Photo of a pale blue to yellow to orange sky reflected in calm waters. Tree branches and bulrushes (some blooming) are silhouetted in the foreground.
#AMomentinNature was this muted sunrise reflected in the St. Johns River in North Florida with blooming bulrushes in the foreground. I call this photo “A bulrush hour” which is vastly superior to the other type of rush hour. #NatureHeals!
Photo of a flying green hummingbird with its beak inserted into a tubular red flower borne on a horizontal green stem with several other red flowers. There are other stems with red flowers and bright green leaves. A dark wooded area is out of focus in the background.
#AMomentinNature was this hummingbird feeding at a coral honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) flower. This is an easy-to-grow bird-friendly & pollinator-friendly climbing plant native to most of eastern North America. It's a bine, not a vine.
Read: greengardeningmatters.blogspot.com/2025/08/cora...
Photo of a small plant with several daisy-like yellow flowers. Even the disc flowers in the center of the flower heads are showy.
#BloomingNow The dazzling Florida greeneyes (Berlandiera subacaulis) is endemic to Florida. The flowers smell like chocolate! There is also another greeneyes here in Florida. They both provide #AMomentinNature, so breathe deep!
For more info, read: greengardeningmatters.blogspot.com/2023/02/gree...
Photo of a mostly horizontal branch bearing a dozen flowers and some leaves are sprouting at the ends of the branches. Brown leaves and a dark wooded area is in the background. Text says, "Flowering dogwood Cornus florida"
#AMomentinNature & #ASignofSpring was this flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) blooming today in NE Florida. What looks like a single flower is a flower head subtended by 4 white bracts. It’s best used as an understory tree in moist areas in Florida. For more info: www.fnps.org/plant/cornus...
Photo of a natural Florida forest of oaks, palms, woody shrubs and rushes along a shoreline reflected in still water.
#AMomentinNature A natural woods and #BlueSky in Florida's Panhandle is perfectly reflected onto still water. Breathe Deep!
Then take some positive actions for yourself, your family, & our only planet.
Photo of a golden sunrise reflected in slightly rippled water. The sun looks like an eyeball behind a small cloud near the horizon. There are some other bands of puffy gray clouds with golden edges. Dark blue-gray sky is above the cloud bands. Trees, shrubs, and grasses on the near shoreline are silhouetted by the sunrise.
#AMomentinNature was this golden-eye sunrise over the St. Johns River in North Florida. Every sunrise promises a new day when we can do something positive for ourselves, our families, & for our only planet. Breathe Deep!
What positive action will you undertake today?
Photo of the sky, water, and plants in the foreground. The sky is mostly cloudy and there are 3 large rays of pink light across the gray clouds. The pink is reflected in the slightly wavy water. The plants in the foreground, including a leafy shrub & rushes, are silhouetted by the light.
#AMomentinNature was this amazing sunrise over the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, FL. Ahhh... Breathe deep! #NatureHeals
Magnified photo of an elongated leaf pore which is open to the interior of the leaf. The magnified surface of the leaf around the pore is green & is somewhat uneven with lighter green hairs.
#AMomentinNature is appreciating this magnified leaf pore (stomate), which is open & is allowing air & water to flow in & out of the leaf. The plant uses CO2 from the air for photosynthesis to make sugar with O2 released as a gas. Most organisms depend on this amazing process for energy for life.
Photo of a bird perched on a small tree branch overhead. The branch is mostly bare with smooth gray bark and a few tufts of lichen are attached to some of the branches. The bird is dark brown on its back with a mostly white belly streaked with brown. Blue sky in the background.
#AMomentinNature was seeing and listening to this Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) high in a mostly bare tree. They are exuberant singers, with one of the largest repertoires of any North American songbird. For more info: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Brown_...
Photo of orange & purple clouds stretched out diagonally across the sky. Some blue sky is behind the clouds. Silhouettes of palms and other trees are in the foreground.
This fire-in-the-sky Florida sunrise was #AmomentinNature!
Phtoto of the sky at sunrise. Dark clouds are in the foreground at the bottom. In the center is a vase-shaped ray of golden light hitting some higher clouds and turning them a rusty orange. On the right side of the photo an Osprey is flying toward the light.
#AMomentinNature on this day a few years ago was a golden sunrise over the Intra-Coastal Waterway in Lake Worth Beach.
Photo of a sunrise landscape with trees silhouetted in the foreground. Puffy clouds are mostly lavender with bright gold highlights at the bottom. Pale blue sky is in the background.
#AMomentinNature was this morning's lavender & gold sunrise clouds here in North Florida. In times of stress, we can find peace when we appreciate Nature's beauty.
Photo of the top of a shrub with a bunch of burgundy wrinkled berries in the center. The compound leaves radiate out from the fruit. The leaves are mostly burgundy tinged with green. The stem between the leaflets also has leaf material to either side: the "wings." Text says "Winged sumac Rhus copallinum"
#AMomentinNature this morning was appreciating the beautiful burgundy fall color of this female winged sumac (Rhus copallinum) with fruit. It’s a pollinator-friendly & bird-friendly, shrub that is native to all of eastern North America. Read: greengardeningmatters.blogspot.com/2024/07/wing...
