Florida Flora and Fauna

Hi Everyone -

[I start today's blog with two corrections from last week. 1. I incorrectly identified the fish I caught as Bluefish. My father enlightened me that these were, in fact, Ladyfish. 2. We showed two pictures of birds and identified them as Coots. In fact, the black and white bird was a Coot, but the black bird with the red beak was a Moorhen. You may now return to your regularly scheduled blog.]

Not a whole lot new and exciting this week, but I will start with some of my pics from my daily stroll around Lake Carillon.

TODAY ONLY! Buy one alligator, get one FREE!

Usually the gators are by themselves. I think love may be in the air, because these two were hanging out again today.

Look at this pretty, blue-eyed Anhinga.

Saturday, we mainly worked around the house. We repotted 9 plants, got some new flowers, swept the deck, etc. Our plants are very happy here. This orchid has about 50 buds on it.

I also got a small Gardenia plant that smells amazing.

We liked it so much, Glenn went out and bought a Gardenia bush and some other flowers and made a new flower bed in the yard.

Overall, the place is shaping up pretty nice.

Sunday, we went to Kapok Park for a pretty morning stroll.

We attempted to go fishing again Sunday night off the causeway, but it was filled with drunken hillbillies, it was windy and cold, and there was nowhere to stand. We ended up fishing at Phillipe Park, but were attacked by noseeums, who despite being incredibly tiny, still bite. (The fish did not bite. Hence, we have no photos of this event.)

Anyway, that's about it. Except that I asked Glenn to have a new housekey for me and this is what he got me.

Best key ever! (MON-KEY)

Also, in case you had any doubt, Deuce seems to think he is a person.

Anyway, a relatively quiet but beautiful weekend here in the south. Hope you all are doing well!