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No, you first. No, you first. The story of Adam and Eve, where Eve is held responsible for bringing knowledge to the first man. And that was bad because? Uh, let me get back to you on that one. In the Garden of Eden at…
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Is this oak tree burdened by the spanish moss? If you really pay attention to your life, then you recognize that your burdens are connected to your joys. All you have to do is remember where the love is. And that gets easier and easier, when you realize that your…
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I'm just a duck, quit looking at me like I should be saying something clever. I'm just a duck. QUACK. One of many ducks around and in the pond at the South East Branch of the Library, one of five sites for Early Voting in St. Augustine.
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Traveling with this little guy and his mom and grandparents, at that age where he is absorbing language like a sponge, and learning two languages at one time, it was little surprise when he could recognize the Hungarian word for "ice cream" and take you by the hand to the very attractive stands…
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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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