Vero Lake: Living in the Country here in Florida

  We have a lot of wonderful wildlife here where we live! This hawk has been on my pole and wire by my house a lot lately. I see and hear him a lot. A very beautiful bird! I thought it was an eagle of sorts, I was looking up to see, but it looks like it is a hawk. I have maybe narrowed it down to either a Broad-winged Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, or maybe a Rough-legged Hawk, according to what I could find and research online by the way it looks. It has a lot of white or light colors, some darker around the wings, but fairly light. It is very majestic to look and and watch, it perches for long periods of time, just looking around, even like licking its upper feathers. It also almost looks like an owl somewhat too. Anyway, I have seen this one like this here where we live in VLE a lot for the past two years or so. I feel bad as so much of the woods and forest are being taking down to build houses, it worries me they won't have an environment to live in anymore. We are very blessed to live...

  I saw a robin bird today here behind my house in a tree in VLE! The first time for me ever in Florida seeing a robin. I am from Upstate New York, I grew up seeing robins all the time. I had never seen one in Florida in my 27 years of living here in this state until today. What a blessing! My mother loved birds, she loved seeing them, she really loved the blue jays and cardinals. I see them here a lot. I put bird feeders out and they come all the time. Today was the first time for me to see a robin. I was so excited. It comforted me and made me think my mom was here with me. What a blessing! 

  We dodged another hurricane! While it was bad and scary, we prayed, and it helped. Not too much damage or anything. I think both went almost over us, so it helped to not have as much damage of the winds. God's covenant with us, rainbows, He is so good to us, and seeing this made me happy this afternoon right by our house. God is great! He really looks out for us! He is a blessing and miracle in times of storms and troubles. Thank God for our great God! Grateful we faired well from this storm! 

  I love living here! I love seeing cows each day! Cows, horses, cattails, turtles, dirt roads, eagles, even a missing goat last week in my neighborhood. I love seeing all these animals and living in the country. We really are blessed living in Indian River County. It is one of the best kept secrets in Florida!  God is with us! 

  I love seeing all these little frogs! I see so many since all the rain and Hurricane Ian. So many of them, especially in the mornings! Look here in the top photo two in one Culusia plant on the leaves, so cute! Another on the Porter Weed. I also see a larger one on the window when I removed one of the hurricane panels today. The other day when I was walking in toward the house, a little frog even jumped on my foot. They are very cute. I saw so many tadpoles in the standing water for a few weeks in the canals around the house, so many, so that is why we have so many frogs now. They are very cute. I love all wildlife. I saw something this even run fast across my back yard, it looked black and white, like a dog or goat, then I remembered it said on a sign down the road that someone lost their goat. What a blessing all of God's creatures! 

  We had the cutest and smallest little turtle visitor today in my backyard by the back door. So cute! I see many big turtles all around, but this must be a baby, so small, about 2 inches in diameter, very very cute. I had not seen one like this so small. My next door neighbor told me that before our house was built that there always used to be a lot of turtles on this property. I have seen many now since living here for almost two years, but always larger like other photos here on this blog. I love seeing all the wildlife here in VLE, the turtles are very special, turtles can live to be very old too. They are a very special creature from God! What a blessing today! 

  I love seeing all the critters around here! It is a nice feeling to see so much wildlife here. Eagles, owls, sandhill cranes, turtles, rabbits, blue jays, cardinals, squirrels, butterflies, red headed woodpeckers, so much wildlife here and it is so nice to see! I just love the turtles! I have bird feeders setup so always see many birds. It is always a blessing to see God's critters out and about! 

  I love this free magazine in our community! Trader Jake's! It is free here in the area by the Publix and other areas! They have the best stories. They also have lots of prayers too! A nice story about a miracle! Good jokes and cartoons! Lots of history too!  This magazine has puzzles too, I like to do their Sudoku each week. They are on the conservative side and have many Christian prayers. The stories are wonderful and so heartwarming. I highly recommend it!  We are blessed to have a nice piece of literature like this in our community! Pick up a copy! I look for a new copy each week!