmjdP-icePF_gTd6WaQhTnF2iL7y2lRx-NLZ0bfd7ocI-EBDSPZr6w7yOTOxZ2QJJdua_i8b0USnGxK-vdA_WuFGlSO7aNToW8aBRxZ0kHHJEA1_gJ5KimS7HWwuqsH3hKmJkELrpXQsxtvJMm-d6sscEZCjWtW/w640-h480/qRIMG_2585.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Queen Butterfly</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMwhynBJVcMabZOHS3Rz_6ldQRA9kO3lWk_hHzGWzcdI3NsmEwAB1kG9mKM1A1PIPXe4jF0gn04DFy-YqJ1KXpsBCvrFOqWxHLqMF6-19Q1jmarN_rc0V2MNDFZJNuB34Co_rONLOBYX20Lv47S0PJ8R3_EI-qdCt_oQ3csIdba6qKwycJTEZ0FI9Wszs/s640/qRIMG_2582.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMwhynBJVcMabZOHS3Rz_6ldQRA9kO3lWk_hHzGWzcdI3NsmEwAB1kG9mKM1A1PIPXe4jF0gn04DFy-YqJ1KXpsBCvrFOqWxHLqMF6-19Q1jmarN_rc0V2MNDFZJNuB34Co_rONLOBYX20Lv47S0PJ8R3_EI-qdCt_oQ3csIdba6qKwycJTEZ0FI9Wszs/w640-h480/qRIMG_2582.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It had some of the darkest and richest colors I've ever seen!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4znRphIgAfjbScgMwPvH8QhLXmrMVViPUvtEEbmjrP3w7ggtADMufcUy8VbWHS__2nV_isS01ulZDOEV1LxZnp4mnSOopE0o3__IlCq342w5nzg20yF_G35zGcDeQ5zQIqSz2EMB_aJ2O6L-jNyIMi4pVb86ixwRu0H7qfkZPbeyI11T_Ga1JH1oPf_6H/s640/qRIMG_2594.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4znRphIgAfjbScgMwPvH8QhLXmrMVViPUvtEEbmjrP3w7ggtADMufcUy8VbWHS__2nV_isS01ulZDOEV1LxZnp4mnSOopE0o3__IlCq342w5nzg20yF_G35zGcDeQ5zQIqSz2EMB_aJ2O6L-jNyIMi4pVb86ixwRu0H7qfkZPbeyI11T_Ga1JH1oPf_6H/w640-h480/qRIMG_2594.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Some views of the underside of the wings!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXi-adN8GLTXll6ZA431Kuxee3uIyhNULRp72_Tmz35B4cpIswcw4ai7m6rgFHUDhUzn8j0yqbjbxtdGcc9T9B0jHCbqQOfIAwNWwVgelDwtL97kwMkuMKXae4sdH3J5M5lzJ0-QuJUoOSfobgTiDScavy5LBqL5_NytBzLe5xNaWC-srwLjLF-En76Afm/s640/qRIMG_2596.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXi-adN8GLTXll6ZA431Kuxee3uIyhNULRp72_Tmz35B4cpIswcw4ai7m6rgFHUDhUzn8j0yqbjbxtdGcc9T9B0jHCbqQOfIAwNWwVgelDwtL97kwMkuMKXae4sdH3J5M5lzJ0-QuJUoOSfobgTiDScavy5LBqL5_NytBzLe5xNaWC-srwLjLF-En76Afm/w640-h480/qRIMG_2596.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It stayed in the same area...thank you very much!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-iIOtcRo6bOumuM7uhyrorXjGJQNmhS1OLInQfGQyjyL7aIPuu4HOnXEr8_LqzeXTOfe6aJYOCnWUVcofkobLv88f0B4aigDpwWGfEhr02CyJMtPEqoGcfZEJ92uOrV9QV3U8EGr72cvR5V6n9DgjnIL0iWaZWk3bofHqxcuS7whlQ1rfcm4awtnv6w6/s640/qRIMG_2598.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-iIOtcRo6bOumuM7uhyrorXjGJQNmhS1OLInQfGQyjyL7aIPuu4HOnXEr8_LqzeXTOfe6aJYOCnWUVcofkobLv88f0B4aigDpwWGfEhr02CyJMtPEqoGcfZEJ92uOrV9QV3U8EGr72cvR5V6n9DgjnIL0iWaZWk3bofHqxcuS7whlQ1rfcm4awtnv6w6/w640-h480/qRIMG_2598.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The weather is still mild here and there are lots of wildflowers and butterflies! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWxojcRqQwiT-AJTXZkmzeCVtIOPhUHHSHwRBWrQNMJUBz6XGID_Z-TaYgcd6td2cNLj1t2b3J6sZYfxPPkzo-ROGEWTBXCqUD-Fvd0MtLpopaJ0F16yMJBbaOvN27DhIKAd9WWnN70thGXH5oux8NfG8BcW6t0L3RaHDwh1oJiklbaCPJJToB-5lLxJbV/s800/collageb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWxojcRqQwiT-AJTXZkmzeCVtIOPhUHHSHwRBWrQNMJUBz6XGID_Z-TaYgcd6td2cNLj1t2b3J6sZYfxPPkzo-ROGEWTBXCqUD-Fvd0MtLpopaJ0F16yMJBbaOvN27DhIKAd9WWnN70thGXH5oux8NfG8BcW6t0L3RaHDwh1oJiklbaCPJJToB-5lLxJbV/w640-h640/collageb.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And now for an update on the honey bees swarming in a tree along the trail.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG0ErjmEJlIApBryBpHsA4KHhsFYxwUyeWEsMA1KDdv24cDznSYgeFd362Nh0qRcdaeTaX32x1F7u7peG7fJ_VUQr0Xce-YDIpD9mZAtlWc6BNqrYv01WDmF8JxPVFFCXjtJn2jBOLdXVCa77UQRIPQp6arnuY_2s2SoEG3O5Di5Fl0hu8jVwQonUXFebm/s640/honeybeeRIMG_2578.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG0ErjmEJlIApBryBpHsA4KHhsFYxwUyeWEsMA1KDdv24cDznSYgeFd362Nh0qRcdaeTaX32x1F7u7peG7fJ_VUQr0Xce-YDIpD9mZAtlWc6BNqrYv01WDmF8JxPVFFCXjtJn2jBOLdXVCa77UQRIPQp6arnuY_2s2SoEG3O5Di5Fl0hu8jVwQonUXFebm/w640-h480/honeybeeRIMG_2578.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">They usually send their scouts out to find a hollow tree or good place to build a hive.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwMzB8MLfDnfgI5KRkRMperGymqTrqvxW960coknALHoGlSdD1lKzdwDTeNNe01XBWl2Io1j6tEEWXVatJdjccMlC7dGbcPBUMwCSB85tfcQT51uReARLyEoOmCAvEcDYyTOjA-XXbYM6oe8EhofutaPuqk95CwiJZTUPOjKA8Jv-lvsSXHBYR2M_wU9uu/s640/hRIMG_2578.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwMzB8MLfDnfgI5KRkRMperGymqTrqvxW960coknALHoGlSdD1lKzdwDTeNNe01XBWl2Io1j6tEEWXVatJdjccMlC7dGbcPBUMwCSB85tfcQT51uReARLyEoOmCAvEcDYyTOjA-XXbYM6oe8EhofutaPuqk95CwiJZTUPOjKA8Jv-lvsSXHBYR2M_wU9uu/w640-h480/hRIMG_2578.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">But these are starting to build a hive right where they are so that was a surprise! There's an abundance of wildflowers in this area but it still seems like an odd place for a hive.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">So a hike that lasted less than 2 hours produced a lot of neat sightings and a LOT of photos!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkbZz63YGZVO9FBz7rYBZXsvmo1jK5VE32IVJE6qFVcA4bJJhVBLVdsi8U3yb6URq4dQWhyn_2DVA2eUzk2c3vJE886koJSEtkhbCLnLBm6xRteb7IXhM2xUd8rh6V1cXOMadqcF4BC5PRLqTV1aurH-_3dBE05S4mrqlDnOcOyRFwe1LKQpV1nVNNszxG/s640/queenRIMG_2590.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkbZz63YGZVO9FBz7rYBZXsvmo1jK5VE32IVJE6qFVcA4bJJhVBLVdsi8U3yb6URq4dQWhyn_2DVA2eUzk2c3vJE886koJSEtkhbCLnLBm6xRteb7IXhM2xUd8rh6V1cXOMadqcF4BC5PRLqTV1aurH-_3dBE05S4mrqlDnOcOyRFwe1LKQpV1nVNNszxG/w640-h480/queenRIMG_2590.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">When you hike, you always have something interesting to talk about.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Have you seen some amazing sights this week too?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I’m joining Saturday’s critters </span><a href="http://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> and Mosaic Monday <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/" style="color: #5588aa; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span><a href="https://lapaylor.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> </a><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div></div>~Lavender Dreamer~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06298191144517740164noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629366429583853135.post-31215599604320129582023-11-03T08:11:00.063-04:002023-11-03T09:25:05.825-04:00Oh Deer! The Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I don't know why but we have been seeing deer on most of our hikes this week.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoK-NfOztazNjCu4BFpWZpw6WaK3igeBZo-ZO90MDQyq_7CdsRY1xEp0twFDDxT0w2P99S9z9_D6dpBHVAv0FKNkIYKKjTKWexHLLQNMDnfk4gmvmOMGYIxhZyXke5psU8MrcR-gHiahrv9wbXbPYhInyRsRZbEAD9tb6Pyny-_srZqCdBSchH8QDid-Wm/s640/trailRIMG_2504.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoK-NfOztazNjCu4BFpWZpw6WaK3igeBZo-ZO90MDQyq_7CdsRY1xEp0twFDDxT0w2P99S9z9_D6dpBHVAv0FKNkIYKKjTKWexHLLQNMDnfk4gmvmOMGYIxhZyXke5psU8MrcR-gHiahrv9wbXbPYhInyRsRZbEAD9tb6Pyny-_srZqCdBSchH8QDid-Wm/w640-h480/trailRIMG_2504.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Some of our hikes are in the morning and others in the afternoon and we are taking different trails.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5rVD6w1EQGblQ-uQCJUhybb1tStVwy_cW7X3ek2Kjef0Jllymi__0EeVfRB8AUs5wwvOfy2CZ7Sx4cfHkp54aVtwjjPAByvF3vMutpDB2fisqLuRT41zqmmia2wpO3AjSNkyujXPkhfiRAJieyozqqezZqYS2dY8xR-6o8Q8kUR7K5roZQ7Z2-K5_L9DT/s640/deerRIMG_2939.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5rVD6w1EQGblQ-uQCJUhybb1tStVwy_cW7X3ek2Kjef0Jllymi__0EeVfRB8AUs5wwvOfy2CZ7Sx4cfHkp54aVtwjjPAByvF3vMutpDB2fisqLuRT41zqmmia2wpO3AjSNkyujXPkhfiRAJieyozqqezZqYS2dY8xR-6o8Q8kUR7K5roZQ7Z2-K5_L9DT/w640-h480/deerRIMG_2939.