April 28
Video/Audio
Mangrove trails
Underwater recording around Cutler Creek – Site 9
Boat Basin – manatees (spotted by Viviane Martinez)
April 27
Vizcaya, former villa and estate of businessman James Deering – brother of Charles Deering.
Meeting with scientists Kevin, Madison and Christian, scientists / Florida International University
April 26
Everglades
Night sky
April 25
Video/Sound
Pinelands
Pipeline Trail
Sound Recording
The World Was My Garden: Travels of a Plant Explorer
By David Fairchild
A recently discovered handwritten scrap in the archive has the rough draft of a delightful little poem written by Dr. Fairchild. He notes that he wrote the poem and gave it to his grandson with a handheld lens for Christmas.
“I have a little microscope
I keep it in my pocket
Or up around my neck
As if it were a locket.
It has a little window
Through which I look and see
The great big eyes of dragon flies
And stings of bumble bee.
I watch the little things all day
The bugs and spiders at their play.
I can see their eyes and legs
As clear as clear can be.
I love my books and dolls and toys
And everything that makes a noise.
But I like better just to be
With my little window underneath the tree.”
April 24
Key West
April 23
Vizcaya, former villa of James Deering
Homestead
