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Joe Wynne 🌻 🚗 ⛰️

Have arrived in St. Augustine FL. Time to see what is interesting around here.

Well aware that I am in @RiversideBryan country. Do you follow this posting phone photographer?


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Joe Wynne 🌻 🚗 ⛰️

🌅 Arrived at Vero Beach FL last night. Wishing you a Good Morning and a Good Day wherever you are.

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View from above shrubs and Palmetto trees where the tops appear at the bottom of the view. Beyond lies a blue-gray Atlantic ocean. In the distance, an orange-colored cloud layer through the middle of the view with the yellow sun in the center mostly risen. An orange semicircle appears around the sun, giving way to a blue sky above. A couple of thin horizontal clouds also are present.
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Joe Wynne 🌻 🚗 ⛰️

An old entity has been preserved in the courtyard of the historical home site surrounding it. It has seen five flags fly over it as civilized nations fought each other, even burned the city, to colonize the area.

Historic District
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A large tree trunk with vertically lined gray-brown bark. Three large limbs split off at about six feet (two meters). At the bough ends visible there are patches of small green leaves. In the background is a wrought iron gate and, in the distance, an old residential building.
The end of several limbs from the same old tree as previous photo, growing top right to lower left, view looking up into the rich blue sky from underneath. Limbs are gnarled and angular, ending in tufts of small green leaves. There is Spanish moss and ferns growing on the limbs. One limb blocks the sun. On the lower left are the backs of historical buildings, one three stories tall and pink. It has two slim vertical windows on the top floor and a door and similar window on the first floor. There is a section visible of a breezeway made of stone arches. A banana plant grows nearby. There is an arched gate to the right of the pink building. The other building partially visible are white with dark roofs.
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Joe Wynne 🌻 🚗 ⛰️

# WildlifeWednesday

Was touring the Pelican National Wildlife Refuge hours ago. This is the first NWR ever created. More upcoming in this thread.

🦋 Saw many Great Southern Whites feeding. Their caterpillars feed on Mustards, Peppergrass, Saltwort, and Sea Rocket. They are found in coastal scrub, saltwater marshes, and dunes. Unusual coloration on the body.

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A white-winged butterfly with brown jagged edging on the forewing. On the black-gray body is blue 'fur' behind yellow coloration around the eyes. In the background are blurry green leaves and stems.
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Joe Wynne 🌻 🚗 ⛰️

On my tour of the Pelican NWR, saw these Beggar Ticks attracting butterflies. Previously treated as native plants, evidence (including DNA) is piling up that they are not. Probably just as well.

They are found in disturbed areas, such as the maintained trail I was walking on.

I hope these brighten your January day.

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Close up of daisy-like flower with seven white petals that have jagged ends. The center reproductive structures are small golden knobs, some of which have opened up to small tube-like structures with brown bases. Two other similar flowers, one incomplete, are more blurry in the near background. The remaining background is blurry brown stems, sand and a few green leaves in the bottom left.
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Joe Wynne 🌻 🚗 ⛰️

This morning in Vero Beach.

Took this so you could see it, hoping it would add a little happiness to your day.

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In the 1830s, a popular boarding house appeared in St. Augustine, FL. Guests would send their enslaved servants to the attic with the luggage. There was no stairway, so they used a ladder.

They slept on what remained of the open floor on pallets. It was common for all the floor space to be used up at night.

The former boarding house is now known as the Ximenez-Fatio House Museum. For the last five years, the museum has told the stories of those who never went through the front door.

📷 These photos show the space and the beginning of the preparations for the tours.

This year, you can see "I Lived Here, As Well: Coming Home" Black History Month tours February 6-March 1.

Attic with white-painted board ceiling. There is a jumble of chairs, chests and historical tour display items along the sides, awaiting final staging. The floor is wood with an amber and brown rug. Two small windows are partially visible on different walls. Part of a chest with dishes is also visible. On the floor at bottom right of view is a large white folded "pillow" which is actually a mattress made out of white cloth around cleaned Spanish moss, but you would only know this if you read the Alt-text.
Attic with white-painted board ceiling, viewed from L-shaped room entrance. There is a jumble of chairs, chests and historical tour display items along the sides, awaiting final staging. The floor is wood with an amber and brown rug. Two small windows are partially visible on different walls. Part of a chest with dishes is also visible.
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