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">But it's a joy to see them.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPlz_99b3nnTLr_EERtNnr78PXm-uWh7OVoXu1n-fZYn2vrbJMaJb5BWHte2AlGYJtPYF52-YHO7kzbFBbKOLM7UZYaS2YchL_ogZ8-49jt3-Z-MyIEe41SMI38z6IxPfdKdUf79fB6tDEILkCeiMQ4OB7yl5Fse0tgXH0_cz0o4Fy0elZ5zKBCzoVGsLb/s640/deerRIMG_2945.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPlz_99b3nnTLr_EERtNnr78PXm-uWh7OVoXu1n-fZYn2vrbJMaJb5BWHte2AlGYJtPYF52-YHO7kzbFBbKOLM7UZYaS2YchL_ogZ8-49jt3-Z-MyIEe41SMI38z6IxPfdKdUf79fB6tDEILkCeiMQ4OB7yl5Fse0tgXH0_cz0o4Fy0elZ5zKBCzoVGsLb/w640-h480/deerRIMG_2945.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">These are along the Marjorie Carr Cross Florida Greenway so there is no hunting.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCmRZcq6WkrwTBaTrHrh3902628nbfB53QA226nGJ5UKtoxxkkuMoA8P7MOFK5wCSGiO1ft47zEn_gdb5sn6sv8YRHoQmbct9Kenc3dqUPTh1pLjbje483esged7ee-kGg7ylf79QbFbsP6oz_xb7pQ4XAmEWkERDg6UbFuR99WsEJ7PYxVnlfefresjYu/s640/deercropRIMG_2760.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCmRZcq6WkrwTBaTrHrh3902628nbfB53QA226nGJ5UKtoxxkkuMoA8P7MOFK5wCSGiO1ft47zEn_gdb5sn6sv8YRHoQmbct9Kenc3dqUPTh1pLjbje483esged7ee-kGg7ylf79QbFbsP6oz_xb7pQ4XAmEWkERDg6UbFuR99WsEJ7PYxVnlfefresjYu/w640-h480/deercropRIMG_2760.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">They get used to people hiking and bikes riding too.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I get a thrill spotting them in the forest.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMNQ-ijLub_P675MuYgiUkMmlk2v5bl89ED-myAfe3Bwr8_-6O1aFE60fa_5dWKqcTMYNVZ08QB-oRktAK8c4IlyFsVlusUenjn8MNbEdWzqh-pqi0RDgk5KxRmWnxdYE4xgSOtuZwrqgUTxjpk9w_6jjJ08rYXGr0cxRTysI21Yk6TsQPoDKQCXaUeUFG/s640/deerRIMG_2752.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMNQ-ijLub_P675MuYgiUkMmlk2v5bl89ED-myAfe3Bwr8_-6O1aFE60fa_5dWKqcTMYNVZ08QB-oRktAK8c4IlyFsVlusUenjn8MNbEdWzqh-pqi0RDgk5KxRmWnxdYE4xgSOtuZwrqgUTxjpk9w_6jjJ08rYXGr0cxRTysI21Yk6TsQPoDKQCXaUeUFG/w640-h480/deerRIMG_2752.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I love this young buck.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyzgN4C2CjCHxhgfNO7wtwL-5l8hR-uarhZOkC8s2-GU9vulH5OAA_1l7aRcyNeOq9V7Koxz3hTQTjtFwp_tVWAf7_DncnMbF0psuVyZ1x6zgupr1Lg_MJmJ2XTd7NJ227h05eDJ5HLGbJfsL35bPzkOHdlfQ5akPzPnWOzDlWC0MydKN8wClfsOyDPd1P/s640/deerRIMG_2755.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyzgN4C2CjCHxhgfNO7wtwL-5l8hR-uarhZOkC8s2-GU9vulH5OAA_1l7aRcyNeOq9V7Koxz3hTQTjtFwp_tVWAf7_DncnMbF0psuVyZ1x6zgupr1Lg_MJmJ2XTd7NJ227h05eDJ5HLGbJfsL35bPzkOHdlfQ5akPzPnWOzDlWC0MydKN8wClfsOyDPd1P/w640-h480/deerRIMG_2755.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">He has the smallest rack of antlers!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi9tPiuNX1LNVdbwi702h3aIH7Z02E16EyuLbqyze0xGsBhnSJLHSGX_b7imZIkg6EtYaudWeSBhLhwxnTLq6TS6Rau26ke71YTNAfsR2SjR2LCPl1ud2OEKLC_yhtoeLJ1PlbM-yn2BXBRYNZnk66DHfpzRofg434NJGnN-N9Qm-o3n420dqk3Yx-etfb/s640/deerRDSCN0867.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi9tPiuNX1LNVdbwi702h3aIH7Z02E16EyuLbqyze0xGsBhnSJLHSGX_b7imZIkg6EtYaudWeSBhLhwxnTLq6TS6Rau26ke71YTNAfsR2SjR2LCPl1ud2OEKLC_yhtoeLJ1PlbM-yn2BXBRYNZnk66DHfpzRofg434NJGnN-N9Qm-o3n420dqk3Yx-etfb/w640-h480/deerRDSCN0867.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">What a beautiful animal!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4BD8L-d7naqC9y-hkdXg1Xx5V0L7AQ8RH_FElJCqQObUBZF6hgsKzJXKoC-eTJAb18wc2349hgIQZv9qJvrM065zKo_aN7hqoz3lAyf9rfwKyE1BYd7KsXDY-GyMsQKuZ2CwBcgZ_gwcXkwEwXwasn6NYMhQX6m_rt-NEkKp59JGRn-QkKPzA8-0utWA0/s640/blueRIMG_2618.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4BD8L-d7naqC9y-hkdXg1Xx5V0L7AQ8RH_FElJCqQObUBZF6hgsKzJXKoC-eTJAb18wc2349hgIQZv9qJvrM065zKo_aN7hqoz3lAyf9rfwKyE1BYd7KsXDY-GyMsQKuZ2CwBcgZ_gwcXkwEwXwasn6NYMhQX6m_rt-NEkKp59JGRn-QkKPzA8-0utWA0/w640-h480/blueRIMG_2618.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And we are seeing Eastern Bluebirds every day.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAewaJVHwEOCJsNnQbVkGPI8tOgYW1Q8XWR5hNhHSq5EW8RZMQAZ3zPHxqDn5_DSuYV_TeWWgbGQXfRlIC-EQD5I9H8gVcUtFtNIncqMxFt1mVlZ-4HghRW_JVY7KBiQJnzaJP2ruJ1jCOc1KleTLZWa37A7uWjR8aP_vrVzg4SCEK55HtM61pURK6b9AQ/s640/blueRIMG_2620.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAewaJVHwEOCJsNnQbVkGPI8tOgYW1Q8XWR5hNhHSq5EW8RZMQAZ3zPHxqDn5_DSuYV_TeWWgbGQXfRlIC-EQD5I9H8gVcUtFtNIncqMxFt1mVlZ-4HghRW_JVY7KBiQJnzaJP2ruJ1jCOc1KleTLZWa37A7uWjR8aP_vrVzg4SCEK55HtM61pURK6b9AQ/w640-h480/blueRIMG_2620.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">This one was joined by a friend.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBKQ-K2aNWMJuNe4wnjw1AYgk4_B7wyjWljlddlLGQ9BTO4O2iZZhSD1UT-oFO7YzQnSU2RBWX4zUCPgIVo1eaHA9G7S-2e9NC3Pcef3vr4sKIyHZX3sAiwKT21Q92owonfumTRQhD5vaVyvAvAbB7st06AhMzjpbCjiqGVb3zJQo5YHn0Ha5aczI7Hl5O/s640/blueRIMG_2622.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBKQ-K2aNWMJuNe4wnjw1AYgk4_B7wyjWljlddlLGQ9BTO4O2iZZhSD1UT-oFO7YzQnSU2RBWX4zUCPgIVo1eaHA9G7S-2e9NC3Pcef3vr4sKIyHZX3sAiwKT21Q92owonfumTRQhD5vaVyvAvAbB7st06AhMzjpbCjiqGVb3zJQo5YHn0Ha5aczI7Hl5O/w640-h480/blueRIMG_2622.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The Bluebird didn't budge when a Warbler flew in.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi72ypUJ93OQ5dVYjOnO0rusbjZMRSr4Y4xSJalZRrCBzvt1vzNFCKFLTm-jNVQTOF7MhPVC2X75iClUryRjkwrX_d_qZlN-cbPFvqtbcbdjXRI74Z1c9ekViWxCVZM7VUyEEgMHBPNFSjy8m_q3Xw9IICpMpuKMHFimzb4w56HeT-ny3sQBKa7krelTWTx/s640/blueRIMG_2623.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi72ypUJ93OQ5dVYjOnO0rusbjZMRSr4Y4xSJalZRrCBzvt1vzNFCKFLTm-jNVQTOF7MhPVC2X75iClUryRjkwrX_d_qZlN-cbPFvqtbcbdjXRI74Z1c9ekViWxCVZM7VUyEEgMHBPNFSjy8m_q3Xw9IICpMpuKMHFimzb4w56HeT-ny3sQBKa7krelTWTx/w640-h480/blueRIMG_2623.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And they seemed content to share this old snag.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXH9d9OiN4Fg5toTDhDnD1aUUxrHX_WVUCNhbbBPmyaOHzFEBotN4w-e5OP8LsNBHNgHEBoGRR0FxkbkjEyrZKIQ9ouRkw9D63BR6QLfVdDPJk60EqCmMpAck5QK5xgyj7EdfB0WtCHP1ollJ4nSy2c-zIVKIbIT1D7a53zibIAcRk6XMLAtXjna-vlzUr/s800/collageflowers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXH9d9OiN4Fg5toTDhDnD1aUUxrHX_WVUCNhbbBPmyaOHzFEBotN4w-e5OP8LsNBHNgHEBoGRR0FxkbkjEyrZKIQ9ouRkw9D63BR6QLfVdDPJk60EqCmMpAck5QK5xgyj7EdfB0WtCHP1ollJ4nSy2c-zIVKIbIT1D7a53zibIAcRk6XMLAtXjna-vlzUr/w640-h640/collageflowers.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It's been perfect hiking weather this week. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">How's the weather at your house?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">For those concerned please click on the link <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/152062337981462/" target="_blank">HERE</a> to read the facebook page started by the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/152062337981462/" target="_blank">Greenway Guardians</a>. Duke Energy is proposing a project to build high voltage power lines through the Greenway. As you can imagine this would be disastrous to wildlife, birds and their habitat. Thanks to those fighting to preserve the Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I’m joining Saturday’s critters </span><a href="http://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> and Mosaic Monday <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/" style="color: #5588aa; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span><a href="https://lapaylor.