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Grayleaf Teabush is native Florida plant, evergreen, large flowering shrub. Blooming year-round, it has tiny pink flowers (the flower is approximately 1 cm in diameter) and tiny grey leaves on dark stems.
www.floridanativeplants.com/shop/p/gray-leaf-tea-bush

Sugar Mill Gardens, Port Orange, Florida
www.dunlawtonsugarmillgardens.org/index.html

Delta flower beetles are diurnal (active during daylight). Throughout much of their adult life, they are commonly found on and near flowers within tall grass and meadows. Their adult life revolves completely around flowers. Mating occurs on flowers and their adult diet consists mostly of pollen.
edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN1214

South Carolina

The flowers (in the center) are individually small, inconspicuous, and hermaphroditic, with four, greenish-yellow petals (not bracts) 4 mm (0.16 in) long. Around 20 flowers are produced in a dense, rounded, umbel-shaped inflorescence, 1–2 cm (0.39–0.79 in) in diameter. This central flower head is surrounded by four conspicuous large white, pink or red bracts (not petals).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornus_florida

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The common name "Solomon's seal" is that the roots bear depressions which resemble royal seals. Between March and June, clusters of white-green flowers droop from the stalks.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygonatum

Central park, Manhattan. NYC

Heliconia psittacorum
Parakeet Heliconia is the most commonly cultivated Heliconia species in Hawaii, and it is escaping from gardens and becoming naturalized along roadsides here.
wildlifeofhawaii.com/flowers/1120/heliconia-psittacorum-p...

The iris flower is an example of the relation between flowering plants and pollinating insects. The shape of the flower and the position of the pollen-receiving and stigmatic surfaces on the outer petals form a landing-stage for a flying insect, which in probing for nectar, will first come into contact with the perianth, then with the three stigmatic stamens in one whorled surface which is borne on an ovary formed of three carpels. Thus, an insect bearing pollen from one flower will, in entering a second, deposit the pollen on the stigma; in backing out of a flower, the pollen which it bears will not be rubbed off on the stigma of the same flower.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_(plant)

Kanapaha Botanical Gardens. Florida.
www.gardendestinations.com/exploring-kanapaha-botanical-g...

It’s not a moss, yet its common family names are “Spikemoss” and “Clubmoss”… It’s not a fern, and yet many of its varieties are labeled as such… Which is unhelpful, to say the least. The truth is that it carries characteristics of both, but it’s from a distinct and ancient lineage of vascular plants in the Selaginellaceae family.
terrariumtribe.com/selaginella-varieties-spikemoss/

Kanapaha Botanical Gardens. Florida
www.gardendestinations.com/exploring-kanapaha-botanical-g...

Hamamelis vernalis is a species of witch-hazel native to the Ozark Plateau in central North America. The flowers with ribbon-shaped petals 7–10 mm long. Its flowering in late winter December to March.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamamelis_vernalis

Brooklyn Botanical Garden

Royal Terns and seagulls

It is a deciduous shrub, exceptionally a small tree, to 4m tall (smaller than most other magnolias), and blooms profusely in early spring with large pink to purple showy flowers.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnolia_liliiflora

Florida

Tricycle
Daytona Beach Bike Week
Bike Week is one of the world's largest motorcycle events. During the 10-day event, motorcycle enthusiasts from all over the world come to Daytona Beach to enjoy the world-famous beaches, the 70-degree Florida sunshine, exhilarating biker events and parks, outdoor dining, racing and scenic rides throughout the Daytona Beach area.
www.daytonabeach.com/event/daytona-beach-bike-week-2025/5...

Daytona Beach, Florida

Most types of apple trees produce blossoms that begin as pink buds and bloom as white flowers. A handful of cultivars, however, have flowers that retain some or all of their pink hue beyond the bud stage.
www.weekand.com/home-garden/article/kinds-apple-trees-pin...

Snowdrops are among the first bulbs to bloom in spring and can form impressive carpets of white in areas where they are native or have been naturalised.
The generic name Galanthus, from the Greek gala (milk) and anthos (flower). The epithet nivalis means "of the snow", referring either to the snow-like flower or the plant's early flowering.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galanthus_nivalis

Sugar Mill Gardens. Florida. USA

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October 2022 Winner: Beautiful Capture of Fiery Sunset Contest of the Beautiful Capture Group.

The area of the Halifax River was first settled about 7,000 years ago, by Native American tribes who were the ancestors of tribes such as the Timucua Indians. The natives lived on fish and oysters, leaving shell mounds on both sides of the Halifax River. Most of the shell mounds were used by later settlers to build roads, but a few remain in the area, preserved as historical sites.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_River

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Our family still has old family albums. From time to time we look at the photos, remember people, events... But we don't add new photos, they are all digital now. 📱

I think albums are still necessary. For future generations in our families. I decided that I would fill them with modern photos, signing each photo - who is in it, when and where. Digital photos disappear very quickly. After several updates on my computers, photos for a few years disappeared. As a result of technological developments, it is no longer possible to see what was saved on previous devices. But the photos in the album will not disappear!