Alligator Spotting and Orange Picking

I recently visited Florida for a conference... I just thought I would share two photos from that experience which I think are iconic to my visit to Florida:

Look at those wonderful, naturally-grown oranges... You can't go to Florida and not pick an orange! They were where the sunshine came from in the 'Sunshine State'.

This was a lake full of smiling alligators!

These type of photo blogs are not my usual 'Mixing it up... and down' style so, my next blog will prove to be just that so stay tuned! I just thought I'd share the reason for my recent silence and blow you away with these two bursts of Florida magnificence!

Captured in a Flash

This year I went to Tunisia on holiday. The desert was calling me as it calls the cacti and camels. I was one with the subtly desert breeze as I added dirt tracks to the yellow, powdery sand on my quad bike. I did capture a few special moments as I said good-bye to the country I will always hold in my heart: