Today’s CHNEP environmental education program is concluding with a boat tour in Tarpon Bay, Sanibel Island. We’re all gathered under a tree, hydrating and slathering up with sunscreen. All aboard!
Category Archives: Sanibel Island
The arch at the Ding
This arch marks the entrance to the J.N. Ding Darling Wildlife Center. It was made by the same artist who made the faux scat for the scat trail at the new wildlife boardwalk. There are a number of plant and wildlife species woven into the design. People were standing around the archway, trying to count how many. I heard the number "17" being tossed around…
Environmental education at J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge
This morning, I’m attending an environmental education conference at J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island in Southwest Florida. The conference opened with a short hike to the new Wildlife Education Boardwalk. Here’s the view of the “tunnel” into the mangroves that flows beside the new observation tower. Looking forward to learning more today on beautiful Sanibel Island.
Late autumn in Southwest Florida – paradise!
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What a beautiful time of year it is to live in Southwest Florida!
The summer can be unforgiving – the heat and humidity are relentless, the rain is capricious, and there is always the threat of a hurricane or two hanging over our collective heads.
However, as October melts into November, a kinder, gentler Southwest Florida emerges. Blue skies and refreshing breezes reign in the late autumn and early winter days. It’s a little cooler, a little drier, and much more enjoyable. It’s time to take it outside in Southwest Florida – let’s go!
I got a call earlier in the week from friends who were going to take a boat out of Fort Myers Beach, and did I want to come along? You bet I did! We did a leisurely tour through Matanzas Pass and Ostego Bay, then emerged into the Gulf via Big Carlos Pass, near Lovers Key. That’s the bridge over Big Carlos, behind us (above).
We decided to head for Nervous Nellie’s in Fort Myers Beach after our excursion. The town is all done up for Christmas. As a native New Yorker, it still gives me the giggles to see Christmas decorations juxtaposed against palm trees and blue skies.
Here I am, enjoying royal status for about three minutes – Princess Without A Country 😉 You will find this over-sized bench with the cutout near the gazebo beside Nervous Nellie’s, should you have a princess you’d like to photograph.
At Moss Marine, I saw this egret standing on a post and took aim with the camera. I saw the pelican come in for a landing behind him, but did not see the little shore bird on the post in front of him until I got the picture up on the computer screen later on.
A closer look at the egret – handsome fellow, isn’t he?
The sun was setting as I crossed back over Matanzas Pass and made my way toward Summerlin. I decided to take a side trip before heading back to Lehigh, and made my way to Bunche Beach Preserve, where I saw this little blue heron hunting for his supper.
The little blue wasn’t the only one looking for dinner – pelicans and an egret hunted as well. A misty glow enveloped the Sanibel Causeway in the distance – one of those scenes that makes your heart go “ahhh!”
The sky is streaked in Creamsicle shades as the sun descends upon Sanibel’s east end.
A side trip to the Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve the next day yielded the delight of finding a cute little two-foot gator sunning himself in the vegetation along the banks of the gator lake. He would not be the last gator I would see this week!
Saturday found me at the C.R.E.W. Bird Rookery Swamp, where I would participate in a geocaching event. It was a glorious day to be tramping around in the cypress swamp’s wide trails. Here’s a balsam pear we found growing wild alongside the path. It’s a relative of the cucumber.
I haven’t identified this moth yet, but I liked the angle of his upper wings against the lower “tail” part of his flying apparatus.
It’s that time of year, when the beautiful but destructive lubbers turn into lovers. These grasshoppers go through several colorful stages before they reach the cooked-lobster hue you see here.
See? Told ya there would be another gator! Actually, there were two, on opposing sides of the path, but the other one was a bit too far away to get a decent shot. I’d say they were about 4 feet or so. We observed them for a while and when we were ready to move on, they quite agreeably slunk into the swamp and let us pass unmolested.
So that was my post-Thanksgiving week. How was yours?
VIDEO: Crossing the Sanibel Causeway at sunset
I learned a valuable lesson last Friday evening as I was crossing the Sanibel Causeway at sunset – a dirty windshield is far more visible when the glare of full sunlight is not present! I turned on the radio and got a funky blues pop tune, which seemed to match the mood of the sky. Enjoy 🙂
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Starving on Sanibel
I keep calling it "Amy’s"
Someone was bored
I see someone found a way to amuse themselves – just beneath the lighthouse in the parking lot
Footpath to the beach
Lots of paths, both man- made and critter made
Amazing Sanibel skies
The sky is a lovely shade of blue today
Causeway shot
It’s a beautiful day – the weather has broken and we’ve got a delicious cold front. Keep on mind that "cold" is relative here Florida
Lighthouse Beach hike on Sanibel
Out this early with Audubon on a hawk hike!
