Saturday

Today we took a picnic lunch to Sawgrass Lake Park.  After lunch we walked the boardwalk to see if we could find any alligators or birds.  We saw a 4' alligator guarding his area from a large soft-shelled turtle.  Pretty cool!  You could see the alligator had an attitude of a 10' one - he just didn't have the jaws for a large turtle like that.

It was too cool and windy for many animals, but we had a good walk regardless!


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Loved today!

First of all, it was a gorgeous day out!  Mid 70's and plentiful sunshine!  Plus, I got to sleep a little later than usual because Dave went to church to work on the grounds.  When he came home, we decided to take off for Sawgrass Lake Park and we had a wonderful day!  We saw lots of wildlife - a momma alligator and 8 of her babies, several small alligators, herons, ibis, flowers, beautiful vegetation, and NO snakes...even though others were posting pix of many snakes!  I consider that a very successful day!  We also saw raccoons and armadillos and ducks and a big turtle or tortoise, I don't know which.

What a fun day!!

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Saturday

What a beautiful day we had today!  It was 75 and beautifully sunny!  We went to breakfast this morning up at the clubhouse, and then we took off looking for Roseate Spoonbills.  These birds are pretty elusive.  According to what I've read, they feed early in the morning and later in the evening - I guess I'll have to get up earlier!  We did see one today during our travels.  We ended up at Sawgrass Park - a beautiful area with lots of marshland.

The reflections in the water were fantastic!  There wasn't even a whiff of a breeze while we were there.  Besides the Spoonbill, we saw a Tricolor Heron, a Cattle Egret, and lots of Great White Egrets and Seagulls.  In our travels we ended up in St Petersburg at the Farmers' Market where we purchased some Dynasty Guacamole - the best guacamole in the world!  We also got some fabulous strawberries!  St Pete was a mess - there was some kind of Expo going on about 3 blocks from the Farmers' Market so traffic was horrendous!

We came back home and took a bike ride then I finished our newsletter and calendar!  It was a good day!  Tomorrow we become Associate Members of Anona Methodist Church and then my niece and great niece get here tomorrow afternoon!!

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