My husband, Steve, came with me and the dog yesterday to go walking in the preserve. We speculated about how long it would still be available for walking in, now that Florida has an all-Republican government and there's "no money" for frivolous things, like state parks and wilderness. Better to have it all look familiar and safe. More plazas! All roads must lead to Disney! And then Steve saw an interesting lizard, different than what we get around our house, and later I spotted a great big snake sitting in a dry creek bed, and it cheered us up some. I haven't identified the lizard, but Steve said the snake was a water moccasin. No water there, poor baby. It's been a dry spring.
Update: It's actually a cottonmouth. Steve looked it up.
