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Trees and picnic table in an Atlanta park

August 24, 2011
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Windswept

August 12, 2010
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Inertia

July 10, 2010
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Sometimes you see something that is so stunning, you’re actually able to overcome the inertia of living, go home, get the big camera (well…big for me; it’s just a lower end Nikon DSLR, but it’s bigger than my old Canon point-and-shoot which I still love and use a lot), go back out in the heat, [...]

Monument

March 24, 2010
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Mount Dora moss

February 23, 2010
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Mount Dora, FL Taken 2/20/2010 Most images link to larger images. click on larger image for closeup

Red fall foliage

November 14, 2009
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near Atlanta, Georgia Taken on November 12, 2009 Most images link to larger images. click on larger image for closeup

Yellow & orange fall foliage

November 13, 2009
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outside Atlanta, Georgia Taken on November 12, 2009 Most images link to larger images. click on larger image for closeup

Crape Myrtle

June 27, 2009
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  Crape Myrtles…few things speak “southern living” more than crape myrtles to my eye. Well…gardenias and magnolias, do, of course! But, we’ll get to them in a later post. Right now, the streets of St. Pete are a riot of magenta, pink, and white with these trees almost everywhere. Because the shape of a crape [...]

Orchid Tree, Jacaranda, Royal Poinciana, and Tamarind

May 27, 2009
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crown of orchid tree Orchid Tree There was a good discussion, early this spring, in the comments for More flowering trees. Bloggers appreciate comments. They are part of what makes the blogging experience a pleasure. The discussion in this case revolved around some flowering trees here in St. Pete, trees that I found beautiful but [...]

More flowering trees

April 11, 2009

click here for larger image That’s a picture of “just” a bougainvillea. (How could anything so magnificent be “just” anything?) I say, “just,” though because they’re such a common plant here. They’re blooming right now and they’re breathtakingly gorgeous. Flowering trees and bushes in bloom are a sure sign it’s spring. Recently, there was an [...]

Spring!

March 21, 2009

click here for larger image Spring officially began yesterday at 7:44am. But those of us with allergies, especially oak allergies, already knew it was here. My apologies for the brevity of this morning’s post, but my army of antihistamines, decongestants, cough syrups, eye drops, expectorants, and analgesics has been totally overwhelmed by this year’s high [...]

The Kapok Tree

January 7, 2009

click here for flickr imageKAPOK TREE IN FRONT OF ST PETERSBURG MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS Kapok (Ceiba pentandra) There is a splendid example of a kapok tree at the corner of Beach Drive and Central Avenue on the front lawn of the St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts. As I mentioned in an earlier post, [...]

It’s not all palm trees

November 22, 2008
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PANORAMA OF MIRROR LAKE PARK TREE banyan tree as metaphor When we as humans lived closer to the earth, in huts with dirt floors instead of high-rise condos, walking in bare feet instead of Crocs (my favorite shoe), sleeping under the glow of the moon and stars instead of the glow from the television, the [...]

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