I'm visiting in Florida for follow-up med appointments so the Gulf Stream is outside my window and was a lovely indigo yesterday with patches of cerulean. Or what I think artist would consider cerulean if they were mixing pigments and oils for painting.

In the foreground, on the terrace today, were two baby squirrels waiting for some almonds. [I'm happy to share them but would prefer that they eat them and not bury them as I order non-pasteurized almonds from a grower in California and hate to see them lost, suspecting that they won't sprout and become trees. I planted butterfly-atrracting plants outside in the past and monarchs still enjoy them. Then there are the usual skinks, anoles and curly-tailed lizards and a few prehistoric-looking iguanas.

We used to live here so my cat has a full-time job keeping an eye on the terrace and glaring at the squirrels from inside the slider. She was homeless here but now has a human family and lives most of the year in Asheville, where she sees an occasional bear, a lot of wild turkeys and, once, a bobcat from her window seat perch there. The wild turkeys seemed to fascinate her the most though, whereas the bears get my attention...and a wide detour out of their path if I come upon one when walking outside.