Eyes of Blue...

Firstly, Hubs is due home in about an hour - yay!  It always feels lonely when he is away, so I'm very happy to have him home again - and just in time for Christmas next week!

I had a nice 1.5 mile walk at Lake Seminole this morning - Big Daddy and I.  We saw some interesting things (gators, ducks, wading birds, and a lot of unfortunate fish being gobbled by everyone else).  I watched about 50 cormorants and several pelicans pursuing a school of fish across the lake - fish were jumping out of the water and birds were scooping them up with reckless abandon.  A bit too far out for good pictures, but it was interesting to watch.

This afternoon I headed up to Sand Key Park in Clearwater, usually a very birdy place - today, it was remarkable devoid of birds, although I did get a very nice close up of a night heron taking a snooze.  Back to Boca Ciega for a quick walk and look-see which is where I took this.  This was one of a pair of double-crested cormorants sitting on the bank, snoozing and preening.  I did just a tiny crop on this and otherwise left it alone - the afternoon light was lovely and those eyes...well, sometimes you can't improve on nature, can you?

I posted nine other random shots from today starting HERE on Flickr with a little color pop foolishness

The weather is supposed to be glorious for the next two days, so hoping I can drag Hubs out for some adventures.  Although, after driving 12 hours today, he's not going to want to get in a car again for a few days!  

Dinner tonight is a simple Greek pasta salad with lots of veggies.  And a little crusty bread to go with it - washed down by some nice NZ savignon blanc. (Yes, it's pretty much the only white wine we drink - really love the way NZ treats those grapes.)

Hey, six more sleeps until Christmas (5 in the southern hemisphere...)  No pressure.

cheers,
Debbi