Snakes alive!

One more critter: a black racer, Harmless

, and rather leegant.

Curly tail

Like almost everything else in this state, including me, thye are not native. They were introduced to South Florida in the 1940s, probably from the Bahamas, to eat sugar cane pests. Of course they didn't. Anyway, I've only seen them in Cape Canaveral the last couple ofm years.

On the boardwalk to the beach.

Gulf Fritillary

On a container plant on our deck. Native to Florida and Texas.

Heteropoda venatoria

From our garage, a Huntsman Spider. Not native, they came to South Florida, probably in a cargo of fruit. They're described as 'cosmotropical'. And climatologically, Cape Canaveral is now South Florida. Everything that lands here, prospers.

Be careful with this guy. He's not dangerous, but can deliver a painful bite.

Boycott Grills

It is with a heavy heart that I am boycotting one of my favorite waterfront tiki-bars/restuarants, Grills, because the owner is an irresponsible SOB, a bible nut, and a disobeyer of sensible public health regulations.

Oh, but it's worse. From his comments:

There is a narrative and a mindset taking over that Christians have speculated about for over 2000 years. We will soon see how far along that timeline we are.

Yup. Barely concealed end-times crap. Thanks, Penovich, we'll take our money elsewhere.. 

I guess it could be worse. A little worse.

Horror stories about HOAs

Just so it's clear: this wasn't Ocean Oaks.

Meanwhile, how's our Republican mayor doing?

Aug. 16: Cape Canaveral spilled 24,508 gallons of raw sewage when a power outage knocked out a generator and backup generator failed to start, due to a blown fuse in the battery. DEP assessed a penalty of $3,750 for the violation.

Link.