Category: Florida
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Falling Iguana Alert
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNot kidding! When the temperature hits 45 degrees in south Florida, several National Weather Service stations in Florida issue “unofficial” Falling Iguana Alerts. They say that iguanas, which are an invasive species in Florida, are not equipped to handle the cold weather. When temperatures dip down into the 40s, the cold-blooded… Read more
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Total Devastation
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn lieu of a post today, please just visit this Facebook link from Charlotte County Emergency Management. Our home and area, only 15 minutes from Englewood Beach (where these pictures were taken) was completely spared wind and water damage. But my heart breaks for all those affected by Hurricane Helene and… Read more
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The Beauty of Clouds
Reading Time: 2 minutesA friend of mine once told me that her mother, years ago, when moving to Florida was newly popular, was in a heated debate with a friend. The friend was arguing that there was no scenery to speak of in Florida, that it was flat and uninteresting. The friend extolled the virtues… Read more
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Pure Dumb Luck
Reading Time: 5 minutesRandy and I moved a lot in our marriage. I made a list not long ago and counted 18 change of residences in our 49 years. In a lot of those places, we didn’t consider how the home’s location or features would affect our quality of life. Surely, we wanted to be… Read more
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Sharks! Damn You, Burning Bright
Reading Time: 4 minutesI’m about to write a post on a subject about which I know literally next to nothing. I do this out of self-preservation. Here I am, 70 years old, a fearless (or so it seemed) water (the kind you submerge in) lover who’s able to float (without so much as a twitch… Read more