View of the saw grass glades from the top of the levy at the edge of civilisation in Weston Florida |
We arrived in the afternoon after getting up very early to meet the requirement to be screened early for the flight out of National Airport in Washington DC. We picked up a rental car from Enterprise after a lengthy ride in a cab out into the city of Fort Lauderdale.
It was a nice little Dodge and then ventured to find our home for the week in Weston at the intersection of Alligator Alley and the Vacation Village complex of 20 plus time share buildings right on the edge of the Saw grass region of the everglades. This entire area was stolen to make space for new construction from the natural shallow waterway of the grass covered everglades and is subsequently under a 99 year moratorium on new building as the nation tries to restore the water flow of the glades. It was filled with lakes and ponds and canals of water going along all the roads. The Levy we visited and saw from the air as we flew out and over the airport before landing. It was exciting to see where we were headed from the air before we drove there. We went grocery shopping and found registration eventually and got to our 4th floor unit by about sunset. The first night we unpacked and made dinner and got settled in and fell asleep pretty early.
Keith caught in caught in the headlights with the rental car he drove us around Florida in and a branch he found of dried leaves. |
Living room area with door to the deck that faced east. Internet connection was important to allow Keith to keep posting photos of his daily ikebana arrangements on the 365 days of ikebana. |
Giant King sized bed we had in the bedroom with a door to the deck |
view of the Vacation Village Heron II building and our pool. Our Heron I building looked the same as this one |
Keith collected some flowers from the hedges around the community for his ikebana |
I sketched the flowers he brought in in the glass of water on the table |
Jasmine flowering was my first sketch of the trip |
I took along a new panel of crazy quilt to embroider on the trip. |
sketch of flowers and lily pods all from the time share gardens |
delicious pears we at as desert with a galette each night |
sketch with dried leaves and pod found on walks in Keith's ikebana |
orange butterfly on a wild flower |
the trail through the nature walk area was well mowed and the shrubbery was about 3-5 feet tall on either side. |
beautiful tiny wild red tassel flower |
water level ruler at the canal by some control equipment and a cross over to get to the levy beyond. |
Egret on the edge of the canal across from the camping area. We saw it from the top of the levy. |
White egret on the edge of the canal didn't mind us 15 feet away |
bright sunshine made it hard not to squint at the camera but what a view! |
saw grass and water lilies in the shallow waters with a few cattails on the edge we learned later cattails are not native to this area and are considered invasive plants that crowd out natives... |
tiny black butterfly wasn't bigger than my thumb nail |
honey bees were collecting |
butterfly on a red wild tassel flower |
2 comments:
Happy New Year!
I can look at your sketches and water color forever!
You are so talented!
Thanks Sujata! Happy new year to you and your quilting family I think this is going to be a great year!
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