Florida Flipper

This dolphin was cruising the beach at Vilano when I was there.

Telling a Story With Tile

I went to the beach at Villano when I visited our son and daughter-in-law in St. Augustine. I have admired this large tile mural at the bath house before and want to share it here.

Here are some of the details in this mural.

Baby sea turtles, a sea star and shells.

Peeps running around and being chased by the waves.

Brown pelicans, gliding just above the water.

Minnows in the shallows.

Colorful kites above a surfer riding the waves.

A sea turtle that nests here.

A man with a cast net.

The surrounding sidewalks are beautifully paved with blue and green pavers that appear to contain bits of glass, reminiscent of the beach glass you sometimes find. Lovely!

The Bounty Continues

When we returned from our Ohio trip of four days, we went straight to the garden the next morning. We filled this large basket with produce.

Happy Pepper Bush

Every once in a while, you  come across a plant that is just a happy plant. We bought this banana pepper plant as a little guy, but it has given us more peppers than several combined--and the peppers are all good sized and tasty, too.

Tiny Green Anole

This little guy was on the screen  porch on the inside. 

It hopped onto the fern. Tiny, tiny!

I spotted it a week later and it had grown some but it is still tiny---and fast! I still haven't caught it!

"What anole? There's no anole here! Just part of the red passion vine!"

A Few Fireworks From the Fourth

B and I went to my hometown for the Fourth this year. Thunder on the Ridge is the largest fireworks display in Polk county and it takes place just across the lake from the house of my childhood. Somehow, we had never been there for the celebration before. Probably because (1) it is safer not to travel on the holidays, and (2) there are family birthdays in both late June and late July to be together for.

At any rate, it was fairly spectacular and here are a few of my efforts to capture the moments.

Smaller fireworks shot up from the beach are reflecting off the lake.

What makes the one below unique is the palm tree that was in my way. Doesn't it look like the whole top is ablaze?

Mailbox Monday: Cheerful, Sunny Day

There are tiny dogs painted on each side of this mailbox.