It's Not What You Think

FK Your Diet has restaurants in Ft. Myers, Cape Coral and three other places in Florida.  The owner was a "Foster Kid."  With help from their paying customers and donations from others, the restaurants' mission is to provide hot meals for foster children and others needing help in their communities.  

Since Hurricane Ian's devastation on September 28, the chain has been providing 7,000 meals a day to people impacted by the storm, in addition to its ongoing support for foster children.  Some meals are served at the restaurants, but more are served in a mobile operation.  

Feeding and Training Time

 The biggest alligator at the Naples Zoo is 12'6" long.  Nine alligators appeared at 3 o'clock, when it was time to feed them and to train them.  They know their names and come forward when their names are called, to get a treat.  (Most of the feeding is done on their own, in the pond.)

Feeding alligators is another job I do not want to have.

Pileated Woodpecker

Walking around Naples Zoo, I spotted a pileated woodpecker peeking out of its home in a tall palm tree.  It left its home and flew straight to a nearby dead tree whose many holes suggested it was a favorite.

Anhinga

 

An anhinga tosses a fish. When it catches the fish's head and orients the body, down the hatch!

Desegregation

Even though segregated education was outlawed by the U.S. Supreme Court's 1954 decision of Brown v. Board of Education, Florida was in no hurry to comply.  After completing lower classes at Baker Academy, black students in Charlotte County were bussed to a black high school in Lee County.

In 1962, black leaders lobbied the Charlotte County board of education for a better solution.  On September 3, 1963, five hand-selected black children walked through the doors of Charlotte County High School, starting the desegregation of the county's schools.

2023 mural by Keith Goodson on the side of Baker Center School in Punta Gorda. 

Linked to Monday Mural.

Lily Pads

 

Back to the Naples Botanical Garden.

The lilies on the pads are in bloom.

Miniature Golf

 

Golf Safari miniature golf is like a trip to Africa.

A cement part of Africa.