Monday, May 27, 2013

Flowers along Bottoms Road

 These photos were taken on a walk along Bottoms Road near Panacea. All are plants as common as dirt in the wetlands of Wakulla County and all are multi-faceted gems.

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Thursday, May 2, 2013

Vacation in South Florida

Trudy and I went on a week-long road trip last month down the southern gulf coast of Florida from Sarasota to Naples. She scored on receiving many stamps in her state park passport book and I harvested hundreds of photos. Here are my favorites.
 
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Myakka River State Park - Canopy Walkway, Fort Myers
Top-down view of palms
 Tillandsia bromeliad

 
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Sarasota
Moreton bay fig



 
Sanibel Island
Baily Mathew Shell Museum

 
Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge
Gator on Wildlife Drive

 
Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve, Fort Myers
Ferns, ferns, ferns
 Cottonmouth moccasin
 
 
Rookery Bay Estuarine Research Reserve, Naples
Here is a REALLY scary mosquito model with a
wing span of about 4 feet.
 Strangler fig
 Golden polypody fern
(AKA cabbage palm fern)
 
 
Audubon Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary,
Naples
Buttonbush flower
 Roseate spoonbill

 
 
Lido Key beaches, Sarasota
Piping plover
 Laughing gull
 My best photo ever of a sandpiper!!!
 Great blue heron stalking a fishermen's bait bucket.

Trudy ... MY TREASURE