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Moments

Moments that make us pause and think about the value of Florida’s outdoors

Back to Blue Run

April 11, 2016    Sandra Friend

Blue skies, blue water: the beauty of a hike at Blue Run Park in Dunnellon is in the glimpses of blue amid the supersaturated greens that provide deep shade along its trails.

Caracara at Bluff Hammock

Fakahatchee ferns

January 13, 2009    Sandra Friend

This is one of those right place, right time stories. As usual, I was lagging at the tail end of our group of backpackers, taking photos and shooting video between Hickory Hammock and Bluff Hammock. Lori Burris, who led our group, stayed with me. After we descended the high bridge, most of the folks with …

Eagle Eye View

Face-to-face with an eagle from the top of the Cape San Blas Lighthouse

May 25, 2014    Sandra Friend

An unexpected eye-to-eye encounter with a bald eagle from the top of the Cape San Blas Lighthouse in 2011, before it closed due to hurricane damage.

Focused on Gemini Springs

Cradle of life

August 11, 2014    Sandra Friend

Gemini Springs Park is known for its interplay of open, sunlit spaces and deeply shaded oak hammocks. It made an ideal testing ground for our photography.

No Snow

SUBZERO shovel

January 27, 2015    John Keatley

John finds a real bargain at the local outiffters – a SUBZERO Snow and Ice Tool – but can’t seem to find a way to test it for a gear review.

Paynes Prairie in purple 

May 27, 2016    Sandra Friend

Resplendent in the royal purples of pickerelweed, Paynes Prairie is a showy place as spring fades to summer

Pelican bookends

Skimmer at Pelican Island

March 4, 2007    Sandra Friend

Birding at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge and nearby Orchid Island Beach caps off a week of bird sightings.

Press Pause

Mom

April 5, 2016    Sandra Friend

Sometimes, life gives you pause. That happened a month ago for us, when a planned two weeks in the Panhandle morphed into a need to be with family.

Step by Step

Me and Mom at Three Sisters Spring

April 22, 2016    Sandra Friend

Life often feels like a headlong rush, until what’s most important comes to the forefront. Here’s what’s been going on for us over the past couple months and our step-by-step efforts to get back to “normal.”

The Mangrove

The lone mangrove along a hurricane-ravaged shore

February 1, 2010    Sandra Friend

At the very end of the Main Park Road in Everglades National Park, a lone mangrove is just offshore from the wrack line along Florida Bay.

The Return of Wet Feet

June 14, 2013    John Keatley

Last week, we headed south to visit friends and to start the ball rolling for this year’s Big O Hike. Being the oldest continuous annual hike in Florida, we felt compelled to keep it going. After more than a decade as the “man in charge,” Paul Cummings wanted to retire and turn over the reins …

Tip of the Nose

Peacock Springs cypress

March 30, 2007    Sandra Friend

Cypress knees can grow much taller than you think. I was able to measure this particular one at Peacock Springs State Park by standing nose to nose with it.

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