At least the streets are empty! I've been stuffed for days, ever since we got in the car to come south, it seems. I seem to put things in my mouth when I'm nervous -- food, drink, party favors, etc. And lately, food's been at the top of the list. Learning how to relax while keeping focussed is rather difficult, especially when travelling. Any kind of regular schedule I had while at home gets thrown off-kilter. Oh well, that's the way it goes.
The strangest thing about this part of Florida is that I have seen hardly any insects. I know they're out there, they always are, but WHERE? Did they all get sprayed to death? It's too strange, really. I did see some ant hills, and one very lonely mosquito. I feel like I need to just sit in Hammock Park and wait for some bugs to come by. What are the birds eating, I wonder.
"Hammock," by the way, does not refer to the slingable bed that hangs between supports. It's a geographical feature, that means a piece of land that can support hardwood trees. There are some glorious hardwoods in the park, and me and the boys had fun trying to identify them. My inlaws live on a hammock, with most of the trees cut down for houses. I don't know how most of this land is drained -- there seem to be canals and pumps everywhere.
We went to Honeymoon Island yesterday, for the second time, and saw: an armadillo (hurray!),
a nesting pair of bald eagles, lots of ospreys, and a mated pair of great horned owls. Oh yes, and some ants. We were walking quickly, very focussed on finding the eagles, and so I didn't have a chance to look for much else.
okey dokey artichokey,
much love,
Kelpie
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i love that you think about the absence of insects in terms of what the birds will eat. my guess is that most of the people from Hammock Park are just happy that they are gone and dont think about the ecological implications at all.
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