A Sunday morning outing

This morning the sun was shining and it was quite cool - a perfect day for a nice long walk at the Savannah Wildlife Refuge.

This is the place where Daniel had gone a few weeks ago and had seen three bobcats. So, of course I was hoping that we might see them again this time around

This was a trail that I had not yet been on and it was stunningly beautiful! Even in winter with most trees bare and not much blooming yet.

We did see many, many birds. Isn't this red-winged black bird pretty?

And we were glad we had taken our small pair of binoculars with us.

That way we could get a close-up look at the two bald eagles hanging out near us, one in a tree and the other one flying around.

We saw many birds nests from last year. None of them were in use at the moment.

New ferns were growing in this area that had been burned earlier this year. It looked quite dramatic.

We walked by a cypress swamp and were fascinated (as we always are) by the many cypress knees sticking up from the ground.

It looked like an assembly of sorts...

And, of course, we saw quite a few alligators.

Actually, it wasn't easy getting pictures of them. As soon as they heard us coming, they would either slither elegantly or simply splash back into the water and swim away.

But a few were brave enough to stay in their sunny spot.

Or maybe they were just too cold to move much...

We saw one baby and one that was simply huge!

And every size in between.

I don't think I'll ever get tired of looking at them. To me they are quite beautiful!

No bobcats this time, but still a perfect walk!

Wishing you a wonderful Sunday!! Tomorrow I'll be back with more art...

Swamp and Gator Pictures

I am still not quite in my groove yet, but I thought I'd better show you some photos before it feels like yesterday's trip to me. Wow! So much is happening and I can barely keep up. But more of all that later...

For now a picture heavy post with many alligator photos from an adventure that was amazing!! Pictures were taken by all four of us and some of them Jim and Tia took on the second day when Daniel had to take me home because that bug I caught was really bugging me...

Not much explanation is needed, so just enjoy...

Alligators were everywhere! Our friends, Jim and Tia, counted over 120 of them the second day...

Tia spied this gorgeous barred owl on the second day. My aunt and uncle took a boat tour in the swamp the morning of our arrival (they were coming back from a road trip to Florida) and they actually saw the owl hunting.

After a long day paddling, our nice big campsite was a welcome sight!

Foil dinners... yum!!

And me feeling pitiful already. Good thing nothing keeps me down for long... all healthy again!!

Tomorrow, I'll have some more photos for you of Savannah and also Fort Sumpter we visited in Charleston yesterday.