This big fellow was sunning very near the road, so I carefully stepped from the car and snapped.

I inched my zoomy lens closer, but I stepped a little closer too. I quickly decided that I was going to have to keep it fresh in my mind that these are massively huge creatures capable of biting off my arm – or more – and there was no fence between me and them. A little scary because I easily forget my distance when looking through my lens.  Check out his teeth!  And I think that eye is following me!

So, this is my alligator macro. I still have all my fingers and toes and this really is close enough, don’t you think?

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I like crabs as long as I know where they are, not so sure of them when I stumble upon them though.

This one didn’t bother me at all, but this isn’t exactly how I found it though.

Yep, this is how I found it. Haden turned it over for me. lol

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Just a few odds and ends found on a beach near Jacksonville. The morning lighting seemed to be perfect to bring out the colors. Ahhhh.

I found these in a couple of spots but have no clue what made the little sand balls.

I think the sand in the shell looks like snow, but it wasn’t, lol.

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This little fellow is just adorable!

He thinks he’s so tough!

I think he needs to shave his legs, lol.

So maybe these are more technically close-ups, but that’s ok, right? Did you see the size of that sand?! Yeah, he’s little!

I found his little eyes amazing!!

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Have you seen the new pennies? I think they’re pretty cool!

Oops, sorry, I thought I already had this one in the cue, then got home to find I didn’t. We’re back from vacation and I missed you all! I’ll be working on getting around to visit with everyone and I can’t wait to tell you all about our trip!

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Can you tell what this is?

We found this cute salt and pepper shaker set a few years ago and I realized I had never shared. We don’t use them, but I think they’re so cute.

No wonder we bought them, huh? But we’re not in Wisconsin right now, we’re traveling through the warmer weather of Florida – ah, sunshine, at least I hope the sun is shining. My husband is taking me swimming with the manatees for my birthday. :0)  I’m a wee bit excited! Since we’re traveling this post was prepared before we left, I sure hope it publishes without a hitch.

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Do you see what I see?  Yes, it’s a piece of popcorn, but what else is it?

Did you say, ‘frog’?  Well that’s what my aunt saw while eating her bowl of popcorn years ago.  SO she promptly wrapped a piece of popcorn in tissue paper, boxed it up and sent it from Texas to Missouri to my mother (her sister).  My mother loves frogs of all kinds so this piece of popcorn has been sitting in her china cabinet for many years now.  It looks freshly popped doesn’t it?

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THANK YOU to each one of you for playing along!  I love seeing what you come up with each week!

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Leave it to the guys in my house to find a pooping gummy bear!

I think he needs some Charmin, lol.

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When Jientje visited from Belgium she brought this sweet little angel to live with me.

Such a sweet little face.

Hope you all had a wonderful, extended weekend, enjoying these first few days of the new year. :0)

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Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday!

Adrianna has a tiny turtle, this turtle fits perfectly in her hand but I could fit three of them in mine. I was tempted to keep it but she loves it very much!

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I think Christmas affected my brain and I forgot MckLinky – oops – Thanx Mojo!

Can you believe how quickly the time is flying?! A few more days and Christmas is upon us!

We added this adorable mouse in a mailbox ornament last year. I love getting Christmas cards in my mailbox, don’t you?!

When we got our tree this year we found animal couples. We decided to add a pair to our tree and we chose the alligators. Now that might seem an odd choice, but there were no appropriate Wisconsin animals. There were lions, giraffes, elephants, but no deer, bears or badgers. So we chose the alligators since we were married in south Texas and we were able to see them wild there.

I also found a Santa riding a dragonfly, who could resist such whimsy?

Have a Holly Jolly week!

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I love to add new ornaments to the Christmas tree each year and last year I added a few birds. This little bird clips onto the branch.

This year I added this flamingo, just because I thought he was zany!

They look pretty happy on the tree, no?

He’s even smiling.

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I hope you don’t get bored of Christmas Ornaments, I have a few I would like to share over the next few weeks.

I love snowmen! So I have a few of them on my tree.

A cheery Christmas smile for you!

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