It has taken me a while to appreciate the scrub lands we have in Florida. But now I see the beauty in the various plants and hammock areas, not to mention our awesome clouds! There are no palmettos in this photo, but they are close by.
Beautiful skies and a nice scene. It's so hot here in Texas that we just don't get out til about sunset. I'm sure you have lots of humidity which is just as bad.
The clouds are magnificent. I have a landscape created by a local artist which he titled “Cloud Celebration.” That would be a good name for this photo as well.
I don't know if it was the coastal scrub lands in particular referenced, but I was listening to a great piece on NPR about how these types of lands are so essential to the world! And you captured its beauty!
@darylo thank you! There are coastal scrub lands and inland scrub lands. I noticed the inland ones for the first time this past June. I grew up not learning the ecology of our state. Maybe I should have paid attention to the career test I took in college suggesting I would be a good forest ranger! Reading a book on the Everglades taught me that 100 years ago, conservationists didn't believe in preservation. They, too, wanted to drain the Everglades. Recently, part of the restoration project was completed. I will need to go check it out one day (it is near Orlando).
