It was a weird year for us, 2023 was. Outside of a trip to Blue Spring State Park, circumstances forced us to focus our attention on our backyard figuratively and literally. New looks at old places, new tools to look at world a little differently, new creatures, old creatures in a new light. Spiders literally in our backyard, grasshopper species we've never seen before munching away on the leaves of our favorite wildflower. READ MORE