Sailing Regatta at Naples Pier

There is a sailing regatta off the Naples Pier every year.

I don't know anything about sailing, so I will let the pictures do the talking.

Murals at Happehatchee

Don't let a wall go undecorated.  Fish swim on the wall of one Happehatchee utility building and
a "Save the Florida Panther" painting decorates a tool shed.

Please visit Monday Mural to see other murals.

Happehatchee

Happehatchee was once a girl scout camp.  It is now a place for meditation, yoga, and other spiritual renewal activities.  Or, as the website says, "a place for peace and healing,"  mainly for women

It has a charming home-made feeling.

Julie is the director.  She discovered Happehatchee as a student at
Florida Gulf Coast University and never left.

There are many pathways through a Florida environment that feels wild and untamed,
though Happehatchee is just a stone's toss from one of the busiest state roads.

The Peace Pavilion.

Eagles

A family of eagles nests on the North Fort Myers property of Dick Pritchett Real Estate.

For four and a half years, Pritchett has focused a webcam on the eagle nest during breeding season.

Harriet (mother) and M15 (father) mated and produced two eggs this year.  One hatched and produced E9.  Five days ago E9 fell out of its nest, an "accidental fledging."  He survived.

Yesterday I went up there, to see how they are all doing.

One of the parents sat in a dead tree not far from the nest.  

I can't tell the difference between Harriet and M15, but there is a key here.

After a while, the two adult eagles flew off and returned to the nest.  One waited here.

  E9 sat at the top of another dead tree.  After a while, he flew to the nest.

Here is the arrival.

Pritchett Real Estate deserves a lot of credit for maintaining their webcam.  As they say, the best place to see the eagles is back home in front of your computer, but I wanted to see them for myself.

Old Naples Cottages

Wandering around Old Naples, I photographed a few of the "Old Florida" style cottages.

If these cottages are original and not reproductions, they are usually from the 1920s,

 though they have been renovated and expanded extensively.

Croquet

Intense concentration.

St. Patrick's Day -- Faces in the Crowd

"Still Living With My Parents."  I LOVED his shirt.
His parents won't think it is as charming when he is 30 and still living with them.

I like taking casual photographs of people, but many who saw my camera posed.  Oh well . . .