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What's Blooming in Paradise: Joewood
June 7, 2012 Plant Subject: Joewood (Jacquinia keyensis) First impression: Five tiny, ray shaped creamy colored petals, grouped in a circle with 5 even tinier spur shaped petals in-between. more »»
At the Captiva Library: Summer Reading Programs
June 7, 2012 Summer reading programs, Dream Big Read! for kids and Own the Night for teens have begun. more »»
FCAT scoring change will take time
June 1, 2012 To Supporters of Lee County Public Schools: For the past few months I’ve been talking with anyone who will listen about the significant changes that were coming to the Florida Comprehensive... more »» 
Living Sanibel: Killdeer
June 1, 2012 Perhaps most famous for its loud, familiar call, killdeeahdeedee, the killdeer’s scientific name aptly describes its behavior: vociferous, meaning loud and vocal. more »»
Poetic License: In English Only
June 1, 2012 In English Only should one express Love for America and its succes. more »»
Shell Shocked: Will Charo and I like eachother?
June 1, 2012 In a recent Islander “Pets of the Week” feature, “Charo,” a 5-year-old Australian Cattle Dog mix, was listed as available for adoption at a price of $55. more »» 
What's Blooming in Paradise: Apple Blossom
June 1, 2012 First impression: Super long flower clusters bursting with bubble gum pink, dark rosy pink, and cream colored flowers. They can be seen at the top of the canopy sticking out like wild hairs. more »»
At the Captiva Library: Take Time to Read
June 1, 2012 Captiva Memorial Library’s summer reading programs, Dream Big Read! for kids and Own the Night for teens start in June. more »»
This isn’t Ohio anymore
May 18, 2012 I used to be quite the gardener, back in the days when I spent much more of my time in Ohio. One summer, Burpee Seed Company even came to photograph my flower beds for use in their commercials. more »» 
Living Sanibel: Lakes Regional Park
May 4, 2012 Amidst the pizzas, ice cream, hot dogs, and surrey rentals, a naturalist might be quick to dismiss Lakes Regional Park as more of a family recreational park than a place to commune with nature. more »» 
What's Blooming: Oncidium Orchid
May 4, 2012 First impression: Striking, exotic, five petals with a sixth larger iconic orchid-lobed lip in hues of yellows and browns. more »»
Poetic License: Poem, fall not far from me
May 4, 2012 Poem, fall not far from me, Bitter or sweet, your words are mine. You are my apple, I am your tree. Try as you might you cannot flee, Bound as we are like grape to vine. Poem, fall not far from . more »»
At the Captiva Library: Collection features Memoirs
May 4, 2012 Some people don’t just talk about their life experience, they put it on paper. more »»
Shell Shocked: Sanibel's Sweet Revenge on a Snowbird
May 4, 2012 The day finally arrived when Periwinkle was no longer a vast parking lot. You could actually move on it. But, you know, I had mixed feelings about that. more »» 
Living Sanibel: Least Tern
April 27, 2012 True to its nickname sea swallow, this is the smallest tern in the Western Hemisphere. Weighing half that of a robin, this tiny tern feeds on small fish, crustaceans, and sand eels. more »»
Poetic License: Villanelle: The Ultimate Metaphor
April 27, 2012 Death is a free and easy metaphor: Poets, like cowards, die a thousand times For Beauty, Truth and Love Forevermore. more »»
Shell Shocked: Landmark Victory for Alligators
April 27, 2012 In a landmark decision, the United States Supreme Court, in a narrow 5 to 4 vote, declared today that alligator relocation from Sanibel to the Everglades is unconstitutional. more »» 
What's Blooming In Paradise: Jacaranda Tree
April 27, 2012 First impression: Treelike panicles, filled with blue-lilac-ish flowers that remind me of lavender fields on a tree. more »»
At the Captiva Library: The Fiction Collection
April 26, 2012 The Captiva Memorial Library fiction collection crosses many paths: Deader Homes and Gardens by Joan Hess “Back from her somewhat unusual honeymoon, Claire Malloy must face the harsh reality of lif... more »» 
Close call for will of the people
April 13, 2012 As anniversaries go, number seven doesn’t usually get much attention. This year it should. more »» |
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