Artifacts at the :Sanibel Grill
The bar at the Sanibel grill is full of mysterious memorabilia encased in Lucite.
Dinner is served at the Sanibel Grill
Ordered the local amberjack – y
Pre-dinner libation on Sanibel
Those aren’t my shells – they are Tootie’s shells from yesterday.
So… get another recycling bin!
An establishment on Sanibel defies logic..
Spoils from Sanibel – the shells are rolling in!
Will give a better report later on – wet hands don’t do well on an iPhone! Suffice it to say, there are shells 🙂
Kris Krossing the Sanibel Island Causeway
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On Friday, I took a run out to Sanibel Island to celebrate my birthday. As I came through the toll, a really OLD song came on the radio, so I decided to “roll tape” for the perilous crossing. Join me for a ride in the “happy lane” 🙂
The Key West Seafood Salad from the Fish House
This was pretty darned good. It was too much for one sitting, so I took home half for tomorrow’s lunch. The shrimp and scallops tasted fresh and the vinaigrette was delicious.
A change of venue – The Fish House on Sanibel
Social butterfly that I was today, I left the Mashable meetup and made the perilous crossing over to Sanibel, where I met some friends for dinner at The Fish House. It used to be called McT’s and I had not been there since before the transformation. I went to the ladies room, and there was a martini on the wall
Thursday’s treasures from the Sanibel Lighthouse Beach
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I decided to go back to the Sanibel Lighthouse Beach this afternoon, to see what I could see. Directly to the right of the fishing pier was a Sea of Stink – all the beached pen shells where heaped in a tidal pool, slowly dying. There were some pickin’s to be had in there, but the stench was nauseating, so I continued down the beach. A pair of young ladies, one of whom I’d seen engaged in the same activity yesterday, were on a mission to rescue all of the lightning whelks that were once again stuck in between the roots of the mangroves. They had one of those GIANT beach bags, bright pink, and they were filling it up and relocating the stranded souls to a tidal pool, closer to the surf.
Right smack dab in front of the lighthouse, I found this pair of monsters, all snuggled up together just below the surface of the sand. They were right under the breaker line, so I did not see them – I felt them through my shoes. I took my trusty net-on-a-stick and used the aluminum edge to pry them up. I was SHOCKED that they were empty. Hadn’t seen any empties of this size since Tropical Storm Debby dumped them all there.
I always wonder what makes a whelk change colors and patterns midstream in the making of the shell. Was it something she ate? Did the environment change? I have not come across any really good answers about this phenomenon.
After hunting a little longer in front of the lighthouse, and finding the tulips there, I walked back toward the pier. When I got close, I found this mac ‘n cheese (juvenile horse conch), and it made me smile. It’s a good shelling day, whenever you find mac ‘n cheese. I found the rest of the whelks you see in the first picture in rapid succession after that, just to the right of the pier, in the breaker line. I was pretty happy with my treasures, and made my contented way home shortly thereafter.
I might go back tomorrow, too 🙂
More Sanibel Island, post-Tropical Storm Debby
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I’ve got just a few more pictures to share from my afternoon foray onto the Sanibel Lighthouse Beach, plus some videos that are percolating on YouTube and should be ready shortly.
Here’s the parking lot again, the one closest to the fishing pier. Normally, there are abundant spaces in this lot, but today they are limited by the flood left behind by Tropical Storm Debby.
Chemicals called tannins are exuded from the roots of mangrove trees growing on the beach, which is what gives the water its reddish hue. I thought the reflection of the egret was pretty; wish I’d had something other than an iPhone in my hand, so I could have zoomed, but it is what it is! The reflection from the gnarled trees looks especially spooky in the red-tinged water.
I thought it curious that so many banded tulips were clustered around these two pen shells. It seems unlikely that they are preparing to feast. Banded tulips would typically go after much smaller fare. Curiouser and curiouser!
This trap, which washed up directly in front of the Lighthouse, didn’t appear to have snared anything before coming ashore.
