Ft. Myers, FL–While visiting the Edison & Ford Winter Estates recently, I checked out the biggest darn bougainvillea ever. Edison gravitated to the property because of the bamboo trees, a cheap source of filaments for his lightbulbs. But he was experimenting with plants and growing all kinds of wonderful things, including bougainvillea. And now that [...]
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Sanibel Island, FL–My kids call me a tree lover, and it’s true. I can’t get enough of trees and sky. So here’s a favorite of mine, taken at Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island. December is going to be devoted to a weekly tree photo. Enjoy. Sanibel Island, Fl–It’s hard to feel sorry for rascally raccoons when they dig into your trash bins at home and fling garbage all over the street. But any injured animal –even raccoons–brought to Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW) gets equal, caring treatment. Your sympathy swells when you view the destruction we humans have wrought upon animal habitats at CROW’s [...] Sanibel Island, FL–Today’s Thanksgiving, a time to pause and reflect on what we’re grateful for. On Sanibel Island, many people are grateful for the bounty of nature. They preserve and protect the wetlands, through Ding Darling National Wildlife Reserve, and also through many smaller organizations that assist wildlife, help educate kids about the marine environment, [...] Fort Myers, FL–Edison was a genius, no doubt about it. But he was more than that–he was a practical genius, and that makes for great business sense. At the Edison-Ford Winter Estates in Fort Myers, FL you can see that practical genius at work in a multitude of ways. The estates just completed a multi-million dollar [...] Sanibel, FL–Seriously, with amazing sunshine and water softly lapping the beach, why would anyone want to go inside to a shell museum? After all, Sanibel Island is famed for its shell-littered beaches. Who needs to see them inside a museum? My advice: Make the Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum your first stop on the island. Not only will you [...] Sanibel Island, FL–The shy Great Blue Herons and skittish Cormorants of the Skokie Lagoons rest comfortably in their winter home on Sanibel Island. The Cormorant, in fact, is quite the opportunist here, using the shadows of my kayak to sneak up on fish as he dives under and around the boat, following me and fellow paddlers. In this great gathering place for birds [...] |
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