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  • SQUARE TOPS – ON TOP OF THE Tree – Wood Stork

    SQUARE TOPS – ON TOP OF THE Tree – Wood Stork

    For my last square top, of course it had to be a bird. This is a wood stork and is found in the southeastern part of the United States. This guy sat on top of this hollowed out tree that has several woodpecker nesting holes in it. They are beautiful when in the air with…

  • SQUARE TOPS – Tree Tops

    SQUARE TOPS – Tree Tops

    Pine Tree tops stand straight(ish) in the Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge at dusk as the sun was setting. We were on Scrub Jay Trail looking for the Florida Scrub Jay. Frank saw one peak out of the palmettos and we heard them calling all around us, but I think they did it to taunt us…

  • FOTD & Square Top – Sunflower – Haiku

    FOTD & Square Top – Sunflower – Haiku

    Cee’s FOTD Challenge & Becky’s April Squares The sun fuels my soul Landscaping the future now Beauty in yellow This beautiful sunflower has popped up in my neighbor’s yard across the street. My neighbor passed away a few months ago at the ripe young age of 94. The house is now for sale. Her spirit…

  • SQUARE TOPS – Looking at the Top – Wise County Courthouse

    SQUARE TOPS – Looking at the Top – Wise County Courthouse

    Once of the things that Texas is known for is the elaborately built County Courthouses. My hometown has one of the most iconic courthouses in the state. This is top of the Wise County Courthouse in Decatur, Texas. It is the masterpiece in the town square with the roadway and parking spaces separating it from…

  • SQUARE TOPS – ON TOP OF THE Head – Lorikeet

    SQUARE TOPS – ON TOP OF THE Head – Lorikeet

    The lorikeets will become your BFFs when you purchase the nectar and enter the large aviary.

  • SQUARE TOPS – ON TOP OF THE Head – Tweety

    SQUARE TOPS – ON TOP OF THE Head – Tweety

    Tweety was smart and Frank trained him. When he wanted to be on Frank or get petted, Frank would tell him to go poop on command and he would.

  • SQUARE TOPS – ON TOP OF THE WORLD – Reddish Egret

    SQUARE TOPS – ON TOP OF THE WORLD – Reddish Egret

    Reddish Egret perched on top of a tree in Wesley Chapel, Florida. I watched him fly in and land while sitting on the back patio of my best friend’s home. Click the panel below to visit Becky’s site and the April Squares Photo Challenge:

  • SQUARE TOPS – Looking at the Top – Ponce Lighthouse

    SQUARE TOPS – Looking at the Top – Ponce Lighthouse

    Today, I present to you the Ponce de Leon Lighthouse at the Ponce Inlet near New Smyrna Beach, Florida between St. Augustine and Cape Canaveral. This cylinder lighthouse is the tallest in Florida at 175 feet high and the second tallest in the United States behind the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in North Carolina. It is…

  • SQUARE TOPS – Black Raven – St. Augustine, FL

    SQUARE TOPS – Black Raven – St. Augustine, FL

    Today’s square is looking at the top of the Black Raven Pirate Ship in the historic district of St. Augustine, Florida. We typically stay away from the tourist things, but with every trip to St. Augustine, I would see this ship taking people out in the Matanzas River and I wanted to do it. Frank…

  • SQUARE TOPS – TOP OF THE Bridge – Sunshine Skyway Bridge

    SQUARE TOPS – TOP OF THE Bridge – Sunshine Skyway Bridge

    Opening in 1987, The Sunshine Skyway Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge spanning Lower Tampa Bay that connects St. Petersburg to Terra Ceia, Florida. The bridge carries Interstate 275 and U.S. Route 19. This four-lane highway passes through Pinellas County, Hillsborough County and Manatee County and is a toll road. This massive bridge was replaced by…