Green Anole Lizard On Sand
The green anole is one of the most common lizards down here in Florida. They’re literally all over the place, and you can see them pretty much every day during the warmer months. Most of the times, they’ll be in a bush, a tree, sitting on a ledge, or climbing up a wall. This little [...]
Fire Season In Florida
After a very dry winter, and with a bit of recent warm weather here in North-East Florida, wild fire season has arrived. I actually took this picture a couple of weeks ago, in early March, but the fire threat has definitely not subsided since then. At the time there were actually a couple of very [...]
I Didn’t Even Know They Had Armadillos In Florida
I suppose it shouldn’t be a big surprise, as I remember them being all over the place in Alabama, and of course we have lots of armadillos in Texas, but this is the first one I’ve seen here in Florida: This little guy (I’m assuming it’s a guy anyway) was the highlight of my little [...]
Blowing Up Live Hand Grenades
Today at Camp Blanding’s BWMQT class we went out to the range for the student’s favorite day … Hand Grenades. In addition to getting some really good training earlier in the day throwing little “popper” simulation grenades on a course that measured various skills; each student also got to throw 3 or 4 live hand [...]
Pink House – Only In The South
So I’m driving along the road in Lawtey Florida earlier this afternoon, when I looked over and saw this pink/purple house. It immediately reminded me of the two years I spent in southern Alabama back in the mid 90s. I’ve lived many different places over the years, and only in the South can I recall [...]
Back to Camp Blanding Florida
Last summer I spent 5 fun-filled weeks at Camp Blanding Florida doing some predeployment training. Tomorrow morning, I’m going back again … but this time just for 10 days; and as a facilitator instead of as a trainee. I’m thinking I’ll enjoy this next week a bit better than last time. Anyhow, I also remembered [...]
