#manateemonday #marinelife #nature

Only a few weeks old 🥹 #manatee #nature

Who painted the water tonight? #sunset #photography

X marks the spot #sunset

Dropping out

Some locals #dolphins #marinelife #nature

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Still going

Another gorgeous night. #sunset #clouds

From purple to orange

Muttly Crew

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Purple and blue rays Most nights after the sunsets we get a special glow of purple. Long ago the Spanish named my island home after that famous purple hue. Islamorada. #purpleisle #photography #landscape #sunset #nature

Either way it’s beautiful #rainbow #landscape #sunset #photography #nature

So many colors in just 22 minutes.

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Island glow #sunset #reflections #landscape #photography

Purple Isle living up to its name. #landscape #photography #sunset

My dogs almost stepped on this cold stunned Iggy. #iguana #nature

Timone, the beautiful green sea turtle, back for sunset celebration after a brief stint at the turtle hospital. #seaturtle #sunset #purpleisle #landscape #nature

#sunset #boatlife #photography #landscape #clouds

painted sky #sunset #photography #clouds #landscape

The color change of just a few minutes 😍 #sunset #landscape #nature #photography #moon #purpleisle

TiMone is home! After a short stay at the marathon turtle hospital for being cold stunned she was returned to the Founder’s Park beach.

Boat life #sunset #reflections #photography

Aloe Iggy #lifeontherocks #iguana #lizard #nature #wildlife #photography

#sunset #landscape #nature #purpleisle

PSA the community aloe plant is now also home to Iggy. #lifeontherocks #purpleisle #iguana #photography #nature #lizard

And this is why I can’t leave my house during the hour after sunset. Ran home from the east side of the island but when I got there second pic is all that was left🥲 #landscape #sunset #reflections #photography

What a good girl #sunset #landscape #nature #purpleisle #dogsofbluesky

It’s even more purple in person #purpleisle #sunset #landscape #photography

Beautiful end to a bittersweet day. #sunset #purpleisle #landscape #reflections #clouds

Said goodbye to Timone today. She wasn’t doing well in the cold water so the good people from the turtle hospital came and picked her up. She has been in the marina with us for five years. We will miss her nightly sunset appearances and look forward to her return! #seaturtle #marinelife #coldsnap

Tough couple of days on the islands. The shallow waters of Florida Bay were no match for the frigid temps. The threshold temp for most local fish is about 57degrees and our waters are very near that temp now. Fish are dead, manatees, and sea turtles are struggling. #marinelife #coldsnap #fish

After a few gray days we were rewarded with dolphins and a gorgeous sunset! #sunset #purpleisle #dolphin #landscape #blueskyartshow

Sunset visitors. The dogs get so excited every time they come through 😍 #sunset #dolphin #nature #purpleisle

#sunset #purpleisle #clouds #landscape #Everglades

Some people have birds or squirrels hopping from power lines to trees but here we have 20lbs iguanas. #purpleisle #iguanas #nature #lizard

#sunset #landscape #purpleisle #clouds

The first bit of blue after two days of gray dreary rain.

4 minutes and a few steps #sunset #purpleisle #Everglades #landscape

7 minutes apart #sunset #nature #landscape #purpleisle

#flyday #purpleisle #nature #butterfly

Manatees, sea turtles, and puppies! Who do you sunset with? #purpleisle #manatee #sunset #seaturtle #nature

A young manatee checked me out while I was out on a mangrove clean up in the clear kayak. Normally the younger guys are shy so I was surprised when he came back and swam right under me. #manatee #purpleisle #nature #marinelife