Lighthouse for Thursday 03-10-16

Copyright 2016 AJ Horton

Hello and happy Thursday.  Today I want to show you a lighthouse that we saw from the ship as we were leaving the Tampa, FL port on our way to Cozumel last month.  I don't think it's a working lighthouse - it appears to be someone's  private replica that they want others to enjoy as well.  It's viewed from the top deck of our cruise ship and, to me, it looks like a toy scene.  I do admit that I'm intrigued by this photo.  I do wish I had a little more sky above the buildings, but I guess if I were into Photoshop-ing I could make that happen.  Interesting.

I hope you had an interesting Thursday.  Thanks for looking.  See you tomorrow.

Does Monday Have You By The Throat? 02-29-16

Copyright 2016 AJ Horton

Hello and happy Monday.  Sometimes Mondays are hard days.  Sometimes maybe you feel like Monday has you by the throat.  Well, yeah, maybe, but at least you're not this lizard!  This little guy started his day by minding his own business and then WHAM!, things went from good to very bad.  Plus, it is just NOT going to get any better for the lizard.  He fought a good fight, though.

But back to Monday.  Some Mondays you feel like Monday has you by the throat like the lizard and some Mondays you feel like the egret, conquering every little problem that comes your way.  Which were you today?  

This picture was taken in Downtown Tampa, Florida.  I was lucky enough to see the egret just when he caught the lizard.  The egret is different from the ones I usually see - especially because it's smaller, has a yellow bill, some color on its chest, head and back, and is nowhere near the water!  So, I looked it up and this egret is called a Cattle Egret.  It likes to hang out in grassy fields (although this isn't one of them) and being around livestock (although there's no livestock around here either).  I found out that the coloring on his chest, head and back comes about during breeding.  Maybe this little Cattle Egret came to Tampa to find love.  How sweet!

So this Monday, maybe you conquered all your problems and found love.  What a great Monday you had.  No more being the lizard.   Thanks for looking.  See you tomorrow.