My mission is to foster gratitude for the awe inspiring beauty that surrounds us on every side, in the great and the small, the common and the rare.  I appreciate your visit to this site and hope it will help you be thankful for the wonders of the world in and around you, and that your time here will bring you peace.

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North Central Florida, where I live, is in the midst of one of the worst droughts ever recorded for the area.  The impacts are real. This video offers a glimpse of the effects of the 2025-26 drought on Lighthouse Pool at St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge.

If you enjoy birds you might enjoy my article, "A Red-head's Season: The Breeding Season of the Red-headed Woodpecker"   

Think Spanish Needle is just a weed? Learn why it's much more than that! Please take a few minutes view my presentation: Spanish Needle (Bidens alba): Beauty, Diversity, and Teeming Life