Poor wee turtles! Storms are not good for turtle nests. They can change the temperature of the nest, causing the eggs to fail. Storms can compact the sand, making it impossible for hatchlings to dig their way out. They can also remove sand from the nest, exposing the eggs to the elements and to predators. It is not likely that a washed-over nest is viable any more.
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Crossing the causeway, jamming out to No Doubt on the radio. SO, so happy that there’s sun!
A live horse conch rolls around in the surf. I estimate it was about 14″ long. Never get over the shock of what color they actually are, underneath the shell and the dark black periostracum that covers it.
I saved the best for last – unbelievable quantity of live shells in the tidal pool and well above it! I posted it to Facebook; should be visible to all https://www.facebook.com/MyMobileAdventures/posts/316120388480932?notif_t=like
Hoping to go back again on Thursday and maybe even on Friday, to see what happened to all the live ones – stay tuned!
Pen shell carnage
> Unbelievable quantity of pen shells are beached for a quarter mile directly in front of the lighthouse
Signs down! Signs down!
Not even sure where this sign came from originally, but it’s here now.
Spoils from the sea
A crab trap came ashore and decided to stay for a bit
Carnage on the beach
A lot of this is alive. Need to just let nature handle it, I guess.
Live lightning whelks
I used my net to pass these guys to some people in the water; too many tourists were harassing them. Hope they make it!
Flooding at the Lighthouse Beach
An egret hunts in the flooded parking lot at the Sanibel Lighthouse beach. It’s Hell-hot here!
Today’s Adventure: Sanibel, post-TS Debby
Going to make the perilous crossing to see what’s on the beach after Tropical Storm Debby blew through. Lets go!
A day of play in Southwest Florida
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Don’t you love it when you are working on something, but it barely feels like work, just because you are loving it so much? That was today! I started out meeting up with a “work day” group at Deep Lagoon Preserve, one of my county’s land conservation preserves. The county conservation land stewardship and management entity is called Conservation 20/20, and I’ve been helping them to raise their social media profile by creating and administering a Facebook page to promote interest in the preserves. This particular preserve was once a farm. Gladiolus bulbs were raised here. After that, it was turned into pasture and fenced in so the cows would not wander and cause trouble 😉 Now, it is slowly but surely being restored to it’s natural form, so that it may serve as habitat to native plant and animal species. During the height of the summer rains, this place is ankle-deep or more under water. It therefore also serves an important recharge function. There is a connection to the Caloosahatchee River and Pine Island Sound, which is salt water, and there’s some tidal flooding action that occurs as well. Therefore, the edges of the preserve are actually home to some mangroves, which I’ve recently read are very efficient processors of carbon dioxide. Worth conserving, I’d say!.
There are dozens of native plants and wildflowers growing here. These are a variety of loosestrife. They’re on the “rare” list for this region.
Here’s a closer view; they’re actually called winged loosestrife.
This thistle has a visitor; he barely gave me a glance, and kept his butt in the air the whole time I was watching him.
Thistle sans lunch guest; aren’t they pretty?
After I was done photographing the work day (will publish soon on Facebook!), I decided to check up on a friend on the island, so off I sped, oops I mean off I sedately traveled at a speed no greater than 30 MPH 😉 over the causeway to Sanibel Island.
After having some brunch with my friend, I decided to start at Periwinkle Place and shop my way off the island. This is the butterfly garden out back; there were no butterflies to look at, so I continued on to the little pond across the back parking lot.
There wasn’t any action in the pond, either. There’s actually a tall berm/hill between two ponds that are sort of connected but not really, and I stood up there with a dad and his two kids, watching bubbles rise periodically from one of the ponds. We were hoping that an alligator would emerge, but if he was down there, he was keeping his own counsel and not pandering to the paparazzi this fine day.
Coming back from the pond, I passed this tree, and spied something in one of the cubby holes…
Tree snails live here! Upon further inspection, I saw a few empty snail shells on the ground around the base of the tree. I was reminded of the years before I lived in Southwest Florida, when my niece and I would “go shelling” in my brother’s front garden up north on the Loverly Isle of Long. Now I can just drive to a local beach and go shelling pretty much any time I want. How cool is that? 🙂 I left the snail shells where they lie, smiling to myself.
At last, it was time to leave the island and go home. Yes, those are storm clouds. No, it did not storm. Yes, we’re wondering when it will, too. It’s too dry here!
The view from the sand bar
The beauty of Sanibel and Captiva never fail to amaze me.
