Lawn Centurion
Because lawn jockeys are such a cliche...
Monday's walk took Mary and me to one of our town's two water towers, for a round-trip of somewhere between five and six miles. It gave us a chance to walk down some streets we hadn't taken before, which led us to this lawn centurion.
The centurion's owner, Ron, told us that it is made of solid concrete, which presented a bit of a challenge to someone who'd tried to steal it. The would-be Visigoth had managed to topple the statue over, but could move it no farther.
Shortly thereafter, we reached our target:
We had dinner on the return leg. As we crossed the strip mall afterwards, I spotted the critter at lower left and exclaimed to Mary, "An albino lizard!" I thought I had found a rare anole with a mutation of some sort. Then I saw the other two and realized I was looking at a species I'd never seen before.
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According to the Wild Florida ecotravel guide, these Mediterranean Geckos (Hemidactylus turcicus, Family Gekkonidae) "are native to Europe, but they are highly successful colonizers and well established in Florida. There are no native nocturnal lizards in Florida, and geckos seem to have filled the niche." They are grayish with light pink and dark brown spots during the day, but lighten up at night.
Back on Friday we took a jaunt through Whispering Pines Park, a 290-acre, multi-use facility in the Citrus County seat of Inverness.
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This flower is probably in the aster/daisy family, but I haven't yet found an ID for a plant with this distinct type of tri-lobed (or is that four lobes?) petal. It grows outside the entrance to the park's outdoor pool, not far from these Gaillardia:
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This is probably Gaillardia pulchella, also called blanket flower, firewheel, and Indian blanket. Asteraceae/Compositae (aster/daisy) Family. Source: www.floridata.com/ref/G/gaillad.cfm
Here's one with a visitor:
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We explored a couple of hiking trails, where this moss flourished:
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Close-up shot:
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I used part of the close-up to produce this moss mosaic:
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Mary on the trail:
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Looking back after passing the palm tree:
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Fantasy mirror trail:
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Monday's walk took Mary and me to one of our town's two water towers, for a round-trip of somewhere between five and six miles. It gave us a chance to walk down some streets we hadn't taken before, which led us to this lawn centurion.
The centurion's owner, Ron, told us that it is made of solid concrete, which presented a bit of a challenge to someone who'd tried to steal it. The would-be Visigoth had managed to topple the statue over, but could move it no farther.
Shortly thereafter, we reached our target:
We had dinner on the return leg. As we crossed the strip mall afterwards, I spotted the critter at lower left and exclaimed to Mary, "An albino lizard!" I thought I had found a rare anole with a mutation of some sort. Then I saw the other two and realized I was looking at a species I'd never seen before.
Large view
According to the Wild Florida ecotravel guide, these Mediterranean Geckos (Hemidactylus turcicus, Family Gekkonidae) "are native to Europe, but they are highly successful colonizers and well established in Florida. There are no native nocturnal lizards in Florida, and geckos seem to have filled the niche." They are grayish with light pink and dark brown spots during the day, but lighten up at night.
Back on Friday we took a jaunt through Whispering Pines Park, a 290-acre, multi-use facility in the Citrus County seat of Inverness.
Large view
This flower is probably in the aster/daisy family, but I haven't yet found an ID for a plant with this distinct type of tri-lobed (or is that four lobes?) petal. It grows outside the entrance to the park's outdoor pool, not far from these Gaillardia:
Large view
Large view
This is probably Gaillardia pulchella, also called blanket flower, firewheel, and Indian blanket. Asteraceae/Compositae (aster/daisy) Family. Source: www.floridata.com/ref/G/gaillad.cfm
Here's one with a visitor:
Large view
We explored a couple of hiking trails, where this moss flourished:
Large view
Close-up shot:
Large view
I used part of the close-up to produce this moss mosaic:
Large view
Mary on the trail:
Large view
Looking back after passing the palm tree:
Large view
Fantasy mirror trail:
Large view
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