Monthly Archives: October 2024

… And The Livin’ Is Easy

(Click on images to enlarge, click again to zoom.) Summertime. Hot. Humid. Perfect. Starting early helps maintain a modicum of comfort. Until the sun rises above the tree line. Now it’s like a sauna. With bugs. Sauntering around in a sweltering swamp is, admittedly, not everyone’s cup of chai. The distant calls of Barred Owls and an overflight of a couple dozen White Ibises help take one’s mind off any discomfort. Our… Read More

Category: Birds, Fauna, Flora, Florida, Insects, Photography Tags: american alligator, american lotus, climbing hempvine, eastern pondhawk, grassleaf lettuce, great blue heron, limpkin, red-shouldered hawk, redwinged blackbird, sweetscent, tenoroc fma, trumpet creeper, whitemouth dayflower

Early One Summer Morning

(Click on images to enlarge, click again to zoom.) The turn-off is immediately after the bridge. I almost always miss it and have to do a U-turn. One problem is the highway is a shortcut for 18-wheelers heading for Interstate 75, typically from Interstate 4 to the south. The road saves them quite a bit of time as they don’t have to travel to where the two expressways intersect on the edge… Read More

Category: Birds, Flora, Florida, Insects, Photography Tags: amanda's pennant, bar-winged skimmer, eastern black swallowtail, golden-winged skimmer, green swamp, loblolly bay, peelbark st. john's wort, pine savanna, pitted stripeseed, roseate skimmer, roundpod st. john's-wort, showy milkwort, spotted orbweaver, tarflower, tufted titmouse

Hurricane Milton

We are safe and doing well. Long night with steady winds 70-80 mph with many gusts up to 100. Over 12 inches of rain in less than 12 hours. We never lost power, no damage to house, lost one small tree and wood fence is damaged. Now, cleanup begins. Again. Well, right after coffee. Back in business soon. Our very best wishes to you all. Gini and Wally Enjoying the wrath of… Read More

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