Spent the morning in Corkscrew Swamp, a nature preserve protecting an ancient cypress swamp lush with ferns, water hyacinth, palmettos, vines, and giant trees hundreds of years old, and teeming with birds, insects, and other wildlife. Such a challenge to convey the essence of such a rich and multi-textured place in a minimal number of words...

cypress swamp

opening as we pass

the alligator’s eyes

cypress swamp

climbing the fallen tree

bright green ferns

cypress swamp

the green heron remains

motionless