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You just never know what you’ll see when you travel.
And sometimes you can’t tell WHAT in the WORLD you ARE seeing from a distance.
I thought it looked like a dog from a distance and when we got a little closer my hubby thought it looked like a bird.
No…it’s just a skull of some sort on top of a post on top of a mailbox.
But it had a fence in the background so I’m sharing the pics today
and joining Tex for Good Fences!
Enjoy your life wherever the road takes you!
She’s my newest addition to the lanai. I found her on Etsy in this sweet shop HERE! And she came to me all the way from…a few miles away! The lady that made her lives here in Florida too! So that was FUN! She’s new on Etsy so be sure and make her feel welcome by saving her shop in your favs!
Wee Wiffle is definitely dressed for the HOT weather here but she didn’t want to stand up all the time so I put her in a crochet basket of seashells.
She likes that even better…reminds her of the beach!
And my son and his family went on an adventure to Iceland and saw all kinds of amazing sights, including puffins (real puffins)! This one flew all the way from Iceland to Florida! How amazing is that?
I hope you’ll visit JoAnn today! She’s showing off her cute dolls HERE!
Don’t forget to
Take Time to PLAY!!!
Traveling the backroads has it’s rewards.
Imagine our surprise when we passed this beautiful church one day.
And yes…we passed it! We were on our way somewhere else and decided to come back when we had time to take a few photos.
The sky was a pale blue with puffy white clouds and the church couldn’t have been more beautiful.
It is the St. John’s Methodist Church established in 1852.
And if that wasn’t enough!
Look at the tiny replica out in this grassy area.
AMAZING!
What a blessing!
I’m joining Judith from the Lavender Cottage for
Mosaic Monday HERE! Thanks Judith!
Driving down the dirt road in Goethe State Forest gave us an opportunity to see all kinds of critters.
(there’s a turkey in the pic if you look close)
It was WAY off the beaten path!
And when a turkey made a turn off ‘his path’ right in front of our car, he decided to FLY!
He looked so funny walking or waddling as fast as he could before he took flight. (I was lucky to get one photo in flight)
Then when we came around another bend we spotted trees FILLED with birds. We had no idea what they were until we could come home and get the bird books out to ID them.
We’ve decided they are Tree Swallows and there were 100s or 1,000s of them in the trees and in the sky!
I stood under the tree and looked straight up to get some of the photos! What a sight!
So that was part of our adventure last weekend!
Florida is the home to so many different birds!
I’m joining Saturday’s critters HERE
and I’d Rather B Birdin’.
We took a hike…the shortest hike of the year!
(and no, I won’t count it!)
It was short drive down a dirt road and a short hike to the end of a boardwalk.
And the bugs were biting! We hiked in ‘double time’, took a few photos and raced back to the car.
We had a natural repellant on but these were ‘swamp insects’ and they were out for blood!
So what did we see?
The Goethe Giant!
Florida’s seventh largest Cypress tree, an estimated 907 years old, measuring 28.5 feet in circumference and 87.5 feet tall.
AMAZING!!!
And well worth the quick hike!
More Info on Big Cypress trail is HERE.
I'm joining Tex for Good Fences!
It’s been SO nice to have my sewing room in good order again! And when I was organizing, I came across a ‘few’ unfinished projects. I’ve been inspired by my blog friend Sandra from farm girl sam lately! She’s been busy finishing up all kinds of projects. (and reading good books too!)
This bear was stuck in a drawer…armless and legless. He’s still faceless but at least now he can sit on a shelf.
Or hang out with other bears in the sewing room.
I’ve made quite a few over the years.
I even made up my own pattern for this one. Really! I made it up!
I wonder if eyes and a nose….a ribbon or bow…or something to wear would help?
That will have to wait for another day! haha! After all, I DO still see a Raggedy Andy with a missing arm on the work bench.
I hope you’ll visit JoAnn today! She’s showing off her cute dolls HERE!
Anyone else joining us today?
Don’t forget to
Take Time to PLAY!!!
We had a really fun Father’s Day. We packed a picnic lunch, some snacks and lots of water and drove to parts unknown. Well…unknown to us!
And at the end of the day, we stopped in Dunnellon at The Pizza Joint for a ‘pizza to go’! (I found their Facebook page HERE)
We had read about this place on the internet and couldn’t wait to try it.
Wood fired pizza! OH MY!
They are incredible and will make it hard to eat an ordinary pizza again!
Luckily, they are not too far from where we live and a beautiful drive to get there.
So I’m sure we’ll be back! (ours is going in..half veggie and half meat lovers for Papa)
peppers growing in a pot by the door
It’s a good thing we took a photo of it in the back of the car because when we got home, all ‘picture taking’ was forgotten! There’s nothing like driving home with the wonderful smell of a pizza in the car to make your mouth water!
So it was the perfect ending to a perfect day.
Have you ever eaten a wood fired pizza?
I stood in my courtyard and watched this big beautiful Pileated Woodpecker the other day.
He seems to have found something good to eat at the base of the tree.
You just never know what might be under a leaf or two! Peck Peck!!!
But then there might be something better up in the tree.
Is it worth it to make the climb?
Looks like a lot of effort!
Maybe it would be more fun to play a round of golf!
I’m joining Saturday’s critters HERE
and I’d Rather B Birdin’.
Have fun and enjoy your weekend!
(Have you noticed how many ‘talking birds’ there are here in Florida?)
