Florida

Pool work slowdown

Posted on April 18, 2014February 18, 2017 by Ian C.

There’s been little progress for the last two weeks on our pool, sadly. A day or two of bad weather, and a few broken plans from Atlas Pools, and all we have different this weekend is a pile of bricks:

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Since the tiles two weeks ago, we have had the footings for the screen poured too, but that’s not particularly pretty or exciting!

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Hopefully next week we will see the screen columns erected, and get closer to having some pavers laid down!

A couple of wetlands videos

Posted on April 15, 2014February 18, 2017 by Ian C.

I created this recording last night of the frog, bird and insect sounds in the wetlands behind our home – tonight the frogs got much louder, don’t know what the trigger was but they were impressive (and presumably they’ll get louder still in the weeks ahead!):

I also took a video of the Great Blue Heron nest this past weekend, and happened to catch a parent feeding it’s young!

That young Heron is growing fast!

Baby Herons

Posted on April 5, 2014February 18, 2017 by Ian C.

I noticed for the first time this morning, that the big Heron nest out in the middle of the wetland now has baby birds in it, as well as a parent! We’ve been wondering, as the parent bird mostly stands in the nest now – but today I got a sure glimpse of one, and perhaps two, babies …

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I need a more powerful camera lens!