How to recognize a true Floridian.....

25 Ways to know if you are a TRUE Floridian...

1. Socks are only for bowling.

2. You never use an umbrella because the rain will be over in five minutes.

3. A good parking place has nothing to do with distance from the store, but everything to do with shade.

4. Your winter coat is made of denim.

5. You can tell the difference between fire ant bites and mosquito bites.

6. You're younger than thirty but some of your friends are over 65.

7. Anything under 70 degrees is chilly.

8. You've driven through Yeehaw Junction.

9. You know that no other grocery store can compare to Publix.

10. You know that anything under a Category 3 just isn't worth waking up for.

11. You dread love bug season.

12. You are on a first name basis with the hurricane list. They aren't Hurricane Charley or Hurricane Frances. You know them as Andrew, Charley, Frances, Ivan, Jeanne, Wilma, Irene, Cheryl, Rita, Mary, Alison

13. You know what a snowbird is and when they'll leave.

14. You think a six-foot alligator is actually pretty average.

15. 'Down South' means Key West.

16. Flip-flops are everyday wear. Shoes are for business meetings and church, but you HAVE worn flip flops to church before.

17. You have a drawer full of bathing suits, and one sweatshirt.

18. You get annoyed at the tourists who feed seagulls.

19. A mountain is any hill 100 feet above sea level.

20. You know the four seasons really are: hurricane season, love bug season, tourist season and summer.

21. You've hosted a hurricane party.

22. You can pronounce Okeechobee, Kissimmee , Withlacoochee , Thonotosassa and Micanopy.

23. You understand why it's better to have a friend with a boat, than have a boat yourself.

24. You've worn shorts and used the A/C on Christmas and New Years.

25. You recognize Miami-Dade as 'Northern Cuba.'  

Hi my friends,

Since I'm living also in Florida I have something for you today to smile about! It's not my wisdom... I've found this on Facebook two days ago... Facebook is a good source for a lot of funny stuff...!

Read it with a smile and.... HAPPY SUNDAY! :-)

~Susanne

Hide and Seek with a Ghost Crab

It was not easy to get a ghost crab in front to my camera, these little creatures were way to fast and tricky. This fellow came back up and disappeared quickly as soon as it saw me - we had a sort of  hide and seek situation together.

Ghost crabs,
also called sand crabs, are crabs of the genus Ocypode, common shore crabs in many countries. Characteristics of the genus include one claw being larger than the other, but this difference is not as marked as in male fiddler crabs.
These crabs are called ghosts because they are translucent, and because of their ability to disappear from sight almost instantly, scuttling at speeds up to 10 miles per hour, while making sharp directional changes. These creatures have two black eyes, with very good 360° vision.
The ghost crab tunnels down four feet into the ground at a 45° angle, creating 1–2 inches (25–51 mm) wide holes, which speckle the beach. At dusk, these crabs will sprint to the ocean in order to obtain oxygen from the water which washes over their gills, and in the beginning of the summer, females will release their eggs into the ocean.
In the south eastern United States, Ocypode quadrata is frequently seen scurrying along beaches between sunset and dawn.
The common ghost crab or smooth-handed ghost crab (Ocypode cordimana) is found on the northern Australian coast from the Kimberley region of Western Australia to New South Wales, being particularly common in New South Wales. It is also found in the Indo-Pacific region.

Hi my friends,

Thank you for all the wonderful comments in the last few days. Here on my blog or over there on my Facebook, it doesn't matter, I have enjoyed every single one very much.

I have some "homework" to do today and that includes also all that household stuff like laundry and cleaning... what I really don't like to much... Well, it has to be done, let's start with now, get over it :)

I wish you a wonderful and perfect day!

And, YES - Add some colors to your life!

Susanne

Simplify your life...

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.

~ Henry David Thoreau ~



Hi my friends,

thank you again for every visit and for all your nice comments on my blog.

Of course, I appreciate also all the "I like it-thumbs up" on Facebook too. I think, Facebook is "stealing" some of my visitors from my blog here.... yes stealing...!
And I think I know the answer why. It's probably easier just to click on a pre made answer choice "I like" than to form some words of appreciation on your own... right? :)

Anyway, how ever it is easier for you, come here or go there and have a look and enjoy my daily posts. I'm happy to share my photos with you.

See you tomorrow!
Sunshine to you,
Susanne :)