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This beautiful specimen of a gumbo limbo tree lives at the Calusa Nature Center on Pine Island in southwest Florida. You can see the grand size of the tree by comparison with the bench that sits in front of it. The gumbo limbo (Bursera simaruba), also commonly known as copperwood, chaca, and turpentine tree, is native to tropical regions of the Americas from South Florida to Mexico and the Caribbean to Brazil and Venezuela. It has showy red bark and interesting branches low to the ground. The bark peels back from the trunk at times, giving the tree the local Florida nickname of "tourist tree" because that peeling bark reminds one of sunburned skin.

Although much of my career had been in editing and writing, I have been delighted for some time to concentrate on both photography and artistic creations based on photography. Through this medium I thoroughly enjoy the world, from city to suburb to country, from my roots in the US Midwest to fascinating Florida, to Ohio, where I now live. My artistic interests are eclectic. Much engages me. I hope my art will please and engage you as well.