Day 2

We decided to go for a paddle on the kayak yesterday so that I can get a photo of a mangrove flower and whatever else I see.  With the kayak on it's makeshift cart, Scott and I roll down the road ready for a quick adventure.  Our street is lined with these feathery puffballs. I have no idea what the shrub is that they grow on, but I love them.  They have small, white, hard berries on them later in the year that remind me of little white peppercorns.  As I look down I am always intrigued by the tiniest things.  This sweet little flower has 3 different stages of it's growth on one stem.  So pretty.  Finally, we go out on the kayak to capture the mangrove flower.  Unfortunately, most of the flowers have given way to their next stage, growing into mangrove seed pods.  The kids down here call them sea pencils and use the ones that wash ashore to draw pictures in the sand.  There was some weather blowing up from Key West, so we got some photos and fought the outgoing tide to head back home.