The Beginning of Something Extraordinary
Back in September, coming home from a walk around the neighborhood, my husband and I noticed something in the middle of the road. Golly, it was a baby gopher tortoise, […]
Back in September, coming home from a walk around the neighborhood, my husband and I noticed something in the middle of the road. Golly, it was a baby gopher tortoise, […]
It has been a long time since I took a photo-hike at Weekiwachee Preserve. I do have several friends that post photos of their beautiful nature encounters and in a […]
Carnivorous Plants- Beautiful but Deadly Venus Flytraps always comes to mind when you first think of carnivorous plants. Once an unsuspected insect triggers those sensitive hairs, its folding lobes with […]
During my travels exploring the estuaries, I came across two species of snails; Marsh Periwinkle and the Mangrove Periwinkle. Marsh periwinkles feed on the algae collected on the blades of […]
There is beauty along the brackish waters, the Carolina Sea Lavender (Limonium carolinianum). This Florida native plant is a slow-growing plant and blooms in the latter part of the summer months. […]
At the beginning of September, I enrolled in one of the courses offered at Cornell Lab- Bird Academy. That course is Ornithology: Comprehensive Bird Biology. Honestly, there are so many […]
Mangroves Mostly all Florida estuaries have one thing in common, and that is Mangroves! There are over 400,000 acres of mangrove forests that map along the coastal areas of Florida. […]
The Spotted Horse Mint (Monarda punctata) is one of many, many favorite flowering plants that I really enjoy photographing. Discovering how beautiful this flower color palette is is also the […]
There are over 20 milkweeds plants native to Florida. The most commonly seen in my area, are Sandhill, Fewflower, Velvet-leaf, Whorled, and Butterfly. There is also the Clasping Milkweed, but […]
The Ornate Bella Moth is a Florida native moth and a beautiful one at that. Their colors are very unique. Their wings are of a beautiful subtle orange color with […]