Vero Lake: Living in the Country here in Florida

  I see this huge yellow grasshopper around my house each day, sometimes in the front, other times in the back or by the driveway or in the plants or lawn, he loves it here I guess! I have seen him now for over a year around here. I have never seen such a huge yellow grasshopper before in my life. He doesn't seem to be afraid of me. The ones I am used to from New York were smaller and green. This one sure is unique and love to hang around here a lot! VLE living sure does bring a lot of nice wildlife and creatures and critters around where we live. It is a nice blessing from God! I really enjoy that about here where we live! Feeling so blessed! 

I love seeing all the wildlife around my house. Each day I see turtles, cardinals, blue jays, squirrels, etc. Yesterday I saw the pair of sand hill cranes again. They make a very loud screeching noise. They are very graceful creatures! The other day I saw this turtle again, I see him often, he goes in the road and all, a guy on the bike was screaming and cussing about the overbuilding here, as they are building new houses down the road and doing a lot of backhoe work, he feels bad for the turtles being displaced as do I. It is sad. I have seen so many eagles and owls here, but they keep cutting down more of their habitat and where will they be able to live soon?  While it is nice to live in the country, it is worrisome to see so much of the woods and animal habitat being taking down to build more houses, too bad they wouldn't put a moratorium on it for a while. We really are enjoying all the wildlife here and are grateful to God for all the visits from all of God's creatures ea...