The World We Live In

We sometimes take for granted the wonderful opportunity of living in a clean, safe environment.Our life here in Florida is basically living outdoors. Every morning we open our house to the outside world. With sliding doors and a covered lanai we begin our day sitting in fresh air and it only gets better as the day moves along.

Since there are no smokestack industries in the area we never feel the effects of pollution. I do experience the pollution at home and my eyes and nose give evidence of the cause.As we bike along uncrowded back roads and along waterways we are treated to sightings of birds of every description. One of the common and most beautiful exhibitions of birds is capturing wood storks in flight. Often we will see large numbers of these large birds performing their ritual dancing in the sky.

These birds are excellent flying machines and achieve very high flight patterns. Sometimes they fly with the vultures who dot our skies every day. Along our shores wading birds dart in and out among the waves and gain their meal of sea creatures. The sea grapes in abundance grow in profusion in the sandy soil and provide food and shelter to many birds.

Palm trees have a profound effect on the landscape as the number and variety of these trees spell out a tropical world.People who live here yearlong take this world for granted but the visitors and snowbirds appreciate the unique and wonderful environment we share with mother nature and her beauty.