TURTLES AND UGLIES! — The outdoor world is most interesting this time of year — The reason that I said that is to highlight to you that that statement is applicable each and every day of the year! — I guess I could have said each just “day” — I did not really need to say “day of the year” to convey my meaning — or did I? — What do you think?
Oh, why did I say interesting in the first place — because I find things run in time based cycles. Deer rutting happens in a season – so all the deer in your area behave in the same way – then time moves on and the deer behave in a different way. I find change interesting. So, say I – this time of year is different then the previous time of year — that equals change equals interesting. Got all that?
In my Florida area, at least two other things are happening this time of year — Mushrooms sprout up over night – I think if I stood at the correct place I could see them spring up like a grasshopper hops. The other things is many turtles are out and about.
Oh, well lets talk about UGLY. What is ugly?
Each day I ride my bike (actually a bike we bought for Grandma) – with camera – except yesterday I only had my iphone — WOW what a great camera it is – see this beautify; creature.
QUESTION: why did the turtle cross the road?
A neighbor came by while I was laying on the road taking this photograph — “Ohhh, one of those ugly turtles”.
Now, why did he say that? Now I know this turtle’s mother spent a great deal of effort placing the eggs in the sand and covering all tracks — Just so that her son would grow up to be this beautiful specimen.
This beautiful speciman then looked up at me and spoke so that his mother, hiding some where that I did not see and said “Ohhh, one of those ugly humans”. With that I got on my bike, rode on to my next adventure, and pondered just what made me so ugly?
Actually our next adventures included a walk on the beach — Playlinda Beach – just north of the old shuttle launch site.
Bet, the Beach is “Closed” to day — it is a National Seashore — and the strategy of negotiations going on in the Government include pinching by each side – until one or the other says Uncle — my sister and I used physically pinch until one or the other said “uncle” — ask Grandma, maybe we do our own form of pinching — I mean negotiating — You know, deciding where to spend money, when/how to travel, what to have for our meals — HELP! — Can any one of you tell me how to win the negotiations — just once?
Back to the beach and things that happen in specific seasons in the outdoors! This is a sign on the beach that was open to the public before the shut down:
Each yellow stake marks a nesting sight!
This stake identifies who and when to expect a beautiful specimen to emerge. I assume is says the eggs were laid on 8/14/2013, by a Loggerhead sea Turtle — Should emerge in about 2 weeks. Some stakes say Green, and some say Leatherback — these three kinds of turtles that lay eggs on this beach. Do not know what the other information means — The fencing on the ground, I assume is to protect the eggs from bad things – people walking , animals digging, sand blowing away, ??? — If we have no Government money next year we may have fewer turtles next year — Guess, I like having turtles — So, say I — sure glad I can afford to pay my taxes — Really, our taxes and our form of free negotiating government have built a BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY – I LOVE IT! So you folks in Washington — keep on negotiating to accomplish the best of the best — I am sure you will — I will pay whatever I have to to have such a wonderful national park, and to have so much more –Yea!
Which way to go — where is the ocean?
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