Wednesday, January 29, 2014

We are settled in in Pelican Bay


I have heard about all of your horrible weather.  It is much nicer than that here although it has been cool this last two weeks.  Mark says we are ahead as long as we're 50 degrees warmer than St. Paul.  And we certainly have accomplished that.

We love our condo.  It is big and spacious with lots of outdoor spaces.  We haven't been out on the lanai much though because of the cool weather.  The weather is perfect for tennis, golf and walking though.  So we've been doing a lot of those things.

Chris and Joel were here the first weekend we arrived.  We had a great time with them.  Since then, we've just been settling in.  Mark is gone this week to Las Vegas for his IBM meeting.  

Living here is like living in a nature preserve.  There are birds, flowers, and alligators to see on all of our walks.  The black and white bird in the photo is called an anhinga.  The other is a great blue heron.  There is a large area of mangrove between the development and the beach, so there is habitat for all the Florida creatures.  It's really beautiful.

Stay warm, everyone!



Great Blue Heron

Anhinga