Alive With Pleasure

How blessed I am to have all sensory gifts aid me on this wonderful adventure called life.

T O U C H

This juvenile Yellow-crowned Night Heron was chasing a grasshopper
and found herself tangled in a spider's web! 

   She quickly turned around and stared at her mother, who was watching from a nearby tree.

  As if reminding her teenage daughter that "You should've been looking where you

  were going!" the mother flew away.

    And how refreshing the touch of cool waters are on a hot day

or the warmth of the sun caressing your back.

A reassuring touch that you're not alone...

and that you're loved.

 H E A R

Though it's impossible to actually "hear" pictures...certain visuals ring through loudly to me.

 The sound of a new day awakening...

the wind rustling leaves;

a squirrel foraging for acorns...

winter's silence...

screaming seagulls

and crashing waves.

  T A S T E

Cotton Candy

Did someone say chocolate covered grasshoppers?!

I prefer my sprimp fried

and my fish a fillet!

Too big for an afternoon snack!

This will do just fine.

S M E L L

Let me set the stage for you.  Our location is the Southwestern Medical School. 
Next door to the main building is a rookery.  During mid-spring this small breeding area

hosts numerous varieties of birds.  Due to the high numbers, their nests are practically
stacked on top of each other.  The babies start arriving about the same time the

sweltering heat arrives so you can imagine how all that poop smells on a day with little or

no wind...you'll do more gagging than breathing!  Here are the different species there.

Anhingas

Black-crowned Night Herons

Cattle Egrets

Great Egrets

Ibis

Little Blue Herons

Snowy Egrets and

Tri-colored Herons.
   S I G H T

I love

flowers,

lighthouses

a picture in a picture,
(Did you notice the Reddish Egret perched in the center on the mangrove trunks?)

silhouettes,

full moons,

 sand beneath my feet

and breathtaking sunsets.

 

May all your senses be heightened and serve you well throughout your adventure.