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Earth Teach Me: July 2015
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Sharing my love of the natural world through essays and photography. Saturday, July 11, 2015. Flyr's Nemesis (Brickellia cordifolia). You should sit in nature for 20 minutes a day…unless you're busy, then you should sit for an hour". Facebook meme based on Zen saying on meditation. After wrapping up my June Journeys, I realized that I left out one of my most special natural places- my own yard! Rustic Sphynx Moth Caterpillar. Spanish Moss Flower (Tillandsia usneodes). Southern Toads and Egg Strands.
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Earth Teach Me: December 2013
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Sharing my love of the natural world through essays and photography. Thursday, December 26, 2013. Of Gophers and Salamanders. Merald's Poster About Pocket Gophers. My Poster about Gopher Tortoises. Or Southeastern Pocket Gopher (. Pocket Gopher Mounds in the Sandhill. Gopher Tortoise Burrow in a different Sandhill Nearby. Red Eft That Will Grow Up to Become a Newt. Pine Snake Going in For Dinner. Detail of the Beautiful Scale Pattern. Pine Snake Stretched Out in the Sun. Florida Master Naturalist Program.
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Earth Teach Me: March 2014
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Sharing my love of the natural world through essays and photography. Saturday, March 29, 2014. The Ditch is Back! Roadside Rainlilies- The Ditch is Back. Well, actually, the ditch never left, but I can't resist a good pun or title. But it feels like it's back again after a long winter. Yesterday, my photo buddy Maralee and I decided that it was high time that we checked out the ditch and we took a drive over to the other end of the county. And wow, was it worth it! Rain Lily (Zephyranthes atamasca).
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Earth Teach Me: April 2015
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Sharing my love of the natural world through essays and photography. Wednesday, April 22, 2015. Earth Day 2015 in Gainesville started as an absolutely gorgeous day. Fresh, cool air and clear blue skies. On a beautiful day like this, one must be outside! Purple Thistle Fluff (Cirsium horridulum). Pale Meadowbeauty (Rhexia mariana). Skullcap (Scutellaria integrifolia) next to Wild Onion. Ladiestresses Orchid (Spiranthes sp.). Early Whitetop Fleabane (Erigeron vernus). Florida Tickseed (Coreopsis floridana).
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Earth Teach Me: January 2014
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Sharing my love of the natural world through essays and photography. Wednesday, January 8, 2014. A World of Wounds. 8220;One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds. Much of the damage inflicted on land is quite invisible to laymen.”. Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac. 8220;What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.”. Red Knot, Preening. Everyone is paying the price here.
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Earth Teach Me: September 2014
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Sharing my love of the natural world through essays and photography. Monday, September 29, 2014. The Sweetwater Dike Trail- you can see the canal on the right. Purple Gallinule Chick along the Sweetwater Dike this week. New Hatchling Gators by the side of the trail. They scattered as soon as they saw us! Wetlands to the left, construction road in the middle. Outdoor Classroom, Boardwalks and one of the Wetlands. Boardwalk over the Wetlands. Wide Variety of Wading Birds. Note Kingfisher in the tree. Earth...
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Earth Teach Me: July 2014
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Sharing my love of the natural world through essays and photography. Friday, July 4, 2014. The June Challenge Trophy! Another June Challenge has come and gone, and as usual, I did not win. This comes as no big surprise or disappointment to me because I am not a particularly knowledgable birder. Green Heron All Stretched Out. In the end, the 2 winners (both are my friends, and one was my photo buddy, Maralee! Early Morning in the Cow Pasture, in Pursuit of the Burrowing Owls. Because I was out so often, i.
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Earth Teach Me: August 2014
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Sharing my love of the natural world through essays and photography. Tuesday, August 12, 2014. It Had to Be Done. I have a Cuban Tree Frog in my freezer and it makes me sad. It's in the freezer because Cuban Tree Frogs are invasive exotic species that outcompete native frog and lizard species for food and habitat. Cuban Tree Frog in The Hole. But there was even more guilt knowing what would happen if I let it go. This stewardship thing is hard. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Every ...
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Earth Teach Me: March 2015
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Sharing my love of the natural world through essays and photography. Sunday, March 22, 2015. Springtime and New Beginnings. Signs of Spring in the Garden- Blue Eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium sp.). Cottage Garden Taking Shape. First White Indigo Flowers (Baptisia alba). One of the plants from my homemade Sandhill- Whorled Milkweed (Asclepias verticillata). Horace's Duskywing resting on the bark. Woodlands Poppymallow growing in the cracks (Callirhoe papaver). My little baby Buckeye (Aesculus pavia). Earth teach...
