Living in Florida is like living in a permanent summer—the landscape is forever green. I miss the changing color of the Maine forests and the seasons they signal. Click on the image for a larger view.
Tag Archives: Nature
Reach
The black dots in the canopy are seed pods. Click on the image for a larger view.
Palm
Palm growing in an abandoned field in central Florida. Click on the image for a larger view.
In a Field, Revisited
I had posted an image of this tree previously. I had speculated the loss of foliage was a result of Hurricane Irma. The regrowth would suggest that was right. Click on the image for a larger view.
Transitions
Buck Lake, Florida. Lakes in Florida don’t always have a clear transition from water to land. Edges are bound by vegetation, but not definite shore lines. Click on the image for a larger view.
In a Field
Everything in Florida is green. The endless summer means trees can hold their foliage year round. To see a barren tree that appears too young to have died from natural causes is odd. I wonder if this was a casualty of Hurricane Irma (see this tree one month later). Click on the image for a larger view.
Palm
A palm tree sits in a field used as a cattle pasture. Click on the image for a larger view.
Swamp
A large conservation area abuts our community. Most of the land is forested, but very different to the forests on Maine. While fern is common to both places, the forest floor is entirely underwater. Click on the image for a larger view.
Eclipse 2017
Florida experienced a partial eclipse of the sun on August 21, 2017. It is possible to view an eclipse by looking up with special glasses to protect your eyes. You can also look down to see the image of the sun projected through the leaves of a tree. The overlapping leaves and branches create tiny gaps that project an image of the sun on a sidewalk, much in the same way a pinhole camera creates an image. Normally, these images are round—the unobscured disk of the sun. But during an eclipse, a crescent caused by the moon covering the sun is projected. Continue reading
Pools
Life in tidal pools on the rocks of Pemaquid Point. Click on the image for a larger view.
