We're both vaccinated with Moderna!

We're in Florida!

We're hoping for a spring of renewed sociability!

March 26 is a big day for me every year.  This year marked the 82 nd time that I have celebrated a birthday.   Roberta gave me a bouquet of roses and lillies to make our place a little more festive.  It worked: they were lovely!

One morning I grabbed the camera and went after some good wildlife pictures.  At one of our ponds I spotted a Snowy Egret working the shore for a breakfast of small minnows.  I wasn't the only one to spot the Egret.  An eight foot gater also had the bird in its sights and was slowly floating to the intersection point of their paths.  You can see that they are both very alert.  I included the photo of the Egret making his escape flight so as to keep everybody happy except the alligator!

phil trooien

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