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This post is dedicated to Frank and Sharon Alters, husband and wife real estate agents with Coldwell Banker Vanguard Realty in Fleming Island, Florida. I have known Frank and Sharon for several years through a real estate professional networking site and highly recommend them for anyone buying or selling a home in the Fleming Island and surrounding areas in Florida.

Dedications are my way of trying to provide a little extra Google juice for people I have come to know and respect over the years.

On my birthday trip a week ago to Santa Catalina Island, my main goal was to see lots of wildlife.

I’m not sure if these qualified:

Those two adorned eagles were outside one of the small shops. These next two creatures were in one of the public parks:

My partner in crime while visiting the Island was Jim Frimmer, a Realtor, and I’m a home inspector. With both of us being in real estate, and being in such an awesome area where virtually everying abides by the adage “Location! Location! Location!”, we could not help ourselves when we saw a huge yellow sign on a house announcing that it would be open for public viewing from 1:00-4:00 p.m. We made sure we would be there. The house had awesome views of the City and Harbor of Avalon but was a little out of my size and price range since it had 4,200 square feet and was listed at $3,295,000. I wonder if the art on the kitchen and bathroom walls had anything to do with the price:

The following art was in front of the Tuna Club building, the oldest building on the Island.

One thing I did discover about Santa Catalina Island is that the people love their wildlife, and justifiably so since there are about 50 species that live nowhere else in the world. I’m pretty sure the above wildlife are not included in that count!

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The wildlife art of Santa Catalina Island

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