Comments on: Natural Wonders in Downtown Sarasota http://holeinthedonut.com/2009/06/30/natural-wonders-downtown-sarasota/ Travel is a spiritual affair that delights the senses, nourishes the intellect, and opens the heart Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:04:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Barbara @ Hole In The Donut Travels http://holeinthedonut.com/2009/06/30/natural-wonders-downtown-sarasota/comment-page-1/#comment-4361 Barbara @ Hole In The Donut Travels Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:25:06 +0000 http://holeinthedonut.com/?p=7736#comment-4361 And I love your photo of the China Pavilion, Tink! .-= Barbara @ Hole In The Donut Travels´s last blog ..<a href="http://holeinthedonut.com/2009/07/11/zimbabwe-travel-situation-improving/" rel="nofollow">Zimbabwe Travel Situation Improving</a> =-. And I love your photo of the China Pavilion, Tink!
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]]> By: Tink *~*~* http://holeinthedonut.com/2009/06/30/natural-wonders-downtown-sarasota/comment-page-1/#comment-3778 Tink *~*~* Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:24:31 +0000 http://holeinthedonut.com/?p=7736#comment-3778 hmmm, yeah, I wouldn't be very enthusiastic about the snake, either ;) The cereus are beautiful. Tink *~*~* .-= Tink *~*~*´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mymobileadventures/aydW/~3/rf7Cli18d9A/view-across-chinas-pond-at-epcot" rel="nofollow">View across China’s pond at EPCOT</a> =-. hmmm, yeah, I wouldn’t be very enthusiastic about the snake, either ;) The cereus are beautiful.

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]]> By: GW http://holeinthedonut.com/2009/06/30/natural-wonders-downtown-sarasota/comment-page-1/#comment-3723 GW Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:53:32 +0000 http://holeinthedonut.com/?p=7736#comment-3723 Barb, there are certainly more 'educated' folks than me that can and will go on-and-on about how development displaces natural habitats of animals and how bad it is. The truth is that we (humans) have to live here to and we have to live in a certain amount of development - even the average tree hugger has no problem owning a nice house, driving a nice car and buying things that come in plastic containers. Still from the 'average man' point of view - there's plenty of anecdotal evidence of many creatures adapting just fine to our 'intrusions'. I've flow hang gliders in a nearly innumerable mountain ranges in my life, but never actually flew with bald eagles until I came to the highly populated state of Florida. 2 of them live near my house in a very developed part of the Daytona area as well. When I return home from the Orlando Airport, I drive under an active Osprey nest that sits happily (and has for the 4 years I've been doing it) over the traffic on 417. Yesterday,I saw the heads of 2 youngsters in the nest. Obviously, we can go overboard on a lot of things we do in relation to the environment - but I think we're closer to a happy medium than the far,far left side of the argument would have you believe. It is they however, that have been the catalyst for us getting to this point as well. I'm in agreement with your observations. Good post. Barb, there are certainly more ‘educated’ folks than me that can and will go on-and-on about how development displaces natural habitats of animals and how bad it is. The truth is that we (humans) have to live here to and we have to live in a certain amount of development – even the average tree hugger has no problem owning a nice house, driving a nice car and buying things that come in plastic containers.
Still from the ‘average man’ point of view – there’s plenty of anecdotal evidence of many creatures adapting just fine to our ‘intrusions’. I’ve flow hang gliders in a nearly innumerable mountain ranges in my life, but never actually flew with bald eagles until I came to the highly populated state of Florida. 2 of them live near my house in a very developed part of the Daytona area as well.
When I return home from the Orlando Airport, I drive under an active Osprey nest that sits happily (and has for the 4 years I’ve been doing it) over the traffic on 417. Yesterday,I saw the heads of 2 youngsters in the nest.
Obviously, we can go overboard on a lot of things we do in relation to the environment – but I think we’re closer to a happy medium than the far,far left side of the argument would have you believe. It is they however, that have been the catalyst for us getting to this point as well.
I’m in agreement with your observations. Good post.

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