Thursday, March 22, 2007

Up early this morning. Mike started a fire. We sat around and read most of the day. It was a beautiful, sunny day. Walked over to the spring and along Juniper Creek. Finished the book I was reading, “TheEverglades” by Marjory Stoneman Douglas. Here’s a picture of me sitting next to a sculpture of her at Fairchild Gardens in Miami.

I can see why she was so respected and revered. The book was an extremely interesting history of the Everglades and its people. She was also largely responsible for the creation of the Everglades National Park. She died in 1998 at the age of 108.