Pictures of the Week

[other dog]

Welp, I haven't been posting many pictures lately, so here's a few from our trip to Florida last week- and this squirrel that was here, just because it's a good squirrel picture.

I saw these things all over the place at the lovely Vicki from Florida's place, where we stayed. They look like grasshoppers, but i've never seen them this color before.

And I saw a small reptile on her fence- well, many of them too actually, lizards are everywhere.

And we went to one of my favorite places, the Lake Apopka North Shore Wildlife Drive, where we saw many large reptiles.

If you go to Florida it's a good place to check out, you just drive a round the north shore of the lake, it's 11 miles, the speed limit is 10 mph I think, it's a dirt road but no problem in a car, and you will see tons of birds, turtles, alligators, snakes, (well, i've never seen a snake but i'm sure they're there!), and we've seen pictures of the bobcats that people see, but we've never seen it. It's better than going to any of those "tourist trap" alligator places, and maybe the best part-it's absolutely free.

We saw this osprey there on a pole eating a fish.

Vicki took us over to a place called Green Springs. I guess it's called Green Springs because the water is green.

That's where we saw this owl.

Here's a big Mack truck-

...and since I didn't actually get to see any girls in any cars, here's a re-run from way back when I drove that silver Peterbilt, taken when we were stopped in traffic on I-85 north of Charlotte, N.C.

 

[General Ike]

OD that is a  Lubber Grasshopper.  Some years you see one others you see twenty a day.  They are a PITA to certain ornamental plants as well as citrus.  

[other dog]

1 hour ago, General Ike said:

OD that is a  Lubber Grasshopper.  Some years you see one others you see twenty a day.  They are a PITA to certain ornamental plants as well as citrus.  

Oh, I'd never seen a one before, but every day last week was a 20 a day-day.

[alex g]

Glad to see pictures of the week is still alive and well ☺️

[Red Horse]

3 hours ago, alex g said:

Glad to see pictures of the week is still alive and well ☺️

For sure!  Retirement-just a different perspective😎

[mowerman]

Always a pleasure Tom thanks for all the nice photos and 10 four on the free tour that looks like a blast... bob

[Brocky]

Tom. Thanks for the guided tour of the nature preserve.. Glad to see you are keeping the camera handy.. You will have to get a higher pick up to keep the "girl in a car" photos coming..

[Vladislav]

All neat pictures. And the squirrel portraight is an art. I also like that big Mack. A scene of the kind you get wanting to come over the place, clean the weeds off and start tinkering with the machine imagining on how it would look brang back to life.

Thanks for the report Tom.

[1958 F.W.D.]

Disappointed in the lack of "Girls in Cars" pictures. 

[alex g]

Yes I'm thinking we'll have to take up a collection to get him a lifted 4x4 to keep the pics coming now that he's not driving truck anymore.

[Swishy]

Udder dog

now U've retired

don't go soft cok on us

we all need sum luvleys n truck pix

nut n rong with a bit of wild life 

but me prefer the 2 leggd variety with sum lucious tits etc

U kno wot eye mean

LOL

cya

[mowerman]

12 hours ago, alex g said:

Yes I'm thinking we'll have to take up a collection to get him a lifted 4x4 to keep the pics coming now that he's not driving truck anymore.

The pick up in  the video red red red neck would probably be high enough lol bob

[other dog]

On 5/19/2021 at 8:01 AM, Brocky said:

Tom. Thanks for the guided tour of the nature preserve.. Glad to see you are keeping the camera handy.. You will have to get a higher pick up to keep the "girl in a car" photos coming..

I wanted to get a pickup when I bought my Impala, but the price of pickups is just crazy now!  I've had the car a couple of years now, but it's a 2016 Impala, clean as a pin, had less than 50,000 miles I think, and I wouldn't be afraid to get in it right now and take off for anywhere. I've never had any problem with it.

 I paid $12,000 for it, and like I told Munchie that kind of money would get me something like a 1983 F150 with 300,000 miles on it.🤣

[other dog]

14 hours ago, alex g said:

Yes I'm thinking we'll have to take up a collection to get him a lifted 4x4 to keep the pics coming now that he's not driving truck anymore.

I'm all for that! I still miss that 2 ton International truck that we almost bought. If that guy had ever come up with a bill of sale from Maine we would have.

[other dog]

14 hours ago, 1958 F.W.D. said:

Disappointed in the lack of "Girls in Cars" pictures. 

I don't have many pictures on my phone, but here's a PSA and it features a girl in a car.

[other dog]

A couple more from the wildlife drive.

I was going to make Vicki a squirrel picnic table, but it looked like crap, so I ordered one from Amazon for her!

[other dog]

oh- here's a girl in a car re-run.

this one was on I-79 in Pa, between I-80 and the turnpike.