Ruby Tuesday-Rocco and Scarlet

I live in a trailer park and the guy who owns the park has about 200 exotic birds, some of which he has on display--along with numerous lemurs. This is Scarlet and Rocco from a few years ago.


OK, I know you are all busy checking out everyone's Ruby Tuesday but take the time to bookmark me and drop back to check out my blog. I am a retired Special Ed teacher who now spends most of her time on Sanibel Island, Florida which is a Sanctuary Island for wildlife. I volunteer for a wildlife hospital. I am also the proud grandma of 5 wonderful grandkids and brag about them often!! I also have a blog called Branches and Roots where I talk about genealogy and my ancestors. OK, enough about me. So if you really want to see red go to Work of the Poet

Happy Easter

Since I don't have any pictures on my computer of my kids at Easter, I borrowed these pics of Noah from Karen. I just want to wish all of Blogging Buddies a very Happy Easter.

Camera Critters-My Shilo

Awhile back, I found this great meme called Camera Critters. I love the pictures and decided that with my wealth of critter pictures down here in SW Florida, I would join in and I have for several weeks now. I would like to have you hop on over to Camera Critters. There you can either sign up for your own post for Camera Critters or see lots and lots of other great critter pics. So, now that you've done that--here is my critter.

Three years ago this month, my beloved kitty, Shilo, had to be put to sleep because of cancer. I still miss her. She always seemed to know when I needed a "kitty kiss". I would pick her up and she would lick my nose. When she first entered my house and my life as a kitten, this was the first thing she did when I picked her up. I miss those kisses!

Wordless Wednesday-Adult Beverages

When we were in San Diego in January, we went to our favorite Mexican Restaurant in Old Towne. This table was sitting at the entrance. How could you resist a restaurant that serves these?????


I know you are all busy checking out everyone's Wordless Wednesday but take the time to bookmark me and drop back to check out my blog. I am a retired Special Ed teacher who now spends most of her time on Sanibel Island, Florida volunteering for a Wildlife hospital rescuing and rehabbing wildlife. I even dumpster dive for injured Raccoons!! I am also the proud grandma of 5 wonderful grandkids and brag about them often!! I also have a blog called Branches and Roots where I talk about genealogy and my ancestors. OK, enough about me. Back to Wordless Wednesday.

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Ruby Tuesday--King for a Day

Several years ago we went to a Medieval Faire here in Ft. Myers. There was lots to see but this guy really made me giggle. And wouldn't you know, his little cart was RED!!


OK, I know you are all busy checking out everyone's Ruby Tuesday but take the time to bookmark me and drop back to check out my blog. I am a retired Special Ed teacher who now spends most of her time on Sanibel Island, Florida which is a Sanctuary Island for wildlife. I volunteer for a wildlife hospital. I am also the proud grandma of 5 wonderful grandkids and brag about them often!! I also have a blog called Branches and Roots where I talk about genealogy and my ancestors. OK, enough about me. So if you really want to see red go to Work of the Poet

Camera Critters-Beach Birds

Awhile back, I found this great meme called Camera Critters. I love the pictures and decided that with my wealth of critter pictures down here in SW Florida, I would join in and I have for several weeks now. I would like to have you hop on over to Camera Critters. There you can either sign up for your own post for Camera Critters or see lots and lots of other great critter pics. So, now that you've done that--here are my critters.

I love going to the beach. Normally I go looking for shells but once in awhile I actually do take time to notice the birds on the beach. We have all kinds down here.Now I will admit that when it comes to identifying some of the birds, I have to use a book and even then I'm not sure so forgive me if there are mistakes here.

Sanderling

Great Egret

Willet

I think this is a Ruddy Turnstone.

Ring Bill Gull

Laughing Gull

Herring Gull
Immature Herring Gull along with various gulls and terns. Black Skimmer

Royal Tern-Don't ya love his little crown?

And my favorite, the Brown Pelican.

Who couldn't love someone with eyes like that?

Best Kept Secret on Sanibel

The other day we went for a walk. I didn't really want to do the beach or the bike path since they are terribly crowded these days. So we decided to head down Bailey Road to Bay Road. Bay Rd. is very wooded and you can always see wildlife. But before we got to Bay Road, we discovered the Pond Apple Park Trail and decided to take it. I had heard about it but had never walked down it, even though it is about a half mile from our house.

These were the first two signs we saw.

The trail was beautiful. We didn't see any wildlife but I'm sure they were out there.

If we had known, we could have taken a picnic lunch with us.

Eventually the trail came to an open area and we spotted this sign.

The open area turned out to be two huge water reclaimation ponds which you could walk around.

As the trail continued on around the ponds we saw flowers, lots and lots of birds and yes, even an alligator.

You can take a bike down the trail but it is kind of sandy. Walking is much better. If you have a car, you can park at the Chamber of Commerce and take the trail from there. The sign says that it is 1.6 miles long. I'm assuming that this is roundtrip. We only saw 2 other people on the whole trail. You can hear traffic noise from Periwinkle Way once in awhile but it's not bad. It sure beats the crowds fighting for space on the beaches, the bike paths or the streets. As I said, I really think this is the best kept secret on Sanibel.

BTW, Tootie, it is practically in your backyard.