A morning stroll in the fog

[crashoconnor]

I needed reinforcement this morning, yesterday afternoon and evening I was questioning why I continue to climb the ever growing mountain of paperwork that has become my job. I questioned whether or not it's worth fighting that fight so that from time to time I get to burn things and make an impact on the land we manage here. So this morning I took a short walk with my camera to look at the burn that we did around the office in November. The plant response in south Florida is amazing, and I had just taken a photographer who is working freelance for the Nature Conservancy out in the area and showed him all the regrowth and the invigorated wildflower growth that comes post fire in the area. With the great light and all the dew I figured I might as well try my hand at capturing some of the plants' response to fire.

Here's the photos and my short explanations.



A dew covered spiderweb greeted me at the gate this morning.



A black-eyed Susan in the fog



Tickseeds in the burn



Palmetto growth after the fire, the light brown at the tips is all that is left from the burn.



The palmetto are already in bloom, in a few months they will be covered in berries.



A huge mass of blooms.



A dense fog this morning.



Britton's Wild Petunia



This fern is growing back out of a rock in the black.



I was also treated to visitors, the pair of Sandhill cranes are back.



Thanks for taking the time to check out the photos, sometime later I will explain in more depth the plant response to fire in south Florida.

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