Kramer Babies
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by Neville
1w ago
We call these guys Kramer Babies (real name Sand Hill Cranes ..read more
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Final Blog
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by Neville
1w ago
It was a really foggy start to the day and long before it burned off and gave us some blue skies yesterday, we went down to Circle B onto the Marsh Rabbit Run trail. Our timing was perfect, because we got there before most people and were out of there before all the Sunday crowd hit. While the images I got don’t have the normal blue sky feel to them, I did manage to get a few decent shots. Apart from all the usual suspects, there was a gorgeous Painted Bunting (that’s a rare sighting for me!), a distant shot of a bald eagle, and some Tilapia drinking in some carbonated air. Anyway, I hope you ..read more
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Ides
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by Neville
1w ago
I got to finally show off my favorite trail to one of my favorite peeps yesterday! Jax and her daughters accompanied me on an early morning trail at Circle B that took us down by Lake Hancock. It was a perfect day made more perfect (a conflicting absolute) by the company I had with me. Apart from just seriously enjoying the company, they also had me look at things in a slightly different way, stopping along the way looking as insects that I had already passed out, plants that were seeding, and examining the minutia of fallen seeds that glistened on the green-leafed waters. We had a wonderful t ..read more
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Time
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by Neville
2w ago
The clock went forward yesterday and almost everyone in the country had to adjust their day to allow for the missing hour. But as I hadn’t told the cats about the clock change when it went back initially, I got to lie in an extra hour and still arrive over to take care of them at what they feel is the same time Smart, huh? Not really but at least for the next six months or whatever, I will be letting them out at six instead of five and they will all be none the wiser (unless they read this blog, of course!) The significant other benefit of the clock going forward was that everyone chose to li ..read more
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People
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by Neville
3w ago
It was an absolutely gorgeous Sunday and we couldn’t resist taking a trip to one of the trails at Circle B. I had delayed the day watching Wolves playing their game, so unfortunately it was around noon when we went there. That translated into a million other trail-goers there already and there wasn’t a parking spot to be had in the main areas. People were parked on grass and by the side of the road and it was chaotic even looking for a space. When we finally did park in an auxiliary lot and took the trail that brought us down by the lake, there were crowds everywhere and I really questioned th ..read more
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Lunacy
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by Neville
1M ago
Our favorite trails screamed out at us the other day. It was just a perfect afternoon and we both needed to escape the madness of what we were stuck in. Technically speaking we should both have been taking care of business but sometimes you have to take care of your state of mind too. And we chose the latter. We spotted an armadillo when we were just entering the reserve and it was so strange to find him out rummaging at that time of the day. We spotted the usual feathered characters along with a few baby gators hiding in the grass, trying to be invisible to those larger than they. It was a lo ..read more
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Flawed
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by Neville
1M ago
I typed the whole fucking blog, it wouldn’t save and when I tried to select copy on the text, I mistakenly hit paste. Then undo failed .. .so I lost everything. It’s funny really, the whole blog I wrote was about how pathetically flawed I am and then I proceed to fuck this one up too. Enjoy the pictures … I am outta here ..read more
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All Creatures Great and Small
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by Neville
2M ago
It was a last minutes decision. The day was perfect weather with mostly blue skies and a temperature that couldn’t have been dialed-up any better. Circle B on our doorstep is a temptation at the best of times, so given the weather outside, it was a no brainer. We took the trail down Marsh Rabbit Run and got to see all the usual suspects in all different sizes. Herons, Anhingas, Osprey and Hawks, were in abundance, as well as a number of really large Alligators and one or two babies. I caught the sun disappearing behind a small cloud at one point and was thrilled to be able to stare up at it wi ..read more
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Familiar Trails
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by Neville
2M ago
As much as we enjoyed the cruise last week, we were looking forward to getting back out on the trails at Circle B once we returned. In all truth, having a vacation away from Florida is a bit like deliberately slumming it. We already have the world’s best vacation spot on our doorstep so taking a vacation from it sounds a little shallow. It was a chilly start to the day yesterday but the skies above were a gorgeous blue and it would have been hard to stay away from Circle B on such a day. The decision to go was a good one. We saw many of the old familiar faces; herons, egrets, warblers and of c ..read more
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Escape from Reality
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by Neville
2M ago
We just got back yesterday from a cruise to the Bahamas. It was our second anniversary and escaping for a few days seemed like the best option for celebration of our time together. Turned out to be a lovely getaway. Yes, we could have done with it being a day less and there was a day of weather that we were less than thrilled with, but overall it was a good getaway. We didn’t get off at the two stops but chose to stretch ourselves out across the almost-abandoned boat decks and that turned out to be the right choice for us. Being part of the shopping throngs that hit these places held no appeal ..read more
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