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> </a><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div></div>~Lavender Dreamer~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06298191144517740164noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629366429583853135.post-25872842642829072422023-10-27T08:11:00.106-04:002023-10-27T08:36:33.557-04:00A Tree with Character<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> This was our turn around point in a hike we took at Halpata Tastanaki Preserve this week. (Pruitt trailhead)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8bKydOLEkmFKHcoGHJ9PfPM8vxlmjrCDDQDAJa3AE2hWS6V0LwKlMsA9ae98XcAV01Vx0zaCw_U3BKPRTSybBX1L5NtJPJO-WZ_xt8kDw6WoZ_xJndEqpZ5GKuXzH7g2_OYwFDDV9QdevCLRQvkK36ryHjSUfT8WAwIjjOsJGevF1nEEKS_Q-wrF7_yK/s640/treeRIMG_2844.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8bKydOLEkmFKHcoGHJ9PfPM8vxlmjrCDDQDAJa3AE2hWS6V0LwKlMsA9ae98XcAV01Vx0zaCw_U3BKPRTSybBX1L5NtJPJO-WZ_xt8kDw6WoZ_xJndEqpZ5GKuXzH7g2_OYwFDDV9QdevCLRQvkK36ryHjSUfT8WAwIjjOsJGevF1nEEKS_Q-wrF7_yK/w640-h480/treeRIMG_2844.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It was very hard to turn back because there are trails taking off in every direction and they all look inviting. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6QLe4xM3AnHQu8Xwqzrv1Nmwf-vglJeuRPC01Sex5kw5XVbMB3moYCg8tZAyK4I6782mN_C1GjNzA5fDBDVfOdxhhJTxfBAVLkDEwENpLmyiVCfzIXp_F-9LNeV0c8CbwCich4tMc0Bj4nMc9ynLWJbuY2ToZ4TuClW1ZAahJmHQGyDQlDGDP4UjtP1IX/s640/viewRIMG_2822.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6QLe4xM3AnHQu8Xwqzrv1Nmwf-vglJeuRPC01Sex5kw5XVbMB3moYCg8tZAyK4I6782mN_C1GjNzA5fDBDVfOdxhhJTxfBAVLkDEwENpLmyiVCfzIXp_F-9LNeV0c8CbwCich4tMc0Bj4nMc9ynLWJbuY2ToZ4TuClW1ZAahJmHQGyDQlDGDP4UjtP1IX/w640-h480/viewRIMG_2822.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">But we had been hiking for over an hour and had to be realistic. Our hike ended up taking 2 1/2 hours total and that's about our limit. I'm hoping there are leftovers in the 'fridge for dinner at this point! lol</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3bwQfJYNLpMWCBoXIwi1u-r3TxnrzFzi7-p7GBoAhBfrq1PqjETq8XDqMmcs4WuxDd9mJ8eaWDCnr9xxNxWk8EfFIVDbJVdsQL9IWURgTbpcDThHgrHuQXxQxAYEBgvPJlWyNQDndyK6LpbdZJCVM0Q_NLwRlm0G-iJmvSkX1ZNF89GH-NW3Gz3qAMtqY/s640/viewRIMG_2869.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3bwQfJYNLpMWCBoXIwi1u-r3TxnrzFzi7-p7GBoAhBfrq1PqjETq8XDqMmcs4WuxDd9mJ8eaWDCnr9xxNxWk8EfFIVDbJVdsQL9IWURgTbpcDThHgrHuQXxQxAYEBgvPJlWyNQDndyK6LpbdZJCVM0Q_NLwRlm0G-iJmvSkX1ZNF89GH-NW3Gz3qAMtqY/w640-h480/viewRIMG_2869.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We are hiking just about every other day now with the weather so perfect so I have a lot more photos to share.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I'll hit some of the highlights of this particular day.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I think the fall months are just as colorful as the Spring here in Florida.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVEMFx7IFS3JRuml6jQOitp90mzEMuhWxZosL47Nk_HZdrKwMM0N9KOFbQxiirSMVWZ_pQc3NOlAAJYsDCB6_gDCLEaPQnZ8EkaI9LdBbOGMjTFn-qNUyUUlIoGrFh-ytvJRRG28XxDT-n1O8uBPMbgDD6Rw1TM8HZcLdFT73xIvXMa0OzLTn6DRuaDfjG/s640/muhlyRIMG_2784.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVEMFx7IFS3JRuml6jQOitp90mzEMuhWxZosL47Nk_HZdrKwMM0N9KOFbQxiirSMVWZ_pQc3NOlAAJYsDCB6_gDCLEaPQnZ8EkaI9LdBbOGMjTFn-qNUyUUlIoGrFh-ytvJRRG28XxDT-n1O8uBPMbgDD6Rw1TM8HZcLdFT73xIvXMa0OzLTn6DRuaDfjG/w640-h480/muhlyRIMG_2784.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The pink muhly grass is simply gorgeous.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTHizY9SXUtghdNFYZKHQES02FDxccJfkFGAVbNxKnyXULh-1uB6eWFMexMB1DKOPHKgB8_2kgjDeK_Z7-Ppsw6IqgRb_qICI9UdjP2kW6If8GwsrBu-ik5XTUocq23S6GXweIuwOZs8W3b_0z4MzqQVCYg0ppK5eYO12F1feVuyu3BsHdfaTLEuUlYDNY/s640/brownRDSCN0917.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTHizY9SXUtghdNFYZKHQES02FDxccJfkFGAVbNxKnyXULh-1uB6eWFMexMB1DKOPHKgB8_2kgjDeK_Z7-Ppsw6IqgRb_qICI9UdjP2kW6If8GwsrBu-ik5XTUocq23S6GXweIuwOZs8W3b_0z4MzqQVCYg0ppK5eYO12F1feVuyu3BsHdfaTLEuUlYDNY/w640-h480/brownRDSCN0917.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And the brown eyed susans are in full bloom.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrNJOYBbCaAA9zDfKPVslgrxhCh3SrsacC2Wer80ybrDueTqDTCo6NUH-zFySGXYK7qJyz886KzSH8VjK_8o0NYt0lyteXQv4ppqSbRPToxwcw6yJ1GaJLhZek8DdtngwoF5YCIQ6WhH-ZVh6Cpav2tVJFF_9BhyckR6fViW-MjtMvwlwX8v-DMwcG0QCz/s640/viewRIMG_2814.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrNJOYBbCaAA9zDfKPVslgrxhCh3SrsacC2Wer80ybrDueTqDTCo6NUH-zFySGXYK7qJyz886KzSH8VjK_8o0NYt0lyteXQv4ppqSbRPToxwcw6yJ1GaJLhZek8DdtngwoF5YCIQ6WhH-ZVh6Cpav2tVJFF_9BhyckR6fViW-MjtMvwlwX8v-DMwcG0QCz/w640-h480/viewRIMG_2814.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">They spread out over the preserve with thousands of blooms.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3YNkeD2ZuaJCvFsfleZ6RSgYduePW6TcuOzxQ0Mo2znhsIKOUxlHE74abPLNNcT_wHkR_udZXEK4sxZTHxJ9tlQT06BH3GsUZhFuGWArDCSA8s2Dg5rV3ZccPtBZ491HA0S8bdfP1dHpnbm3rxmSCKay6RxVp4xZ0Exb0Hym5yq8P31693I1Qti0VCRFJ/s640/eagleRIMG_2878.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3YNkeD2ZuaJCvFsfleZ6RSgYduePW6TcuOzxQ0Mo2znhsIKOUxlHE74abPLNNcT_wHkR_udZXEK4sxZTHxJ9tlQT06BH3GsUZhFuGWArDCSA8s2Dg5rV3ZccPtBZ491HA0S8bdfP1dHpnbm3rxmSCKay6RxVp4xZ0Exb0Hym5yq8P31693I1Qti0VCRFJ/w640-h480/eagleRIMG_2878.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It was amazing to see a young Bald Eagle.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkIrobIu9wKo6Mq-DdU5P5r8uFDkC5SVBkh1YVO21St3Iw9DoAYt-ePpvtok0Azh3a17NjL-V0HfC9R1tGap0DmYd3CtfjdriTGu5xDUljSS8463dY0sRjSab8FHoTLiJmg54nW3L-O70DCOYkEf4ZLon2hxBx4bFmPODvRlClnR3GM04yo6Kjr1n1ERSX/s640/noRIMG_2836.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkIrobIu9wKo6Mq-DdU5P5r8uFDkC5SVBkh1YVO21St3Iw9DoAYt-ePpvtok0Azh3a17NjL-V0HfC9R1tGap0DmYd3CtfjdriTGu5xDUljSS8463dY0sRjSab8FHoTLiJmg54nW3L-O70DCOYkEf4ZLon2hxBx4bFmPODvRlClnR3GM04yo6Kjr1n1ERSX/w640-h480/noRIMG_2836.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> Northern Harrier</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyhyphenhypheniv_81hXmI5ipSMCZHSw0o_5iDu5rw6T8F1Op7XoivZTnkHTc8nT0W65zZeaEBIGSos_QykZUFvhpja3vzP29eecq0UHr3-1EemrSIWQeFuQA1gonQhUpM3Ntg_9k_4CULcBT-HlLLHb6nbjRfekTRVfcIeVrBOvvOV1gUsP5ztPIEgEkEJ-66OLT4a/s640/noRIMG_2856.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyhyphenhypheniv_81hXmI5ipSMCZHSw0o_5iDu5rw6T8F1Op7XoivZTnkHTc8nT0W65zZeaEBIGSos_QykZUFvhpja3vzP29eecq0UHr3-1EemrSIWQeFuQA1gonQhUpM3Ntg_9k_4CULcBT-HlLLHb6nbjRfekTRVfcIeVrBOvvOV1gUsP5ztPIEgEkEJ-66OLT4a/w640-h480/noRIMG_2856.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This Northern Harrier flew over us from time to time </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">and a Hawk tried to chase it away.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDjdg0q7MW0UWPs-4mEBXlHj_FaIZHnNJw_HyCdYvCB452Z39KWusd5l-pVtyGBKbyBl444hqExhlyAspgsPUVO20z5pkSl6V7UGc7OUvnnKobIo851fQGIKqmfHQPpXp5JfZb8W7xV4zjW-Pc9ltmQgGr7o-G78IO7N1vYeYQTV9AIISBRnOCkCG1TOWm/s640/hawknorthernRDSCN0934.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDjdg0q7MW0UWPs-4mEBXlHj_FaIZHnNJw_HyCdYvCB452Z39KWusd5l-pVtyGBKbyBl444hqExhlyAspgsPUVO20z5pkSl6V7UGc7OUvnnKobIo851fQGIKqmfHQPpXp5JfZb8W7xV4zjW-Pc9ltmQgGr7o-G78IO7N1vYeYQTV9AIISBRnOCkCG1TOWm/w640-h480/hawknorthernRDSCN0934.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> Thanks hubby for this amazing photo!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnyxc6VXjcjXgdNYZQoWgNVXYovxYhdOuXQpTK0-3gaLL4TlBwcNXas3brR6kVP98KKTlw0Nw8COREinJCqaAJJb-irJSBZ-ZpMcKjSLvu9oT4Iof4QTWOTf1jCW3arWS9fmlODsfiPSqBNcjBxDk0hRwYUEVi74vkG1OYtn_8_fCetUoIouTsrzcPada7/s640/kestrelRDSCN0896.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnyxc6VXjcjXgdNYZQoWgNVXYovxYhdOuXQpTK0-3gaLL4TlBwcNXas3brR6kVP98KKTlw0Nw8COREinJCqaAJJb-irJSBZ-ZpMcKjSLvu9oT4Iof4QTWOTf1jCW3arWS9fmlODsfiPSqBNcjBxDk0hRwYUEVi74vkG1OYtn_8_fCetUoIouTsrzcPada7/w640-h480/kestrelRDSCN0896.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We were surprised to see the American Kestrel, too.