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There are two streams called River Styx in Florida. This is the one in the Panhandle, running out of the Apalachicola National Forest into the Apalachicola River.

I worked in a big empty field all day Friday. About the only thing I saw moving was the butterflies. So:

At least, I think that’s what this little guy is. (If anyone knows, please comment!)

So, I’m trying to take a picture of something I don’t recognize every workday, then learning what it is. Could be an animal, a plant, a rock, a manmade object. If they’re at all interesting, I’ll post them here.
Here’s the first one: spotted horsemint. I had never seen it before and had no clue what [...]

I’ve been hoping to get a good shot of one all summer and I finally got a chance last week. It crawled past my foot, nearly giving me a heart attack, before retreating to the edge of a log to curl up and rattle and glare, but it never tried to strike.

Just in case you thought Florida was all sandy beaches, here’s a photo taken on one of last week’s transects. The trees are live oaks; the shrubs are saw palmetto; the green stuff on the creek bank is some kind of moss; and the straight white streak in the foreground is my distance-measuring string.

Too lazy to even write a real post, just a list of semi-random thoughts:

I vacuumed the dog. Surprisingly, she did not bite me. In her place, I would have bitten me. My dog is much more patient than I am.
Know what’s cool? Coming down into a little valley with big fat raindrops pummeling you to [...]