Walk, Don’t Drive. Now that the price of gas has gone through the roof, it’s time to vote with my pocketbook.
A walk around my neighborhood has taught me that I in less than a half hour I can walk to the post office, two supermarkets, three bus stops, a train stop and two hiking trails. [...]

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Florida weather in the summer is fairly predictable - afternoon showers and hot. During the winter, though, our temperatures fluctuate as much as 30 degrees in a matter of days. Earlier this week we had a perfect, almost-beach day. It was clear and blue with temps in the mid-80s. It was [...]

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Well, it looks like all of the eggs from the second clutch have gone bad. There is one that’s still white, but the others are all starting to turn brown and shrivel. I am keeping my fingers crossed for this last one. If it manages to hatch, I’ll hang on to the [...]

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Half of this clutch was lost today. The 11 eggs I disposed of had already begun to mold. There are 11 eggs remaining and several of these (4) have early indicators they will go bad in the next week or so. There are 4 that appear to be growing extremely well with [...]

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The first batch of eggs had no surviving babies. It appeared two eggs had a failed attempt to break through. I disposed of the remaining eggs today. I am unsure if removing the lids caused the humidity to go too low or the failure was due to the temporary temperature increase when I had the [...]

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