When I got up this morning and looked at my travelling schedule for the next three weeks, my head began to spin - here in Florida until the weekend, back to the UK early next week and then on to India, to glorious Rajasthan, where work is nearly finished on our hospital. So many of my kind readers leave comments on the blog about my travels, and as I was walking earlier on, I thought I'd share my weekly walks with you over the next month, because there's not a single Thursday when I'm not somewhere wonderful!
What really struck me this morning was the great sense of spring in the air here in Florida - the birds are singing and the flowers are beginning to bloom - everywhere you look there's another flower bursting out; many of the birds are sporting their mating plumage; and plants are beginning to recover from the unusually cold winter we've had here. Yes, I know, it's been nothing like the winters you've had further north in the US, or indeed in the UK, where snow was the first major problem, and now flooding.
Even the big birds are back at last. There were several weeks here when it was hard to find them, and I assume that they went further south during the cold snap, but now they've returned and this is just one of many pelicans I saw eating breakfast ... shaken, not stirred!
But it's not just the birds that make good pictures, it's also all the smaller animals like the gecko on the left, who didn't like me getting too close! There's so much to see here when you open your eyes and I just love being up early, because there are so few people around.
I'm getting reports from back home that spring has arrived there too, so I shall be out walking to catch the signs of spring. And as for India, it's already well over 100F, so I have to walk early if I'm going to survive.
If my posts are erratic over the next few weeks, please forgive me ... what with time zones and travelling ... it's sometimes hard to find time - or in India - the luxury of an internet connection.
We will be starting to plant the garden at the hospital next week, so if any of you have suggestions for plants and trees, do let me know.
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