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If there are no mangroves, then the sea will have no meaning. It is like having a tree without roots, for the mangroves are the roots of the sea.
Location: Hutchinson Island, Florida
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T'is the season for mandarin oranges, and as it turns out, a mandarin orange sky. Happy Holidays!
Location: Ft. Pierce, FL
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Orange Blossom Mall opened circa 1984. It was anchored by Sears and Belk-Lindsey. There really isn't much information about the place, but it seems to have begun its decline in the mid-90s and closed by about the end of that decade, more or less. Today, the former Sears anchor is home to the St. Lucie County School District offices, the Belk-Lindsey seems to be some sort of school, and a telemarketing firm occupies some of the inside. The mall's corridor is pretty much intact, down to generic mall benches and that bland type of artificial foliage you find in older malls.
It's definitely a little unnerving walking around the mall corridor. It's not totally void of people, as the sunken center court seems to be a lunch area for the telemarketer employees and a bunch of ladies dressed in scrubs.
What's interesting about this place is that it really didn't have any nearby competitor to drive it out of business. This was the only real mall in Fort Pierce, a city that doesn't have a lot of big box retailers and the like. Fort Pierce is a somewhat economically-depressed city and its demographics are vastly different from other cities along the Treasure Coast. I suppose that might've had something to do with the demise of the Orange Blossom Mall.
Okeechobee Road at Hartman, Fort Pierce.
The new fence at George LeStrange Preserve separates the pond from the parking lot. The photo was taken in Ft. Pierce, Florida.
Seen from Hutchinson Island, across the Indian River, the sun sets over Ft. Pierce.
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It was nice to actually take some photos today.
This is a train we found in Fort Pierce. On the siding, of course, but still rather cool.
See it on black if you please!
Along the shore there floats a dock,
Where fishermen gather and pelicans flock.
Come sunrise and sunset,
The pier is dipped in gold.
But it's after twilight,
The adventures unfold.
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Came upon this peacock in Ft. Pierce, FL. Downtown, walking across Orange Ave. and stopping traffic. That's not something you see every day. Behind the fence you see here, there were other Peacocks. There must be a story here. When verifying the location I looked it up on Google maps street view. There was a Peacock outside the fence in their street view also, so this must not be an unusual thing after all.
Sea turtle went up the beach on the right, dug her nest, laid her eggs. She went back down to the sea on the left.
NORTH HUTCHINSON ISLAND, FORT PIERCE FLORIDA. NORTH JETTY STATE PARK AND PEPPER PARK IN THE BACK GROUND.
This set of photos was taken at the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute visitors facility which is not far from where we live. They have a wonderful collection of small aquariums and a very interesting and informative tour about ocean research.
Mangroves on the western side of Hutchinson Island stand in the last light of day as the sun sets.
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My pops still has his skateboards from when he was a young lad!
Camera: Great Wall DF-4
Film: Kodak Ektar 100
Fort Pierce's Kmart is probably the most bland and indistinguishable Kmart I've ever come across. It's also the first store I've seen that's removed its old "Big K" signage.
US 1 at Virginia Avenue, Fort Pierce.
Sunset over the Jensen Beach to Jupiter Inlet Aquatic Preserve, seen from the Vitolo Family Preserve on Hutchinson Island.
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