![]() She got to meet the little island celebrity and the man behind the camera. “As we walked by, I saw Rosemary I said, ‘OH!’ That must be Ed,” Cimino said. ![]() She recognized Rosemary while she was out on Lighthouse Beach. “I watch what he shoots from Ding Darling, and I watch what he shoots from other places,” she said. “And now I’m living in a travel trailer that I bought, on my property awaiting a new house….so I need things like my friend Rosemary here to keep me from going absolutely stir crazy in the little teeny tiny space that I have,” Cimino said.Ĭimino said she’s followed Saternus on social media for a while now. “It’s a lot of joy! She just makes you smile,” said Sanibel resident, Leslie Cimino. You know, it’s a nice distraction, and it’s just heartwarming,” Saternus said.Īs people work to rebuild their lives, Rosemary and this Flat Stanley approach is giving them a little bit of joy. “It took off! Everybody has really enjoyed seeing her. ![]() Saternus is also taking Rosemary to places up and down Periwinkle Way to show off and support the businesses that are making a comeback. “I want to show how nature is so resilient and coming back on Sanibel Island,” Saternus said. He puts her in his pocket and takes her along as he documents the island’s beauty among all that was lost. “After a good rain one day, I thought, you know what, I’m gonna take her home, clean her up, and see what I can do,” Saternus said. “Somebody’s home got either destroyed or the water just rushed through, and who knows what else was pulled out of the house,” Saternus said. He was at the Bailey Tract, scanning the trails for bobcats and other wildlife, when he spotted the stuffed animal that likely got swept up in Hurricane Ian’s storm surge. ![]() “I spend much more time out here now than I ever did when I lived here because I’m a nature photographer, a wildlife photographer,” he said. ![]()
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