Florida State Wildflower

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Mullet Lake Park – September 2016

“Left alone, the Florida panther would be remembered as a textbook exercise on how to go extinct while your abundant and vociferous advocates argue about the process.” – Stephen J. O’Brian

“Do more – talk less.” – Frank

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Swamp Hibiscus

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Swamp Hibiscus – Mullet Lake Park – August 2016

“Just because you are happy it does not mean that the day is perfect but that you have looked beyond its imperfections” – Bob Marley

Flower also known as swamp mallow and rose mallow.

Quote found at https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/happiness?page=8

Partridge Pea

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Partridge Pea – Mullet Lake Park – August 2016

“Man is merely a custodian of many things and when he passes on he leaves everything behind, even the ruins of what he destroyed.” -John Clayton Gifford.

Quote found in “Florida’s Pioneer Naturalist, The Life of Charles Torrey Simpson” – Elizabeth Ogren Rothra