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2012
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Curlew Creek Park in Dunedin Florida was our destination this morning for a walk. Curlew Creek Park is a little over two acres of trails that wind around the creek. I had never been to this little park before and was ready for a new adventure. We entered the park off of Curlew Road, east of Alter...
12/25/2012
Florida's Wild Coffee Berries grow in central and south Florida, Mexico, the Caribbean Islands, Central America, Ecuador, Columbia and Venezuela. While in the same family as the Arabica Coffee, they contain no caffeine. It seems that they were once used as a coffee substitute and are known to con...
12/22/2012
Florida's Beautyberry is a natural insect repellent and also makes a great jam, according to several sources. I have not tried either yet, but am planning on making some of the insect repellent when summer rolls around again. To make the insect repellent, you chop up a plant's leaves and stems up...
12/22/2012
Hammock Park in Dunedin Florida has wild orange and tangerine trees everywhere and we were collecting fruit this past weekend! It is citrus fruit time here in the Sunshine State and if the fruit isn't picked, the trees produce less the following year so Ronnie and I were doing our civic duty by p...
12/20/2012
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Fred Howard Park in Tarpon Springs Florida is located along the shores of the Gulf of Mexico and the park’s beach is actually an island that is connected by a mile long causeway to mainland. The park is 155 acres of tropical paradise that includes nine picnic shelters and six restroom facilities....
12/20/2012
The whole family just hanging out....or at least that is what it looks like to me! I saw this family of IBIS up in a tree while taking an early morning walk a few days ago and could not resist this photo opportunity! There is nothing that I enjoy more than being out in the open air, enjoying the ...
12/20/2012
A.L. Anderson Park in Tarpon Springs Florida is located on Lake Tarpon's western shore and offers excellent boating access to this magnificent 3.906 square mile lake. Opened in the mid-1960’s, this 135 acre waterfront park offers the perfect destination for the active family. Here you can enjoy n...
12/19/2012
Indeed, there is nothing like a gingerbread house for the holidays and this one was made by my daughter and my little granddaughter. The girls had a wonderful time constructing and decorating their gingerbread house, something that I never did when my own two were growing up. Now that I see how m...
12/18/2012
Mama raccoon and her two babies were certainly enjoying themselves in the water in Hammock Park the other day and since I was up above on the boardwalk, mama coon was not at all concerned about my taking photos. When a couple came along in our direction that had a dog, it was amazing to see how q...
12/18/2012
Hammock Park is indeed Dunedin Florida's best kept secret! Located south of Michigan Blvd and east of Bayshore (Alt 19), this 90 acre nature preserve is Florida at it's finest! This amazing coastal forest is one of the last remaining examples of how West Central Florida looked before the land dev...
12/17/2012