On a recent Nature Walk I went wandering off the path and found this wonderful moss covered pine tree trunk. I imagine that it must have fallen some time ago. Did it make a noise? Who’s to say! What I can say is that it is quite lovely and I always find moss to be such a calming plant. Don’t you?
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The flowers are in bloom and there’s color everywhere! I was recently wandering around a lovely public garden and found these two little flowers on a wooden bench. After photographing them I kept wandering down the garden path. When I came back a little later, they were gone – probably picked up and tucked away in the hair of whatever child left them there, not a bad fate for such pretty little flowers.
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Spring is officially here and while the weather may not have caught up to the news everywhere, it is certainly peeking its head out here in Florida. I found these little purple flowers growing along a local lakeshore. The early morning sun was just starting to shine and there was a bit of a breeze that kept blowing the flowers out of focus. After a minute or two, the wind cooperated and I was able to snap this picture and share a bit of spring with you.
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This little patch of clovers is actually known as Pink Wood Sorrel (Oxalis debilis) and is considered a non-native Florida plant. Native or not, it sure is hard to dislike something that looks so lush and calming covered in little raindrops from an afternoon sprinkle. I took this on a trip to Nehrling Gardens and noticed these little guys off to the side of a white, wooden staircase that leads into the gardens. From the gardens to your home, these little guys can be your indoor bit of green for the month!
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Happy March!
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NOW AVAILABLE: Task Calendars and Tablet/Phone Wallpaper!
The Task Calendar is designed to be printed on standard 8.5″ x 11″ paper and has space for writing notes and daily tasks or appointments. The Tablet/Phone Wallpaper features this month’s calendar photo without the calendar and makes a great background for your tablet or phone.
The maple leaves have fallen and the remaining pink seed pods are perfect as we transition into February. You can bring a bit of the Florida winter to your computer desktop, your wall, tablet, or phone with the goods in this month’s freebie download.
Computer Wallpaper With Calendar
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May you have a wonderful February!
NOW AVAILABLE: Task Calendars and Tablet/Phone Wallpaper!
The Task Calendar is designed to be printed on standard 8.5″ x 11″ paper and has space for writing notes and daily tasks or appointments. The Tablet/Phone Wallpaper features this month’s calendar photo without the calendar and makes a great background for your tablet or phone.
The wintering birds are back! Of course, we always have birds here in Florida but his time of year the variety and quantity increases as birds, trying to escape the cold northern climates, arrive in massive flocks.
When I was a kid living up north, the first sign of Spring was the arrival of the cardinals. The moment you saw the red little birds flitting about in the trees was the moment that you knew warmer days were coming soon. Now, the arrival of the cardinals (along with many of their northern birdie friends) signals the beginning of Winter. I know that colder days are just around the corner. I think these red-winged blackbirds know it too. There are a lot more of them lately and I suspect they are just visiting us for our warm winter weather.
May you have a wonderful January!
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There is nothing more delightful than browsing through rows of pine trees while bundled in a warm coat and sipping on hot chocolate. This weekend I found myself doing just that, wandering through rows of evergreens. I love the scent of real pine trees and the soft feel of the pine needles on a Douglas Fir Tree and I love the green – rows and rows of green! I took plenty of pictures on my pine nature walk and I’ve used one of my favorites to bring a bit of the pine forest* to your computer or desk this month, with the December calendar. I hope you enjoy this bit of evergreen!
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*scent not included. I know, I’m bummed too. Where’s our scratch-n-sniff computer screens??
While out on a walk this past weekend, I saw this little, fallen leaf on the sidewalk and snapped a picture. I know that for many of my readers, Autumn is in full swing and fallen leaves are a normal sight by now but this is the first fallen leaf of the season for me. You see, in Florida we get started on the Fall season a bit late around here…most of our trees are still lush with green even though Halloween is just days away and Thanksgiving is right around the corner. So in the spirit of the cold front that has rolled in and lowered our afternoon temperatures to a “chilly” 75°F, here’s a freebie download for November featuring the first fallen leaf of the season. Happy Autumn!
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very time I head out on one of my nature walks, I can’t help but be enamored with the beauty that nature has to offer. All too often that beauty is fleeting, as lovely plants and habitats change with the seasons and never look exactly the same twice. I find myself so hypnotized by this fleeting beauty that I will take photo after photo trying to capture just the right angle so I can look back and remember where I was standing, what it felt like and the colors of that moment. While this is a lovely way to remember the places I’ve been, it often results in an abundance of photos. So I’ve decided to turn at least one of my nature walk photos into a calendar page each month. I hope you enjoy it and thank you for reading and virtually joining me on all of my nature walks.
This month’s calendar page features brilliantly colored, pink seed pods on a Maple tree that grows near my home. I hope you have a wonderful November!
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