Pictures to Share!

I have a few pictures to share tonight! It's Mother's Day and we decided to be brave and try a trip with Baxter. He absolutely HATES being in the car and I was afraid he would start howling before we even got on Alligator Alley. But he did pretty well on the way over and VERY well on the way back! We stayed at our friend Kim's house even tho she was away for a few days. I was catching up on emails and forums on the laptop and looked over at Baxter. I just HAD to take this picture! He had totally made himself right at home!


Today we drove back home. There have been some very nasty fires in the Big Cypress Reserve and when we went over yesterday we actually saw some spots smoldering. They had to shut down the Alley completely for 3-4 straight days last week and have been sporadically closing it (especially at night) ever since. It was quite strange seeing all this burnt stuff with green tops! And some of the burnt stuff was like rusty reddish orange! I couldn't get a good picture as we were going too fast, but when we stopped to get Steve's phone out of the suitcase, he found these grasshoppers sitting on the railing at the parking lot.
The first one is about 1" long and about 1/4" tall. I love the stripes on his back!

This one was about 2" long and about 1" tall! He seems to be saying "The Geico Gecko's got NUTHIN' on ME!" :)


And finally, my 5 year old grandson Noah has been begging his mommy for a mohawk haircut for weeks. She finally broke down today and gave him one! My little baby's not so little anymore! WHERE has the time gone!?!