About Sun City Center's Caloosa Country Club Estates

Winter comes to Sun City Center

02-01-09

Bob Cumiskey, US Army Retired, Your Sun City Center, Florida ~ Realtor

view my blog
Office: (813) 633-2020

Mobile: (813) 435-8843
Secondary: (813) 633-6404

Last week winter came to Sun City Center. We had been expecting it, and the forecast had even warned of snow but later changed the snow forecast because they said it would be too cold for snow. The storm that blew through before the front hit, tore a section of my screening away from our pool cage, but it was easily fixed. The frost on the roofs and ground across the lake really surprised me when I awoke. The cold didn't seem to bother the family of ducks that have taken up residence on our lake this year.

The gulls didn't seem to mind the cold either.

I only stayed outside a few minutes, to get these pictures. Having lived in Florida now for over 15 years, I don't have the tolerance for cold like I did when I lived in the Buffalo, NY area.

Fortunately for us, winter doesn't last very long here. 2 -3 days at a time is normal, rarely does it last more than that. The other day we hit 80, and today our high will be 67. Life is good here in Sun City Center.

Bob Cumiskey
Realtor
A1 Connection Realty, Inc.
1509 Rickenbacker Drive
Sun City Center, FL 33573
(813) 633-2020

5 Comments

The White Peacock in full beauty

08-09-08

Bob Cumiskey, US Army Retired, Your Sun City Center, Florida ~ Realtor

view my blog
Office: (813) 633-2020

Mobile: (813) 435-8843
Secondary: (813) 633-6404

Living in Sun City Center, Florida has it's perks. We are so close to so many of the Theme Parks, and major Florida attractions.

I was going through some pictures today, looking for one a friend had asked me to send her.

While searching my thousands....and I do mean thousands of pictures I came across a couple of a white peacock I took a couple years ago, and thought I would share.

These pictures were taken at Busch Garden in Tampa. The peacocks wander the park freely, and it's not unusual to see them proudly showing their beautiful plumage. The shot is a bit blurry

colorful peacock

On this particular day, the White Peacock was sitting up in a tree, and I snapped what I thought was a pretty good shot.

To my amazement and delight this beautiful bird jumped down from the tree, saw the other peacock and shook himself vigorously and WHAM, up came the tail and WOW. I couldn't click fast enough.