due to the mild weather, so I am not getting many good photos. Things will pick up again in time but this is just as good of an opportunity to introduce the birds in my calendar for 2023. You can get the calendar here: tinyurl.com/5xd4tmzw. (I fixed the link, it should work now) The year begins with a Dark-eyed Junco. Many call them snowbird around here because they appear in fall and leave in spring, being something like a sign that winter is truly coming. They are entertaining little birds that I learned to appreciate even more with video footage because it enabled me to hear them up close too. For the calendar, I went with a photo that shows one in the sun because I loved the pose, the light and the clarity. The alternative was a snow storm photo. I loved that too but it felt better to start the year on a positive note. Have a great Sunday!
And here is a map of what tourists THINK the Florida Keys are:
The first 100 miles just don't count.
I work in the Middle Keys just south of Islamorada, and a ton of tourists who stay at the motel say this exact exchange verbatim, "I'm so glad to have a place to sleep for the night, we've been on the road all day, we're going into the Keys tomorrow." Buddy, you're already IN the Keys. You're almost halfway down em. What do you think the Keys are? Have you noticed that there's only one road and you've crossed multiple bridges between islands? Did you miss the big WELCOME sign up in Key Largo like 30 miles ago? Do you not have a GPS? How do these people live their lives with zero spatial awareness? How do you not know where you are? These are the same kind of people who don't know how far away the airport is from their destination. How do you go on 4-figure vacation without a plan? You didn't book this motel room in advance, you just saw our VACANCY sign, so do you have a place to stay down in "the Keys," or are you just gonna hope there's something open when you get there?