A walk to Newton Park today had me see a Sandhill Crane on the way, and a couple of Alligators when I got there – one posing nicely for a photo!





A walk to Newton Park today had me see a Sandhill Crane on the way, and a couple of Alligators when I got there – one posing nicely for a photo!





Our return from England was delayed two days due to plane problems and we finally got home late Christmas Eve, but I still woke very early this morning due to the five hour time difference – and took a walk downtown (desolate before 6am and of course all businesses closed) …









Since we moved to Stanton Estates, we’ve been included in the Santa Run route that the fire department does throughout Winter Garden, over a few nights approaching the holidays … our homes location means that we see the run pass behind us (visible from the upstairs rear balcony) and then a few minutes later they run down the street in front! This year I grabbed a few seconds of video of each pass:
Our house was on the first night this year (all the routes for 2023 are listed here):
