I don't have any wildlife to share, so this is "Rudy". Hubby wanted a little pine tree as our Christmas tree this year. I'm not sure how finicky Norfolk Island Pines are, but I guess I'll soon find out :) He came with these little baubles, and I'll add more and maybe some lights, if he doesn't get overwhelmed.

A foggy sight-seeing trip around Port Clyde, Maine

White-crowned sparrows are one of our winter birds; they are only around from about October-April here. I greatly miss their songs when they leave for the summer, probably much in the way easterners miss hummingbirds after they migrate away.

Yesterday we went to a state park near where we are staying in Florida and did a short hike. Shortly before you pass through a wildlife control gate there is this sign The hike continues after that point on a really nice boardwalk along a swampy area: But before long the boardwalk ends and you are walking along paths with these guys right along the edge: Shortly after that the trail seemed to split, one way had a sign saying closed due to flooding, the other looked like this: