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Kenzie snapped this pic of a gator in a retention pond along where Whizzy and I walk every morning.  He was outside the pond then slipped back in when she got out to take the picture.  That's him looking at her.  He isn't a big one, about 4 feet long, but it means a couple things maybe.  One, mom and or dad might be around, and two, better be careful walking that sidewalk in the mornings.  

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I have mentioned that You Tube has been acting up lately.  These oversized vids are just one example.  Stay tuned, maybe I can fix it, maybe not.  

Anyway, on our walk last week,  we were first spooked by the streetlight that was blinking.  In supernatural horror movies this mean there is some kind of evil force nearby.  

And if that wasn't enough, another mile down the road, across from the spooky and dark Datsko Park we met someone walking toward us on the sidewalk.  Now who the hell is out and about at that time of night, except us, of course?

 I was in too much shock to think clearly so I didn't get him walking away soon enough.  The second video you can't see, but maybe a nano second of him walking down the street.  By the way I said "good Morning, and he replied in like fashion, so it's not like blood was dripping from his mouth and eyeballs rolling around in black sovkets.  But still. 

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Many of my readers ask constantly how Whizzbang, aka Dumbstruck the Wonder Pup is.  She is fine and here is a small update.  









These are her two favorite activities - begging for food and sleeping.  Last picture is her about to go full spasmo.

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Some kind of weird, stealth-like flying creature that decided to grace us with its presence.


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And if Florida isn't bad enough, now we've got this flesh-eating thing going on.  Sharks, heat, rip tides, gators and now microbes.  


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There are 20 people or so running for president.  There is one person running who will never get elected.  Never in a hundred years.  Bernie Sanders: too old, too robotic, too socialist and spouting same old crap.


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Nice to see Dave and Lisa again down here.  They come down once a year to celebrate their wedding anniversary.  They were our buddies across the street when we lived in G-Burg.
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Nothing else today.  

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