Hi SA, yes - everything you said is correc; about the trees: we have very tall pine trees mostly - fairly close to the water and all over the place actually, inland too - they grow to over 100 ft. with just a bushy 'tree' part on the very top - they are called longleaf pines and we also have something called scrub oaks (short scrubby looking little oak trees) and palmetto bushes and of course other trees too - these are just the most predominant. Just a little farther inland we have big fat live oak trees and there is spanish moss hanging on just about all of the trees except the tall pines. We have Osprey and Eagles and Hawks - the Osprey make these really neat nests very high up in the tall pines and then fish out in the bay. We also have lots of Pelicans as well as the Herons.
Our land happens to contain a patch of 'wetlands' which is where these tall reedy plants grow up - so it's a marsh down to the water, but right around the water line we actually have a little sand beach. We also have a little creek that dumps into the bay there...the water is brackish at that point - part salt/part fresh. But 2 days ago though we watched two porpoises come all the way in from out in the wide bay part (that hooks up to Escambia Bay and eventually the Gulf, the Sound and the intracoastal waterway) past our dock and continue on down to where the bay turns into a river. We are about 6 miles north of the actual Gulf of Mexico coast - which has the typical white sand beaches and aqua/turquoise water. mm > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Heather Perella > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 3:16 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [MD] another glimpse of Lila > > > > Margaret: > > BTW to you and SA: dock is almost finished with a > > 400 sq. ft platform over the boat house > > which gives a stunning panoramic view > > of the bay. Every evening just after > > the sun sets - 3 sometimes 4 great blue herons > > fly low across the bay to go to their > > night time sleeping spots. A wonderful > > pattern... > > > SA: Lovely, simply stunning! > I wanted to ask you something about where you > live in Flordia. Ok, I'm trying to draw a more > comprehensive picture. You said you live where there > is a bay, a very large bay, correct? Also, grasses > grow in this bay near your shoreline, and didn't you > say you walked out into this bay, close to shore, due > to the shallowness of the water? Also, you mentioned > how you hear thunderstorms move across this bay, > correct? Any trees growing into this bay near the > shore? > > > SA > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > ______________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.9/1291 - Release > Date: 2/21/2008 11:05 AM > > No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.9/1291 - Release Date: 2/21/2008 11:05 AM Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
