Finally, I'm posting again. I've been busy putting down ceramic tile in the computer room, not an easy task, but I'm tired of cleaning carpets and now I can use as much bleachy, hot, soapy water as I like! Actually, it turned out surprisingly well. Arthur had been out of town on business so I thought it was a good time to tear everything apart.

Of course, I can't do things the easy way, I thought that while the furniture was pulled away from the walls, I might as well paint the walls too - and since I had emptied the file cabinets it was a good opportunity to reorganize the files. This is why it took so long!

So yesterday was my treat, going to a state park, although it turned out to be a very disappointing day photographically. I got some shots of wild turkeys, beautiful turkeys and nice shots in the way they were composed, but badly out of focus and dark. They were deep in the woods and after noticing several alligators, I didn't want to be meandering throught the forest. I took the photos through the underbrush, hence the less than happy results. So I'll have to be satisfied with the alligator shots.

I don't think I've ever seen so many alligators in such a small area. All in all, I think I must have seen about 75 yesterday in the different waters of the park.



In this small pond I counted 6 gators in the water, which seemed to be average.


And I'm not sure what this is, my first thought was a small alligator. I was looking at some fish nests and saw this on the other side of the river. It looks rather like a frog or snake but the head was too large, unless we have some extremely large frogs or snakes. The head was about 16 cm wide. The creek was only about 5 feet wide, so I thought it might be a good time to leave, it was a pretty isolated area and I was there alone.... well, except for the alligators!

These were the fish nests, at least that's what I was told they were and it seemed to make sense. The fish wiggle and gradually turn themselves in a circle to push the sand out of the way and make these depressions in the bottom of the creek. They lay eggs in the depressions, but I don't know if they cover them up or not. I wanted to stay and watch, but if it was an alligator watching me, I thought it might be a little safer checking that fact out on the internet than by personal experience!
Hopefully, I'll get some better shots today at the Wilderness Park.