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Sarasota News Leader August 23, 2013 Stuck inside, especially at midday, I catch up on my reading. The piles of books grow exponentially with the heat index. This year I "traveled" with Charles Darwin to the Galapagos Islands. An aquatic lizard, feeding on sea grasses, created great excitement for the ever-curious naturalist. In search of the huge tortoises for which the islands are famous, he trekked up the wide trails to freshwater sources in the mountains. Page 77 Sometimes it is as though I am on another continent in another time. In summer, Florida's sky is an ever-changing panorama of towering thunderheads. Occasionally, feeling I am in a state of grace, I will stand under the pale blue dome of sky while storms rage around me. The other day, a green-eyed monster — in the guise of a Robber Fly — turned up at Curry Creek. Plants were Darwin's great love. Suddenly, in wet places, I am noticing the tiny Yellow Blad- No need to go to Zanzibar. Wonders — derwort, the object of one of his incessant ex- large and small — can be found right here periments. at home. %