Near Fort Myers Beach, Florida, March 2017
Sunrise at the beach, Fort Myers Beach, Estero Island, FL
First colors in the sky
Palm and Clouds
Not yet crowded
Lone sailboat
High rises in morning light
First rays of sun
Breakfast time at the beach, Fort Myers Beach, Estero Island, FL
A gull and a watermelon
A gull and a fish
Stop...
...and go
At the water/land boundary
Fishing
Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve, Fort Myers, FL
http://www.leegov.com/parks/facility?fid=0105
A Slough (pronounced "slew") is a long, narrow wetland with slowly flowing freshwater.
Alligator Bike Rack
Cypresses
Cypress Needles
Bromeliad in bloom
Autoportrait with Muddy Waters of Gator Lake
Embracing the obstacle
Bromeliad
Wood Duck Pond, a flag pond (named after a broad-leafed plant that dominates the pond edges, called Fireflag or Alligator flag)
A great place for fishing...
...both in wet and dry seasons
Is this somebody's home?
Around town, Fort Myers Beach, Estero Island, FL
Pineapple on our rental's driveway
Our neighbor's cat
A colorful motel
Shell decoration
Conflicting parking messages
Color-coded pipes
Cycling at the beach
Fishing Pier
Bird-proof light
Numbered
Autoportrait on the pier
Intersection of Old San Carlos and Estero Boulevards
A place to rest
Juxtaposition of Yellow and Blue
Sand Castle in the beach desert
Sculpture at the Bowditch Point Park
Gopher tortoise at the Bowditch Point Park
Autoportrait with Kira, L.V. and a cyclist
Matanzas Pass Preserve, Fort Myers Beach, Estero Island, FL
A place of red, white and black mangrooves
Mangrooves
Mangrooves II
Burned palm tree trunk
A rain barrel - an important source of freshwater on the island in 1920-40s
Mangroves III
Mangroves IV
Birds at the beach, Fort Myers Beach, Estero Island, FL
Great Egret
Brown Pelican
Double-crested cormorant and the Moon
Double-crested cormorant and the Moon II
Double-crested cormorant and the Moon III
Turquoise Eyes
Turquoise Eyes II
Morning line-up
Brown Pelican posing...
...to a bunch of photographers
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret II
Great Blue Heron II
One needs to work hard for a good shot!
Morning line-up II
American oystercatcher, reflecting upon its reflection
Still life at the beach, Fort Myers Beach, Estero Island, FL
Sea Pork (aka tunicate)
A coconut?
Another tunicate
Sunset at the beach, Fort Myers Beach, Estero Island, FL
In the last rays of sun
Low tide
A conversation
Kira
Sun is set
A ghost