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2m7nmNXFihycGXiOCqPIOJUjtNPqVF4H5mEtM8f3CXhEeg7RW-CxeN4wpqXez0IpMT9F7-mh-NDythouM2PMzGIIn9BE38AFZT37K9eAAqaJBEjZUpZXhc2P3B3adqBfSgrv4Z6ooEnZkm_sm_ttV_J3wvheAD2CgN8LYsH-GIHtlkJDtnOBtxaTmOH8K/s640/eRDSCN0899.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2m7nmNXFihycGXiOCqPIOJUjtNPqVF4H5mEtM8f3CXhEeg7RW-CxeN4wpqXez0IpMT9F7-mh-NDythouM2PMzGIIn9BE38AFZT37K9eAAqaJBEjZUpZXhc2P3B3adqBfSgrv4Z6ooEnZkm_sm_ttV_J3wvheAD2CgN8LYsH-GIHtlkJDtnOBtxaTmOH8K/w640-h480/eRDSCN0899.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> Eastern Meadowlark.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF4tJ04uCH-ZDSIuoGucb3AumpJ27bM1sYsZoyEfNGGebRbgKfknK441MjWiJgw4GfXAz2HHz12rJ2R8ziWZLLQeD6skh08Kpfr5uP3R5wF0ilHqaQnfce0N9C-IL01-Nt5i662Oq_WzGeTvM27s73GmlhbTJ1gsjiRjNj9NTKNJ-mOZbHkGgKH04iFPQJ/s640/mockingRDSCN0908.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF4tJ04uCH-ZDSIuoGucb3AumpJ27bM1sYsZoyEfNGGebRbgKfknK441MjWiJgw4GfXAz2HHz12rJ2R8ziWZLLQeD6skh08Kpfr5uP3R5wF0ilHqaQnfce0N9C-IL01-Nt5i662Oq_WzGeTvM27s73GmlhbTJ1gsjiRjNj9NTKNJ-mOZbHkGgKH04iFPQJ/w640-h480/mockingRDSCN0908.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Mockingbird</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">So much to see and do right now. It's hard to stay indoors!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilfK11JI2b-899ihrYgZ8HJ_N8a9T5Niz6SMu9LmqBGgnTKjFXzuCw5O4xs3h7QDqg-l04Zs_165FIe5v02LLb6cCzu6auc7SC6ZpzO2Ja8RN_A9Wz72lEsyNHhHx1RpNRGx8-0hovJPTkalPaEVWHznV7sqaaldBHSYMhWaGgF6pQVmscWBaYsnCdycUF/s800/collagepink.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilfK11JI2b-899ihrYgZ8HJ_N8a9T5Niz6SMu9LmqBGgnTKjFXzuCw5O4xs3h7QDqg-l04Zs_165FIe5v02LLb6cCzu6auc7SC6ZpzO2Ja8RN_A9Wz72lEsyNHhHx1RpNRGx8-0hovJPTkalPaEVWHznV7sqaaldBHSYMhWaGgF6pQVmscWBaYsnCdycUF/w640-h640/collagepink.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Have you had a good week? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I hope you've had a chance to get outside and enjoy the beauty of Autumn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I’m joining Saturday’s critters </span><a href="http://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> and Mosaic Monday <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/" style="color: #5588aa; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span><a href="https://lapaylor.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> </a><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>~Lavender Dreamer~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06298191144517740164noreply@blogger.com47tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629366429583853135.post-64928883319254575022023-10-20T08:11:00.088-04:002023-10-20T08:37:20.335-04:00A Colorful Hike (with some colorful danger on the trail)<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> I headed over to the Shangri-la trailhead for a short hike. It was threatening rain so I knew I could park close to the trailhead and get back before I got wet.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgphzRooXQKA2UAk9V6rIlHb09XBbxI5gUrArt0VveCOHzufPIMIuAPHdGSjr01YlbbYrDTWRlQkMFvq4GCEDq0aWjFM1_bZ_MpzftT9yXr-bKa2efpQ_P5bK2rAN0rNbbqzTDMkRnMpPPVMDJ5MTd-rT0XoNZXcVPtLYsc2rPCAEcTB_EJ2lZH8xuoGBSS/s640/jeepRIMG_2705.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgphzRooXQKA2UAk9V6rIlHb09XBbxI5gUrArt0VveCOHzufPIMIuAPHdGSjr01YlbbYrDTWRlQkMFvq4GCEDq0aWjFM1_bZ_MpzftT9yXr-bKa2efpQ_P5bK2rAN0rNbbqzTDMkRnMpPPVMDJ5MTd-rT0XoNZXcVPtLYsc2rPCAEcTB_EJ2lZH8xuoGBSS/w640-h480/jeepRIMG_2705.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Well, the weather improved and I ended up hiking for about 1 1/2 hours which is ideal for me.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPXIT5cKDU3hlqH0bweCeWFfeVc4M6FT1cHlcu_K2dZcB7tuBFeJIl4uhs5Hrp7FbVeKWtcRPMtXEpN7YCopG8ndS7vtFdDuIIpUgxzvqSRtRozoQx87qbQLHTA8baF5qMXXz6OeXEplRRt_keFQxxwECuOhAYRWYod1GNmejSEY4IajW9AgvQuWZnVuqI/s640/raRIMG_2659.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPXIT5cKDU3hlqH0bweCeWFfeVc4M6FT1cHlcu_K2dZcB7tuBFeJIl4uhs5Hrp7FbVeKWtcRPMtXEpN7YCopG8ndS7vtFdDuIIpUgxzvqSRtRozoQx87qbQLHTA8baF5qMXXz6OeXEplRRt_keFQxxwECuOhAYRWYod1GNmejSEY4IajW9AgvQuWZnVuqI/w640-h480/raRIMG_2659.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">What drew me into the forest were the wildflowers.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyKmHjHMUON1dFB63u8wc7ssBd4earM0AbH5dzdjphnvIzaKCmH0zZpuwjMVeWw-dl7jUZXR_g1Mfmd6nRuoScBrfjfVns5uXF7p7ApTnnP42M_MVfooVcxZ9uvJqPEWy2EBQb3EwuxgA9RzqaCPbE4N3sG-jqLATK9iTP6jCg4ZzPX0lvKbET_d5JwFwI/s640/raRIMG_2662.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyKmHjHMUON1dFB63u8wc7ssBd4earM0AbH5dzdjphnvIzaKCmH0zZpuwjMVeWw-dl7jUZXR_g1Mfmd6nRuoScBrfjfVns5uXF7p7ApTnnP42M_MVfooVcxZ9uvJqPEWy2EBQb3EwuxgA9RzqaCPbE4N3sG-jqLATK9iTP6jCg4ZzPX0lvKbET_d5JwFwI/w640-h480/raRIMG_2662.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The Showy Rattlebox was in full bloom.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuFFowBOZ5Qbm_erL30YhoHLQh_jHwCCinN_9ufmFdZXLJmuid28Fe1xRy2kJseP9N5FkeIUcsYRtFTbv7LkJZi3yV0qjXuyD8apSPxioJNmQnJ9R7jbc3iBYlQWex3YGQOBo3-E15iGgudsvsqjvKsZbvHG1x44cdEP8NCV_a8nKkWspH9vP3sFhaL0X6/s640/raRIMG_2663.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuFFowBOZ5Qbm_erL30YhoHLQh_jHwCCinN_9ufmFdZXLJmuid28Fe1xRy2kJseP9N5FkeIUcsYRtFTbv7LkJZi3yV0qjXuyD8apSPxioJNmQnJ9R7jbc3iBYlQWex3YGQOBo3-E15iGgudsvsqjvKsZbvHG1x44cdEP8NCV_a8nKkWspH9vP3sFhaL0X6/w640-h480/raRIMG_2663.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">There were fields of these bright yellow flowers as far as the eye could see.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I've never seen so many at one place!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji5bzQT9gu8VzQ7zsi0X-qfoBorWItqFzVpRp7KTbDr82S_L4O1NTcrLYjnO6CUQm9qhVh-zQ6cwnBvnnUftBdztDxnCI4YUWnXJxqMo6zmZ0SGzC7qO2Wk1flAS9osXhmuHF-Wx-wsfpyUcPAGCsJNlfa20S-mBnZG-wfMAxMb1fISXstnwR2329auzdv/s640/rattleboxcloseRIMG_2653.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="541" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji5bzQT9gu8VzQ7zsi0X-qfoBorWItqFzVpRp7KTbDr82S_L4O1NTcrLYjnO6CUQm9qhVh-zQ6cwnBvnnUftBdztDxnCI4YUWnXJxqMo6zmZ0SGzC7qO2Wk1flAS9osXhmuHF-Wx-wsfpyUcPAGCsJNlfa20S-mBnZG-wfMAxMb1fISXstnwR2329auzdv/w542-h640/rattleboxcloseRIMG_2653.jpg" width="542" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Close up of the flower.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXByj5BSm4OlXB0YW0O-GNjDSG07zg4NOka5t1Xw_i8jQq4e3WLvvWu2hRfk_1NBU76CfZpy_a_AN6PXKtQ-CiETdpHdBtmNLHXyyCzSv8DIrDHZ91LlUohdR8yZO8z5InDejEdtD0MaqV8bR4UkJczZEJSZw-DGp49YV4I-B4QLib3Wo_w8_kNwLVJdTL/s640/rRIMG_2683.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXByj5BSm4OlXB0YW0O-GNjDSG07zg4NOka5t1Xw_i8jQq4e3WLvvWu2hRfk_1NBU76CfZpy_a_AN6PXKtQ-CiETdpHdBtmNLHXyyCzSv8DIrDHZ91LlUohdR8yZO8z5InDejEdtD0MaqV8bR4UkJczZEJSZw-DGp49YV4I-B4QLib3Wo_w8_kNwLVJdTL/w640-h480/rRIMG_2683.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">One more looking out into the forest!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPyKOdLwj054M200HlZuhgaeIptgTYtIYSYYygf-0uYK3Ij-ET9687DrjkeMR_OVI3JyZSxuUGOSjjrGrXjwJps5iJS8gFjl5kkqBT7q-syEgZSe0qYRwiP3mB50Lr20v-g_3MGOTUaH964ykBpFS1tQOS1S5RF1ruuEtpygidg_O3iTg7VM6Zt4GW5S7z/s640/cardinalRIMG_2502.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPyKOdLwj054M200HlZuhgaeIptgTYtIYSYYygf-0uYK3Ij-ET9687DrjkeMR_OVI3JyZSxuUGOSjjrGrXjwJps5iJS8gFjl5kkqBT7q-syEgZSe0qYRwiP3mB50Lr20v-g_3MGOTUaH964ykBpFS1tQOS1S5RF1ruuEtpygidg_O3iTg7VM6Zt4GW5S7z/w640-h480/cardinalRIMG_2502.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">A bright red Cardinal eating Sumac berries.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAMZQrjUU7pNUKqsvWQv5lZICr5vA7tZe-w6m7Qmmp0hdapfB0k4Jaq88UHpv6-8A0qqngsuktt3U9etXEHLOx3HevfCcCslYEDXwG6QaVUk2hABFlzipZP63IIf1gQnT3xd2JTfVdZbyRqubCjwzAdeG7papeFw-v2bh2DJxwNRHSFWrjbsK1WbZ4-nv8/s640/cardinalRIMG_2501.