I've been lazy about posting, and taking pictures. I've been too busy with my book, but that's a lame excuse! This seagoing warrior even took a rest on our shores today.



He (or she) has so much expression in his face. I wonder what he thought as I took pictures and scared him, checking to see that he wasn't injured or entangled.



It was a gorgeous day today in Pensacola Beach. All the spring break visitors seemed to enjoy our blue skies.




I spent some time searching for gopher tortoise burrows in the Naval Live Oak woods over the weekend. Since it's been rather cold over the past few weeks, they haven't been foraging, and the fires were pretty recent, so I didn't have much luck. Maybe next week!



What really surprised me in the forest was the amount of green already showing up, just three days after the last flame was extinguished.



I always think of these sandy soils as being desert like, struggling to support plant life, but they do a great job supporting local species like long leaf pine. It's great to see the forest bouncing back from all the recent hurricanes and drought events.