Okefenokee Boating Party

This $15.00 I won't forget. The best spent plans oft go astray, but today I floated by the land of the trembling earth, swirled up some marbled memories, dipped my heart in the romance of the Seminole, listened to stories of stills that could be floated into the next county when the law came, feasted my alert eyes on alligators and turtles out to warm themselves, snapped photos of tick seed sunflowers with a springtime attitude, flew with the white cranes alighting in cypress moss.
Yes, a jolly group as ho ho as Santa. It all blended together in perfect three part harmony. Stories, the swamp, the tourists. Getting away from it all into the wilderness. That was my New Year's Celebration. Happy Turtleing to all and to all a good 2014!

Turtle's Seranade (Ode to Pogo)

Swamp lullaby, sung in a sort of spooky setting... low down and high as moss...swinging in the moonlight...sets me down south where I belong...

Okefenokee Bliss

One fifteen dollar boat ride and a walk on the swampy side and I find I am not the only creature that enjoys the Great Okefenokee Wildlife Refuge. So comforting to know turtles and alligators are protected and basking in the late December sun on their own preserve. There they can perhaps persevere. The Turtle takes lessons from them.