Friday, December 24, 2021

Collier Regional Park December 24, 2021

Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park December 24, 2021

Thursday, December 23, 2021

CREW Bird Rookery December 23, 2021

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

winter solstice transition

The winter solstice is such a subtle difference

So little changes from one day to the next

Explaining why the celebration is delayed

Several days until the ancients realized


We know the coldest months are coming

Chasing us to relocate closer to the equator

As the cold rain blows out of the north all day

We are inside packing up preparing to leave


Five weeks ago we unpacked our things here

Seeing the place for the first time fronting on the beach

And now we are used to being on the Atlantic shore

With the sound of the waves ever present


But it’s time to be off to our next five week stay

And it’s relatively quick and easy for us to refill the boxes

Each one marked with what goes there

Like putting a familiar puzzle back together


Next stop is the Gulf Coast near the Everglades

Staying in another house also for the first time

Ready to adjust to what we find there

Knowing many places nearby that we like


We will have sugar sand beaches and gentle waves

And long walks in nature preserves to explore

And boardwalks extending through tropical swamps

And everything to see that thrives in this habitat