On my way to Blind Pass
Hoping to find a parking spot when I get there…. The wind has been kicking up for a few days so I am also hoping to find some shells. Stay tuned!
Doesn’t get any better than this
Lunchtime view on Sanibel Island
We are dining at Cips today, which is where the old Mermaid Kitchen used to be. We are seated on the porch and it is a glorious day.
Crossing the Sanibel Causeway
On my way to Cabbage Key
Goodnight, Sanibel
Alas, not seeing the moon – I guess there’s too much cloud cover.
Well, there’s always next month for the full 🙂
My legs hate me because I not only made them run a couple of miles today but I also made them squat down on the beach forty or fifty times to check out the miniatures that had washed up.
Time for dinner. Goodnight, Sanibel!
Adrift on a Sanibel beach
As I work my way around he point, the wind picks up, blowing my hair back instead of in my eyes 🙂 Now I can JUST see to take an artsy shot.
Fiery Sanibel sunset
The clouds to the east reflect the Sanibel sunset sometimes more gloriously than the sunset itself. Might not get to see the moon tonight due to these buggers, but this is decent compensation in my book!
Reflected glory on the Sanibel lighthouse beach
Sunset and moonrise will happen at about the same time tonight – I think I have about a half hour more of this bliss before it grows too dark to be here.
Beach bean sprouting
I believe this is the seeed of the black mangrove tree. I saw them all over the beach last week too, only now they are sprouting. Since I am mobile, I cannot look it up easily at the moment but I will when I get home and add a comment to this post to confirm. Dang, I should carry a field guide…
Lighthouse beach transformed
What a different beach from last week! I’ve come to catch a glimpse of the full harvest moon when it rises. There must have been some storm that washed this beach clean immediately after the dunes. The blowing wind creates sandy waves and makes y beer bottle sing. I fully expect a tumbleweed to roll by.
Standing sentinel on Sanibel
The Sanibel Lighthouse and the amazing Florida sky. This was stuck in the “outbox” of my camera phone since Saturday. Just had to share 🙂
Another view from Edison’s porch
The porch wraps ALL the way around the house, and it is seriously wide enough to throw one heck of a party. With the cool breezes blowing and the lovely view, why would the Edisons ever want to leave?
I know I don’t want to go, but it’s now the height of the heat of the day (that’s 3PM here in Southwest Florida) and I need to hydrate and feed myself. It’s been swell – thanks for hanging out with me today 🙂
Dwarf poinciana – pink variety
I like the fiery orange variety alittle better but this is still very pretty
Mango madness persists
It’s September already but these Keitt mangoes (yes, there is an "e" in "mangoes", I’ve discovered) are still ripening. Some of the are so ripe, they split while still in the trees. Others have fallen SPLAT to the walkway, where they feed the bugs and perfume the air.
Mina Edison’s lily pond
I see tadpoles wiggling around down there, and I ws not fast enough to capture a snake that swam by. That’s a pond apple tree. It has a cousin nearby (behind me) which has littered the ground with ripened fruits whose seeds look remarkably like those of a pumpkin. this pond is right behind Edison’s pool complex.
Tanins near the Edison Pier
There must be mangroves nearby, for the river is tinted a rusty red near Edison’s Pier. This was the very first structure built on the estate.
Parasite part deux
This is an orchid labeled "cattleya", found growling on a strangler fig (ficos aurea, S. florida and West Indies).
While I was standing her taking the photo, a giant, spent palm frond liberated itself from a nearby tree and plunged (some things just don’t waft!) SPLOOSH into the river. As it bobbed around, a huge beetle crawled frantically all over it, trying to figure out what to do. I hope he escaped, but I wasn’t about to risk a dunk in the river to assist. No, let’s let Darwin have his way with the beetles!
In the shade of the monkey flower tree
This tree is the monkey flower, also called guacamayo. I wonder how that relates to guacamole? Wish I knew some Spanish!
While peering through the branches, twice I spied me a flash of silver "wings" – yes, fish can fly on the Caloosahatchee!
Barnebydendron riedelii, Central and South America
Porch breezes at Ford’s “The Mangos” Estate
Both the Edison House "Seminole Lodge" and the Ford house "The Mangos" enjoy wide porches that catch wonderful breezes as they travel to and from the Caloosahatchee River. Resting in the shade of the porch outside Ford’s house, the breeze lets you know what the wide-open home smells like – wood and furniture polish and a bit of musty mildew, that hallmark of all old wooden houses everywhere. It must be a real chore keeping the mildew at bay in this particular climate, especially in the summer. I reckon the breezes help with that!
