We certainly don't live in the country here in GA, but sometimes it feels as if we do. I see much more wildlife here than I ever saw near the house in CA. Back in the SF Bay Area, we had squirrels, birds, ducks, possums, and raccoons. That was pretty much it. If we went up in the Oakland hills or somewhere more forested, we'd see deer or something, but that was it.
Here though, we have fun animals right outside our apartment. We live in an apartment complex right near the Chattahoochee River, and have a ravine right behind our building. This picture kind of shows the trees and such growing in the ravine. When it rains, there's a little creek at the bottom, sometimes running surprisingly quickly! ( You can also see Bella, who we found in the parking lot and adopted, and Omar, who we brought from CA.)
There are chipmunks living in the trees of our complex. They're adorable! Most of the time, I only see them scampering away from me, but when I'm lucky, I catch one sitting still. So cute! Bella loves to sit in the window and watch them. Sometimes I think she's going to break through the window and chase one!
Every now and then, and frequently lately, I see a turtle. Most of the time, the turtle is in the same place, sitting in the breezeway between our apartment doors. Today, as I was pulling out of my parking spot to go to the gym, I saw a turtle walking across the sidewalk.
A few days ago, this little guy moved in. He's been outside our door pretty much every time I come or go. This morning, he was on our doormat, and hopped into the apartment when I opened the door! He hopped right back out, thank goodness, because I think the cats would have found him pretty interesting. Mostly, he just sits on the ground and hangs out.
Finally, a skink. At least, I'm pretty sure that's what it is that I've seen. They get on our screen porch all the time, and I saw a big one with a missing tail today. Once, Omar found one inside and chased him for a while. Husband caught the poor skink and put him outside before Omar could do any serious damage.
We went away for the weekend, and had a great time. We left after Husband got off work Thursday, and came back Sunday afternoon. We wanted to leave Thursday morning, but Husband's work got in the way.
After breakfast in the mornings, we walked on the beach. It was huge, and practically empty! We didn't swim though, because the water is sandy. We did our tanning at the pool.
We had a nice dinner on Saturday night, with wine and coffee.
We had no idea this kind of place was in GA! I always knew GA had coast, but never really thought about what it would look like. We definitely made a good choice in going here.
For lunch on Friday we had oysters and shrimp. So.freakin.good. I only eat oysters on vacation, and they're always delicious.
And Husband had a fruity drink. I always tease him that he can keep his umbrella drinks next to my plate, and I'll put my beer next to his. ;)
We wanted to go up in this lighthouse, but it was closed for renovations. It was still fun to look at.
