The Wild Life

Hi Everyone and welcome to this week's blog -

The weekend got off to a inauspicious start - mostly due to the blonde dog misbehaving. (I know - it's hard to believe!)

1.) Mojo decided to pretend she was the "Hey, Kool-Aid" guy and just came barreling through our screen door, which I then had to repair in the 90+ degree heat. Deuce decided to help.

2.) Mojo caught a possum. There are no pictures of this, but rest-assured, we all had a chaotic and drama filled afternoon as I tried to keep the angry dying possum from biting the dogs or visa versa. Sadly, the possum ultimately did not fake his own death. No dogs or humans were injured.

Saturday was mostly spent doing work around the homestead. But, in the interest of doing something blog-worthy, on Sunday we headed to Boca Ciega Millennium Park in Seminole. The park is on the Great Florida Birding Trail, and in 2007, they had a major discovery of fossils there - including the bones of a Mammoth and a Giant Sloth.

They also have a big observation tower there, overlooking Boca Ciega Bay. Here are some pics from there.

There were also lots of tiny crabs.

As well as this guy. Not sure what kind of bird this is. Maybe a night heron?

Anyway, it was a very hot day, but we had a pretty walk before we got lost off a trail and Glenn got chased by a bee.

Hello there!

Blue heron

After this hike, we both went home and took a nap (and then walked the dogs, ugh!) and then headed back out. This time we went to St. Pete Beach. We haven't gone there since we moved and were happy to discover it is only a half hour drive, because it's one of my favorite beaches down here.

Love this pic!

So that's it for us this week. Things definitely improved after the possum incident. Hope you are all well!