Cat Proofing

Pip finally forced us to do something to contain him after breaking out for the third time. I ended up installing lattice all the way around the porch. After a first pass, he tore down one of the sections and I had to reinforce with additional screws. We'll see if this last fix works.

Colorful Evening

Caught some beautiful light the other night in the tidal ponds near the beach.

Miracle on Island Pines

Here it is, a picture of sunrise over Ft Myers Beach. I must have been sleepwalking or something as I normally get up at around 9:00. I'm reminded of what a cruise ship captain once said when he was trying to get rid of people early in the morning: "Watch the sunset; it's the same".

Very good advice.

Test Document for Blog

Ready for Summer (Already)

So, here is the final stage of summer dress for the laughing gull. Soon most of these will look like this.

More Birds

Surprise, Surprise, I've been out with my camera chasing birds. The first two shots show just how delicate egrets really are. The gull is here because as you can see, he is switching to his summer look. In the winter they have white heads and in the summer, black. If you can figure out why, you're smarter than I am.

Weather Report

I heard something new on the local weather report last night. He showed a satellite view of Florida and had drawn an arrow to the nearest cloud ------- 430 miles away! Now that's a high pressure center. Anyway, here's my picture of the same phenomenon. No clouds, nohow, noplace, no time.......