(why does "mangos" look wrong – is there supposed to be a e in there before the s? I’m moile ad can’t look it up easily!)
Old-world charm with a modern world backdrop
I ambled down to the Caloosahatchee River from Ford’s caretaker’s-cottage-turned-gift-shop and sat on a bench. Immediately, the wind coaxed a song from the giant stands of bamboo that paint a lacy pattern on the sky.
Feeling for all the world like Forest Gump waitin’ on the bus, I watched with held breath as a feather wafted down from somewhere above and gently deposited itself in the river.
Safe journey, little wafter.
An egret glided in and claimed a spot on one of the pilings of Ford’s old dock. Without his black-beaked profile, he blended with the clouds behind him.
I raised the camera and whispered, "Turn sideways, please".
He turned and I took the shot. He turned again and looked right at me. I grinned at him and whispered again. "Thanks, dude."
Give me one good reason why I should ever rise from this bench!
Something provocative on Edison’s “Friendship Walk”
Do you see what I see?
Leading up to Edison’s front door from the gate at McGregor Blvd, there are a number of stones lining the path that bear the names of friends and benefactors. They generally all bear the year as well.
This one is inscribed with an additional feature that makes me curious as to what sort of "friends" these people might have been.
Do you see it? I will google this when I get home….
Can you spot the wildlife in this photo?
I can barely see it myself, since I’m looking at is via a small cell phone screen in the mid-day sun! let me know if you can see her (him?).
Edisonian irony
Here’s a tin mug found in the gift shop near the Ford side of the property.
When I was growing up in NYC, our electric power company was called Consolidated Edison, aka "Con Ed". I somehow doubt that ANY of the power they supplied to the city was solar-generated.
Watt’s Appleware in Henry Ford’s pantry
Many years ago, I visited my grandparents in their home in Maspeth, Queens (New York City) and my grandmother gave me her cookie jar. I didn’t know it at the time, but it was part of the Watts Appleware collection. All I knew was that I had fond memories of the treats it had contained over the years and the pleasant sights and smells of my grandmother and her kitchen were somehow infused within the pottery.
Here, we see that the Henry Fords had similar taste to that of my Italian, sainted grandmother, so far away in New York – a far, FAR cry from Fort Myers!
Pretty parasite
An orchid finds itself a host in the lofty fig tree (ficus altissima Moraceae, S.E. asia)
Largest banyan tree in the continental United States
I’m touring the Edison-Ford Winter Estates in Fort Myers, FL today. I bought a Groupon a few months back, which I’d clean forgot about. I decided to use it today, before it expires.
This is the place where Edison continued his research during the winter months. He was looking for a cheap, locally-produced source for making rubber. The estates are therefore populated with all sorts of exotic botanical candidates for rubber production. the sub-tropical climate of Southwest Florida proved ideal for growing many of the plants Edison needed to study.
Sanibel Beach near the Pointe Santo resort
There are lots of waves hitting the Sanibel Island beaches, and a wonderful breeze but no shells! It doesn’t matter, though – I’m really happy to have spent an hour roaming the beach.
Walking out to the beach
The Gulf has some waves – off to investigate!
It was a beautiful afternoon on the docks
We had a lovely time. The sun was warm, the breeze was steady and the child only got into trouble 4,387 times 😉 The Isle of Long is indeed beautiful this time of year.
“Algiers” beach on Sanibel Island
Very hot day in Southewest Florida but there’s an awesome sea breeze here at the beach. Really no shells to speak of.
Lunch at the Sanibel Cafe – YUM!
Nom, nom, nom – love the food here at the Sanibel Cafe 🙂
Goodnight, sun – from the Sanibel Causeway #swfl
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Sanibel Grill treat #swfl
Warm bourbon pecan pie a la mode
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O noez – empty!
Doing a bar crawl on Sanibel Island
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By special request – the Sanibel Island Lighthouse
Got a note a moment ago from Mary The Teach, who wanted to see the lighthouse associated with Sanibel’s Lighthouse Beach. I remembered that there was still a pic in the phone that I never sent to the blog because I was in a hurry to get to the causeway the other night.
The pic is hereby liberated, and if you scroll back a couple of days on the blog, you’ll see another.
