DSC_8703Right!  So, it’s been a while, and I have a lot to share.  Unfortunately, I don’t know where to start.  My journey has taken me to the wilds of the inland isles that is the Lake Wales Ridge in southern Florida.  The Archbold Biological Station, my new place of employment, is home to the desert like scrub, a cattle filled ranch, restored wetlands, pockets of oaks that don’t look like oaks, things called rosemary balds (sounds dumb, actually awesome), and a lake surrounded by places that look like a set of velociraptors could ambush you while you’re trying to work (sorry, we watched Jurassic Park last night…).

For this first post back, I decided to be lazy, and just throw some pictures up.  So here are some ferns!  They’re great!