MY QUEST CONTINUES...

No pileated woodpecker yet!  The holes in the trees show no more evidence of excavating. Possibly these trees don't have the right bugs, or whatever the bird was searching for.
I do have a few pics from walking around the park. Nothing unusual/until I went to the store yesterday and caught the last picture!

The park is full of cardinals. 
This one posed for a picture. 

The trees are full of beautiful blossoms.

The squirrels are everywhere!  
Smaller than the ones - Up North.

A relative to the first bird?  
Only this one is stuck-on a door frame.

The perfect perch where the resident eagle is often seen.
Another quest ~ to catch it sitting there!

A tree frog, clinging to our house.
Several hang out near the porch lights each evening, love the sounds they serenade us with.

So, this turtle looks small-not so-it is larger than the largest dinner plate!  It was digging holes, but on the edge of the road, in our park. To lays eggs?  I'm not sure, but I already helped one that was hit by a car. This one was way too close to the road.  So, I took a stick and helped it move into the "wilds" of the park.
Not sure if the first one lived, it was really "beaten" up, from a car hitting it. Cars coming around the corner sometimes go too close to the edge, and onto the grass, where the pictured turtle was digging. 

"Pinkest" of pink rides ~ 'Princess' on the darker pink side mirror.
 Who's the princess? The driver? The dog? 
My guess - both! 
Couldn't pass this picture up--the dog is totally enjoying the ride!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL MOTHERS

    ****Thank you Michelle and Josh****
Without you two I wouldn't be a Mom.  First Sunday in May is set aside to honor Moms. 
I feel honored everyday~you two always make me feel special and important! 
                       Love you! 

MY QUEST...

Benny-Maintenance Manager, here at our park was telling me yesterday about a large woodpecker he has seen on one of the trees.  Today he caught me at the pool and told me it was on a nearby tree.  I saw it as soon as I left the pool area. 
        A Pileated Woodpecker!  Exciting! 
I ran home for the camera/it was gone by the time I returned, but evidence of it being there was clear.  

 Pileated Woodpeckers excavate large holes in trees, leaving the shavings, in a pile, at the bottom of the tree. There must be bugs in this tree. 

These holes are on another tree, the woodpecker is working on this one.  I will have to take my chair down there and watch for it.          Hopefully, pictures of it will soon be here!

NEW LEGO SCULPTURES AT DOWNTOWN DISNEY

We like to walk around Downtown Disney and Pleasure Island.  Our favorite place to eat is the English Pub/but this time we ventured over to The House of Blues.  We were glad we did, as the sandwiches were delicious!  
The Lego Store has been under construction all winter.  Finding it open and with new sculptures was great.  These lego structures are made overseas and shipped here.  They are huge!  Wonder why our Americans can't make these?  Sadly, it's probably cheaper to construct them and ship from over seas.  

The Seven Dwarfs

Snow White and Dopey

Hey, Josh!  Woody!

Slaying the dragon.

The family is still there/updated with hats and outfits.

"Adios Mickey ~ see you next season!"

DID YOU WATCH?

I watched the highlights.  I thought it was well done and not too elaborate.  Thought some of the hats were crazy/some were fun/some were elegant.  A "feel good" event.