I passed this clever Thanksgiving display between Osteen and New Smyrna Beach on the way to the beach the other day.
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Warm temperatures and deserted beaches are the new normal for late November in Central Florida. Temperatures are forecast to stay in the low 80°s (27° C) into the first week of December.
A strong easterly wind off of the Atlantic is kicking up the waves. . .
below, a Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerula) is the only bird braving the choppy surf.
The Atlantic fetch is sending in a few coastal showers, though nothing to get excited about, yet.
The Sunflower Trees (Tithonia diversifolia) are in full bloom.
The trees are at least 18' tall this year (5½ meters tall).
A black rat, left over from Halloween still hangs around on one of many pumpkins.
The easterly fetch off the Atlantic sends in light showers that create rainbows in the late afternoons. . .
and some stunning sunsets.
From the Archives:
Outside Magazine does it again with its December 2015 issue in which Bear Grylls graces the slick, peel open cover. The interview, however, was perhaps the most disappointing of Bear's many appearances in Outside.
The Outside Online August 2012 Bear Grylls Interview was much more revealing. . .
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| Bear Grylls, Outside Magazine, August 2012 |
. . . or the April 2010 Outside Online Feature "Bear Grylls Plays Dirty". . .
or. . . just about any other interview with Bear Grylls was more interesting.
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| Bear Grylls, Outside Magazine, April 2010 |
Bear is still at it in 2021. His series Running Wild with Bear Grylls is on the National Geographic Channel.
More Thanksgiving Photos from Florida
But. . . something seems a little upside down, doesn't it. Ah, yes, that's the approaching holidays and the forced family time that is upon us.
HOW TO SURVIVE THANKSGIVING
by Ripe Cards
Thanksgiving week 2021 we're having the coolest weather in a year, though temperatures have stayed well above frost-inducing 40° F (4½° C). Above, a larvae of the Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly (Phoebis sennae) munches on its favorite local flower, the Emperor's Candlestick (Senna alata). Emperor's Candlestick is not native to Florida but is naturalized from Central Florida south.
Above and Below: A pair of Cloudless Sulphur Butterflies engage in an elaborate mating ritual, unaware that it is winter in most parts of the northern hemisphere. . .
Below: Another Cloudless Sulphur butterfly on Emperor's Candlestick.
Below: A Cloudless Sulphur butterfly on Turk's Cap (Malvaviscus penduiflorus), this hibiscus-like plant is also known locally as "mazapan."
Below: A Cloudless Sulphur butterfly on periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus).
Below: A Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) on Tithonia.
Below: The honeybees have started overnighting on the remaining sunflower tree blooms as the nights have turned cooler. They sometimes share the large blooms. This is the first year in memory that the sunflower trees have completely bloomed out without frost interrupting the bloom to seed cycle.
Below: A Monarch (Danaus plexippus) on Tithonia.
Below: Countless ants on a sunflower tree bloom. The sap of these trees is sweet. . . and sticky. It also stains easily. When working with the plants I try to always remember to wear black or throwaway clothes.
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Below: A Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) on Tithonia.
Below: Many sunflower tree blooms and a few bees.
Above and Below: Zebra Longwing butterflies (Heliconius charitonius) on Tithonia.
Below: My best attempt at a turkey cake.
Thanksgiving in Australia
Thanksgiving is NOT a thing in Australia. Its summer there. However there is a small group of the population on Northern Norfolk Island, that celebrate the holiday on the last Wednesday of November.
Just in time for the Northern Hemisphere's winter things are getting hot in Australia, and Aussiebum is always there to show you why we wish we were in Australia. With 265,000 followers on instagram (and 92,000 on YouTube) we know Aussiebum is onto something.
Though some of their recent videos are, well, just a little over the top. . . like you can be this happy, relaxed and attractive if you buy Aussiebum. Watch the video below and decide for yourself.
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