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Recycled gas station

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Ron Haines

I happened upon this nicely recycled gas station last week along Tamiami Trial in North Fort Myers, FL.  I’m always on the lookout for a good one.  This one is the home of Anna’s Produce and Groceries.  Go here to … Continue reading →

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They eat cars, don’t they?

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Ron Haines

Northerners have snow, Californians have earthquakes, Floridians have vultures that eat cars. OK, they don’t actually eat them, they just nibble on them, particularly the rubber and vinyl bits, like the windshield wipers and weather stripping around doors and sunroofs. … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature, Offbeat, Road trip | 2 Comments

Blame it on the reporter

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Ron Haines

This sign caught my eye the other day as I drove along Tamiami Trail (US 41) through the greater Port Charlotte metro area over on the west side of Florida.I spent my career dealing with professional photographers all over the … Continue reading →

Posted in Offbeat, Road trip, Signs | 8 Comments

It’s no fun being a plastic duck…

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Ron Haines

…Other birds just walk all over you. Anchored in place to mark the presence of an irrigation pipe, this plastic duck makes a good perch for his living counterparts on Lake Osborne near Lantana Road.

Posted in Nature, Offbeat, Photos mostly | 1 Comment

Lunch anyone?

Posted on January 17, 2015 by Ron Haines

This Osprey was kind enough to pose for me today near Munyon Island at MacArthur Beach State Park in North Palm Beach, FL. Apparently this is a pretty common osprey ‘pose,’ as evidenced by the photo below, taken in my … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature, Photos mostly | 3 Comments

They’re back!

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Ron Haines

The south Florida population of iguanas is rebounding robustly from a major Mother Nature push back at the turn of the decade. Cold spells in 2008 and 2010 killed off a lot of them and for several years I hardly … Continue reading →

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When you’ve got an itch…Part 2

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Ron Haines

A limpkin on my dock satisfies the urge. See here for Part 1 in the series.

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San Francisco hills and some award musings

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Ron Haines

Could the hills of San Francisco have gotten steeper? Maybe it’s just me, but it seems like it. I was last there decades ago. I was younger and had more energy. And I was on an expense account every time, … Continue reading →

Posted in Sierra Club | 5 Comments

UnBEElievable!

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Ron Haines

This massive beehive, complete with buzzing inhabitants I didn’t get close enough to for you to see in the photo, was along the shore on Fisheating Creek, a lovely waterway that winds through extensive cypress swamps and hardwood forest hammocks … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature, Paddling, Sierra Club | 2 Comments

Back in the warmth!

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Ron Haines

I’m back in into shorts and T-shirt mode, having left the chilly Northeast where it belongs…up there. In the summer, the lovely byways and nice waterways of New England have Florida beat hands down, but in winter I will take … Continue reading →

Posted in Grumman canoe, Photos mostly, Sailing | 3 Comments