When we get the chance, we like to take a walk before or after dinner at night. The weather has been wonderful here lately, so we have been able to go out a lot. Our neighborhood is one big circle with our street going down the center, with a horseshoe shaped lake surrounding it. We walk up our street to the loop and then down to the playground. Ty likes to ride some, walk some. Jack doesn't have a choice!
This is the path that leads to the playground. Just to the left of the path is another pond/lake, and to the right is the Manatee River. We have not seen the alligator at our lake lately, but we see him down here often.
You can just see him in the center of the picture on the edge of the bank. This one is small- maybe around 4 1/2 feet long. You can also see the dirt that is disturbed behind him. This is from the wild boar that roam the neighborhood. You can hear them snorting at night and they tear up the grass rooting for grub. We also have armadillo, bald eagles, lots of hawks and hundreds of other birds I can't even begin to name, and I actually saw a panther run across the road in front of our neighborhood a few months ago. I was not sure what type of cat it was until I talked to a wildlife rescue worker at a festival we went to. Apparently she said that there is one that lives in the area and that it is rare to see it, so I was lucky. Well, at least I am lucky at something!
This is our playground. We always have to check it for wasps nests and spiders before we play- the joys of living in a "natural" area.
Tyler likes to ride on our shoulders. He also likes to steal Rich's hat.
And use Rich's head as a drum. Tyler had fun and I thought it was funny- I am not so sure if Rich did.
Grandpa Tyler. Whenever we ask him to pull up his pants- he really pulls them up! What a ham!
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