tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351453022302347950.post8586902040973063872..comments2023-11-05T06:12:59.681-05:00Comments on ForestWalkArt: alligators.wild horses.turtles.and the moon.laurak/ForestWalkArt :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00285156023840252154noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351453022302347950.post-88803388817380784972011-12-09T22:17:15.542-05:002011-12-09T22:17:15.542-05:00Love the horses. I did not know they had wild hors...Love the horses. I did not know they had wild horses in FL! Love the Moon photos also! Wonderful!Kathie Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10377224759599266209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351453022302347950.post-60820813837611293542011-03-28T06:22:40.242-04:002011-03-28T06:22:40.242-04:00thanks Desiree and Keda!! yeah, the GATORS are som...thanks Desiree and Keda!! yeah, the GATORS are something else...i think it's HUMANS that make them BAD! in the wild...they would normally shy away from people...BUT when they start being fed by humans...well, it changes them...<br />they're so prehistoric...i love 'em!<br /><br />and Desiree, i THINK that crocodiles are much FIERCER than gators!! i'm not certain...i'll have to look that up...<br /><br />anyway...so glad u 2 enjoyed walking along the trail...take care and i'll see you at YOUR place this week...when life slows down just a little...for me... :]lauralaurak/ForestWalkArt :)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00285156023840252154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351453022302347950.post-2452197461782406192011-03-26T13:54:17.815-04:002011-03-26T13:54:17.815-04:00That was one massively exciting trail. I have to ...That was one massively exciting trail. I have to say I love alligators. They are always painted as such an underdog and they really aren't that mean. They are just in it for survival, like everyone else...<br />Beautiful moon pics, so glad you captured that journey too.<br />Thanks for the mention.Kedahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467573541576582062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351453022302347950.post-76667680622536037242011-03-26T12:59:08.497-04:002011-03-26T12:59:08.497-04:00I have no idea how I missed this post! It should ...I have no idea how I missed this post! It should have appeared on my reading list for the day, yet didn't! Anyway, better late than never as they proclaim in the classics :)<br /><br />What a brilliant post, AGAIN!!! Your photography is always such a treat, Laura and you take us on the most incredibly travels. I have loved every single moment of this one, but I'd be hard-pressed if I were asked to name a favourite post of yours, as they are all, always an absolute delight! Likewise, to name a favourite theme/photo in any single post of yours...too difficult...all are great!<br /><br />Those alligators are huge. I need to find out what the difference is between them and our own fearsome crocodiles.<br /><br />When I come here, I really do find it hard to leave :)<br /><br />Hugs,<br /><br />Des xoxoDesireehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01069419364783245762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351453022302347950.post-29035775655423596032011-03-26T00:49:11.978-04:002011-03-26T00:49:11.978-04:00Magda...thanks again! you are too kind....i apprec...Magda...thanks again! you are too kind....i appreciate your time and compliments. :] soooo...you're ready for a crappy post, are ya...well...i'm up late...can't sleep...think too much...i might just start to work on it...you've been warned... :]laurak/ForestWalkArt :)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00285156023840252154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351453022302347950.post-38250757061366202412011-03-25T19:01:43.151-04:002011-03-25T19:01:43.151-04:00Back again LauraK,
I was intrigued by your Alligat...Back again LauraK,<br />I was intrigued by your Alligators, so I went researching and discovered in Australia there are none it seems. What I had been remembering were the long narrow faced Freshwater Crocodiles.<br />And I'll add, that even though I didn't research all avenues, I did check some main connections... and very few photos I saw of Freshwater or Saltwater Crocodiles were as good as your Alligator ones.<br /><br />Though you may feel humbled in being awarded for the efforts you put into your site, you really are very deserving of such honours.<br />Every recognition you receive is also recognising every wonderful subject's image and story you give... so in essence you are the custodian receiving the accolade on their behalf, and given appreciation for your story-telling.<br /><br />Heaps well deserved LauraK. Your site is fascinating, informative, warm, friendly and a pleasure to visit and wander about in.<br /><br />Thank you for being you...<br /><br />Love your cute "i have gone to the forest" picture.<br /><br />Quite looking forward to seeing your "crappy post". Poop and I have an abiding, still ongoing relationship!