The simple meaning of Earth Day..

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There is only one Earth and there are no other Everglades.

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“There are no other Everglades in the world. They are, they have always been, one of the unique regions of the earth, remote, never wholly known. Nothing anywhere else is like them; their vast glittering openness, wider than the enormous visible round of the horizon, the racing free saltness and sweetness of the their massive winds, under the dazzling blue heights of space. They are unique also in the simplicity, the diversity, the related harmony of the forms of life they enclose. The miracle of the light pours over the green and brown expanse of saw grass and of water, shining and slow-moving below, the grass and water that is the meaning and the central fact of the Everglades of Florida. It is a river of grass.”

Marjory Stoneman Douglas, The Everglades: River of Grass, 1947

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“Portage to Earth”
Kayakfari ART photography – ART of Darkness series.

DIGITAL FANTASY ART kayaking the EVERGLADES, FLORIDA BAY, TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS, BIG CYPRESS and further reaches of SPACE.

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At the top of the world in the Everglades!
www.AwakentheGrass.com

EVERGLADES hiking with an ALTITUDE – Exploring the Slough and Sawgrass prairies of Shark Valley

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On this day ..
Love the Everglades!

 Love the Everglades Movement

Promoting awareness of Everglades ecosystem restoration efforts and related issues.

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Enjoy!

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Blessed Earth Day!