hyde farm

an afternoon spent contemplating what to do with degraded materials

abg does color

another spectacular day

there is no evidence to support the idea that an abnormally hot period such as the present presages a long, hot summer

walking the dog

three miles in the park and on the beltline left stumpy all tuckered out

a very early spring

o'bama

and some guinness on st. paddy's day

gah

spring views

sunny showers and a spring canopy over midtown atlanner --- gotta love it

key biscayne

that's stiltsville in biscayne bay, a series of houses built at the edge of the florida channel through a barely submerged reef a mile off cape florida at the south end of key biscayne

and fowey rocks lighthouse (1875), the lighter of the two objects on the horizon, seven miles off the cape

cape florida lighthouse (1825)

views of downtown miami from rickenbacker causeway, before and as a big-ass thunderstorm was rolling through

gaudy colors

one of the botanists at the everglades told me that almost any gaudy flowering tree or shrub is not native to south florida --- purty anyway

birding

the birds are great at royal palm this time of year, wood storks, herons, anhinga, cormarants, egrets ---- the alligators were also lurking, waiting to eat them, which happened while i was there, although i didn't witness the actual event

royal palm

established as a state park in 1916, royal palm was the first part of the everglades to be protected from exploitation --- one of my favorite places

the everglades

a whole lot of the everglades was destroyed over the last 100+ years so we could have vegetables out of season --- that fact and the massive irrigation aside, the fields west of homestead and florida city are purty impressive