A little mishmash of photos I took this month. 
More Hillsborough River hikes.
Wild sour oranges.
Cheers to drinking in public again.
The backyard is filled with butterflies and caterpillars right now. I just planted more native Florida pink swamp milkweed and giant milkweed for the monarchs. The zebra longwings love the wild coffee. I do, too.
Pileated woodpecker. I’ve heard so many ways to pronounce this. It’s PIE-lee-ated. This month I finished The Good Lord Bird by James McBride (because Deacon King Kong was SO GOOD). I believe this here is as close as I’ll ever get to seeing a living good lord bird, the ivory-billed woodpecker.
Mudlarking on the Indian River Lagoon.
Brookfield insulator.
Gordon’s Gin and a little glass pot with lots of seeds (glass bubbles) that says S.D.C. on the bottom.
Fish fried in a cast-iron skillet, pot of cheese grits, some Crystal.
Moon over Indian River Lagoon.
And a few Florida stories to share with you this month:
Have you heard of microfishing?
Time to kick off the best month of the year with a great Florida road trip. See you back here soon.
I’ll live and die for Pil-e-a-ted! 😉 LOL I hear the Pie version from time to time but the prior way is what I hear most often.
There’s a stuffed Ivory Billed at the Houston Museum of Natural History and it is very sad to see. I wish one was alive somewhere.
I grew up saying pie-lated and Toby grew up saying pill-e-a-ted. I thought I’d settle the debate once and for all. We were both wrong! Haha. It doesn’t sound right to me at all.
I hope in our lifetime we see a headline with a confirmed sighting of an ivory billed.
Beautiful pics! I especially love the fried fish with grits, and wish I had some for my lunch today 🙂
That fish and grits looks so good! Road trip sounds great too!
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