Global Environment, Nature, The Universe,

observations and thoughts

by Carol Gamel



Sunday, July 31, 2005

This is a great alligator story!

Floridian: A romantic - get away!
The Florida real estate developers are at it again and again the government fails to remember they are supposed to be "for the people . . ."
State: Wetlands could get easier to destroy

Wednesday, July 13, 2005

This is an interesting article from Wired 13.07: STARTWired. If you're feeling guilty about driving and spewing carbon monoxide into the atmosphere you should definitely learn about www.terrapass.com.
Got back to the beach today after being laid up with a sore, sore back. Too much walking possibly. Hurricane Dennis had washed new sand in and taken some away in other places. Maybe the new sand is from all those beach refurbishing projects that we spend million$$$ on?

The red tide smell drifted by but there wasn't as much evidence of it in the way of dead fish today. News pictures yesterday showed other beaches paved with dead fish though. I'm hoping the hurricane has broken up the algae causing all the stench.

Sea shells were plentiful today. Berneida showed us a bag full of shells that included 4 tulips and one tiny live octopus. We tried to pick up the little octopus to put him back but he was clinging desparately to the plastic. We finally had to tear off the plastic that he was gripping in order to rescue him. Octopus and plastic both went back into the Gulf. Hope the plastic doesn't endanger someone else and it wasn't one life for another!

Monday, July 11, 2005

Here's an interesting read about how Florida politics impact the restoration of the Everglades. The article by Diane Roberts is entitled "Paving the way for Everglades annihilation".

Archives: St. Petersburg Times

Tuesday, July 05, 2005


Dead eel Posted by Picasa
I stand corrected from my post of June 17th. We don't see dead sea snakes, we see dead eels! And LOTS of them!

Saturday, July 02, 2005


Hidden picture - can you see the Coopers Hawk? Hint, his tail is dark brown.  Posted by Picasa

Spider, ready and waiting. Looks like a zebra. Posted by Picasa

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