Actually, it's winter on the Gulf Coast of southwestern Florida but it's close enough to Paradise for my husband and me! We have a beautiful house on a peaceful canal; poolside, from our lanai, we get close-up views of wood storks, ibis, great white egrets, little and great blue herons, anhingas, a big alligator we've none-too-creatively nicknamed 'Albert...' and, this year, an otter!
Our daughter-in-law is the lucky one who's seen the otter... twice! But all of us--son, daughter-in-law, 5 and 7 yr old grandkids, husband and me--were incredibly fortunate to not just see Albert the Alligator but to hear him roar. What a sound! And good ol' Albert obliged us with two HUGE roars. What a treat... as long as Al's in the canal or on the opposite bank, that is.
