Another cold front came charging through central Florida this weekend. It dumped a lot of rain on Saturday. Today it left behind cold, cloudiness and constant windiness. The wind was strong enough to blow a pool float into our pool. Little Danï spotted it right off.

Because the pool float seemed to be moving on its own power, Danï was very careful to keep a respectful distance. You never know if a wily pool float will reach up and pull you into the water.

Danï instinctively lowered her body toward the deck to present as small a profile as possible, to make it more difficult for the wily pool float to see her, or if it did, to try to get her.

As Danï grew ever close, she raised her head up just enough to get a better look at the pool float. She stayed in that position for a good minute before she made her final inspection.

As Danï grew as close as she was willing to go, I could almost hear her think, “Is this thing even alive?” It was after this that she turned and bounded back inside the house to play with her sister.

End Notes

1. Because of all the wind and the rain I’m going to have to get in the pool and clean up the water line. The pool floats are cloth with a removable buoyant interior, so they’re going into the washing machine.
2. The camera was my Olympus OM-D EM-1.2 with a Lumix 30mm/2.8 macro lens on it. I would have put on something “more appropriate,” but I was afraid the moment would pass if I screwed around changing lenses, before I got back outside again.