More of the stupendous season of wildflowers at Myakka River State Park. This shot is just off the highway, where the river narrows into a serpentine flow. Yellow tickseed flowers are as far as the eye can see.☙
I have trod merry England and dwelt on its charms; I have wandered through Erin, the gem of the sea; But the Highlands alone the true Scottish heart warms, Her heather is blooming, her eagles are free. —”Hurrah for the Highlands,” by Andrew Park.
The Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia, USA Species: 621 plant, 233 bird, 50 mammal, 64 reptile, 37 amphibian, 39 fish, and insect species – more than anyone has been able to count.