Tag: nature
member name: Rose H.
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May 16, 2009 12:57 PM EDT --
If you are visiting the Tampa Bay area I highly recommend a visit to this FREE - yes, free - Botanical Garden in Largo, FL. This post is part four in a my mini-series on . . .
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July 22, 2009 12:27 PM EDT --
My son and I decided on the spur of the moment to take a hike and a stroll down the boardwalks in Sawgrass Lake Park. A free nature park perfect for seeing wildlife and engaging in birdwatching - Great . . .
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September 23, 2009 02:40 PM EDT --
How I envy you Northerners this time of year.
Oh, to be able to take a walk in the crisp, foggy morning
air.
A place that has a real forest, not a . . .
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September 26, 2009 05:47 PM EDT --
Anhingas are a strange bird, but in a way rather cool looking. They go through an amazing array of weird contortions while they preen and let their wings dry.
This shot is for Marianne . . .
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July 28, 2009 02:51 PM EDT --
Last week:
I was stuck way out in the country until late yesterday afternoon, house-sitting and taking care of the critters, a cool but weird, old cat
Callie - her fur coat shaved . . .
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July 12, 2009 07:27 PM EDT --
If you are looking for fun and free things to do in the Tampa Bay Area, check out this photo tour of Florida wildlife, birds and alligators at Sawgrass Lake Park. Come explore this FREE nature . . .
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May 21, 2009 05:24 PM EDT --
Can you say photo opportunity?:)
Yesterday I had a dentist appointment and guess who was hanging out in the parking lot?
Little fuzzballs - Mama called them to attention... . . .
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February 01, 2009 03:20 PM EST --
I'm so excited, my first woodpecker shot.
Don't ask me what kind, but he's big and has a red crown. He seems to come around every spring. He visited our oak tree last year, wish I'd . . .
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May 01, 2009 07:40 AM EDT --
Sometimes you just get lucky. Florida has a lot of waterbirds, but so far I've never had much luck trying to get a decent shot, except for a couple at the beach now and then.
In . . .
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June 13, 2009 02:58 PM EDT --
H E L P - do you know anything about wild bees? A swarm of wild bees has just arrived!!! I'm still shaking! We were sitting out in the gazebo watching the butterflies, when suddenly we heard a . . .
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September 05, 2009 10:14 AM EDT --
Tropical and exotic hibiscus varieties bloom year round and it is so easy to fall in love with all of them. I have a couple beauties in my garden and while their exotic beauty only lasts one day, they . . .
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September 24, 2009 11:46 AM EDT --
I love taking a nature walk whenever I can. This Tuesday I spent a most enjoyable hour and a half at Sawgrass Lake Park in St. Petersburg, FL, yakking with another amateur photographer and dodging . . .
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August 21, 2009 04:13 PM EDT --
Swamps and alligators,
scenic manicured picnic areas,
picturesque ponds,
wild hiking trails, boardwalks and nature trails
fo r birdwatching, . . .
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February 09, 2009 10:22 AM EST --
I got lucky!
Friday turned out to be a good day for an amateur photographer like me. Richard had taken a four day weekend in anticipation of the Superbowl weekend party. We decided . . .
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April 19, 2009 01:54 PM EDT --
When I met Richard the only bird I could identify was a sparrow:)
Since then I've learned that the Mockingbird is Florida's state bird and I can tell it apart from a Blue Jay:) The Blue . . .
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April 22, 2009 10:01 AM EDT --
The weather was picture perfect last Saturday when we visited the Botanical Garden in Largo, FL. A must see if you happen to visit our area - and - drum roll please, "It's free!" . . .
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September 02, 2009 11:50 AM EDT --
Every time we talked about taking a nature walk at
Sawgrass Lake Park together last week, the sky
darkened and the flood gates opened.
So one afternoon, . . .
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June 21, 2008 10:24 AM EDT --
Yay, the weekend is here!
We are fortunate to live in Florida near the beaches.
This Friday night we decided to eat out at the Conch Republic, a casual seafood restaurant at the . . .
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May 14, 2009 11:43 AM EDT --
It's so cool - it's so easy and on top of that it is free! I couldn't wait to share this discovery and the cool results with all of my gather friends.
Thanks to a gatherite . . .
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May 22, 2009 05:36 PM EDT --
I saw and photographed my first alligator!!! ... and lived to tell about it:)
A tad scary, because I happened to be alone, but at least I was on the boardwalk and he was a hopefully . . .
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