My Florida Backyard

I've been trying for days to capture a decent picture of this tiny butterfly who loves to visit our butterfly garden. Finally - success!...

As the hot days of summer approached, the screen of our back porch seemed to be the hot lizard pick-up spot. If I had kids, I guess I'd...

Summer heat in Florida is pretty much a given, but the last five days or so have been hot, even for us. Daily highs in the upper 90s, with v...

It's been a hot and dry week in My Florida Backyard, with nothing really unusual going on. A few items of note: A local muscovy mamma ha...

This evening I had the pleasure of taking part in the inaugural meeting of the Greenbrook/Brightside Adopt-A-Pond project. A small but enthu...

When a rumble of thunder startled me into running outside to bring sheets in off the clothesline this afternoon, I wasn't even thinking ...

Here in My Florida Backyard, one of our favorite things about finding a new visitor is determining just what that visitor might be. We know ...