Cypress Knee in Lettuce Lake

Our first stop in our trip to Florida was Lettuce Lake Park. Actually it is not really a lake but a swampy nature preserve area where wild-life and nature can be free. It is called Lettuce Lake, I guess, because there is a green lettuce-like material on top of the open water. Many of the trees are cypress trees, and there are ‘cypress knees’, roots of the tree, also growing out of the water. Our first day there was the only non-sunny day on our trip to Florida, but a beautiful way to start our travels.

We met a friend at the park who now lives in nearby Tampa, and walked the boardwalk with her around the wild area. Besides the lettuce-like greens growing from the lake we saw many other faces of nature in the park, from face-like carvings in the trees to faces of squirrels, birds and other animals. Soon I will put together a collage of pictures from Lettuce Lake. When you look for faces in plants, animals and natures you can see a lot. Faces represent the diversity and beauty of nature.

Returning home from the warmth of Florida to the cold of Wisconsin last night I checked out the lettuce growing in the GP box in the sunroom. To my pleasant surprise the various lettuces and greens had grown and some were ready for harvesting and eating. Now I need to plant some more so the salad greens keep coming all winter long.

In between Lettuce Lake and Lettuce in the GP box in the sunroom there were many sunny days and beautiful sunsets. Pictures to come.

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