About Florida

Ok...so like everyone not from Florida has this misconception that the state is all about beaches and hot weather...

This misconception is just plain ridiculous...yes...ridiculous...

To all northerners, yankees, or to my family in Chicago, I have a surprise...

Not every beach in Florida looks like the one in Miami that you saw in a magazine ad that was altered to make the water look bluer than it actually is...

Not every part of the coast is suitable for an awesome day at the beach...

Not everyone lives near the beach...I didn't even live that close to the beach when I lived in Tampa....an hour or so....???  

We have cow fields here...lots of them...

We have agriculture...plenty of strawberry fields (full of pesticide)...

We have mounds...no, not the sacred ones....ones full of phosphorous...or something like that...

Ok...yes, we have mad mosquitos...but you already know this, and we Floridians get upset when you complain about them so much...lay-off the cologne!

We do have springs and spring fed rivers!  And they're cleaner than our beaches!!!

The sand on the beaches aren't all white....most of them aren't!

And it's not always hot here...yes...this is true...tonite, we're getting down to 22 degrees...and it's been chilly like this for a few days.....see what it does to the green stuff:

Freezer Burn!

I hope this orchid will recover?

Poor guava "tree"...every winter he gets beat-up bad...but this year is the worse!

No leaves on the trees...that white spot is the moon!

A few things green...my confederate jasmine...that's what it's called...and it smells pretty darn good...keep crawling jazzy!!!