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Weeki Wachee Mermaids

After Crystal River, we had to go to Weeki Wachee for the show.

On the Edge of Sleeping Turtles Preserve

We wouldn’t think of entering.

White Pelicans at the Upper Lake

Bald Cypress Forest on Loop Road

The Everglades Messenger Was a Crow With a Pebble in His Beak

This one carried the humid gravitas of the glades. In its beak, a pebble, pulsing with light like a firefly’s sigh. No caw, instead, the air crackled, translating into warnings of misplaced Wednesdays. The crow dropped the pebble, where it absorbed ambience. Then it vanished, leaving little stone of doubt.

Edge of Lake Louisa

That Night When the Full Moon Came Through the Trees

The bright pearl was caught in skeletal fingers of oaks. The light felt thick, pooling on the lawn like a luminous drool. Shadows didn’t lengthen, they writhed, detaching from objects. Owls flew backwards, hooting sorries. Down the lane, Mrs. Armoir’s petunias were observed secreting to slugs. The air tasted faintly of the forgotten. This moon […]

Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) Art

https://www.pictorem.com/2626082/bird-yellow-crowned-night-heron/ The Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) is a masterful creature of the threshold—existing between daylight and darkness, water and land, the seen and the unseen. While its cousin, the Black-crowned Night Heron, is often associated with traditional folklore, the specific coloration and unique behavior of the Yellow-crowned Night Heron carry distinct esoteric correspondences. Sacred […]

The Swallow-tailed Kites Have Returned!

Feathered enigmas scythed back into Sarasota’s sky. Their forked tails seemed longer, trailing wisps of discarded thought. The kites themselves ignored our ongoing chaos, wheeling grace, occasionally dropping hopes of floatation. Their return hasn’t heralded spring; it has perforated the veil of the insane.

Rat Snakes at Corkscrew Swamp

In the realm of wet roots and air, in a fragment of sun made sinuous, a serpent draped in a fern’s stretched palm. It watched with amber beads, silent, as a second ribbon poured across weathered planks before slipping into the lush. Finally, a third coiled serene on the railing, this last yellow string surveyed […]

American white ibis (Eudocimus albus) Image

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Blue-eyed Grass

The Schoolhouse B&B, Rocheport, MO

Crooked River Lighthouse, Carrabelle, FL

The story of the Crooked River Lighthouse begins with the destruction of its predecessor on Dog Island, which was lost to a hurricane in 1873. Recognizing the vulnerability of the island, authorities chose to build its replacement on the secure mainland. Despite various setbacks, the new lighthouse was completed in 1895, accompanied by two residences […]