Ha, Escambia. We love the gulf coast around there - Gulf Breeze, Gulf Shores etc. I this the white / aqua / turqoise you're talking about Margaret ? http://www.ianglen.net/gallery/Gulf_Coast_Thanksgiving_2006/image32.html
Ian On 2/21/08, Margaret Warren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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/ > 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/
