Part II Sense of Place - My Neighborhood

        I live in a condo community in Fort Myers. My unit faces a preserve that is posted as a no trespassing zone.  There are no neighbors directy behind me to see or to see me.  The fact that there is a protected preserve is an effort to maintain some greenery and what ever may live in it, I assume. I have never ventured out into it because it is prohibited but I can say with all certainty that when we had thunderstorms every day for days on in, there was a wonderful song coming from frogs that must live in there.  I don't recall hearing them when it was dry and I have not heard them lately.   I noticed a snake on the sidewalk by my neighbors house a few months back also.  That is about the time I quit walking on the grass between my unit and the parking area.  

        

 

        It is more environmentally friendly than single homes in the fact that it is a mulit unit place according to the web site that measures our ecological footprint I mentioned in the previous post.  At the front of the community is a fensed in area next to the dumpster (that compacts the trash as it is added) are several green lidded containers that are labeled and used for recycling. There may be other efforts of sustainability around the neighborhood that I just dont notice. 

 

Empty as I am moving in.

My dog Kibbles walking around

        I love to sit on my lanai on mornings that arent so hot and have a glass of milk. That is relaxing to me, but my favorite place is right here in my living room looking out on the lanai and the preserve with my AC set for an economical 78 degrees.