Rumpelstiltskin Bug

Trailing Bartram, a bi-monthly Precipitate blog feature, investigates the flora and fauna of Florida.

Photo Credit anoldent @flickr via creative commons.

We are back in the land of cicadas here in Florida. I had forgotten about them during my brief life out west and even . . . → Read More: Rumpelstiltskin Bug

Put a Bird on It

Trailing Bartram, a bi-monthly Precipitate blog feature, investigates the flora and fauna of Florida.

If you’re not a birder, or don’t understand what all the hype is about, you just need to take one trip to change your view. Head to Siesta Key, Florida.

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Fear and Nature

Trailing Bartram, a bi-monthly Precipitate blog feature, investigates the flora and fauna of Florida.

Running in Anchorage, Alaska. Photo Courtesy of Daniel Bailey.

If you happen to have read all my posts, you may remember that my first one started out with a rather amusing inquiry . . . → Read More: Fear and Nature

Warning Colors, Jackets, and ‘Dangerous’ Gatherings

Trailing Bartram, a bi-monthly Precipitate blog feature, investigates the flora and fauna of Florida.

Spring Break! Courtesy of City of Cocoa Beach Tourism

My other half and I finally made it to one of our local beaches earlier this week. We tried to go during . . . → Read More: Warning Colors, Jackets, and ‘Dangerous’ Gatherings

Nobody Wants to be Moist

Trailing Bartram, a bi-monthly Precipitate blog feature, investigates the flora and fauna of Florida.

Courtesy of Chris Stonehill

Earlier this week marked Fat Tuesday, also known in Michigan as Paczki day (give me a religious tradition that involves tasty fried dough, and I’ll give you people . . . → Read More: Nobody Wants to be Moist

Live and Let Live, Lizard.

Trailing Bartram, a bi-monthly Precipitate blog feature, investigates the flora and fauna of Florida.

I may have mentioned in an earlier post my excitement for growing things in Florida’s lovely climate. Last fall I thought, I’ll have a garden. It’ll grow so easily here.

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Eagles Landing…At the Mall

Trailing Bartram, a bi-monthly Precipitate blog feature, investigates the flora and fauna of Florida.

Riding with a friend again along the Cady Way Trail one week, we made two new discoveries. The first—amazing convenience-store tacos—I won’t detail here, as readers may live too far away to enjoy their deliciousness. But the second made me . . . → Read More: Eagles Landing…At the Mall

A Garden-Variety Repeat Offender

Trailing Bartram, a bi-monthly Precipitate blog feature, investigates the flora and fauna of Florida.

One of the many reasons I was excited to move to Florida was the potential for not one but two sunshine-laden warm garden growing seasons. Though my grandfather always grew vegetables, . . . → Read More: A Garden-Variety Repeat Offender

Grateful for Grapefruit

Trailing Bartram, a bi-monthly Precipitate blog feature, investigates the flora and fauna of Florida.

A tradition in my family is the presence of at least one orange and one apple in Christmas stockings. I think the tradition carries forward from when December was the only . . . → Read More: Grateful for Grapefruit

Slow and Steady: “Winning” the Race and Saving the Turtle

Trailing Bartram, a bi-monthly Precipitate blog feature, investigates the flora and fauna of Florida.

I’ve been training with a friend for a January half marathon here in Orlando. Because you can do that in Florida—run a race in January—and only worry about how warm it . . . → Read More: Slow and Steady: “Winning” the Race and Saving the Turtle