I pour out a generous portion of wild bird seed just about every day at our home here in Naples, … More
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Friday afternoon in Naples? It was pro golf on the patio tee-vee!
You must look closely! If so, you’ll find that’s the RBC Heritage professional golf tournament on our patio tee-vee this … More
Interesting shadows in our pool
I’m always alert for the possibility of a photograph that would be interesting enough to post on my blog and … More
A splash of color on the patio from the blooms on a Desert Rose
We have blooms on a variety of plants and bushes at our home here in Naples, Fla. One of the … More
No rain results in evaporation of pool water and brings out the hose
Although we recently received some rainfall across Southwest Florida, we remain in drought conditions as the weather has been pretty … More
A cardinal was one of many visitors to our bird feeder today
Our bird feeder just outside our patio always gets a bunch of traffic from Mourning doves, common grackles, Northern cardinals … More
April is time for beautiful blooms, especially on our Sunscape Pineapple hibiscus
Just about the most stunning bloom on our patio is from the single Sunscape Pineapple hibiscus! It’s shockingly yellow color … More
Looking for some colorful blooms to appear on this plant!
Here is one of the oddest plants at our home here in Naples, Fla. I believe it is a Plumeria, … More
A sunny, warm Friday (today, March 27) in the forecast!
The weather forecast is just perfect for today (Friday, March 27, 2026) here in Naples, Fla. The forecast calls again … More
Time (again) to fill our bird feeder
Our bird feeder was empty (again), so I refilled it this morning (Tuesday, March 17, 2026). Spring is upon us … More
EDT is enjoyable, but the sunshine hits the pool later in the morning
This past Sunday’s change back to Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) doesn’t just make the mornings a little more dark, it … More
Afternoon rainfall continues and leaves a temporary mark on a patio screen
We’ve gotten more rainfall the past several days here in north Naples, Fla., and it was nice to see drops … More
Ants return to our patio after the chilly weather
Every so often (maybe twice a year), ant piles appear from between the paver stones on our patio. Usually, they … More
A long holiday weekend; grilling; and a beautiful sunset … pretty sweet!
On this Sunday early evening during the long President’s Day weekend, I got this shot of the sunset as I … More
Weather across SW Florida couldn’t be any more perfect than today!
Today, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, is such a magnificent day weatherwise here in Southwest Florida that I must brag! At … More
Rain, cool temperature makes for a nasty morning
Rain isn’t usual for Southwest Florida in early February (April is often the lowest precipitation month), we’ve got a chilly … More
Rain, sunshine, rain, sunshine … always humidity
Today (Friday, Aug. 22, 2025) showed the current weather pattern here in Southwest Florida: rain, sun, rain … and, always … More
The beauty of a bloom never ceases to be the subject of a photo
I probably post too many photos of the blooms of our various hibiscus at our home here in Naples, Fla., … More
On national Patio Umbrella Day, we have cause to cheer from our patio!
You don’t usually find “holidays” about furniture near your pool, but today (Sunday, July 6, 2025) is national Patio Umbrella … More
From a predawn drizzle to a gully-washing downpour … the rain is welcome to us!
It went from a drizzly predawn here in Naples, Fla. today (Thursday, June 3, 2025) to an outright downpour within … More
Not everyone enjoys seeing a lizard on the patio (I do!)
Frankly, I enjoy seeing small lizards on the patio of our home here in Naples, Fla. They scurry about and … More
Before afternoon rain threatened, it was a gorgeous, sunny day on the patio!
Before today’s afternoon overcast threat of rain, it was a beautiful sunny day on our patio here in Naples, Fla., … More
It’s bloomin’ time for our red hibiscus
We have several different species of hibiscus at our home here in Naples, Fla. Two of our favorites has yellow … More
When granddaughters visit … it’s time for bubbles by the pool!
When your granddaughters visit, it means bubbles by the pool! Yes, our two granddaughters were visiting (along with our daughter … More