Today I felt like I am getting into the rhythm of things. This morning was some disappointing light at the Anhinga Trail and it looked like it might be cloudy all day. So I decided to go canoeing at West Lake and found some nice mangroves along the shoreline and some cool clouds to go with then. Then I caught sunset in the dwarf cypress trees again.
Mangroves are always a great subject, it’s easy to see were they got the nickname “walking trees” They grown mainly in the coastal areas of the Everglades and their northern most range is around the Tampa area because they don’t tolerate frost very well. But even with the recent frosts in Florida these coastal areas usually stay above freezing because of the water, which traps heat from the day.
The sun managed to finally poke though the clouds right at sunset and made for some good light tonight in the dwarf cypress forest. These cypress trees are called dwarf trees because they don’t grow very tall because of the soil conditions. Some trees only 6 or 8 feet tall can be hundreds of years old.
Cameron, those are spectacular! No wonder you got that job. You rock!