Valerean

Last Friday My guy and I went for a hike at a local wildlife refuge and park that I've never seen. We're not hardcore hikers, but we do like walking through nature and discovering local wildlife spots. This place is very much like the Florida of my early childhood. There were woods right next to my house like this. As I was taking photos my guy tripped on a stump remnant and fell. Because of old age equilibrium problems and some side effects of a terrible fall he took 25 years ago he's been doing this a couple of times a month this year. For the first time I wondered what would I do if he broke a hip and we were a mile from anyone who could help. It's hard to get a signal for the phone out here. He weighs almost two hundred pounds, I could maybe drag him a short distance but lifting and carrying him for me would be impossible. Fortunately he didn't injure himself this time. Old age sucks. I do love coming out into nature, because I find it...

On New Year's Day my guy and I took a walk down by the lake in town. They have a boardwalk than runs about half a mile along the water and through the woods, so it makes a nice mini-hike. Although it was a bit chilly we needed to get out and stretch our legs, so we just bundled up and went. A lot of tourists were doing the same thing, and I think they might have scared off most of the birds. A few like this one hung around to show off. Here's my terrible picture of a baby alligator I saw sunning itself. My guy took this picture of a beautiful great egret with his phone. It was a really nice day.