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAMZQrjUU7pNUKqsvWQv5lZICr5vA7tZe-w6m7Qmmp0hdapfB0k4Jaq88UHpv6-8A0qqngsuktt3U9etXEHLOx3HevfCcCslYEDXwG6QaVUk2hABFlzipZP63IIf1gQnT3xd2JTfVdZbyRqubCjwzAdeG7papeFw-v2bh2DJxwNRHSFWrjbsK1WbZ4-nv8/w640-h480/cardinalRIMG_2501.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">(if you look closely you can see that he has lost a berry!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It wasn't hot and the walking was easy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3iYSQ20dgoPcO6VAmbPZDf8bA88VJpM6g_x485H6-RcHWPUvZBFwfa9baxGt4bRDvTjI-b9I-n2CqG0JDf9l3TKvWU4vE0SnHC-8enIcyThyTtWOvmLxtgSGoE9qpvMJ3liT4i_tfuA44DQZdALxpy9y9QqPrKtfJW-LvYnuC5fS6dm0VDQ0epzX4iu2/s640/trailRIMG_2666.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3iYSQ20dgoPcO6VAmbPZDf8bA88VJpM6g_x485H6-RcHWPUvZBFwfa9baxGt4bRDvTjI-b9I-n2CqG0JDf9l3TKvWU4vE0SnHC-8enIcyThyTtWOvmLxtgSGoE9qpvMJ3liT4i_tfuA44DQZdALxpy9y9QqPrKtfJW-LvYnuC5fS6dm0VDQ0epzX4iu2/w640-h480/trailRIMG_2666.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">So I went a little farther down this trail than I had been before.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I finally had to make myself turn around and head back to the trailhead.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And just when I made my turn, I ran into this danger.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3fBpkzWOQwcHyPEF3cODSpya2ScnlHV2aJV7wg4UU712Ht46lWQfL9NpKydCPms17alWchX2Hpx7DSlKEYx77CvF-092HC_S2_dgEJAxInKIdLHPz6JjGUnvrlBLVhgaVWkMTIS0zJYNPW8J5WXCyWsJxsBCXQhV3MqGZkPSYyoBWPq9nqUjF6426iNAz/s640/coralRIMG_2691.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3fBpkzWOQwcHyPEF3cODSpya2ScnlHV2aJV7wg4UU712Ht46lWQfL9NpKydCPms17alWchX2Hpx7DSlKEYx77CvF-092HC_S2_dgEJAxInKIdLHPz6JjGUnvrlBLVhgaVWkMTIS0zJYNPW8J5WXCyWsJxsBCXQhV3MqGZkPSYyoBWPq9nqUjF6426iNAz/w640-h480/coralRIMG_2691.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Eastern Coral Snake</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">This Coral snake has the second strongest venom of any snake (Black Mamba has the most), so it is a bad snake to encounter on the trail. I gave it a wide berth and it turned and slithered off into the forest. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE2jlgbWFsBsfJP48K_laD17xQf_PfJdEHopvd8Qiz7-wr0ZYsgEIm4Xa2Z46xQ7KzFEcwBdEGybdv_XnTHbV6OMf3fvlxvMx6GF2Okto_Hhmd92m-0hdnMqRpYXv62t_5wFjDHsFPF_AXnKTm-QH4Imr-T7yUBtVuwPtNfnuewQQNtfhlnC8oB91OYPCr/s640/coralRIMG_2692.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE2jlgbWFsBsfJP48K_laD17xQf_PfJdEHopvd8Qiz7-wr0ZYsgEIm4Xa2Z46xQ7KzFEcwBdEGybdv_XnTHbV6OMf3fvlxvMx6GF2Okto_Hhmd92m-0hdnMqRpYXv62t_5wFjDHsFPF_AXnKTm-QH4Imr-T7yUBtVuwPtNfnuewQQNtfhlnC8oB91OYPCr/w640-h480/coralRIMG_2692.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It gave me quite a start when I spotted it and I'm glad it was in the open enough that I could see it from a distance.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">So that's some of the Fall color in Florida!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAY7yTXNVwo2sA7m-MJVWiqAZ7pcirfnBbRnAB1l4N6C_QlZqi3Y1rAhNohNbFb93E-wkesWcRImImKwRnqd3AIVZk5WSb2tfptqeP3wP-vsLADgpE_Y87eX0MrLUsAgfW0AUxL-RZ-iMCIkfRz3570fAqtZ7xeCot7gNxzS8au8aZLXZ7zfhZBpuMABkS/s800/collagerattle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAY7yTXNVwo2sA7m-MJVWiqAZ7pcirfnBbRnAB1l4N6C_QlZqi3Y1rAhNohNbFb93E-wkesWcRImImKwRnqd3AIVZk5WSb2tfptqeP3wP-vsLADgpE_Y87eX0MrLUsAgfW0AUxL-RZ-iMCIkfRz3570fAqtZ7xeCot7gNxzS8au8aZLXZ7zfhZBpuMABkS/w640-h640/collagerattle.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Some good....some not so good!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Do you have pretty Fall colors at your house?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I’m joining Saturday’s critters </span><a href="http://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> and Mosaic Monday <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/" style="color: #5588aa; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span><a href="https://lapaylor.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> </a><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>~Lavender Dreamer~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06298191144517740164noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629366429583853135.post-87309395623782502422023-10-13T08:11:00.082-04:002023-10-13T08:11:00.147-04:00When a Tortoise goes WILD!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> They shift into a high gear and meet you head on!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh07wVptY6BhFwb8JUq61oDgpXjJ1ehOA-YS922qis7i_Dsq_GOsLVwHCq3WvghxwT2yJIX8YfljWS3pDlHwM0eg6C40S07xpKMWAcaZuTotEM5L9nuYfo8KJBxgYC0ekAFUdESqk7xaDFSlYZ5DIKbjo9IyShgr9BOEc3PgY2DIc9J5XU5eANWJSZov0HG/s640/torRIMG_2441.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh07wVptY6BhFwb8JUq61oDgpXjJ1ehOA-YS922qis7i_Dsq_GOsLVwHCq3WvghxwT2yJIX8YfljWS3pDlHwM0eg6C40S07xpKMWAcaZuTotEM5L9nuYfo8KJBxgYC0ekAFUdESqk7xaDFSlYZ5DIKbjo9IyShgr9BOEc3PgY2DIc9J5XU5eANWJSZov0HG/w640-h480/torRIMG_2441.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">This was one of the funniest encounters I've had with a Gopher Tortoise!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB1xt0f6xTLbBUvCsizdCbLBrXNRCzWXHNf9ZUU7KD9NosjvKEAHRW5S5VlphRfq_HTJTP9nLi7DcGQgEC5uepnuAouTYNe2BBRYd73Au03GxaQBybiX1odrR5tBWxlIuHR_8psMSJ7Tp9nuBCVRx8flRi-ST2giJ3qLj61umNs3lYqDNPuxm4qxC5bDRt/s640/torRIMG_2440.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB1xt0f6xTLbBUvCsizdCbLBrXNRCzWXHNf9ZUU7KD9NosjvKEAHRW5S5VlphRfq_HTJTP9nLi7DcGQgEC5uepnuAouTYNe2BBRYd73Au03GxaQBybiX1odrR5tBWxlIuHR_8psMSJ7Tp9nuBCVRx8flRi-ST2giJ3qLj61umNs3lYqDNPuxm4qxC5bDRt/w640-h480/torRIMG_2440.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I was walking on the Florida Trails, on a wide trail that had recently been mowed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO2axtlB9mA2GxdNBsFyLxETLyqdEfYIXn01sIHGpiCndGAwYiX1qx30NnknVyoPFk4Db3GMjkRurz_l7pFQQGwr0gy7HxC7RinwKb0Gc2OT0tTD_jZxgHM37hobanTntGF4QHswSzMpbawzaE3QleHEwztNUvPbBeRuoh9TTdDP_izRvNKNr1mJ5CAHJp/s640/trailRIMG_2451.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO2axtlB9mA2GxdNBsFyLxETLyqdEfYIXn01sIHGpiCndGAwYiX1qx30NnknVyoPFk4Db3GMjkRurz_l7pFQQGwr0gy7HxC7RinwKb0Gc2OT0tTD_jZxgHM37hobanTntGF4QHswSzMpbawzaE3QleHEwztNUvPbBeRuoh9TTdDP_izRvNKNr1mJ5CAHJp/w640-h480/trailRIMG_2451.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">So I could see him headed my way at a high speed (for a tortoise)!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQCxJqgZHKvh2IeK0zNUCPr2WVuw6U-92xJbURgzPJ9rw8EzBaS6s_U3yBb6m-wPJyCM7UTKe9pH1IZhxzJpezZvBHfnP58t2_F2liIS-T-b1ODNTOQBfr0wsVhXlqj9uNDfNBlSpfENa1G1-FsUckHaVFK_-11MBCucAh2B66QUC6l_7NZUFiz8n0qhwY/s640/torRIMG_2446.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQCxJqgZHKvh2IeK0zNUCPr2WVuw6U-92xJbURgzPJ9rw8EzBaS6s_U3yBb6m-wPJyCM7UTKe9pH1IZhxzJpezZvBHfnP58t2_F2liIS-T-b1ODNTOQBfr0wsVhXlqj9uNDfNBlSpfENa1G1-FsUckHaVFK_-11MBCucAh2B66QUC6l_7NZUFiz8n0qhwY/w640-h480/torRIMG_2446.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And he did not waver! He could see me ahead but he would not yield.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVEtp-_r2Ryq4A_bKstKy77zsD7XBNYzPlpGdK4isKIAp1Ps-nw4FZEO35MKF-bN5nB_fhDL3eBm6HHxa_TfKOWNBAU9i-ACJBxVU00XWX_Q-TlgY7fJbyycX7kPfOXmZg5i_4Ts2AygdowcD_-bsoQgubp1evzXBA6xcUUf3u9UUC_SIbhGH_Kpsqxiix/s640/torRIMG_2448.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVEtp-_r2Ryq4A_bKstKy77zsD7XBNYzPlpGdK4isKIAp1Ps-nw4FZEO35MKF-bN5nB_fhDL3eBm6HHxa_TfKOWNBAU9i-ACJBxVU00XWX_Q-TlgY7fJbyycX7kPfOXmZg5i_4Ts2AygdowcD_-bsoQgubp1evzXBA6xcUUf3u9UUC_SIbhGH_Kpsqxiix/w640-h480/torRIMG_2448.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">So I stopped and moved over and I found out why. