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The Tuxedo Cat in my Garden

My backyard has always been an inspiration to the neighborhood cats, inclduing dapper-looking specimens like this tuxedo cat.

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Nesting Birds lnspire Animal Jewelry

I love watching birds. Yesterday a motherly (or perhaps it was fatherly) dove tried for at least two minutes to grasp an over-sized bit of straw in its beak to take back to the nest. It seemed like a pretty light-weight load, but I suppose to a hollow-boned bird it might have been hefty.

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Songbird Guest in Florida

One of the nicest things about living in Florida is the profusion of winter guests. No, I don’t mean the “snowbirds,” though I know they’re important to our economy.

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The Grasshoppers are Back!

I should’ve been more prepared for the grasshopper invasion. Last year they started out as cute little yellow and red hoppers, and ended up as 5 inch gigantic green monsters.

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A Spider in my Salad

I love picking garden-fresh romaine for our lunch salad. I toss in a small handful of basil, some fresh mustard greens, maybe even a cherry tomato or two. Today I made a delicious version, complete with a buttery avocado half. Mmmm!

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Dogs and Cats Together

I love it when cats and dogs make friends. To me it’s a real-life analogy of how people, no matter their political, racial or religious differences should be able to communicate and even become friends. I can’t get behind the idea of “All Republicans are evil money-grubbers,” or “All democrats are communists,” and so forth.

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Wild Ducks Overhead at Clearwater Bay

On our walk today, I noticed a pair of mallard ducks winging their way in a semi-circle around the bay. I think we probably startled them when we appeared above their hiding place. (Our walk always ends on top of a wall, looking towards Clearwater Beach and whatever happens to be lurking in the water that day.)

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The Rarest Rhino

I knew the white rhinoceros was extremely endangered, but did you know there are only four of them left in the wild? The total, including those in zoos world-wide, numbers twelve!