<br /><br />Bestest of wishes to you from Magda(Australia)magda in queensland australiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373394295345620883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351453022302347950.post-64668593194987951592011-03-25T07:00:12.211-04:002011-03-25T07:00:12.211-04:00Magda! wow...thanks for the kind words!! just wait...Magda! wow...thanks for the kind words!! just wait 'til i come out with the 'crappy post'...and i hope you still find it wonderful & full of new experience! ha! :]<br /><br />artymess! SOME of the gators...i'd say we were under 10 feet away...but usually we're up on the trail...they're 5-6 feet below in the water or on the bank. it was a little scary at times...but everyone keeps their distance from each other! wow!! your garden turtle had such a comfortable life!! living among the flowers...i love turtles! and it just makes me laugh when i see them sunning like that! weeeeeeeee! :]<br /><br />vickie/VMS Photo! actually...from where i'm at...by the time the moon cleared the trees out back...it didn't look all that much different than any other full moon. that picture i took didn't look any different than the one i took over lake lochloosa (in another post...and on my sidebar) a few months back... :]<br /><br />Alexia! thanks! yeah, those gators can be a little scary...just don't look them right in the eyes! OH, and about the jawbone...i don't know what the shipping overseas is...that's why i say on my etsy page to just contact me for each individual item and i'll check on it. email me if you're interested! :]<br /><br />Thanks for swinging by!! thanks for taking the time to...sit...relax for a minute...and leave a note...it's always nice to see ya! :]lauralaurak/ForestWalkArt :)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00285156023840252154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351453022302347950.post-37296572291542869762011-03-23T23:48:04.382-04:002011-03-23T23:48:04.382-04:00Oh my goodness I just LOVE your posts Laura. Scary...Oh my goodness I just LOVE your posts Laura. Scary alligators -- but really fantastic photos.<br />i went on your Etsy page because i really covet one of your decorated jawbones - but alas you only post to the US. I shall just have to admire from afar!Alexiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405656530899442354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351453022302347950.post-73113649769678839572011-03-23T17:54:47.859-04:002011-03-23T17:54:47.859-04:00You're so brave to walk around near alligators...You're so brave to walk around near alligators. Nice moon shots, too. I totally missed the super moon. I'll catch it in 36 years.VM Sehy Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03832671940615894037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351453022302347950.post-31189582482649802242011-03-23T15:45:56.704-04:002011-03-23T15:45:56.704-04:00thats a great post Laura .....how close did you ge...thats a great post Laura .....how close did you get to them?...I used to have a turtle that used to sunbathe like that...She lived in our garden pond she would hibernate every Winter and I would know it was Spring when she came out to sunbathe at the first warm days ......she died a few years back she was 30 yrs old ......i do miss her .....xartymesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04798834736698500712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351453022302347950.post-12686214853882477392011-03-23T10:44:03.095-04:002011-03-23T10:44:03.095-04:00LauraK, this Posting just might be one of your Ult...LauraK, this Posting just might be one of your Ultra Superb ones.<br />I've just completed a visually interesting journey, guided by interesting narrative... to then be awed by the Moon.<br />My words are inadequate.. my mind still full of the experience you have given me.<br />Thank you for your wonderfulness.<br />With good wishes to you from Magda(Australia)magda in queensland australiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373394295345620883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351453022302347950.post-20754890567880531662011-03-23T06:31:29.038-04:002011-03-23T06:31:29.038-04:00Susan (of Oz)! according to the ranger...breeding ...Susan (of Oz)! according to the ranger...breeding season isn't supposed to be in full swing yet! it's a little early! (guess there were alot of 'horny' gators this year?!...must be something in the air? water?...) :]<br /><br />Tumbleweed stacey! yeah, the mOOn...so cool...but then it always is!! the horses were way cool...kinda scary when they ran by us...galloped by us...VERY close...i was too scared to put my camera on movie! ha! >the crappiest post is coming...hmmmm, crappiest post award??!! nbow there's one to be proud of!! yeah! :]<br /><br />Home in the Hollow/JP! yeah!! those gators can sure give ya the chills...some of them are just so HUGE...and staring you right in the eyes....yikes! :]<br /><br />Susan (KardKornerKrib)! i KNOW you made that award yourself...that's what was so amazing about it!! i SHOULD have gone ON about that...but i just wanted to 'get 'er done'! ha! just kidding...(me no redneck...FAR from it....) i have NEVER been SO humbled in my entire life...