“Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life!” – Albert Einstein
Wattoola is the native American name for the bird – specifically Creek indians – from William Bartram’s Travels.
It is interesting the way Sand Hills and their young hang out together – mom, dad, and babies. As spring progresses I will be interested to see if other birds mimic this behavior. Ducks follow mom, but dad’s not usually around.
Quote found at http://www.quotegarden.com/family.html
Leu Gardens is a botanical garden run by the City of Orlando. Donated by Harry Leu in 1961and beautifully maintained. And not in the style of the northern botanical gardens, with green houses filled with plants, these are all outside!!
There’s also an historic house and museum on premise that was started in the 1800’s and finished in the mid 1900’s.
“What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.” – Richard Bach
The dragonfly escapes the butterflies problem. I will have to investigate the life cycle of the dragonfly.
Quote found at http://www.quotegarden.com/butterflies.html
I think as the weather gets hotter, there may be more bugs than birds. Not sure how the flowers will hold up.
“You can do anything, but not everything” – David Allen
That quote is a reminder to me!!
It’s dragonfly season in Central Florida – they are beautiful creatures. However, I feel like the a cartoon character with a butterfly net as I chase the dragon flies around the path with my camera.
Quote found at http://shortquotes.org/
These trees are unusual in that the flowers appear long before the leaves. More on Leu Gardens in future posts.
“All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.” Friedrick Niezstche
Quote found at https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/reflection
“I do not understand how a man can live without some small place of enchantment” – Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Watched a video last night “In Marjorie’s Wake” from PBS by Equinox Documentaries. Highly recommended to all. It is about 2 women who recreate a trip that Marjorie Rawlings and a friend took over 75 years ago along the St John’s River. She was an author who preserves the memories of old Florida in her fiction. Cross Creek and the Yearling are two of her most famous.
This video goes through my “place of enchantment” not so small but magical.
Quote found at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/46158.Marjorie_Kinnan_Rawlings
“If you don’t like the road you are walking on, start paving another one.” Dolly Parton
The sand hill cranes were traveling. I later saw them walking down the middle of the road – outside the park about a mile or two from where I first spotted them. Sand hill cranes concern me – they do not seem to have an awareness of cars. I’ve encountered them on roads several times, seemingly unconcerned with the cars.
Quote found at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/walking_4.html
Squirrels are not usually a target of my photography, but this guy begged to have his picture taken.
Picture This by Frank 