AN ORDINARY MORNING

Come with me on an ordinary walk around the neighborhood.

 

 

Morning arrived with  a sudden blaze of gold.

 

  

 

There were a few robins on the golf course lawn, the same area where the Sandhill Cranes (here) hung out in January.  The Cranes have gone on to other places.  And although the robins probably  seem more ordinary to almost all of you, the Sandhills are actually a more usual bird around here.  In fact, this is the very first time that we have seen Robins  in Florida.  (Now, if  daffodils would somehow suddenly start to bloom here, it would seem like a real Spring here in the land of endless summer.)

 

 

As always, Mockingbirds are everywhere.  This time of year, their varied songs often serve as our morning wake up call.  It's a nice way to start the day.

 

 

Almost home from the walk, I stopped to talk with  our cross-street neighbor.  His house backs up onto wetlands (where ours backs on to the Canal).  There's a nest of Turkey Vultures just behind his yard.   He is worried because his  adorable calico cat likes to explore a little and  sleep (a lot) in the yard.  (She is on a long leash).  Now he is afraid to let her outside unless he is sitting right there.  I think the Vultures can probably distinguish between a sleeping cat and one that is no longer alive.    But I'm not positive.

 

 Random walk-by shots on an ordinary morning.

 

 

Sharing with: OUR WORLD on Tuesday (thank you to Lady Fi, Sylvia, Sandy, Arija, and Gattina ; MOSAIC MONDAY (thanks to Judith) ; WILD BIRD WEDNESDAY (thank you to Stewart); NATURE NOTES (thank you Michelle); and SEASONS (thank you to Jesh)