When Sabrina Svargerko had her baby, a little boy named Lincoln, in August, she still had a lot to learn, she says.
But before the new Navarre mom took him home from the Santa Rosa Medical Center, she sat down and watched a video about the importance of reading and singing to him, even before he was old enough to respond.
Here are some Santa Rosa County Animal Services achievements during a year made more challenging by COVID 19.
Among them are adoption rates increasing by 20%.
Six years ago, newlywed Tammy Kuss ended up on a “little rock in the Pacific Ocean” known as Guam with her military husband.
Friends and family were 3,000 miles away, and she had to learn how to transition from life as a single woman to sharing everything, including a home.
Readers were asked to submit Christmas photos of their pets.
Here are some of the those photos.
Our gift to you this year is a collection of the top reader-submitted photos from 2020.
We received hundreds of entries and culled them down to less than a dozen. Look for more of readers’ top photos in future stories and Facebook posts.
Winter officially starts in Santa Rosa County Monday, Dec. 21. The shorter days and lower temperatures are the most obvious traits of this annual cycle.
The local birds and animals are aware of the difference more keenly than the human residents, mostly because of the reduced volume of available food.
It is correct to say the shorter days are the impetus for the leaf loss on most hardwood trees, but the subfreezing temperature and gusty winds in the weeks to come will finish off any foliage stragglers.
Sweet gums, maples, dogwoods, and many others are starkly exposed to the elements.
