“Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.”
― Emily Dickinson
Green Heron
Category: Florida
Monday
“If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.”
― Emily Dickinson
Tough Guy
“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! |:>)
Dragonfly Season
“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain
Henry Nehrling – 1853-1927
“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.
Monday
“The nearer the dawn, the darker the night”
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Indian Blanket
“The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide. ”
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Thistle
“Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time”
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Voices of the Night
Sleeping Gator
“There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.”
― Homer, The Odyssey
Picture This by Frank 