weeds are considered bad. they are something to be dug up, ripped out, eradicated. maybe we should look a bit closer at “weeds”. sometimes they are really quite nice. maybe it’s time to take a minute and reevaluate what we…

sometimes when you collect shells on the beach you don’t realize that someone else got there first. and that they are still there. i found herman far away from the beach on a pile of discarded shells. someone must have…

now that i’m queen of an island i’m getting to know some of my subjects. first up this morning is Woody. He’s very noisy. He likes the tree right outside of my boat. I know that because there are holes…

there’s a little national park 20 km south of miami. it’s a small island with a lagoon you can tie up in. it takes 11 minutes to walk around. there’s 2 tiny beaches. and tonight it is all mine!!! we…

looked at from this angle, the palm trees look like fireworks. last weekend we saw 2 different displays of fireworks, was there a public holiday that no one told us about? 

Outside the Cuban trailer park, on my way up to La Nina cafe for a fabulously strong cafe con leche, I cut across an empty space because I heard chickens. A whole family! Rooster, hen and baby chicks!!! The rooster is…

 pelicans are not pretty. and boy are they clumsy looking when they land. i do have to admire their appetite though, no dainty eating here. i like creatures that enjoy their food this much.

grab yourself a beverage, sit down and relax.

More works of art found on the beach.

we were visited by this. it was like we were being divebombed by this giant thing and then it decided to stay a while. for scale, this rope is 1/2″ thick. how awesome are the wings? i love the details…

by the light of the silvery moon i sit and swoon…

Sunset in the Everglades. When you think of the Everglades you probably think of alligators and airboats. The Everglades by the ocean are all mangroves and scrubby trees. The trees used to have leaves but the last hurricane blew them…

the tree is not tall and very gnarled. there are no leaves, just tufts of fuschia “flowers”. no idea what they are but they are awesome!

Oh boy! I figured out how to upload video! Yay! I don’t have the ability to edit but here you go, something to brighten up your morning!

Yay! it’s a beachcombing day!  Cayo Costa on the west coast of Florida is a national park that I will forever think of as “pig beach”. When I first came here there were wild pigs. Well, wild might be a…

Miss Feathers is a 28 year old cockatiel. Miss Feathers has a most awesome headdress. Miss Feathers is also a male.

I came across this sign while visiting a friend. It’s just outside her house. It’s 2 miles inland!!! Ever wonder why some of the real estate is really cheap? 

Flowers are little works of art.   

 After 2 1/2 days of driving MiniBill was mighty happy to arrive at the boatyard in Florida. He was sick of being cramped up and eating road food. And it is so nice and warm here!!! And there’s green things…

 A few years ago I went to see the Treasures of the Hermitage at the Art Gallery of Ontario. My favourite part of the show was the curio room. When world exploration was at its peak, when Europeans were discovering…

It was icky and cold and threatening rain this morning so I left my bicycle at home and walked to the studio. When I was halfway there someone in the sky snapped their fingers and “poof”! blue sky appeared. I…

Fortunately not on our island, and more fortunately we were in a motorboat when we spotted this guy. How something this large can live on berries is beyond me. Wild wild rocky wilderness. I love the little rock pools and…