Orlando Wetlands Park – May 2017
“They say that ‘home is where the heart is.’ I think it is where the house is, and the adjacent buildings.”
― Emily Dickinson
The Wetlands
Month: May 2017
Green Heron
Orlando Wetlands Park – May 2017
“Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.”
― Emily Dickinson
Monday
UCF Arboretum – May 2017
“If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.”
― Emily Dickinson
Tough Guy
Merritt Island – May 2017
“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”
― Dr. Seuss
Found this little fellow displaying his dewlap. This brown anole is an invasive species originally from Cuba or the Bahamas. The rock is also invasive – we don’t have any rocks! |:>)
Butterfly
Black Point Dr – May 2017
“Everything you can imagine is real.”
― Pablo Picasso
Tuesday
Black Point Dr – May 2017
“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
― Dr. Seuss
Dragonfly Season
Black Point Dr – May 2017
“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain
Monday
Black Point Dr – May 2017
“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus
Henry Nehrling – 1853-1927
Caladium – Nehrling Gardens – May 2017
“Nehrling had several favorite species, which he grew and bred far more than others. Caladiums, Amaryllis, Palms, Cycads, and Bamboo were among those most grown at Palm Cottage. Nehrling describes in his writing as having planted 25000 individual Caladiums each year in his Lath Houses, as well as thousands of other species that required protection from the strong Florida sun.” – Nehrling Gardens web site
Palm Gardens is located just west of Orlando in the town of Gotha.
The Lake
Nehrling Gardens – May 2017
“Any fool can make a rule
And any fool will mind it.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Journal #14
