• Pergola patio with greenery in Jacksonville Beach, FL

    Fire Pits and Cool Evenings: Outdoor Living in Northeast Florida

    What Are Cool Evenings Like in Northeast Florida? The sun drops a little earlier now. You slide the lanai door open and there it is: that first evening where the air smells faintly of woodsmoke and cut grass, and somebody down the street already has a glow going in their backyard. You pull a blanket

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  • Seagull over the waves on a misty beach in Jacksonville Beach, FL

    Backyard Birds of Northeast Florida: Feeders and Winter Visitors

    What Will You See When You Hang a Feeder in Northeast Florida? You're sitting with coffee on the back patio and something moves in the shrubs. A flash of red. Then a flutter at the edge of the pond, and a tall white bird lifting off the water as if it has all the time in the world. Nobody tells you

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  • Boats in the harbor in black and white in St. Augustine, FL

    Fall Color in Northeast Florida: Cypress, Marsh and Soft Light

    Does Northeast Florida Really Have Fall Color? You are standing at the edge of a quiet lake in late November, coffee going lukewarm in your hand, and something across the water catches your eye. A row of trees has gone the color of rust. Not a loud red, not the blaze you grew up with in Ohio or Penn

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