Summer Trip In mid July, grandson Malcolm, neighbor Bill Jacqie Jackson and I headed north to ride the glass bottom boats at Silver Springs State Park in Ocala, Florida. Silver Springs is one of the largest artesian springs in the world. It was the summer trip I had promised my grandson. Clearest Water Ever If […]
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Silver Springs State Park at Ocala, Florida
July 27th, 2015 5 Comments
Tags: artesian springs · cypress trees · Florida · glass bottom boats · Ocala FL · Silver River · Silver Springs State Park
Sea Grape Tree
September 18th, 2014 2 Comments
Too Hot to Do This I haven’t been able to do much in the way of gardening for the last month or so. The heat and humidity in south Florida in the summer is oppressive. Most yard work is delayed until the end of November when the weather is much more bearable. However, today I had […]
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Yippee! A Key Lime Tree
April 2nd, 2014 No Comments
Trees on the Property – History When we bought our house in 1976, the property had fruit trees that were already about 40 years old when we moved in. There were three coconut palms, two mangos, two avocados, a sapodilla, a calamondin, a grapefruit, a naval orange, a tangelo, a tangerine and a key lime. Property […]
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