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihKhX09hDmhbuWMhaRvdHI9f2GOLYW0lforNwfVspjJhHohqNW5-hSYAlLnXnj70z0LzYJun03nmt5rPSgqM8Vn6CW6qHfdZFyXunag9QRWsEvYYQ0RC9peYFznchyQb4lIdVQ3TkjFdvhs3PY3i2m8ZiUecK05Uwo48ufby0pBq1O46NTDRElqDesTH7v/s640/torRIMG_2449.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihKhX09hDmhbuWMhaRvdHI9f2GOLYW0lforNwfVspjJhHohqNW5-hSYAlLnXnj70z0LzYJun03nmt5rPSgqM8Vn6CW6qHfdZFyXunag9QRWsEvYYQ0RC9peYFznchyQb4lIdVQ3TkjFdvhs3PY3i2m8ZiUecK05Uwo48ufby0pBq1O46NTDRElqDesTH7v/w640-h480/torRIMG_2449.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I was standing right next to his path into the tall weeds that probably led to his home.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT_lmKxUa3bAcXIsj9oOcJ7HLqZ0uK2PsBgf5ppD2xOjlJke6Fu_RYxgtHst8UsBAXCkUfFh8YmvrOVoCv_hMalfG08J560-GVBJkcFSdqcxUtqEAJCDVVrmJSh14z2Is_fHSx5yfPh2rKmfAwz0KeSlwy_GeLR3HBgR_1Q8QOgw6BxI1PCtDUaytHv0T4/s640/tortoiseRIMG_2442.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT_lmKxUa3bAcXIsj9oOcJ7HLqZ0uK2PsBgf5ppD2xOjlJke6Fu_RYxgtHst8UsBAXCkUfFh8YmvrOVoCv_hMalfG08J560-GVBJkcFSdqcxUtqEAJCDVVrmJSh14z2Is_fHSx5yfPh2rKmfAwz0KeSlwy_GeLR3HBgR_1Q8QOgw6BxI1PCtDUaytHv0T4/w640-h480/tortoiseRIMG_2442.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>He was on his way home and nothing would stop him....and he was smiling all the way!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I saw lots of amazing birds at the Pruitt trailhead.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4j0xLpUw_epzBd4Msn-DTMP9UF5Vwbpm1kdrL5TlqSr7h3Nozs-C-UKrW7DVf-oO7khyg6eEw7CY8KpcTQYis4q0QfDlwA8QvwuUQCFX_8GPjaFLPgX2fL6C7-ajYnWp-xLjkdEDIqbmJWA4z8Mw8l5U3q_PwnRntotQlcP8RKRwBDkyVd_jepRYOqt2y/s640/loggerRIMG_2471.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4j0xLpUw_epzBd4Msn-DTMP9UF5Vwbpm1kdrL5TlqSr7h3Nozs-C-UKrW7DVf-oO7khyg6eEw7CY8KpcTQYis4q0QfDlwA8QvwuUQCFX_8GPjaFLPgX2fL6C7-ajYnWp-xLjkdEDIqbmJWA4z8Mw8l5U3q_PwnRntotQlcP8RKRwBDkyVd_jepRYOqt2y/w640-h480/loggerRIMG_2471.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Loggerhead Shrike</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUFj526InfJR1_i0HhhxWn4FuqJyX4_HznKzTdanCzUwxdzNP3Je6YXXICEPHdr2z8rCusebzESmLMIdNUTaTCJxefro5EfScKrcSsObRAAkVP3VvbrLuPYJqBnoeVFkxDqRQGQExHLPJAhCplS91om60rTz5sggmrJaaaMO7rNS8Apn0E5Y5osfWnu91/s640/loggerRIMG_2473.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUFj526InfJR1_i0HhhxWn4FuqJyX4_HznKzTdanCzUwxdzNP3Je6YXXICEPHdr2z8rCusebzESmLMIdNUTaTCJxefro5EfScKrcSsObRAAkVP3VvbrLuPYJqBnoeVFkxDqRQGQExHLPJAhCplS91om60rTz5sggmrJaaaMO7rNS8Apn0E5Y5osfWnu91/w640-h480/loggerRIMG_2473.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It's always neat to see this beautiful bird and it perched close to the trail for a photo shoot.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFI1fGEzqtIcG2VZ-Dk_ZjRDd_SU6of1OcYFYNB-IKYaQ_U3DNG6K-oe3wE3s7rrA7MsldYhjR7bRowxc0_6OsXx3cyJI4KEcFhGhumCFD9qC0Of2kfXySHnSLgGAVYNTeTf3oOtY-MOnY__Ec49g4KZ43XQONpKGXPvUhx6JAFSyu0Uz5IzABPQEANk9e/s800/collageyellow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFI1fGEzqtIcG2VZ-Dk_ZjRDd_SU6of1OcYFYNB-IKYaQ_U3DNG6K-oe3wE3s7rrA7MsldYhjR7bRowxc0_6OsXx3cyJI4KEcFhGhumCFD9qC0Of2kfXySHnSLgGAVYNTeTf3oOtY-MOnY__Ec49g4KZ43XQONpKGXPvUhx6JAFSyu0Uz5IzABPQEANk9e/w640-h640/collageyellow.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The Black eyed Susans (or brown eyed) are in full bloom!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Do you have Fall wildflowers where you live? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I’m joining Saturday’s critters </span><a href="http://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> and Mosaic Monday <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/" style="color: #5588aa; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span><a href="https://lapaylor.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> </a><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>~Lavender Dreamer~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06298191144517740164noreply@blogger.com51tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629366429583853135.post-43803504332511530892023-10-06T08:11:00.045-04:002023-10-07T09:32:03.388-04:00Longspurred Mint is in bloom!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I hiked to the spot where I remembered seeing the Longspurred Mint in the past. It's easier to locate when it's in full bloom and it has gorgeous deep pink blooms right now!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD-n6LGk0ul7OiuV1C9GHqpkWmch3Aj4wR7vkTwl6ZubfiEP_VugQuOC42bFBujFHGDNCsMvJ_cb8l7jIkvP1i150zUCv5OUc66e7XEZJB0S6um_7LqOCPupI4sgJHUxaNUNkn2L06Q9HrFhq5I-RBKHN8Sam5Ubqn_wkOKGN-oNflkm3U_AY90YgdFfX5/s640/longidRIMG_2104.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD-n6LGk0ul7OiuV1C9GHqpkWmch3Aj4wR7vkTwl6ZubfiEP_VugQuOC42bFBujFHGDNCsMvJ_cb8l7jIkvP1i150zUCv5OUc66e7XEZJB0S6um_7LqOCPupI4sgJHUxaNUNkn2L06Q9HrFhq5I-RBKHN8Sam5Ubqn_wkOKGN-oNflkm3U_AY90YgdFfX5/w640-h480/longidRIMG_2104.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Longspurred Mint or Longspurred Balm is a rare species of flowering plant endemic to Florida. This flower is only found in Marion County and possibly Sumter County and there are only 15 known occurrences. It is a federally endangered species.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbXgu79Maal4FjBwhUYeiSNDM6g2VC3PIO7xJ3mxZLZhSixZyFR69lCmd2i2D379AKOjAMUHBH_Mfiv9CQlET801s8vMR9xb8PM_-B_8f4es0kfWywoEVXtIgt9FUUlXCmBfBl-duTeSneA6YTWqAXDzRSKns9yKwoYb5IMnO-S_U8-XWdk7Q_AdPSerCK/s640/lRIMG_2238.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbXgu79Maal4FjBwhUYeiSNDM6g2VC3PIO7xJ3mxZLZhSixZyFR69lCmd2i2D379AKOjAMUHBH_Mfiv9CQlET801s8vMR9xb8PM_-B_8f4es0kfWywoEVXtIgt9FUUlXCmBfBl-duTeSneA6YTWqAXDzRSKns9yKwoYb5IMnO-S_U8-XWdk7Q_AdPSerCK/w640-h480/lRIMG_2238.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I was excited to see several plants in a group that look healthy and in full bloom. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcKU-aQjWAACXtPMEZWc_4xonY2W8AfnM92qeriHZTTjGVMw2Q1gUs4R-Xb05FzFbglNqQqt3nSekQS5Mbtdi6NwU7FVmGegfzv-j5VJHWJtiXn3YqvKiIwARwJTVsZ-syBp7Q6yCfHuMqxB_RwENftI7iOLu38YKLilJcbM7wiXKgDiYx2bQu4hyphenhyphengkaK3/s640/lRIMG_2109.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="511" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcKU-aQjWAACXtPMEZWc_4xonY2W8AfnM92qeriHZTTjGVMw2Q1gUs4R-Xb05FzFbglNqQqt3nSekQS5Mbtdi6NwU7FVmGegfzv-j5VJHWJtiXn3YqvKiIwARwJTVsZ-syBp7Q6yCfHuMqxB_RwENftI7iOLu38YKLilJcbM7wiXKgDiYx2bQu4hyphenhyphengkaK3/w512-h640/lRIMG_2109.jpg" width="512" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">That really was the highlight of the week.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And although the Bluecurls aren't as rare, they are one of my favorite wildflowers.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiamDTPv6QFUICG4935nCCfioGz6MoEtUNhGzt1lkOi7sy-ZpgaCPYajMN_VuWXJjqFYYKiRMm66A281NZn86XNYKRIgRzlgZf2QVuwhyphenhyphen9nJVl2F05SI6-qb739D-gcdRCuQVr4hrsTYRXAP5XyjWNGJNheD0FzpubtHhiST0aLwgCJ_ohTC10SVtBFcQzH/s640/blueidRIMG_2119.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiamDTPv6QFUICG4935nCCfioGz6MoEtUNhGzt1lkOi7sy-ZpgaCPYajMN_VuWXJjqFYYKiRMm66A281NZn86XNYKRIgRzlgZf2QVuwhyphenhyphen9nJVl2F05SI6-qb739D-gcdRCuQVr4hrsTYRXAP5XyjWNGJNheD0FzpubtHhiST0aLwgCJ_ohTC10SVtBFcQzH/w640-h480/blueidRIMG_2119.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The bloom is tiny and resembles an orchid.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTXncFZmYaVeKKOILizk9Z5bqhgOthz3wummLqsZLx1N2Zzyc5JNsU11Xm_NX8JbwrqmRn76PPGFQVdZrlBABDhRsoaXG8Rco3gHoRt7mEripX_S1E3_Iz-b-gWB2pGvvWNSSJb3AMBssgPi07nqDAsOvu12Ql5yby8VNMN650R6N6PmfwqjWOyhF8Ohqv/s640/blueRIMG_2119.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTXncFZmYaVeKKOILizk9Z5bqhgOthz3wummLqsZLx1N2Zzyc5JNsU11Xm_NX8JbwrqmRn76PPGFQVdZrlBABDhRsoaXG8Rco3gHoRt7mEripX_S1E3_Iz-b-gWB2pGvvWNSSJb3AMBssgPi07nqDAsOvu12Ql5yby8VNMN650R6N6PmfwqjWOyhF8Ohqv/w640-h480/blueRIMG_2119.