The sun sparkling on the waters of Kemp Channel, named I believe for the biologist credited with Kemp's Ridley turtle discovery. His body is in the Key West cemetery.
In this shot below looking up the channel in the foreground one can see a stripling of a mangrove rising up above the waters. It looks feeble and frail but this is how these tenacious bushes reclaim the waters for themselves and their progeny.
A while back I wrote an essay discussing just that: Mangroves
and their life cycle. They are amazing plants and it's worth a look if you don't live in close proximity to them.
And slowly they grow, poking their long red fingers out into the water and digging in. Actually they are a pain in the ass too, as they have a tendency not to stop when you need them to. My dock is getting rather overgrown by them and their red roots. 
Any road in the Florida Keys looks like this, mangroves asphalt and blue sky.
For some reason it never bore me this view.
In this shot below looking up the channel in the foreground one can see a stripling of a mangrove rising up above the waters. It looks feeble and frail but this is how these tenacious bushes reclaim the waters for themselves and their progeny.
A while back I wrote an essay discussing just that: Mangrovesand their life cycle. They are amazing plants and it's worth a look if you don't live in close proximity to them.
And slowly they grow, poking their long red fingers out into the water and digging in. Actually they are a pain in the ass too, as they have a tendency not to stop when you need them to. My dock is getting rather overgrown by them and their red roots. 
Any road in the Florida Keys looks like this, mangroves asphalt and blue sky.For some reason it never bore me this view.
2 comments:
The view sure beats looking at snowy mountains!
Bob from Livingston Montana
Snowy mountains are best viewed from a vacation retreat with a housekeeper and a large fireplace. The one to clean the other.
And a straight shot home to the Keys.
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