You Can Teach Old Dogs New Tricks

I wore out the three girls. The temperature for our morning walk hovered around 90 degrees. There was very little air movement. Linda was dripping sweat before we were half way done. At the little butterfly garden, where I took the picture of the Gulf Fritillary, Linda sat on a bench, while Charlie and Susie laid down in the shade. Susie never wants to take a rest.

Charlie will drink water. For almost 8 years, we haven’t been able to get Susie to drink while out on walks. Today the “camel” followed “the ankle biter’s” lead. She even had to drink and sit in the shade. They took another rest at the restrooms near the boat ramp. When we finally got to the car, Susie didn’t do her usual sniffing around the car. She just laid down next to the door. Next weekend we will be at the park an hour earlier.

Made my weekly trip to the Largo Nature Preserve. I looked up at the nest and only seen I young Osprey in the nest. The other two had learned to fly. One was learning the hard way that small branches don’t hold Osprey so well.

This had to be the favorite. Just like when he was in the nest, he was making a racket. He wanted the world to know where he was.


I finally got to see the otter. There were 2 of them playing around the canoe/kayak launch site. There were also 3 other women trying to get that perfect picture, and the two otters weren’t cooperating.