This is the channel that leads from the canoe launch area to the Hillsborough River in John Sargeant Park in Tampa, Florida.

The fishing pier on the Gulf of Mexicoa as seen from the top of the fort at Ft. Desoto Park in Pinellas County, Florida.

The beach on the Gulf of Mexico next to the fort as Ft. Desoto Park in Pinellas County, Florida.

Cattle in a Hernando County pasture.

Marsh area of the Circle B Bar Preserva in Polk County, Florida.

The great white egret (ardea alba) or great egret can be found in most of the freshwater and saltwater marshes of the tropical, subtropical and temperate regions around the world.  You can find it in North, Central, and South America, from lower Canada to Argentina. Usually a resident, it migrates from Canada and the upper United States during the winter. Great white egret in the marsh at the Circle B Bar Preserve in Polk County Florida.

Downtown Tampa, Florida and Harbor Island, Florida as seen from Davis Islands

Early morning mists rise in the GreatSmoky Mountains.

One view of the waterfront in Buenos Aires, Argentina on the river Plata.

A foggy morning in Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains.

Near the waterfront in St. Petersburg, Florida looking south toward downtown, the line of palms is what caught my eye. It reminded me of many of the pictures on the penny postcards that used to be so prevalent in the tourist shops in Florida.

Country lane in Riverview, Florida.