March 30, 2016

THE GENTLE GIANTS

We saw a posting this morning at
that today is Manatee Appreciation Day.
Shame on us!  Being Floridians for 20-years, we should have known,
or remembered ~ tho did not ~ we always loved and enjoyed these gentle giants.
At one time our home was on the waters of Sykes Creek and they would drift past,
often sipping fresh water from a dripping hose off our dock.  What a joy to see!
To read more about them, visit Doggy and Kitty Caperz blog today.

11 comments:

  1. They do look like very gentle souls. It would be fun to see them.

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  2. Fabulous place, I wish I could pitch a tent and live there. We kayaked with the manatees in Blue Springs State Park last year. Highly recommend the experience to anyone passing through.

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  3. Manatees have always seemed so majestic to me. It must have been something special having them drift past your house in Florida.

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  4. That's a beautiful sculpture! It must have been lovely to see the manatees going by your place.

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  5. Those manatees are so graceful and HARMLESS... yet peeps are so CRUEL to them... Our mom and dad saw one swimming in a canal near Miami... with a GARDEN RAKE stuck in its Back.. It was heartbreaking.

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  6. That is very beautiful. Mommy says Manatees are very peaceful.

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  7. Manatees are awesome! It is sad how much they have been hurt by humans. I think this sculpture is a beautiful way to remind people to be conscious of these guys!

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  8. how cool would thiz be !!!!! and that statue is awesome....on your patio deck ?? ♥♥♥

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  9. What a beautiful replica of those gentle giants!!!

    Woos - Ciara and Lightning

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  10. What - that is lovely! Manatees are very cool!

    WOOF

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  11. Mom saw manatees at Sea World a few years ago. In spite of all the bad press Sea World gets for their orcas, they do amazing work rescuing injured manatees and rehabbing them. Thanks for linking us!!!

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