Baby Bird and Hubby make a new nest

This lovely couple has just closed on a 4 bedroom, 2 car garage home on a culdusac with a nice wooded lot. We are so proud of them both.

A little brotherly/sisterly time while unloading the moving van.
Their property has a variety of azaleas, dogwood trees, etc. but this particular azalea is such a rich color.
Kitchen - different angle
Kitchen counter
These are new french doors to the patio which is huge with a built in table and a rope two seater swing.
These are the living room book shelves. That middle space looks like it would hold a lovely desk.

That's my girl...loads of energy and ready to make their place a real home.

Corkscrew Woodlands---Home Sweet Home

This is where we will be spending our January, February and March of 2012, nice isn't it.
Here are a few pictures of the birds who come to visit every afternoon.



I walked around our block and took some pictures of the beautiful flowers that have been blooming ever since we arrived in January.





I really need to publish some pictures of our trip to visit the Manatees, Corkscrew Sancutary and Shark Valley but this will have to do for now from your Happy Travelersw.

Sanibel Island

While our daughter was visiting with us, we took a day trip to Sanibel Island. My mom always raved about Sanibel. She collected quite a number of sand dollars that I have now. We had a great time, saw lots of folks hunting shells and kids looking for sand crabs. The weather was wonderful...the water was cold....but we had a great time.



There were lots and lots of birds... this one just happened to stand still long enough for me to get his picture.

The Happy Travelers plus Boo had to head home after a day of fun in the sun. I never get tired of looking at God's handiwork, especially large bodies of water.

Everglades and Naples Beach

While our daughter was visiting with us, we took a trip down to the Everglades to have a ride on an air boat. It was a blast. So much fun. We saw lots of birds and gators.





Boo had a hand at holding this little cutie!
Isn't he a cutie!
After we left the Everglades, we traveled back to the Naples Pier, a very lovely beach area.

This guy looks like he has a bad hair piece.
After our day in the Everglades and a trip to the Naples Pier, we headed home, tired but very happy travelers.

Lovely Veggies

We were out on a mission to find a LP gas place and ran across this restaurant/produce stand. Today is January 7th and it's in the 60's here in Florida. At home, it's in the 30's with possible snowshowers tonight. Can you imagen how excited I was to see Florida grown tomatoes, peppers (both green and red), eggplants and strawberries. Plus the flowers are blooming....what can I say. This is like being in paradise.




More later from your very Happy, very grateful Travelers.

Great Snowbird Migration

We took off December 29th and joined the Great Snowbird Migration to the Sunny State of Florida. We were joined by snowbirds from Canada, Maine, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and, of course, Virginia. We traveled to Florence, South Carolina on our first leg. Then we moved on to Woodbine, Georgia. Zephyrhills, Florida was our third destination where we spent New Year's Weekend. I cannot believe how warm it is---in the high 70's. We immediately had to ditch the sweats and long pants for tees and shorts. It is going to be a blast being this warm for the next 3 months. We have a grapefruit tree in front of our rig and there is an orange grove off to the side of our spot.
I was thrilled to see real flowers blooming in January. I have seen a few hanging baskets just bursting with blooms and it's January.
There are lots and lots of old trees, with Spanish Moss hanging. I am not sure what kind of trees these are but they are big and old. They have a small acorn-like nut that falls off and soundslike a war zone when it hits the top of a trailer. But isn't the moss beautiful---makes you think of Scarlett O'Hara.

This is the land of palm trees. There was a bunch when we entered the state and you see them everywhere, at restaurants, in subdivisions, shopping centers, everywhere.


Do these colors remind you of Florida? They made such a cute community. There were pink, green, yellow and blue homes. Tiny but really cute.


Tomorrow the Happy Travelers journey on to Estero, Florida to our home for the next 3months. More later from your very happy, very warm Virginia Snowbirds.