"I just laugh stuff off because prison doesn't cook the food I like." (An osprey at Lakes Park in Fort Myers, FL)

"I'd be unstoppable if not for laws and physics."

(A green heron doing a little side stepping at Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida)

"I don't have the energy to be an adult today" (A carefree snowy egret strutting along Caspersen Beach, Florida)

“It's your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don't take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find the humor in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver." ~Betty White

(A trio of anhingas at the Venice Area Rookery in Florida)

“We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children." ~Native American proverb

(A watchful burrowing owl in Cape Coral, Florida)

"Blaze a path with your own wild unapologetic self and illumiate the world!"

(The sun sets after another beautiful day in Southwest Florida)

"If I could give you one gift, it would be to see yourself as I see you...a much-loved and incredibly special person"

(A lady slipper blooming)

"Leave the road, take the trails." —Pythagoras

(A pair of turtles at the Six Mile Cypress Slough in Fort Myers, FL)

“Never touch anything with half of your heart “

(An osprey at Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida)

"Do you ever get the feeling that your fairy godmother stepped out for a minute and never came back?"

(An American white pelican at Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida)

"I bet you would really be motivated if the weight you lost went to someone you don’t like!"

(A black-crowned night heron at the Venice Area Rookery in Florida)

"The older I get the wider my hips and the thinner my patience!"

(A tricolored heron at Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida)

"Intimacy is not purely physical. It's the act of connecting with someone so deeply, you feel like you can see inside their soul"

(Orchids at the Naples Botanical Garden in Florida)

"I used to think I was a patient person, but then my kid got out of bed for the eleventh time, and asked why ducks don't have arms"

(A burrowing owl keeping watch in Cape Coral)

“People can’t drive you crazy if you don’t give them the keys.” —Mike Bechtle

(Great blue herons at the Venice Rookery in Florida)

"In my youth, wisdom may have chased me, but I was always faster. Thank goodness there was no social media back then!" 😉😜 (An American white pelican at Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida)

"The older you get, the better you get... unless you're a banana." —Betty White

(A bowl of roseate spoonbills at Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida)