Just a Big Cypress Jaunt

There's a little bird up there somewhere, we heard him from the trail, never did spot him though.

We did spot some oranges and grapefruit though.

I never knew that orange trees have thorns! Ouch.

We all sent Haden up anyway. He came down with a lot of oranges and a few scratches.

The grapefruit were a wee bit easier to get too. Not much though, lol.

No critters on this trip, but we did keep our eyes open for panthers and alligators. If they were near, we never saw them.

Early Florida Morning

What's for breakfast?

I'm not much of a morning person and it looks like this Wood Stork isn't either, lol.

I do love early morning lighting, even though I don't like early morning so much.

The reflections are pretty nice too. But while these birds are looking for breakfast they better beware. . .

I would guess he has a pretty big appetite.

Am I evil that I actually wanted to see a gator snag some breakfast?

Oh, btw I have added some new photos to my gallery for purchase.  The link to get there is at the bottom of the page, way down there.  :0)

Great Egret Macro Monday

I was happy to get this close to the Great Egret but it wasn't quite close enough.

This is better, but I wonder if we can get closer. . .

Well, yes we can. :) I like this I think better than if he was looking at me, it's like we're sneaking up on him.

Hope everyone had a fantastic Easter Weekend!

Macro Monday is easy to play, snap a macro (or any close-up) photo, post it on your blog and come back here and sign MckLinky. Don't forget to visit each other. :)

Happy Easter

These are just quick snaps from the point and shoot, we were too busy having fun to worry too much about photo quality, lol. Each egg Tristan found he would hold out like that to show me - there were 16 eggs, lol. And that sweet face, well that's his "cheese" face. He also tried to help sister a LOT. But Adrianna did really well at finding her eggs too, when he let her.

We had Easter last weekend, this weekend the kids are in Pennsylvania visiting their other grandparents - but they'll be back home Friday.

Wood Stork flying

I've never seen a wood stork in Wisconsin, I don't believe there are any. But we saw a few in Florida. I really liked this photo, just wish the tree branch hadn't been behind him.

And I don't really like his placement in these photos, but at least there's no branch, lol.

Tamarind Treat

Have you ever heard of a Tamarind (Tamarindus indica L. ~ Leguminosae (Fabaceae) ~Common Names: Tamarind, Tamarindo, Tamarin, Sampalok) I had never heard of it before our trip to Florida. We stopped at a fruit stand and Dennis was excited to find some. He could remember enjoying it as a boy, a kind of treat in Honduras.

I was hesitant to try it. As you can see it kind of looks like a bean. The outside is hard and rough. Once you break it open it's gooey inside. You can easily pull some off, it's very sticky! And each little mound you see is a seed.

So you pop the sticky mess in your mouth and try to deal with your fingers. But take the seed out once you have the goodness off, lol. The taste reminded me of sour candy, like sourheads. Haden loved it, I could handle a small amount but not a whole "bean". I did keep some seeds and I would like to see if I could grow one of the plants. I'm sure I'll tell you all about it if I can.

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