Moses Creek Conservation Area - The Yellow Trail
Mandarin, Fla., Jan. 24, 1872. YES, it is done. The winter is over and past, and " the time of the singing of birds is come." They are at it beak and claw, — the red-birds, and the cat-birds, and the chattering jays, and the twittering sparrows, busy and funny and bright. Down in the swamp-land fronting our cottage, four calla-lily buds are just unfolding themselves; and in the little garden-plat at one side stand rose-geraniums and camellias, white and pink, just unfolding.
~~ Harriet Beecher Stowe, Palmetto-Leaves
At 5:30 a.m. it's 67° at Moultrie Creek. No, winter is not over, but after surviving the longest cold spell northeast Florida has seen in 100 years, we'll gladly enjoy whatever break we can get.