The Paynes Prairie Ecopassage Picture credit: Ebyabe This week was our trip up to Gainesville for my latest Skin cancer check up. It was, as always, a great journey as it goes through the most beautiful part of Central Florida. My check up went well, no more new melanomas, only two minor things and I was sent off until end of November. […]
Our baby Ishi, so far, the only child of our sweet Harriet Not wishing to put you all to sleep or bore you yesterday with a excruciatingly long post, I decided to split it in half, this then, is part two. All the news today is not bad, some of it is actually wonderful. […]
Royal Terns on Passage Key Wildlife Refuge in Florida Picture credit: USFWS When this came on our Noon News yesterday, at first I thought that it must be a joke, but as it turned out, it was quite the opposite. A Florida Wildlife Refuge on the Gulf Coast near Tampa, called Passage Key, with a resident population of rare Native birds […]
A Least Tern parent feeding its chick near St. Augustine, Florida. Picture credit: Craig O’Neal For this upcoming Memorial Day weekend holiday, Florida Audubon is advising and warning the public to be aware of the plethora of bird life that will be on our many Beaches. This weekend kicks off the Summer Beach Season here and there will […]
Dusan Krtolica, Serbian artist extraordinaire Picture credit: Dusan Krtolica A very kind fellow Hoosier just sent me a link to a story about one of the most gifted young artists that I have ever seen. Thank you Mosdao for this information, it was absolutely awesome. And here are all of the details about the incredible […]
A small example, (not actual) of the many kinds of animals that this Wildlife Hospital rehabilitates every year. An owl, a hatchling turtle, a fawn and a gopher tortoise – (Our resident tortoise Harriet) Picture credits: Baby turtle – Manuel Heinrich OK, who doesn’t love a baby shower? But for this one, you can leave […]
A bee performing the miracle that keeps the whole world running~ Picture credit: Bob Peterson/ Jacopo Werther If like us, Spring at your house means working in your garden and/or your yard, here are some things that you may wish to consider before you begin. In my email this morning was a new round of pleading from one of my favorite […]
Picture credit: Walkingfox You know the old saying, “when God closes one door, he opens another?” After the fighting, the endless, wasted phone calls, the many days of ugliness and pain, connected to our Forest and the constant logging trucks full of pine trees going up our road, I was exhausted, defeated and depressed. It had all been […]
One of our spectacular Longleaf Pine Trees and the obviously ignored weight limit sign on our road As most of you know, passion comes easily when it concerns watching over Florida’s Wild things for me and patience does not visit me very often. Well, for the past week to ten days, my patience has been pushed to the limit and […]
A Baby Burrowing Owl Picture credit: Adamantios It’s spring in Florida and the babies are just bustin’ out all over. There are celebrations everywhere here, with so many places to go and join in on the excitement and have fun in the beautiful Florida sunshine! Florida is without a doubt, home to some of the […]
The Paul Kroegel Memorial in Sebastian, Florida Picture credit: Ebyabe Like many of you, I am sure, my Ancestors came to America from so many places. One of them was my Grandfather who was from Prussia, a place that no longer exists and is now called Germany. At home, he primarily spoke in German to […]
A Florida Snail Kite and Wood Stork Picture Credits: FFWS & Steve Hillebrand FWS May we all share a prayer on this ” World Aids Day.” Although this is meant to be a “Good News” Sunday story, it comes with an itsy, bitsy, but…… It was just announced that a long time, […]
On Left: A beautiful Brown Pelican On Right: A gorgeous Bald Eagle Picture Credits: On L: SFWMD and On R: Keta Design It’s “ feel good Sunday ” and the story today is one that makes me personally, deliriously happy. When I was in College a professor once told the class that 99% […]
Just a few of the Wonderful Wild Inhabitors of Florida~ Butterfly images: Miami Blue – Wisnieski FWC Schaus Swallowtail – Dr. Emmel UF. Bird images: SFWMD.GOV L to R: Brown Pelican, Little Blue Heron, Great Blue Heron. Received these in my email this morning and wanted to share them, just in case […]
A bottlenose dolphin in Florida waters Picture credit: NOAA On our news this morning was a brief story about the suspected cause of all the recent bottlenose dolphin deaths along the Atlantic Coast, including our own Indian River Lagoon. The conclusion reached and reported, was that the dolphins had possibly contracted a virus. Although, […]
A bottlenose dolphin in the Banana River The Indian River Lagoon Picture credit: NASA Picture credit: USFWS When most people think of Florida, the first image that comes to mind, may be our crystal clear or turquoise water, followed closely behind by our glorious wildlife. But, that beautiful image is in grave danger of becoming only […]
Our Mimosa Tree with a Brown Swallowtail If you are like me, you love to spend the summer outside, planting and spoiling your yard and/or your gardens and taking great delight in the myriad of colorful things that come to enjoy them with you~ As you can imagine, Florida, being a tropical paradise, has as many gorgeous plants, […]
Plastic trash on the Beach in Hawaii Picture credit: NOAA I have been wanting to address this Issue for months and with this announcement today, it is now time. The city of Los Angeles, my home for over 30 years, who is continually at the forefront and frequently a leader in cutting edge everything, has just […]
Our beloved Green treefrog (see her white stripe, this is a little girl~ It is Sunday and so as usual I am doing our Blogs. But as I sit here trying hard to concentrate, think it may be impossible. The frogs and birds are making so much noise, it is hard to think. What I really want to do […]
One of our Florida green treefrogs So there you are, thinking, not another ” special day. ” I don’t even get a day off of work for it, so why should I care? But you should care, do you know why? In our lifetime, hundreds of species have already become extinct and they are going away at such an […]
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