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Category: Florida
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Once in a while, exactly what we want, need, falls right into our – beaks. Sea gull, Cedar Key about to catch a bit of bread thrown by the upstairs neighbors.
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Once upon a time, there was a cottage on top of these pilings, and it was known as the "Honeymoon Cottage", AND it was/is the most photographed structure in Cedar Key, Florida. After spending a long weekend in this friendly town, the simplicity of this structure and the fact that it is…
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What an odd plant the frangipani. It seems backward in making flowers before leaves but it seems to work. Also known as plumeria it has long pointed oval-shaped leaves and flowers of delicate beauty and intense scent. It grows in tropical and subtropical areas including parts of Florida. Out…
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If you look up into the sprawling limbs of the big oaks in north Florida you will see something that looks like dried up ferns. And in fact, that’s what they are. But these are not regular ferns, these are resurrection ferns. It’s an epiphytic plant, one that attaches to another…
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All across south Florida large flocks of ibis, like their cousins around the world, come home at sunset to nest in the same trees. During the night they stay low on the branches, hidden from hawks and other predators. But as dawn approaches they move ever higher in the…
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When the sun rises over the Everglades it seems to explode out of the blackness of night. As it lifts above the soft sawgrass horizon birds burst out of rest and into the sky. Every winged creature seems to have someplace to go and they head off toward it. In the…
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They don’t call them starfish anymore. They are sea stars now but whatever you call them there is hardly anyone who can see one without smiling and pointing. …
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Where's Laine? I don't know. Maybe she's hungry. Did you say Hungary? No, I said hungry. Oh. Why? I don't know! Laine's Blog will be shaken and stirred for the next couple of weeks, with some help from guest blogger, Sue Harrison and…
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I am a little jealous of the bees. They get their tiny bellies rubbed by the softest of flower petals. I wish I could do that! Related articles Bees spot best flowers from afar based on petal colour Flowers Aren't Always Beautiful…
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It turns out that keeping company with 300 year old Oak Trees is good medicine. Something about the grandeur, and the quietness, and the solid grounded feelings that they emote. How many lives have passed this way? How many storms? How much sunshine and moonshine and happy voices and sad voices? …
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