White Top Sedge

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White Top Sedge – Orlando Wetlands Park – July 2015
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Tight Crop White top sedge.

This is a new to me interesting flower. The flower is actually the tiny blooms in the center. The leaves turn white much like a poinsettia.  And as always in the ecosystem there are spider webs and a tiny beetle like creature in residence. (see tight crop.)

Pretty Birds

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Pair of Glossies = Orlando Wetlands Park – July 2015
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Heron Among the Pickerel Weed – Orlando Wetlands Park – July 2015

“How different every hour is from the one before!”- Marty Rubin

Getting into the summer groove, it seems the wildflowers are on their second bloom, and the birds are leaving their nests.

Quote found at https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/newness

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Reddish Heron – Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge – July 2015
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Heron in Flight – Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge – July 2015

“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children” – Wendell Berry et al.

This great quote has evolved over the years – see http://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/01/22/borrow-earth/

Which Way is Up?

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Hello? – Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge – July 2015

Found this fellow peering behind a weir. The water was super reflective that day.

Here I am again – preaching to myself to slow down and spend more time watching and listening. But I have not been able to contain the excitement of what might be around the next bend. Sigh.