Beginner's Luck!

I'm so excited! I was contacted by a person with a publication in Ft. Myers, Florida to seek permission to possibly publish one of my photos that are on Flickr. The photo on the right is the one in which there is interest. It is a picture of the manatee, with Jim on the right, viewing a demonstration.

The picture on the left is my husband, Jim ~~ the manatee ~~ and my brother, Miles. We spent the good part of the morning in February, 2009, at this park and really enjoyed watching the manatees. People were canoeing and many children were listening to guides and studying all of their surroundings. I would recommend attending this great place!!!

Bluebirds!!

Today was most exciting!!! I walk the Bluebird Trail at Inniswood today we SAW the pair of bluebirds -- building a nest. We check inside the boxes and Nancy is pointing to the Bluebird Nest. As we left, we saw two of the bluebirds -- I was able to capture a snapshot of the female with nesting material. Last week, there were no nests in the 18 boxes we monitor. This week, in addition to the bluebird nest, we saw one we couldn't identify, and one was a nest made of moss. Let's hope that this year we will have some success in the bluebirds return!!!