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It's in full bloom now too.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitRC9iXDlGnAd6q9zUgLj_VnnBz3PpRVhF3hIoWFq42HMrC83brv05DPSpfx1zSSEOsfXHI7KPsj1heJApPqVrP_HyXga5-INy9sJKSQBQU9Kqk4XolAoRotvK-g4AF_jJGkyBmJZ5XL3jiI_dguay3SNJg0NNLG9d0p6Cv7i5Onp_7n58uXiA6rJO8KnH/s640/bluecurlsRIMG_2087.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitRC9iXDlGnAd6q9zUgLj_VnnBz3PpRVhF3hIoWFq42HMrC83brv05DPSpfx1zSSEOsfXHI7KPsj1heJApPqVrP_HyXga5-INy9sJKSQBQU9Kqk4XolAoRotvK-g4AF_jJGkyBmJZ5XL3jiI_dguay3SNJg0NNLG9d0p6Cv7i5Onp_7n58uXiA6rJO8KnH/w640-h480/bluecurlsRIMG_2087.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Wildflowers make the prettiest mosaics!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmBUoqxjRrJW6mzdV-hmzryNXJvg4o3QmoKV-OEqmgw4AnDzEldh9U_8wWDWIEbTH560dyr9tDAoRITtju6EXGj0L2I7NPDjRipMrW5BO72JlFcV9Cok0bBqQJn9iqvQ6PaE3zQbJqyqH7lclE3oW0TTkyvnv9B5ZxuE3kCIuhDrzUsTzxUkWrfsyuera/s800/collagelongs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmBUoqxjRrJW6mzdV-hmzryNXJvg4o3QmoKV-OEqmgw4AnDzEldh9U_8wWDWIEbTH560dyr9tDAoRITtju6EXGj0L2I7NPDjRipMrW5BO72JlFcV9Cok0bBqQJn9iqvQ6PaE3zQbJqyqH7lclE3oW0TTkyvnv9B5ZxuE3kCIuhDrzUsTzxUkWrfsyuera/w640-h640/collagelongs.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And now for my 'mystery bird'. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I took several photos of this beautiful little bird but when I got my ID book out, I wasn't sure what it was.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil5k8O4vBN9nKnrImNkYi6Uls0GxgAcb18XIbvve9Pp5HcSppMwyMjOAJkslmfzq6hEpm_XIDijcKjrDfWDQPXcsz9JWXYbBNq_LZSF-OEAw07iQUZGzUtaqmZSmWt_UDEVFj4sC0ebul61lXvx7yJkIiPvKMsjI-hen2VgEmYFFLGAf0CGMOyxu2YgIeS/s640/wRIMG_2033.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil5k8O4vBN9nKnrImNkYi6Uls0GxgAcb18XIbvve9Pp5HcSppMwyMjOAJkslmfzq6hEpm_XIDijcKjrDfWDQPXcsz9JWXYbBNq_LZSF-OEAw07iQUZGzUtaqmZSmWt_UDEVFj4sC0ebul61lXvx7yJkIiPvKMsjI-hen2VgEmYFFLGAf0CGMOyxu2YgIeS/w640-h480/wRIMG_2033.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I feel certain it's a Warbler but we see a nice variety of Warblers here and this one didn't look exactly like the ones we normally see. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieighjwL-0I5X5-o0KVfsSFzIXYphfeq6tsZ2CaeIDJBVuaoaHPsSzWHjRk1nRgCgJnsoJLHfi6nVYRvZwDgZxVem_FRsi7BycrQZT1bL46VGSfMfJ2yt_NYsa-GaYUlsiWG0eX4WTyBy1jRu8m11Asw0_bOrcIchoiOXTgLHJnOrVljn_a_EBnj-16IBF/s640/warblerRIMG_2032.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieighjwL-0I5X5-o0KVfsSFzIXYphfeq6tsZ2CaeIDJBVuaoaHPsSzWHjRk1nRgCgJnsoJLHfi6nVYRvZwDgZxVem_FRsi7BycrQZT1bL46VGSfMfJ2yt_NYsa-GaYUlsiWG0eX4WTyBy1jRu8m11Asw0_bOrcIchoiOXTgLHJnOrVljn_a_EBnj-16IBF/w640-h480/warblerRIMG_2032.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We probably see the Palm Warbler and Pine Warbler the most often.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZzBNoX8TWgj4LvHzOTJ6gc9IVFx53SEpBErcy9t0jUzDvHNYwhRlxnQSACvua927nFTX1NwxZPlpVQEB2_jrJBNMl5pyXUQR-Yvh6vat-jC_4ZEwT28JiSvSqXsfknnNH3IttsPIdAM0hsDFzBiF4NTMHC740TiDrGgHuGcvmVpNAN7txjfhXm4NAG2qM/s640/wRIMG_2035.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZzBNoX8TWgj4LvHzOTJ6gc9IVFx53SEpBErcy9t0jUzDvHNYwhRlxnQSACvua927nFTX1NwxZPlpVQEB2_jrJBNMl5pyXUQR-Yvh6vat-jC_4ZEwT28JiSvSqXsfknnNH3IttsPIdAM0hsDFzBiF4NTMHC740TiDrGgHuGcvmVpNAN7txjfhXm4NAG2qM/w640-h480/wRIMG_2035.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">If you can help, I'll add the ID and give you a shout out too!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> Thanks Jennifer...<a href="https://mymuskoka.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Reflections from Crumbly Acres</a>. I think it IS a Common Yellowthroat, female. I appreciate your help with the ID!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The weather here is gorgeous now! How's your weather?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I’m joining Saturday’s critters </span><a href="http://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> and Mosaic Monday <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/" style="color: #5588aa; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span><a href="https://lapaylor.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> </a><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>~Lavender Dreamer~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06298191144517740164noreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629366429583853135.post-51570282274849223012023-09-29T08:11:00.078-04:002023-09-29T08:11:00.151-04:00Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> Most of my hikes take place on the Greenway. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It's close to my house and there are several trailheads where I can park to start a hike. I'm over 100 hikes for this year!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4P2d-HuaDGh_D-h5Jdrt4u6AK3mY5Y1Iy6bcUkDwXT7k0U46hvraYgfe-OoI9wsX3UVSwaIoDoLT8iaxBga_DmQ8WoA_I2FSL7FQ_zM62hdhMaTF5QpXuzhz4y-jkdw8S0fG6HtTvp0aaTfwb-Rg7M5aqPkR3lPdgkopjQ7be0T8B5II79A0FUv1XMJ5Q/s640/pilRIMG_1911.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4P2d-HuaDGh_D-h5Jdrt4u6AK3mY5Y1Iy6bcUkDwXT7k0U46hvraYgfe-OoI9wsX3UVSwaIoDoLT8iaxBga_DmQ8WoA_I2FSL7FQ_zM62hdhMaTF5QpXuzhz4y-jkdw8S0fG6HtTvp0aaTfwb-Rg7M5aqPkR3lPdgkopjQ7be0T8B5II79A0FUv1XMJ5Q/w640-h480/pilRIMG_1911.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Pileated Woodpecker</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihNXafRorPsELizCpBB2mw96oFIacZHoYXhTXiKGQp9IJSbVmbxu70NfJlcOJ6mf6kZKNOiUriBXn3dNef93-b16yMJXii6oFH_hMJjQjTd6bm7vfBdABuaB2b-IYFFNzi1ocISWo9VmVlHKfN8C2St9AyJa39Tm3HU3QhC5wMP5595ItEacacfE_vioW0/s640/pilRIMG_1912.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihNXafRorPsELizCpBB2mw96oFIacZHoYXhTXiKGQp9IJSbVmbxu70NfJlcOJ6mf6kZKNOiUriBXn3dNef93-b16yMJXii6oFH_hMJjQjTd6bm7vfBdABuaB2b-IYFFNzi1ocISWo9VmVlHKfN8C2St9AyJa39Tm3HU3QhC5wMP5595ItEacacfE_vioW0/w640-h480/pilRIMG_1912.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I love these big noisy woodpeckers!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">There are 3 trailheads less than 5 miles from me so it's quick and easy to drive over for a hike on the paved trail or on the many primitive trails in the forest. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidksNEz-2pK5y33BuJgSwCmEmYVB49wve1EXtZLJZ-U5KfkQKs-3cTV1Cgk_iUeZCezEgon2hQKvLSqIT4Cv_KYRufTRTpMqTa4eGSGGWA5PjSVpES7ogvXKosVaIqfmIeuNoqSrzV3sU6wD95z-AHFVA36XHY6x5IHKAvUAoB9s7zoFIU5Y9m6TmZIs5v/s640/jeepRIMG_1769.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidksNEz-2pK5y33BuJgSwCmEmYVB49wve1EXtZLJZ-U5KfkQKs-3cTV1Cgk_iUeZCezEgon2hQKvLSqIT4Cv_KYRufTRTpMqTa4eGSGGWA5PjSVpES7ogvXKosVaIqfmIeuNoqSrzV3sU6wD95z-AHFVA36XHY6x5IHKAvUAoB9s7zoFIU5Y9m6TmZIs5v/w640-h480/jeepRIMG_1769.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And some of the trails have birds and critters that the other sections don't have. (or I don't see!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOvmzgt1nN4bD7KjFNNxDqvcDqct6Z-3CcDBv6mtTKjeLMyUGJsTgY-QefkICffoeJaewBxEbD58E7ioOE4mEKpy3DD0Bz_PeprHA_IMNDtRi6I57-ZqquKxlci5Lhf4cnx3ZHXIvIkNIjrPc-1BHlifXvrRfPkYOukpFi1Z3bgZdbsKGfN3K2JF2KR-3y/s640/trailRIMG_1883.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOvmzgt1nN4bD7KjFNNxDqvcDqct6Z-3CcDBv6mtTKjeLMyUGJsTgY-QefkICffoeJaewBxEbD58E7ioOE4mEKpy3DD0Bz_PeprHA_IMNDtRi6I57-ZqquKxlci5Lhf4cnx3ZHXIvIkNIjrPc-1BHlifXvrRfPkYOukpFi1Z3bgZdbsKGfN3K2JF2KR-3y/w640-h480/trailRIMG_1883.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">So I thought I would share some of the sights I've seen over the past couple of weeks of hiking the Greenway. