Mowing

Me and the John Deere.

Catching up on the mowing.

Down here in Southwest Florida the grass seems to never stops growing.

Never.

It does slow down though.

And this is the time of year when it is so nice to mow.

Less bugs.

Less heat.

And I love these little egrets.

My grandma always called them "cow birds".

They follow the John Deere and capitalize on all the displaced bugs.

O.K. I will just tell you now.

One of these days if I have a big tractor accident,

~it's because I am looking at birds~

I'm just saying.

One time when I was mowing I displaced a mouse.

And before I knew what was going on

a huge hawk swooped down and made off with him.

This time I saw a Great Egret in the pond.

But I stayed on my tractor.
My husband would be proud.