The first rule of biology club is... After such an eventful previous day, it was time for a some quiet pool time. At least for me anyway. It was our last day at the villa and I intended to enjoy it's facilities to the full. In summary, I meant to get in as much swimming (aka bobbing) as possible. I'd taken a solo swim the night before to achieve my full pool value for money. The plan was to bob in the dark and admire the stars above. Sadly, this turned out to b...

May the pie be with you: the lovebug menace Today was a big day. Today we were going to Yoder's Amish restaurant in Sarasota. After a quick Cherry Cobbler yogurt, we jumped in the car and headed straight out.We planned on visiting a few birding sites on the way to look for Florida Scrub Jays before hanging left towards Sarasota. The journey was enlivened by the usual unusual. A pest control company car with mouse ears and a tail - the ears lying flat whilst movi...

White Dwarfs & Cheesecake Woke to find Mr F out marathon training so I sat by the pool with today's Piña Colada yogurt and awaited his sweaty return. Whilst waiting, I assessed the status of my 'tan'. I do not tan as such. I do not even beige. All I get is a slow advance of freckles. I once got them as far as my fingers, but that involved a never-to-be-repeated six weeks in the Caribbean. Currently they were looking a little thin on the ground. As I was t...

Cypress knees and baby ribs We had an early start today - the fact that we'd been awake since 3.45am had absolutely nothing to do with it of course. After breakfast - today's yogurt flavour was Boston Cream Pie, I kid you not - we set out to explore the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary just northeast of Bonita Springs. Containing the world's largest subtropical Bald Cypress forest, and accessed via a 2 mile boardwalk, we had high hopes for a fun morning. Before we eve...

Bobbing along... Despite having the option of left-overs from last night's behemoth of a pizza, I oddly fancied something lighter for breakfast this morning. I'd decided in Walmart to purchase some yogurts to make a vain attempt at least, of one healthy meal a day. The choice of flavours available had been, unsurprisingly, pretty extensive. This morning's yogurt flavour was Cinnamon Roll and it did indeed taste of said pastry, minus all the calories. It looke...