(well, maybe....) as when i was picked for Blog of Note! damn...i never thought i was worthy of ANYTHING!! BUT because of THAT, i found so many others...like you...who i might otherwise never have run across. cyberspace is so endless.... OH! and the egret in action...i was SHOCKED that i actually got it! wow! (had it set faster...like for action shots...i was so lucky!) :]<br /><br />Kateri! YES!! so many animals living together...but i guess they all understand each other...and if the gator gets hungry...well...time for nature to do its thing...<br />you don't REALLY have to worry about the gators...as long as you don't climb down the bank into the water... yeah, the moon was awesome...i'll bet you have a shot on your blog... :]<br /><br />Erika Jean! you're welcome!! always happy to oblige...with some NEW info!! at least it's nice to know that it WAS new...to some...and, i guess it was pretty special of us to see thew horses...not all visitors to the park get so lucky... :]<br /><br />Kel! ha! yeah, exactly...the whole...not hole...or is it? no, can't be...if it was a 'hole' then when we landed on the moon...they would have passed right through...right?!! we've been watching the bats take off every night at dusk...so fitting with that moon picture!<br /><br />Thanks everyone!! i appreciate your wandering through...:] lauralaurak/ForestWalkArt :)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00285156023840252154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351453022302347950.post-83072905602393380652011-03-23T04:18:12.335-04:002011-03-23T04:18:12.335-04:00Laura I really like your photo of the moon with th...Laura I really like your photo of the moon with the branches in it<br />kind of messes with the mind, it's like looking through a telescope, but what you are showing is the whole, not the hole ;-)Kelhttp://www.xfacta.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351453022302347950.post-3698411636329488522011-03-23T03:52:11.143-04:002011-03-23T03:52:11.143-04:00Wow! thanks for all the gator infor! Pretty intere...Wow! thanks for all the gator infor! Pretty interesting stuff - and I didn't know most of it! Beautiful pictures as always. Love the horses and the colt.ErikaJeanhttp://www.erikajean.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351453022302347950.post-79954706173244165612011-03-22T20:12:07.845-04:002011-03-22T20:12:07.845-04:00Wow, that is quite a lot of wild life in that park...Wow, that is quite a lot of wild life in that park--alligators, horses, turtles, egrets, herons. I think I'd be pretty nervous with that many alligators around! <br /><br />Love the full moon as seen through the trees, that is a pretty cool shot. :)Katerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05645403612156172760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351453022302347950.post-60599948567842658862011-03-22T19:49:35.037-04:002011-03-22T19:49:35.037-04:00What a fantastic catch of the egret spearing a fis...What a fantastic catch of the egret spearing a fish...you had to be right on smooth to get that with good stop action on your camera. And the baby gators are really cool. I didn't know how they measured a gator's size-it's not like they hold still while you take a measuring tape to them. Thanks for mentioning me, but you didn't have to say anything. I made the award myself-your blog is fascinating! You know, I picked you up from "blogs of note" because your title sounded so cool, but it was a little while before I got the nerve to follow and I am glad I did! I've been to your previous post from the other day, but have to go back because I wanted to look some more. Oh, and your Emerson quote is chilling and so true. See you later Laura!Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12383039383765299104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351453022302347950.post-63018542482497016692011-03-22T17:36:52.986-04:002011-03-22T17:36:52.986-04:00YOU are an awesome lady, Laura! These gators gave...YOU are an awesome lady, Laura! These gators gave me the chills & still are! It's how you put it together and present it to us that just makes me drop my jaw!!!!...:)JPjp@A Green Ridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15217268829093983376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351453022302347950.post-45673011914246281772011-03-22T16:23:17.086-04:002011-03-22T16:23:17.086-04:00Great moon! We missed it in our part of the world....Great moon! We missed it in our part of the world...dumb clouds!<br />What a treat to see those horses, I love that leggy foal.<br />Can't wait to see the crappy one..what if you get an award for crappiest blog!!? ;0) tumbleweedStaceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15477759880480781308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2351453022302347950.post-69864408344306844702011-03-22T09:27:46.011-04:002011-03-22T09:27:46.011-04:00Hi Laura,
Boy, you found a big assortment of allig...Hi Laura,<br />Boy, you found a big assortment of alligators. Breeding season is in full swing by the look of it.<br />Some large older ones too. Real interesting to see them out in their natural surroundings. <br /><br />I love the egret action shots too! How cool, you were right there at the right moment to get those pics :)<br /><br />Your moon photos are really nice as well - I'm really enjoying seeing everyone's take on the moon. Thank you.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849036690807834080noreply@blogger.com