Brendan!
Malcolm!
Being silly
Being sulky
Almost a teenager
Frosting and matching spectacles
Mixing up the green
Moody decorating
The full assembly line
Dotting on the raisins
Max approves
Accumulating finished cookies
Attempting to contain the sprinkles
Loading up the stars
Sampling the options
Shared screen time
The stroller wranglers
Sole stroller swinger
Strolling along the path
Ruth in the lead
Oma and Maisie
Discrete peanut deliverer
A little leany
Pens!
Stocking time
Malcolm models a necklace
Up on the couch
Testing the flashlight
Break for applesauce
Acquiring a second
Math apparel
A stack of green
Snack time
So many packaging layers
A new stuffy from Ruth
Making introductions
Another stuffy and more
The third and final stuffy, a flamingo
A quick story
Present intermission
Max being a big kid
Happy Maisie
Pulling cookies
Necklace and headband
The auto mechanics at work
The whole gang
Two seconds later
Grab bag time
Tape!!
Maisie being a bit shy
Inspecting Brendan's grab bag
Time to steal?
Sharing the loot
Delivering to Opa
Coming through!
Relaxing in a family pile
Playing Life
The lawn aeration crew in Ocean Reef
Scattering
Boardwalk
Fairly dry in winter
Grassy
Tiny cypress shoots
Bromeliads perched everywhere
Later grove
In the shade
Juvenile white ibis (not yet white)
More precariously perched bromeliads
Circular web
Ferns
Thick layer
More cypress
Still and quiet
Cypress knees
Strangler fig getting to work
Great egret
Showing off the neck shape
Female red-winged blackbird, maybe
Spiders too
Another egret
Bugs on the lily pads
Flowering in selected spots
Standing still
Softshell turtle
Out into the waters
Osprey in nest
Osprey in nest
Out in Chokoloskee Bay
Dolphin spotted
Jumping around
Up in the air
Curving back
Surfing
Drying off
White ibis, looking surprised
Roseate spoonbill, checking us out
Thinking about an exit
Showing off the pink wings
Outta here
Disappearing spoonbill
Comorants, I think
Royal terns
Royal tern coming in for a landing
Incoming royal tern
Tucking the wings away
Smallwood store, on stilts
Coming back in
Out on the bay
Gator pile
Aligator
Gars
Sunning in the shallows
Upward arch
Waiting
Toothy grin
Swimming along
Glaring
At our third stop
Onto the air boat
Our captain
Great blue heron
Taking off
Barely out of the water
Underway
The river of grass
Hiding in the grass
Come closer!
Another great blue heron
Chased away by the boat
Low profile in the water
Eyes and nostrils only
At the Miccosukee village
Tiny tree frog
Egret strutting
The short boardwalk
Miccosukee air boat
Our final stop
Don't feed the aligators, intentionally or unintentionally
So much grass
Tiny hills
Breezing through
Robert is Here, a strangely named fruit stand
Quite the menagerie
Orchid Christmas tree at Ocean Reef
Family lineup
All in blue
Schievelbein family
Now for some wrestling moves
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