A view from the back porch

We have all kinds of activity behind our house. This week has been particularly fun. And, it gave me a great chance to play with my zoom lens on the camera and photo editing software. Here are a few of our pics from the week.

This is the tail-end of the space shuttle launch as seen from our backyard. This is the very end of the ascent...I was too busy watching at blastoff to think about taking a picture.




Here is our new family of baby ducklings.











And, this morning's turtle. These guys are usually hard to catch because as soon as we open the door, they jump into the water.



I have not yet captured photos of the armadillo that lives under our next door neighbor's a/c unit or the snakes that we sometime see around or the spiders the size of our fists that live on the back porch...those are the less appealing aspects of Florida living so they have been intentionally omitted...