Posted on August 25, 2018
While in San Diego for an SPIE conference (presenting this paper), I took some time to see various sites. See my posts on the Maritime Museum of San Diego, and the USS Midway Museum. The Gaslamp Quarter of downtown San Diego offers vibrant streets and plenty of restaurants, bars, clubs, and shops. Balboa Park is […]
Posted on August 2, 2018
Today we visited the Reptile World Serpentarium in Kissimmee, Florida, which has been in the area since the early 70s. They have a very large collection of poisonous snakes, and are one of the leading suppliers of snake venom to universities, companies, and organizations producing antidotes. They also have a number of turtles, tortoises, rabbits, […]
Posted on July 27, 2018
“The Mayor” is a very beautiful, very large, and very old Southern Live Oak near the Mennello Museum of American Art at Loch Haven Park, home to the Orlando Science Center. Many websites report it at 200 years old, but unless I’m reading the commemorating plaque wrong, it is likely 300-400 years old. I believe […]
Posted on July 20, 2018
Just a few outings of us playing Pokemon Go this year. Most of these people are either on the Orlando Raids Pokemon Go Discord, or the Pokemon Go-UCF Discord, or both. Both servers are highly active in the Central Florida area. If interested in playing together, my trainer code is:
Posted on April 14, 2018
Some pictures of a few Southeastern Lubber Grasshoppers nymphs (more info) spotted at Shady Park. Here’s a closeup on Wikimedia.
Posted on April 22, 2017
Today we supported science with a protest march around Lake Eola in downtown Orlando, FL. Speeches were made, chants were sung, music was played, and signed messages were flaunted – all in support of science and progress. It was refreshing to see so many supporters of human achievement. Here is my sign. Here are some […]
Posted on February 11, 2017
Martin Luther King, Jr. Park in Winter Park, FL is a beautiful 23-acres and offers a large playground, stocked bass fishing, sports fields, exercise machines, pavilion, and plenty of walkways, sunshine, shade and benches.
Posted on February 6, 2017
Mead Botanical Garden is located in Winter Park, FL just north east of the Orlando Science Center. It is 48-acres of park – forest, gardens, ampitheaters, paths, ponds, bridges, etc. with plenty of birds, insects, and reptiles to find. Here is a thorough history timeline of the gardens. It is open 7 days a week, […]
Posted on February 1, 2017
The new(ish) shopping center in Winter Park with the Trader Joe’s, sports a beautiful lakeview relaxation area. There’s a dock, adarondike chairs, a hammock, fountains, plenty plants, trees, flowers, benches, statues, and even a ping-pong table. It seems like a perfect place to read or unwind, especially if you have to pick something up at […]
Posted on December 30, 2016
Bok Tower Gardens is located near Lake Wales, FL, about an hour drive southwest of Orlando. The “Singing Tower” itself is an 8-story, 205-foot, beautifully designed and ornately tiled Gothic Revival structure at the top of a very large hill (for Florida). It is called the Singing Tower because it houses one of the few […]