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(Click on images to enlarge, click again to zoom.) It is a little cooler than expected this morning. The dirt of the old logging road is somewhat damp and it readily clings to the soles of our shoes. A path leading to the north is fringed with tall grass and our pant legs are immediately soaked as we veer off the track to look at a lavender wild petunia. Mourning Dove are… Read More
(Click on images to enlarge, click again to zoom.) The red clay road is still damp along the edges from yesterday’s brief rain shower. Pine trees provide that fresh scent only they can manufacture. Blue sky, no breeze, no man-made sounds. We pause and sigh as one. Ancient geological phenomena make the Lake Wales Ridge one of our very favorite places to visit. This unique ecosystem is covered with a mosaic of… Read More
(Click on images to enlarge, click again to zoom.) “Withlacoochee”. I like the sound. I really like the river. The name may have evolved from Native American for “crooked river”, an apt description. Florida’s Withlacoochee River bubbles up within the depths of the Green Swamp and winds its way north and west for 140 miles where it empties into the Gulf of Mexico. It is a beautiful waterway. Near the place where… Read More
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