Visit this little Florida Gem. ...more

June 8, 2009

Voodoo lily Most of the year, it sits innocuously among the other shrubs, all pretty green leaves. But come time to bloom, the voodoo lily produces a blood-purple blossom that stinks to high heaven and is pollinated by flies, beetles and other not-so-pretty insects, says Brian Parsons, director of conservation at Ohio's Holden Arboretum. (Thanks to Tish King at www.ruralramblings.com for the very buggy photo.) ...more

October 26, 2008

At Home Odds/Ends ...more

July 2, 2008

On a boardwalk in the wild Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, a visitor recently stepped on a slick spot of something, possibly bird droppings, and slipped and fell. She got up and filed a lawsuit against the National Audubon Society, owner of the sanctuary east of Naples. ...more

June 20, 2008

A Florida woman has filed a lawsuit against the owner of a Naples sanctuary, saying she slipped on bird poop or mud and was injured. ...more

June 16, 2008