Photo of a flower head of a grass with the sun shining through it. The grass is tan and the fluffy seeds are exposed. More grasses, mowed area and wooded area are out of focus in the background. Text says, "Bushy bluestem grass (Andropogon glomeratus)"
#AMomentinNature this morning was the sun shining through the bushy bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus) in our front yard. I'm not sure which of the 3 varieties it is: maybe (A. glomeratus var. glomeratus). It's native from Massachusetts down through Florida & in southern states out to California.
Photo of a blue-gray bird with a 2-tone beak wading in rippling water. Greenery reflected in the water.
#AMomentinNature was watching this Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) working in the shallows. We are not separate from Nature, but are part of it. Getting out in Nature can relieve our day-to-day stress. Breathe deep!
Photo of a pink & purple sunrise across a wide, calm river that reflects the colors of the sky. A single nodding grass bloom is silhouetted in the foreground.
#AMomentinNature was this calm sunrise over the St. Johns River.
Sunrise photo with thunderhead and gold & orange clouds near the horizon and gray puffy clouds & blue sky higher in the sky. Various trees silhouetted in the foreground.
#AMomentinNature was enjoying this morning’s golden sunrise in NE Florida.
Photo of a full moon with a blue sky background. Lower in the sky are peachy pink clouds. A variety of trees are silhouetted in the lower corners of the photo.
#AMomentinNature was appreciating the sunrise-colored #MoonSet this morning on our 2-mile walk around the neighborhood.
Photo of the surface of a still pond reflection tall trees (mostly pines), blue sky & a rising sun between two tree trunks.
#AMomentinNature was appreciating this reflected sunrise. We are not separate from Nature, but are deeply embedded in it, so do something positive for our only planet today!
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Screen shot of an overhead view of a house showing trees and lawn area around the house. Text says, "Caught by Google Earth out in the garden." There is a text arrow pointing to a black spot labeled, "me" There is also "Google earth" in the lower right corner of the picture.
A few years ago, Google Earth caught me out working on what was a butterfly garden at the time. I may look like a little black spot in this photo, but since I was gardening, I was at peace. It was #AMomentinNature.
Photo of bands of curly pink-orange clouds with blue sky behind them. A pine tree branch is to the top left of the photo and part of an oak tree is silhouetted in the lower right.
#AMomentinNature was just a few minutes ago. Curly, sunset-colored clouds from our front yard looking northeast. I stood there and took an extra deep breath to savor the moment. Ahhh!
Photo of a sunrise with blue sky and pink & orange clouds. A variety of trees are sihouetted in the foreground.
#AMomentinNature was this morning's #SundaySunrise on our early morning walk in our Florida neighborhood. #NatureHeals
Photo of a rainbow in apinkish sky. A variety of trees are silhouetted at the bottom of the photo.
#AMomentinNature was a few minutes ago in our front yard after a good rain at sunset. A double rainbow... Ahhh!
Wide photo of a full moon close to the tops of palm trees silhouetted in the foreground. The sky is blue at the top, but changes to yellowish, orangeish, & reddish near the horizon.
#AMomentinNature was this lovely full moonset in Florida with the western sky colored by the sunrise. Ahhhh!!!
Photo of a large group of flowers with yellow petals and brown centers growing at the edge of a pasture, which has a few brown cows grazing there. Tall trees on the far side of the pasture are pale in the foggy air.
#AMomentinNature was stopping to appreciate these swamp sunflowers (Helianthus angustifolius) that brightened a foggy fall day along a back road in Florida. It's native from NY to TX & most of Florida.
Photo of a cocoon made from little sticks hanging from a bare twig. A trunk of a tree with ferns around its base is out of focus in the background. Text says, “Bagworm.”
#AMomentinNature is finding bagworms in the fall. Nature is so inventive!
Photo of streaky, mostly orange clouds just above the trees.
#AMomentinNature was stopping to admire tonight's sunset colored cloud bands. They are outer bands of tropical storm, Imelda, now off the east coast of Florida.
Photo of a yellow bird with black wings and a black patch on its head perched on a dead flower. Out of focus green stuff is in a background. Text says, "American Goldfinch Spinus tristis"
#AMomentinNature was seeing this American Goldfinch feasting on the seeds of a dead coneflower. For a bird-friendly yard, don’t cut dead flowers in the fall.
#HappyMonday! It’s a new week & I urge you to take breaks so you can find your own “Moments in Nature” to restore sanity to your soul.
#NationalParks are America’s BEST idea!
#AMomentinNature was my holding a 15-minute conversation with this attentive pair of Ravens (Corvus corax) in Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah in 2022. My husband & I called the Ravens our #SpiritGuides because they watched us on every hike on this trip.
