He's baaaaaaaaaaaaaa-aaaaaaaack!

Isn't the backyard lovely?  Gotta love life in Florida...a happy little spring day...

Oh - now what do I think I spy with my little eye?  Could it be?

Our little gator is back.  Can you spy him?  He's on the ground a bit to the left of the tree with his head looking at the water.  Right after I took this shot, he spooked and went into the water, so I couldn't get y'all a better peek.

When I came back home this afternoon, I was looking for him again and couldn't find a gator, but right where he was, I did spy this little family.  I wonder if they know their neighbor next tree over is a gator. Should I tell them? (It's hard to see here, but the sandhill cranes have 2 babies.  sniff)

Life in paradise

It's pretty good living in Florida.  It's lovely a lot of the year. The clothes here are great. I was just reflecting on that a couple of days ago, in fact.  You can wear cute flip flops and sandals all year and that makes my feet oh-so-happy. Style-wise, anything goes and it's fashionable to be fashionable.  Sure, it gets hot down here - but there's a pool every few feet.  It's always green and gorgeous and there's continually something in bloom to make you smile.

Yup - life here is pretty good.

Minus, ya know, the bugs.  And, the ummm, gators.  The gators that flock to my yard are especially pesky.  Yeah, I said gatorS.  Plural.  Because there's another dang gator out there right now!!!

I was just chittering chattering with Jackie Oh today when I spotted Stripey. I thought he was pretty big, but on second glance, I think he's more like a 4-5 footer.  He's still stripey, so I think that means he's a baby. But he's a BIG baby.  I never remember seeing one this big still striped.

If I'm going to have another pet gator on our pond, I SO better not get hit with a hurricane this year.   

Above is a picture of our last gator neighbor.  I'll try to get a picture of the newbie tomorrow.