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I was at my desk when I saw a long, dark shape just under the canal surface. Big shape. I ran out, expecting to see a tarpon but there was nothing at all. Not even a ripple. That one was headed north, towards open water. Later I saw the dolphin in that familiar sine-wave motion headed back in. There's no reason they wouldn't swim here. Manatee do. Sharks do. Tarpon do. We had a 5' barracuda living under the boat for a few years.

Come from Mexico, they say,
Come all the way to the Keys,
Just lookin' for a place to stay,
Just lookin' for a home,
Just lookin' foh a home.

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"The girls say I'm pretty easy; I can be had for most anything with wheels, keels, or terabytes." Dick Harper says. Dick is a contributing columnist for New England’s oldest afternoon daily. He writes trade and general interest articles on consumer issues, cars and boats, manufacturing equipment, and management for small businesses and arts organizations. Oh, yeah. And he takes pictures. A barefoot, outdoor and nature photographer, he has fine art and stock photography from New England, the Atlantic coastal states, Florida, and the American Southwest. "I'm serendipitous," he says. "I'll sit on a site waiting for the superlative sun but I'm just as happy to have a walk around body when I see a speedboat on my street." Click the...