Tag Archive | Nature
Attractive, but a Pest!
Along the edges of the lakes and swamps in Florida is a bush with magnificent yellow flowers that are in full bloom in October. Once a native of Central and South America, its alluring, showy blossoms attracted gardeners who planted it here in Florida and other southern States. This plant is called the primrose willow. […]
A Hint of Autumn in Florida
Unlike the trees up north live oaks, cypress and hickory trees are still a deep green here in central Florida in mid October. I scan the woodlands alongside Lake Tsala Apopka looking for some sign of fall. Alas I find a hint of autumn with the leaf changes of the southern fox grape, a vine […]
Six-legged Sex
Maybe I should be ashamed, but there is nothing like taking pornographic pictures to keep life exciting. The other day I caught a guy and gal out in my front yard about to have sex in full view of my camera. She was twice the size of him. He held on to her back as […]
Straggler Hummingbird Welcomed
Just after my last blog on how the absence of Hummingbirds signals the start of autumn, I spied a ruby-throated hummingbird by our firecracker bush. A light rain was falling, but it did not stop the hummingbird from engorging itself on the sweet nectar. This world’s smallest bird needs to eat half its weight in […]
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