I spend a fair amount of time outside. I am not \u201cgardening\u201d or \u201cputtering\u201d I am moving rocks or mulch or fill dirt around our three-acre yard. I also pick up dog poo from his 90-lb rescue labradoodle. Last weekend it was digging out confederate Jasmine to liberate some rocks that it had grown over. That\u2019s some hard work. I can manage about four feet of liberation in a 2-hour stretch. Still, I take time to notice who is living in the native Florida landscape. Lizards and turtles and snakes. Bumble bees and the garden variety bees. Birds. A few days ago, a hawk flew by with fresh catch in his claws. And, lizards. I see a lot of lizards. I\u2019ve watched them run from predators, mate, and the other day, I found this lizard at lunch. A study released last week says that spending time in nature will help stave off dementia. Maybe paying attention will boost the gain?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I spend a fair amount of time outside. I am not \u201cgardening\u201d or \u201cputtering\u201d I am moving rocks or mulch or fill dirt around our three-acre yard. I also pick up dog poo from his 90-lb rescue labradoodle. Last weekend it was digging out confederate Jasmine to liberate some rocks that it had grown over. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n