I have always been enchanted with the herb Spiderwort (Tradescantia ohioensis I think is the Latin). The thin, succulent leaves, like grass leaves, poke out at a pixie-like angle, and the luminous blue three-petaled flowers, each petal delicate like a fairy’s wing, whose color delights the eye and changes even as you stare, shifting between blue…
Tag: Florida nature
A Gopher Tortoise Nest (A Guest Post by Ethan)
We have gopher tortoise neighbors at the farm. I say neighbors, because we do co-exist with them on that level! Gopher tortoises are some of my favorite animals, and I love observing them out grazing, or the fastidious house-keeping they do to their burrows after a big rain. They can live to be over…