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Central, FL, United States
I am a former teacher, aspiring artist, inveterate traveler This blog is about my Florida garden experience and its expression though poetry, philosophy, photography and art. It includes my other creative endeavors. Here can be found posts about travel to other gardens around the world. My garden is a half acre in zone 9a which includes a large water garden. I have mostly a shade garden because of the huge live oak. To keep things easy, I love to grow bromiliads,ferns,gingers and other tropicals. I need to have a low maintenance garden. In the summer we usually have plenty of rain and it transforms into a jungle. I have converted my swamp into the water garden where I grow irises, waterlilies, papyrus, radigan, spikebush and swamp lily. I also grow citrus (lemon,key lime,grapefruit,tangerines,pineapple,and loquats). Me?...Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses. (Ovid)

Dec 8, 2012

Greetings from the Sunshine State





 While you are all inside knitting and crafting and reading, I thought I would gloat about the fine weather and make you jealous...But the truth is I would love a little snow for a change of pace.

The signs of fall are subtle but here a few trees turning yellow...or brown in the case of the Cypress. Our Curcuma, Peacock  and the Dancing Lady Gingers have died back. The swamp had dried as it was the driest November on record. The temperatures are blissful.

If you haven't heard these are our state symbols.....
tree- sabal palm
flower- orange blossom
bird- mockingbird
animal-alligator,Fl panther,and manatee
butterfly- zebra longwing
song- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOObPhTYi9I

I took a drive into the big city and along the way I stopped to take a few shots of .........well, plants of course!



























Strawberry Fields Forever!


Bouganvilla

The Silk Floss Tree is a wonder with its Spiky killer trunk....not real popular with animals! 
But the loveliest thing are the huge,pink,extravagant blossoms.









Huge blooms and so many!! what a wonder in December! The Silk Floss tree!


Boy, I wish to know what kind of fungus these are!
















 This is a shot of my Night -blooming Jasmine..this wonderful perfume wafts over the neighborhood as we take our walk every mild night...Geez, are you envious yet?







   


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