Couplehood V

Mourning Dove: "For a relationship to work, you need good communication...but I feel like I'm doing all the talking!"

This is the last of my "Couplehood" series. Hope the course of your relationships run smoother ;-)

Couplehood IV

To celebrate the arrival of Spring (and all that it implies), I am continuing with the series titled "Couplehood".

Glossy Ibis (leaving in a huff): "I can't believe you won't share your catch with me..."

Little Blue Heron (munching on the fish): "If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times - what's yours is mine, what's mine...don't touch!"

more tomorrow...

Couplehood III

mallards in my pond

To celebrate the arrival of Spring (and all that it implies), I am continuing with the series titled "Couplehood".

Female duck: "We still have so much to do today: preening, fishing for dinner, feathering the cove for the night...
Male duck (disinterested): "I know you are talking, but all I hear is "quack, quack, quack..."

more tomorrow...

Couplehood II

fish in my lagoon

To celebrate the arrival of Spring (and all that it implies), I am continuing with the series titled "Couplehood".

Fish 1: "Did I ever tell you about the fisherman I got away from?"

Fish 2: "Yes, many times. And each time you tell the story, the hook grows bigger and bigger!"

more tomorrow...

Couplehood I

Even the pelicans enjoy Naples white-sand beaches

To celebrate the arrival of Spring (and all that it implies), I am starting a series titled "Couplehood".

Pelican 1: "I can't believe you forgot the towels again!"
Pelican 2: "Oh, stop nagging and just flap your wings to dry off!"

More tomorrow...

Double trouble

photo taken through the screen

As I was debating which photo to post today, not one but two bunnies hopped into my yard (which explains the sorry state of my plants!).

What could be more appropriate?

HAPPY EASTER!

Predator

Dragonfly: A Haiku

"Blue mosquito hawk
Swooping in to catch your prey
Mighty dragonfly"

Melyssa Sprott

St. Patrick's Day hangover?

And you think you're having a bad hair day?

Blue and red

Bougainvillea branch, hanging over the lake

In 1768, when Admiral Louis de Bougainville (a French navigator and military commander) began his long journey to the Pacific Ocean and discovered the vine that now bears his name, it was the botanical highlight of the voyage.

Through the ensuing years, this Brazilian beauty has assumed its rightful place as one of the most popular, spectacular and beautiful tropical plants.

And a perennial favorite of mine...

Fish story

I caught this wood stork catching a fish...

...now fish for my catch here ;-)

Hem cat

So by now you probably heard that when Hemingway settled in Key West, Florida around 1931, he was gifted a six-toed (polydactyl) cat by a ship's captain. Today there are around 60 descendants of that cat roaming freely around Hemingway's Home and Museum on the island.

Most of them are named after a famous artist (Pablo Picasso, Emily Dickinson), but I could not find out the name of this black beauty so I baptized him Nikon - for our fellow blogger and lover of cats and all things Hemingway...

Day 5 and a quiz

For the past 2 weeks we hosted our good friends from Germany. We knew that they were both athletic and adventurous, but they totally wore us out!!! For the next few days I will show you just some of the things we did on their vacations!

I will end this series with our weekend escapade to Key West. What can I say about the Conch Republic besides its being the southernmost city in the continental United States?

It assaults all of your senses: it is funky and sexy and oh, so tropical...For more, visit here .

I will combine this post with the old perennial favorite (!) - Quiz Tuesday# 41. Today's question: Can you guess where this photo was taken?

Here are some clues: 1. yes, we are still in Key West, and 2. some of those cats are polydactyl...