Smallwood Store, Chokoloskee, FL

Small slice of history out in the south western portion of Florida.  The Smallwood Store in Chokoloskee, FL was first built in 1906 by Ted Smallwood, as a Trading Post to serve the remote Everglades area.

Smallwood Store - Chokoloskee, FL
Smallwood Store – Chokoloskee, FL – 2963

Pickerel Weed of the Marsh, Davie, FL

Pickerel Weed  (Pontederia cordata)
The nectar of Pickerel weed flowers attracts insects, including bees and butterflies.  It grows along many of the fresh water ponds, canals, marshes and across the glades

Pickerel Weed - 2825
Pickerel Weed – 2825

Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge

Photo by Lee Smith

The morning begins to wake things up across the marshes of South Florida Everglades

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Loxahatchee Sunrise - 9055
Loxahatchee Sunrise – 9055
Sunrise Over the Marshes - 9076
Sunrise Over the Marshes – 9076
The Golden Glow across the Marsh - 9178-79-80
The Golden Glow across the Marsh – 9178-79-80
Red glow of the sunrise - 9106
Red glow of the sunrise – 9106

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