CYPRESS LAKES
THE BEAUTY OF CYPRESS LAKES CAPTURED MY WONDERING SENSES THE MANY CYPRESS TREES SURROUNDING MY HOME WRAPPED AROUND A SOFT GOLF COURSE GREAT VEIWS OVER SEVERAL LAKES THAT HOUSE THE MOST INTERESTING NEIGHBORS LIKE THE OWL FAMILY OUT BACK THAT COMES OUT WHEN THE MOON IS AT IT'S NATURAL PEAK OF BRIGHTNESS BEAMING OVER THE FORESTRY THAT'S WHEN THE MOTHER DEER DECIDES TO TRAVEL ALONGSIDE THE LAKESIDE GENTELY SHE GUIDES HER FAWNS ACROSS THE LAKE WHERE ALLIGATORS ARE STILL SLEEPING UNDERNEATH THE MERKY WATERS LIVES THE BIGGEST OLDEST ALLIGATOR IN LAKELAND HE IS ACTUALLY TALLER THAN ANY HYUNDAI OR HONDA COMPACT CAR HIS LEGS ARE ANCIENT HIS TAIL STROLLS THE COMMUNTY SEARCHING FOR PETS AND EAGAR GOLFERS THAT JUST WON'T GIVE UP THE GAME WHEN HE COMES HE MOVES SLOWLY BECAUSE OF HIS PREHISTORIC SIZE IT'S AMAZING TO WATCH THE HURONS STANDING ON ONE LEG SLEEPING STANDING UP THE EGRETS FLY OVER HEAD LANDING WITH THIER LONG BEAKS EATING GIANT SNAKES WHICH IS FINE BY ME THE CARDINALS PERCH SINGING A LOVELY TUNE WHILE I'M SIPPING COFFEE IN THE MORNING WHILE HUMMING BIRDS DANCE IN MID AIR TASTING SWEET NECTAR FROM MY FLORAL BUSHES AND CREPE MURTLE TREES I FIND THIS VERY MOVING SIGHT SEEING IN MY OWN BACKYARD FUNNY DURING THANKSGIVING GIANT TURKEYS TRAVEL IN A CROWD HIDING FROM HUMANS AND THE NASTY LOOKING TURKEY VULTURES BROWN BOUNNIES CHEW ON TALL GRASS AS SQUIRLE PLAY DEEP INTO THE FOREST SITS A WOODSTORK NESTING ON A LOG ONCE A YEAR LEAVING ONLY WHEN HER BABIES ARE BORN SEVERAL HAWKS SWOOP IN HUGE WINGS THE SIZE OF A FOUR YEAR OLD MY GRANDSON ADORED THE HAWKS WHEN THEY FINALLY LAND ON THE ROOF RACCOONS AND OPPOSSUMS CREEP OUT LOOKING FOR ANYTHING THAT DIE I NOTICE THE TURKEY VULTURES SPYING ON THEM WAITING ON DEATH TO OCCUR SADLY BEING THAT SENIORS DIE HERE ALL THE TIME THE VULTURES FLY HIGH WHEN HUMANS ARE SICK OR DYING IF YOU SEE THEM USUALLY FIRE ENGINES ROARS AS A SENIOR HAS DIED OR A BAD CAR CRASH ON THE HIGHWAY UP THE ROAD NATURE CAN BE A BIT CRUEL AMAZING WILD LIFE I SUPPOSE FLEETING STORKS ARRIVE CACKLING CHATTING WITH THE PINK FAMINGOS AS THE BALD EAGLE GOES HOME TO ROOST HERE HIDING THIER EGGS HIGH SHE HUNTS THE EGGS OF THE TURKEY VULTURES WHO FIGHT TILL THE DEATH FOR HER OWN EGGS WAITING FOR HER TO RETURN EVERY YEAR WE FIGHT OFF THE TURKEY VULTURES TRYING TO SAVE THE NEWESS MEMBERS OF AMERICA THE BABY EAGLES ARE AN AWESOME FIND INDEED YOU REALLY SEE WHY THE EAGLE IS OUR NATIONAL BIRD GIANT SNAKES SLITHER PASS I HOPE THE HURONS GET THEM FAST I DON'T LIKE WALKING MY SMALL DOGS ONCE A HAWK SWOOPED RIGHT DOWN AND GRABBED A PUPPY RIGHT OFF THE LEASH BOB CATS PRAWL WHILE FLORIDA FOXES CHANT IN A DISTANT WATCHING THE COYOTES ROAM LOOKING FOR SMALL PREY COUGARS AND PANTHERS TAKES TURNS PRANCING THROUGHOUT THE NIGHTTIME AIR LOST CATTLE WANDER ABOUT FROM LEAVING THE RANCHES NEAR BY A STRAY BUFFALO STOPPED IN THE WOODED AREA JUST TO SAY HI STRANGE FINDING YOU HERE WHAT A BEAUTY HE WAS LIVING AMONG THE WILD LIFE BEING PART CHEROKEE MY TOTEM IS GATHERING THE BIRDS WOW THE CARDINALS ARE SINGING TIME FOR COFFEE
Copyright © Yolanda Joy Nicholsen | Year Posted 2025
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