I’m not in Florida presently. No palm trees here. Instead, there are lots of ravines with cold brooks and streams running through them. In the floodplains by the river there are acres upon acres of tall corn.
Tomorrow I go hiking. Up a ridge. Haven’t done that in years. The highest elevation in Florida is 345 feet. Here you climb and dip more than that just to make a run to the local convenience store.
As your location on the planet and the geography changes, so too does the weather, the flora, and the fauna. Which I find fascinating.
Tags: personal, photography, wildlife
July 28th, 2010 at 11:30 pm
Have a great time! We in the Southeast will keep the humidity on for ya.
July 29th, 2010 at 8:18 am
Thanks, Nance.
It wouldn’t be the Southeast without the humidity. I lived in New Mexico for awhile and played quite a bit of tennis there. Upon moving to Florida, and playing my first tennis match, before the first set was through, my shirt was soaked from collar to waist. I half-suspected I must be having a heart attack. That never happened in New Mexico! I also had the vague sensation that rather than striking a ball, I was hitting a Sham-Wow sphere through heavy air. Or was it my imagination?
Good luck with your housing puzzle. I bet wherever you wind up you will make the best of it.
July 29th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
Part-time lurker here to recommend The Song of the Dodo by David Quammen. It’s all about “island” biogeography, or the distribution of plant and animal species. And yes, it IS fascinating!
Nice blog, I love it.
July 29th, 2010 at 4:42 pm
Thanks Joel.
I checked out “Song of the Dodo” on Amazon. Looks good. Maybe my local library system has a copy.
Cheers.