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The weather has improved and I'm back to hiking just about every other day. It sure feels great!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAbQDyiNxV2GwY-v3hryvp_ipzubpo8TWWLbh8bOkIR0fEvNzHBolN93SqRAWd0J3hDmeB3AEEOrTES6XMYiiifmzDwS0eoDTpuylkKysPe6MsjNqEs8va0Mo0dZtNS3wbtP2l51b_TAy5qpBG3-sg6cmZyGcV12j5C1zfPeCuGgoKDHdsHEaGYXZdBX2W/s640/woodRIMG_1865.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="609" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAbQDyiNxV2GwY-v3hryvp_ipzubpo8TWWLbh8bOkIR0fEvNzHBolN93SqRAWd0J3hDmeB3AEEOrTES6XMYiiifmzDwS0eoDTpuylkKysPe6MsjNqEs8va0Mo0dZtNS3wbtP2l51b_TAy5qpBG3-sg6cmZyGcV12j5C1zfPeCuGgoKDHdsHEaGYXZdBX2W/w610-h640/woodRIMG_1865.jpg" width="610" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Red-bellied Woodpecker</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAqVGf21sNrb9IhHk7lwIMylV3pD5wgMh7fDWPY28mqEecGqU19QQ9F1S9Ibcg25VoZQ3tTRMfslenvYtRuoQooZudsYJ3nPz5YIzYfV8jCYlfucK8RdFH5hQolEohLndXa5bwta-TiNIlfMT4TRCJ-e9lx3HUqRD7YySId0QHi2MX6TYMJSqrUZIllOnd/s640/woodRIMG_1866.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="611" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAqVGf21sNrb9IhHk7lwIMylV3pD5wgMh7fDWPY28mqEecGqU19QQ9F1S9Ibcg25VoZQ3tTRMfslenvYtRuoQooZudsYJ3nPz5YIzYfV8jCYlfucK8RdFH5hQolEohLndXa5bwta-TiNIlfMT4TRCJ-e9lx3HUqRD7YySId0QHi2MX6TYMJSqrUZIllOnd/w612-h640/woodRIMG_1866.jpg" width="612" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Red-bellied Woodpecker juvenile</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mYyVVzI0snFDEUIdJezmLlT8Bmlggd9mv3JFpyfDV66hGHo75Y3SgwXsnJs8geLx7IOR5fvma2TK9QG5XVqZaEIYoCqq_yb2CDZHsjB0pQkERvFGF7aR1aSmjrpgDbOND7huhDD7CTe_FlIthhKPSCbOrgucAMyXdF6I26JAQp0ntRZLXup60tfZQBP4/s640/wRIMG_1746.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="579" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mYyVVzI0snFDEUIdJezmLlT8Bmlggd9mv3JFpyfDV66hGHo75Y3SgwXsnJs8geLx7IOR5fvma2TK9QG5XVqZaEIYoCqq_yb2CDZHsjB0pQkERvFGF7aR1aSmjrpgDbOND7huhDD7CTe_FlIthhKPSCbOrgucAMyXdF6I26JAQp0ntRZLXup60tfZQBP4/w580-h640/wRIMG_1746.jpg" width="580" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Downy Woodpecker</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_d8JwaKyU8c7XS-8nSBOzGbnuDETPxBW44epNL9MYQx0ObpOd3yylClQu-oHB2Jka_mG2BVke1tYlSw1C0jrwPOGBC8tPd_TO_UuvqZpju9IzUvlUuWO03fDxeec8X9O8OSh_2y61BLeHNN8jcRFTHa56eOj1dbp8UdEkx4JvlP-uUA2D6tEJ7FkiMmbn/s640/wRIMG_1747.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="579" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_d8JwaKyU8c7XS-8nSBOzGbnuDETPxBW44epNL9MYQx0ObpOd3yylClQu-oHB2Jka_mG2BVke1tYlSw1C0jrwPOGBC8tPd_TO_UuvqZpju9IzUvlUuWO03fDxeec8X9O8OSh_2y61BLeHNN8jcRFTHa56eOj1dbp8UdEkx4JvlP-uUA2D6tEJ7FkiMmbn/w580-h640/wRIMG_1747.jpg" width="580" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Downy Woodpecker (back)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBIb6iimk8AelMIrYx3vmX25Myul0o_HVa3ggRlNb4XWlyR4lgTNBXCBe8Gx7tS7jzcAXanUA_wFEZX6vbA1Ef67CwYLmWgEEY_sOxnWGY5Y1MKYa7Fh9GG8rGPAaPvXZ3qwpaw5oC3iWPU-uKeiBO6WAwJWXz9C51OHM0bUTd29tICDw5CVXtQmWVHzoE/s640/redRIMG_2055.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBIb6iimk8AelMIrYx3vmX25Myul0o_HVa3ggRlNb4XWlyR4lgTNBXCBe8Gx7tS7jzcAXanUA_wFEZX6vbA1Ef67CwYLmWgEEY_sOxnWGY5Y1MKYa7Fh9GG8rGPAaPvXZ3qwpaw5oC3iWPU-uKeiBO6WAwJWXz9C51OHM0bUTd29tICDw5CVXtQmWVHzoE/w640-h480/redRIMG_2055.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Red headed Woodpecker juvenile</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ryDU1qTL8dJoJGAZpoxWfGZWMa3MmmIndZ9k8clcSfDHAgJQcNEtKoZBcoCb2wLjixGUJdzG4e9vM-2Hb6SsdEq6GI6g6A8B1FEY8R68fJcJkpy9lZT62OgUjFzUv-idCPqKYIRGPrf7D5zYo6kikAIZUw5lJMvLEiBLRsjhuedn0dMwWyZ4h7M1od1_/s640/warblerRIMG_1726.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ryDU1qTL8dJoJGAZpoxWfGZWMa3MmmIndZ9k8clcSfDHAgJQcNEtKoZBcoCb2wLjixGUJdzG4e9vM-2Hb6SsdEq6GI6g6A8B1FEY8R68fJcJkpy9lZT62OgUjFzUv-idCPqKYIRGPrf7D5zYo6kikAIZUw5lJMvLEiBLRsjhuedn0dMwWyZ4h7M1od1_/w640-h480/warblerRIMG_1726.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Warbler (pine warbler I think)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And last but not least, Rufous-sided Towhees.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqQ-sgaq5UR_wealXuTeNsPBSBaTZCr_z_huQ7pQR4gX5Hf1_Z611hOMWVtfJqrrirar8eW2qA8boRd-6Yf630BNI1Yz2AGXzV8uOw8QARWO2sF_GIgzrw4jyWSfgskwSEtLxcDu0Oxwj-Ocxo9fw10nrLEm1AzjRmwjuoLgXErscyi4akVaVeoFZlKSFM/s640/rufusRIMG_2081.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqQ-sgaq5UR_wealXuTeNsPBSBaTZCr_z_huQ7pQR4gX5Hf1_Z611hOMWVtfJqrrirar8eW2qA8boRd-6Yf630BNI1Yz2AGXzV8uOw8QARWO2sF_GIgzrw4jyWSfgskwSEtLxcDu0Oxwj-Ocxo9fw10nrLEm1AzjRmwjuoLgXErscyi4akVaVeoFZlKSFM/w640-h480/rufusRIMG_2081.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Florida towhees have the pale eye!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I saw about 6 of these birds flitting around.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBac9f0w6sxt-HAAFEk8fIdmpE6RmyMxJQ1GDA9KXUwJuRHKSiIK4DXnI4KNZJJde4duF8gZh5T0UTIvFmUn09bYz_vG_dhWgcml8QFx_b7VYNLfqZErKrLUHcttjGWcz9OM_PnAsq3gvUTANJGKHPb1j9PjM2DQZQ6JGW1Ad5U29vqJjzQBly_ZD9uzO7/s640/rRIMG_2074.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBac9f0w6sxt-HAAFEk8fIdmpE6RmyMxJQ1GDA9KXUwJuRHKSiIK4DXnI4KNZJJde4duF8gZh5T0UTIvFmUn09bYz_vG_dhWgcml8QFx_b7VYNLfqZErKrLUHcttjGWcz9OM_PnAsq3gvUTANJGKHPb1j9PjM2DQZQ6JGW1Ad5U29vqJjzQBly_ZD9uzO7/w640-h480/rRIMG_2074.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">They were a family of Towhees!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I named this one Scruffy!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipJhRm1f4VumsH2vmrVWUzndVlexT07bvYlPkhN3xat1RDH4HAWOlb8C1gxNn0bsYKxVANJmHKBk6iE4hk6SqZZzt-RQp562BKEn8zj7PT5OuW0wTpkNiVIYC3ZkNd08FxjaLGf4FgW2CzOT_GCfuAOpGs8QJf_97lHOAWx0jjhI_C8mRFthhndVsEb8Fh/s640/rRIMG_2075.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipJhRm1f4VumsH2vmrVWUzndVlexT07bvYlPkhN3xat1RDH4HAWOlb8C1gxNn0bsYKxVANJmHKBk6iE4hk6SqZZzt-RQp562BKEn8zj7PT5OuW0wTpkNiVIYC3ZkNd08FxjaLGf4FgW2CzOT_GCfuAOpGs8QJf_97lHOAWx0jjhI_C8mRFthhndVsEb8Fh/w640-h480/rRIMG_2075.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We found a lot of these trails by going on the internet and searching and a few we found using google maps. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I hope you can find places close to your home to get out in nature. It's fun to do the research online!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZEQ0oRq3G-q2lPMqn1taOgKcJZhJPUyIILkPgz_aKXfFYkPpYmwovTfcEe7I6znW34_ZdOUCK57vFYXagFyKz_JoO1ojrb39Jaz9BQYy-FitWXrj8X6yYNAJm8Bks2stwyyixmxpwzNTfsDlwUAArTBzu9VGv2Pz3cG56yTEPeDe4mR3OHVbw8XpI-Y9/s800/collagewood.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZEQ0oRq3G-q2lPMqn1taOgKcJZhJPUyIILkPgz_aKXfFYkPpYmwovTfcEe7I6znW34_ZdOUCK57vFYXagFyKz_JoO1ojrb39Jaz9BQYy-FitWXrj8X6yYNAJm8Bks2stwyyixmxpwzNTfsDlwUAArTBzu9VGv2Pz3cG56yTEPeDe4mR3OHVbw8XpI-Y9/w640-h640/collagewood.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> It's a great time of the year to get outside.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Is it good hiking weather where you live too?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I’m joining Saturday’s critters </span><a href="http://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #ffddf4; color: #400058; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> and Mosaic Monday <a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/" style="color: #5588aa; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span><a href="https://lapaylor.blogspot.com/" style="color: #892d86; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> </a><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">!</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>~Lavender Dreamer~http://www.blogger.com/profile/06298191144517740164noreply@blogger.com45