FLORIDA SUNSETS, SEPTEMBER 2007

I thought maybe people who look at this blog would like to see what the blogger looks like. This picture was taken August 25, 2007

REFLECTIONS
WATER LILY
RED DRAGON FLY

Sunset September 14, 2007, Indian Rocks Beach, FL

Tampa Bay Devil Rays mascot Raymond
Tropicana Field after beating the Toronto Blue Jays. Any winning game the roof of the stadium is lit up in ORANGE.

My friend Jeannene called me on Sept 2, 2007 and told me that her cactus was in bloom so I ran over there to take a picture. The top picture is the bloom, the second picture is the buds for future blooms. Now to the interesting part for botanists.

Name: Starfish Flower (Stapelia Variegata/Orbea Variegata) sometimes called Carrion Flower. It is a member of the Milkweed family. Also, you will not sniff the flower very long as it has an aroma of rotten meat.

September 3, 2007 a friend of mine and I went ot Cedar Key, Florida for a sightseeing adventure. While there we took a 2 hour cruise out among the islands mainly to see the Cedar Key Lighthouse but were lucky enough to see some dolphins and other interesting sights.

Above and below, dolphins. It is very hard to get a good picture of dolphins as by the time i could get my camera on them they were diving.
Below, the Cedar Key Lighthouse. This was as close as we could get for a couple of reasons. The lighthouse is closed this time of year and the tide was very low and the boat we were on could not get any nearer the island.

We did get off at one island for a few minutes and i managed to get this flower with the bee.
As we were coming back i got this picture of the sea side of Cedar Key tourist shops.