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kadoore · 1 year

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I really wish we'd teach about seasons based on where the kid lives and not on this midwestern/northeastern ideal of spring/summer/fall/winter.

My kiddo is learning about leaves changing color and falling off trees while she lives in Florida. She asked us when the leaves would fall here and I had to break it to her: never.

What I wished she'd learn instead, and which she will:

Autumn isn't falling leaves in Florida -- it's hurricanes and wildflowers. We tend to the monarch butterflies passing through and don't clear out the brush lest we clear out their chrysalises. We reclaim the evenings from summer's last grasps and await every cold front.

Winter isn't snow and ice here -- it's enjoying the beauty around us, exploring the woods, going outside without risking exsanguination by mosquito. Winter is our season of bounty, of relief. And sometimes, yes, we have to cover the plants to protect them from frost and we leave footprints on the grass in the morning. Here is our season of abundance, of frost-kissed oranges and lemons, of strawberries picked with your breath clouding your hands, of blueberries gathered in skirts. Kale and lettuce, beets and greens, it's all here for us in winter.

Spring isn't the season of hope it is up North. It's an end, a swelling of heat so sudden you swear by it. Florida kids need to know it's lovebug season and every bug season, it's gator baby season, it's beach before tourists season, and it's also fire season. The air is sticky but the trees are dry and an early thunderstorm could ignite it all, so be careful. Be careful.

Summer is our winter and it's shit. You step outside and you melt. It's hurricane season, but not really. More like hurricane preparatory season. They should teach kids here to check their supplies and how to chart a hurricane's movement. Summer is about wearing a jacket inside, because everywhere has the a/c cranked up. Kids need to learn how to cover themselves head to toe in insect repellant and sunscreen.

Instead of learning all that, my kid's gonna come home this week sad again that we don't have snow.

#florida #florida childhood #I could write so much more but let's leave it at this #florida seasons #Arizona seasons are what made me realize how insane it is we only learn about the NE seasons. AZ has like 6 seasons

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eowyn35-blog · 6 months

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It's finally the Florida season when I stop looking at the weather app to determine if I need my umbrella but instead look at the weather app to decide which long-sleeve shirt I have to wear to avoid wearing a sweater.

#Florida seasons #5 to 10 days of winter then allergies then hurricane season aka hot boiling sun then daily rain mixed with WTF then ooh long sleeves

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punktkachuk · 10 days

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mtkachuk playoff beard incoming are we ready

#no we are not #i need to be sedated #nhl hockey #hockey #florida panthers #matty tkachuk #tkachuk #nhl #matthew tkachuk #stanley cup playoffs #playoff season #playoff beard

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macroglossus · 1 year

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one thing about hannibal and will that i always think about and which isnt addressed in fan content a lot (that i've seen) is that they just like each other! yes they're awful and manipulative to each other and yes they have this weird sort of planetary gravity that infects their interactions and they (or will, mostly, because by the time hannibal turns himself in for will it's pretty clear that's he's accepted it) resent that they can't leave each other's orbit. but they also like each other a lot! they're used to being the smartest one in the room (even though will is antisocial about it and doesn't advertise it unless asked) so i think it must be really refreshing to be able to parry their words back n forth and speak in metaphor instead of spelling everything out. and make references that most people won't get. and call a trout a very nietzschen fish without the person who hears going "🤨 you freak". because theyre both freaks! so you know if they actually did survive the cliff fall i always picture em in some ritzy hideaway making cannibal puns at each other

#sorry for talking about hannibal so much i have so many thoughts in my brain 😭#i'm embarrassed too #hannibal #also i know the end scene with bedelia but i feel like for some reason it's not accepted canon that will survived?#ugh for season 4 i'm always scared that they'll do it and it'll be like. will living in florida like in the books. lame

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drysaladandketchup · 7 months

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Drop Those Gloves

FLA vs. WPG || Oct 14, 2023

#hockey #nhl #matthew tkachuk #florida panthers #my edits #officer he's doing it again #rat boy committing rat crimes #first glove drop of the season and it's only game two #oh baby i love you you beautiful man

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geeky-politics-46 · 8 months

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We are still 36 hours out & he is already losing his voice.

This is definitely not the worst storm I've seen & for most Floridians, this isn't our first rodeo by any means, but wow, people are freaking out over this one. Yes, the rapid intensification is bad, but it has been really since Irma. It's not like we didn't know that the waters in the Gulf are like 90 Fahrenheit. This is an effect of climate change.

Prepare accordingly & follow the old adage: you hide from the wind, run from the water. If you are in a flood zone, evacuate now. The rest of you not in storm surge or flooding areas, just calm down & ride it out. If you are on the eastern side of the track (myself included), don't be shocked if there are some tornadoes or tornado warnings.

Be like me & just watch Twister during the hurricane! Also, make sure your extra battery packs are charged. Look for recipes now for Hurricanes just in case you lose wifi.

Also, for the non-Floridians, there will be people out doing stupid stuff. It's Florida. You shouldn't be surprised by this.

#hurricane idalia #hurricane season #hurricane #hurricane rules #tropical storm idalia #idalia #here we go again #tropical storm #life as a floridian #florida life #its a florida thing #rule number 7 #hurricane party #twister #ride it out #denis phillips #jim cantore

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andi-o-geyser · 1 year

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Pondering her orb

#this is maybe the dumbest thing ive made in a while barring the florida man umbrasyl shitpost #but goddamn is it funny #anna ripley #tlovm #tlovm spoilers #vox machina #the legend of vox machina #legend of vox machina #lovm spoilers #lovm #tlovm s2 #critical role #cr1 #tlovm season 2 #ripley #andis thought geyser

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gospelofme · 12 days

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So many people have referred to the Bad Batch episode “Bad Territory” as taking place in Space Florida. And while I can see the similarities (being in Earth Florida myself), I think it’s more like Space Louisiana. Like that looks like they’re down in the bayou more than the Everglades.