• Old wooden cabin in the trees in Jacksonville, FL

    Stargazing From Your Florida Lanai: What the Night Sky Looks Like on the First Coast

    When Was the Last Time You Looked Up? The dishes are done and the lanai lights are off. You carry two mugs outside and settle into a chair with a blanket across your knees. For a minute your eyes see nothing but the dark outline of the oaks. Then they adjust. One star, then ten, then more than you c

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  • Blue cottage with a flag in Lincolnville, St. Augustine, FL

    Halloween in a Florida Master-Planned Community: What Trick-or-Treat Night Really Looks Like

    What Does Halloween Look Like in a Florida Neighborhood? It is a few minutes before dusk on October 31st, and the street is already humming. Somebody down the block has a fog machine going. A skeleton sits in a lawn chair with a cold drink in its hand, because this is Florida and even the decoration

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  • Fishing pier over the ocean in St. Augustine, FL

    What Late-Fall Light Feels Like When the Clocks Fall Back in Florida

    Remember dreading the early dark of November? The clocks have just gone back, and for a moment your body is confused. You step outside a little earlier than you used to, and the light is long and amber, pouring sideways across the marsh grass. The sand at the beach has turned the color of honey. Up

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