We were across from Tween Waters Inn, and as we walked onto the beach, the first thing we saw was a little boy chasing the shorebirds. I won't call him a 'bad boy', but I will say that his parent was obviously not concerned about teaching him to love and respect wildlife. This child ran up and down the beach clapping his hands and yelling at the birds to scare them away. He then watched until they landed in another spot, just to do the same thing again. His family sat and laughed, the mother even got up at one point and ran with him through the birds, waving her arms and screaming. This went on the entire time we were there.
Some children I've seen are just curious, walk slowly toward the birds, not intending to scare them. The birds actually don't seem scared, they just sorta move out of the way if they get a little too close. To me there is a difference.
I just feel that even though a child is young, they can still have fun while you teach them to love, respect and have compassion for living creatures. What better time than when they are young? I think ultimately, it teaches them to respect all living things, including their fellow humans, and themselves.
We walked over to Tween Waters Inn Crow's Nest. We visited with a couple of friends we hadn't seen for a long time.
After a while we looked around and realized that we had missed the sunset. I stepped outside to get a look at the afterglow.
This is how the sky looked when we left.
And....the cool breeze on the way back to Sanibel
was nothing short of awesome!
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I know about the birds. We have a wildlife sanctuary right down the road from us and our kids have been taught since day one...not to chase the geese or scare the animals. You are right though-it was probably a city family and they are so unaccustomed to seeing wildlife up close...they don't think it does any harm. I'm sure they would never do it if they thought that.
Lovely wind as seen in your last shot-
Sometimes grownups just don't think... sometimes they were never taught to respect wildlife.
Funny, now you've got me enlarging all your photos... looking for treasure :-))
You raise a very good point in this post. I think parents do need to do a better job of teaching youngsters to respect wildlife and nature in general.
Not something my kids would ever be allowed to do, but then I was taught better so I taught them better. Some are just ignorant. And some are just mean.
I totally agree with you about caring for the wildlife, Tootie. Sometimes you just wonder where in the world or how some people were brought up....Very frustrating. Kids nowadays just aren't brought up like we were, I think. :( Anyway, on a brighter note, I really enjoyed seeing the beach photos in the bright sunshine, and when I got to your 'Tween Waters Inn photos ---- my pulse quickened just remembering the happy times hubby and I have spent there in years past! Thank you for the sweet memories once again! :)
xoxo laurie
I'm looking forward to the cooler temps. It was nice today with the windows open.
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