We have been staying at our vacation rental home, Toucan House, for the past 5 weeks with 4 more to go.
This has been an unusal experience as we are generally rented for November and December and have never spent this much time on the Island or in the house.
Being here has confirmed our belief that Sanibel is indeed a unique vacation destination. And, having glorious weather for these last few weeks has enhanced our pleasure with the house and with the Island.
The crowning glory this past week was the Sanibel Masters Art Festival held this past week-end. The new space for the show is more visible than the old location and there is more room to roam and look at the beautiful work.
We were dazzled and entertained for a couple of hours, viewing the paintings, sculpture and jewelry presented.
Our biggest joy was meeting a Brazilian-American nature photographer who had a spectacular display of shots he took locally as well as some stunning pictures he has taken in Brazil.
We chatted with him a while learning of the scarlet Ibis in one of his photographs, a bird more commonly seen in South America. But he had spotted and shot it right here in SW Florida.
It's quite a beautiful photograph, as were the egrets and other Sanibel birds he had for sale, but our favorite was a little Toucanet.
Needless to say, we purchased it and are looking for the right spot in Toucan House to hang it!
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