A fave from 2014

Larry, Moe and Curly

Archive 'selfie'...sort of

It was  not 85-degrees

ORMOND BEACH, FL - - On he Bow Lake Parkway between Banff and Lake Louise  (Alberta Prov., Canada)  Looking at cool photos makes it feel a bit cooler here in OB.  We head out in about 3 weeks, but it will be late summer before we make it back to this area.

New member, part 2

ORMOND BEACH, FL - - Big Red just waiting for the honey bees to attack.  This hibiscus plant is smaller with fewer blooms.  But they sure look good.

New family member

Who you calling yellow??

ORMOND BEACH, FL - - We like to keep lot of color around the front area of the house.  And since we had nothing to do a couple of days ago we went shopping and found a yellow hibiscus...and a red hibiscus but that might be another story.  We planted it; watered it and the buds started popping like crazy.  It's not like either of us has a green thumb.  Really.

Merritt Island NWR

Green Heron

Black-necked Stilt

Cottonmouth Water Moccasin

ORMOND BEACH, FL - - It's been a bit quiet around home lately.  Worse, most weekends the weather is crappy or not good for photos.  So Friday we took off for Merritt Island National Wildlife Reserve.  The good part...there were lots of birds although most of which we would be likely to see.  The bad...the ones we'd like to get photos of were too far away.  So we contented ourselves with stilts and green herons and skimmers who dived and swooped too quickly to catch a shot.
     So we tried another area which didn't prove lively until Lydia spotted a snake preying on the other side of  a drainage canal maybe 8 foot wide.  We took some photos.  The snake, over three feet long and big then noticed us or the  sounds we were making.  The tongue came out, started flickering and then the snake started swimming in our direction.  It was easier to see that it probably was a poisonous cottonmouth water moccasin.  When it got close to the bank, we moved away.  And then back for a closer look.  The snake was hiding in the reeds with its tongue still flicking.  We decided the safe way was to get away.