Yes, aparently I take requests 🙂
Another view of the natica shells
Here are the naticas again, along with a quarter for scale and a tiny keyhole limpit that I also found on the Lighthouse Beach yesterday.
Found 2 small natica shells at the Lighthouse Beach on New Year’s Eve
Found 2 small natica shells at the Lighthouse Beach on New Year’s Eve, originally uploaded by Tink*~*~*.
Sweet – they are little, but they can have beautiful shape, colors and patterns to them. I think the natica is in my top 10 favorite shells list.
Yay – blue moon!
Blue moon trying to break thru clouds
Gumby scores twins! On the Sanibel Island causeway with Bonnie and Richard
Gumby scores twins! On the Sanibel Island causeway with Bonnie and Richard, originally uploaded by Tink*~*~*.
Heading to the causeway – lots of clouds, tho…
Twilight is coming to the lighthouse beach
Motorized kite contraptions with people flying in them!
Fishing pier on Sanibel Island
Coming over the causeway
Wanna see some blue moon from the beach tonight
Parked on the Sanibel Causeway
Me and the RAV, we gotta get in the sad lane now and go home.
Hazy shades of winter on the Sanibel Island Causeway
Had a lovely day just bummin’ around Sanibel with no particular agenda. The sun is starting to go down behind the haze of overcast skies. It’s the first day of winter, the shortest day and longest night of the year. I need to get home and write my solstice wishes…
When in doubt, go see a Disney movie :o)
🙂 I wasnt’t supposed to have all this unstructured time on my hands. I consider a place where I can get both shells AND a Disney fix to be practically perfect in every way !
Going for a browse in the shops by the Over Easy
Coffee at the Sanibel Cafe
Now that I’m frozen, I came to the Sanibel Cafe to thaw out.
I didn’t mean to go shelling, really I didn’t!
I am not dressed for it and don’t have my gear, but once I saw there were a few things rolling around, I got a plastic bag out of the car and a long tree branch from up at the high tide line and went shelling the hard way! I got a few good things – alphabet cone, horse conch, and my first-ever baby’s ear. It was too cold to stay very long.
Standing on the Lighthouse Beach, Sanibel Island
It’s DAMNCOLD. I am regretting not bringing shelling gear…..
48 degrees F and where am I going? The beach
Flight delays have prevented me from heading north to Long Island for Christmas, so I’m headed out to Sanibel Island for the day.
For “steinbecke”, after her Sanibel vacation
For "steinbecke", after her Sanibel vacation, originally uploaded by Tink*~*~*. 1 Jun ’09, 7.07pm EDT PST
🙂 To keep you safe on your drive home after spending a month on Sanibel, I’m having your beer for you. It’s the least I could do – anything for a friend.
And in case he’s reading, a shout-out to my fave former “extreme blonde” 😉 I think a beer called Beach Bum could only taste this good in Southwest Florida. And the guy on the bottle sorta looks like you circa Spring 1978.
Bailey’s key lime pie
VERY tart home-made key lime pie.
Chris is making dinner
🙂 This is the little kitchenette at Sanibel’s Blue Dolphin
The rare and elusive…
…"sea brick" 😉
Sanibel sand bar
😉 low tide
Not many shells
I just got to a part of the beach where there’s a signal, so reporting that shelling is not great
Wine and cheese party
Blue Dolphin hosted a wine and cheese party this evening.
Blue Dolphin beach
🙂 With a nice glass of chardonnay
Sanibel weekend begins!
🙂 excited! Gonna see my friends Chris and Jon
LIVE from Sanibel on Sunday afternoon
Hi everyone! Starting around 2:00 PM Eastern, the usual suspects will gather for lunch and the next episode of The Sunday Sanibel Bar Crawl. Scroll down to see if I’ve started mobile blogging yet. See ya real soon!
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Coming over the Sanibel Causeway
Coming over the Sanibel Causeway, originally uploaded by Tink*~*~*.
We’re going to Sanibel
We’re going to Sanibel, originally uploaded by Tink*~*~*.
Going to meet Fran for the first time
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Blogging via email from Crackberry not functioning, don’t know why.
Nearly home
And the light show is pure Florida
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PS – according to Blogger, this is my 1,500th post – w00t!
Inland, ho!
Looks like home might be srtormin'
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It rained at the Sanibel Causeway
So typical of Florida weather
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Mickey Mouse on Sanibel
Gary made me take this pic
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