tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post7470702820074774878..comments2023-11-02T05:09:48.607-05:00Comments on PURE FLORIDA: Any "Pond" Will Do.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-87273675722062302252007-08-30T20:48:00.000-05:002007-08-30T20:48:00.000-05:00Hoss,It's that whole Disney circle of life thang.W...Hoss,<BR/>It's that whole Disney circle of life thang.<BR/><BR/>Wren,<BR/>LOL!<BR/>Hooray for elastic brains!<BR/><BR/>Doug,<BR/>I did something like that last year with some water from my aquaculture tank. It was fascinating.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-13753114980172935612007-08-30T07:38:00.000-05:002007-08-30T07:38:00.000-05:00Have you ever done a "gunk tank?" You fill an aqu...Have you ever done a "gunk tank?" You fill an aquarium with water from a pond. Including a bit of stuff from the bottom is an option. Then you put it out amd let it go. Many people put it in a sunny windoe. The algae take off, then all kinds of other stuff shows up. I remember my high school biology teacher setting one up, and it was really interesting to watch the changes over time.Doug Taronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08537881828742937167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-56186718618146694442007-08-29T19:42:00.000-05:002007-08-29T19:42:00.000-05:00Great shots. Being entomoligically challenged myse...Great shots. Being entomoligically challenged myself, I didn't realize dragonflies laid eggs on the surface of water. I hope some of them survive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-36450196272356633192007-08-29T19:38:00.000-05:002007-08-29T19:38:00.000-05:00Cool idea, using old aquaria outside. I'll have to...Cool idea, using old aquaria outside. I'll have to give that a try. Paint something pretty on the glass and tell the HOA it's art. :)<BR/><BR/>Congrats on being featured in Florida Gardening. <BR/><BR/>Expandable brains? Spoken like a true teacher, celebrating the triumph of hope over experience. <BR/><BR/>Cheers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-33836454095816010092007-08-29T18:31:00.000-05:002007-08-29T18:31:00.000-05:00Very interesting. Dragonfly eggs go from prey to ...Very interesting. Dragonfly eggs go from prey to predator, and then back to prey. Cool.OldHorsetailSnakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00865830344885164689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-50837597586689083802007-08-29T17:38:00.000-05:002007-08-29T17:38:00.000-05:00Wren, Lucky for us, brains are like stomachs, they...Wren, <BR/>Lucky for us, brains are like stomachs, they stretch! The duckweed? I just like it!<BR/><BR/>Lori,<BR/>Thanks! Was I teaching? I didn't even notice :)<BR/><BR/>ThreeCollie,<BR/>It really brings home the importance of water. If you provide it, they will come.<BR/><BR/>Susan,<BR/>Well, I'm totally stoked! Thank you for considering PF! You have made my week!!<BR/><BR/>Robin,<BR/>If I were a dragonfly I would land on your finger.<BR/>The first time I tried giving them the finger, one landed on it immediately. Of course, I did not have my camera on me (weird). The next day, I brought the camera with me and it took ten minutes of looking like a statue to get a landing. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Ava,<BR/>Thanks! There are so many dragonflies around here right now, just clouds of them over the roads.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Sharon,<BR/>That is exciting. I need to get off my butt and start freelancing myself again. Pretty cool of Susan to include me.<BR/>I'm smiling.<BR/><BR/>Thing,<BR/>If you fill it they will come. <BR/><BR/>Joni,<BR/>Glad ya liked it!<BR/><BR/>Deb,<BR/>I swear I wasn't thinking teaching, I was just talking ...<BR/>I'm hopeless.<BR/>Yes, good ol' Amia calva. They must have a huge distribution. You know the young were being sold as tropical fish not long ago. The babes have really pretty markings.<BR/>Yes, when you posted about the $10 thrift aquarium a while back I cringed because a new ten at Petsmart is ten dollars.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-24542691187610825162007-08-29T16:45:00.000-05:002007-08-29T16:45:00.000-05:00This is what I love about Pure Florida--a refreshe...This is what I love about Pure Florida--a refresher course in biology. Interesting to hear you have bowfin there too; around here we call them dogfish, and I've never seen one in a river. Are we talking <I>Amia calva</I> here?<BR/><BR/>And Thingfish- I think I just got ripped off. My ten gallon thrift store aquarium cost me $10!Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07879771115420282834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-14019968063375514382007-08-29T13:16:00.000-05:002007-08-29T13:16:00.000-05:00now that is COOL! Thanks for sharing.now that is COOL! Thanks for sharing.Jonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886142731400770148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-25196893618182986812007-08-29T11:23:00.000-05:002007-08-29T11:23:00.000-05:00I am definitely going to rock some wild aquacultur...I am definitely going to rock some wild aquaculture in that back this year. Aquariums are, like, $3.00 at the local thrift stores...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-23244814638942190272007-08-29T10:19:00.000-05:002007-08-29T10:19:00.000-05:00Cool pics :) And getting put in a magazine, how co...Cool pics :) And getting put in a magazine, how cool. Get ready for your 2nd 100,000 visitors!Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03187791347178229107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-49312976073074718452007-08-29T09:43:00.000-05:002007-08-29T09:43:00.000-05:00Dropping in to say hello! Hope you're doing well!...Dropping in to say hello! Hope you're doing well!<BR/><BR/>Great post and great pictures of the dragon flies.Avahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15593984604250490495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-91031425201383531832007-08-29T09:27:00.000-05:002007-08-29T09:27:00.000-05:00I am always so happy to see dragonflies. I can't b...I am always so happy to see dragonflies. I can't believe one landed on your finger. I hold my hand out whenever I see a dragonfly, and I think I hear them laugh as they dip and fly right by me! Very cool that they found your little temporary ponds and laid their eggs there. More for the future.<BR/><BR/>Congrats on the great news from Susan. I'm delighted that Pure Florida will be receiving such well-deserved recognition.robin andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390482190562312928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-84626004287429029302007-08-29T08:52:00.000-05:002007-08-29T08:52:00.000-05:00Hi F.C., Sorry to notify you this way, but I could...Hi F.C., Sorry to notify you this way, but I couldn't find an e-mail address on your blog. Maybe it's just too early in the morning.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I wanted to let you know that your blog will be one of 12 featured in an article I submitted to Florida Gardening magazine that will be published in their Oct/Nov issue. The issue should be available on super market shelves around September 15th, and will be received by subscribers shortly after that.<BR/><BR/>Most of the blogs chosen are predominantly garden blogs. I chose your blog because of the interesting, humorous and educational information you post on Florida wildlife, and because you write from the perspective of a native Floridian. I know that other folks will enjoy your blog as much as I do. Keep up the good work!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01106128705768954876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-79565249990179465392007-08-29T07:17:00.000-05:002007-08-29T07:17:00.000-05:00It always delights and amazes me how wild things f...It always delights and amazes me how wild things find tame "ponds". Our little 300-gallon garden pond became an instant oasis for all kinds of wonderful wild things as soon as we filled it. Each year it gets better. This year we even have a baby cottonwood tree taking root in a pot of yellow wild iris.<BR/>Great photos BTWthreecolliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811004278088768813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-40178080952845995532007-08-29T06:55:00.000-05:002007-08-29T06:55:00.000-05:00well i guess we never really get out of school. al...well i guess we never really get out of school. always learning.<BR/>love the education out side the <BR/>school. a lot more interesting <BR/>when we really don't even know <BR/>we are learning. <BR/>love your blog. and pictures are <BR/>great!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-8110755822791560562007-08-29T06:25:00.000-05:002007-08-29T06:25:00.000-05:00My brain hurts - I've learned too much before my s...My brain hurts - I've learned too much before my second cup of coffee :) Seriously, fascinating stuff. I take it the duckweed's intentional? What's its intended purpose?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com