"Water in the rains runs North to Caloosahatchee, west to the seacoast, in some of those small rivers like the Estero and the Imperial, once called Surveyor's Creek, and the Corkscrew River, and into Trafford Lake and Deep Lake, and others.... South is the mass of the Big Cypress."
Let me start by saying I enjoyed the rich details Douglas gives in this excerpt. I chose this specific quote because I could relate. I've been on the Estero River and hiked at Big Cypress. The images the reading created in my mind reminded me of my moments outside.
Big Cypress Big Cypress
Page 140 of colloquium reader
"It is one of those trees people call rubber trees or Banyans. They are all Ficus, but the strangler is Ficus aurea. A strangler seed dropped by a bird in a cranny of oak bark will sprout and send down fine brown root hairs that dangle and lengthen until they touch the ground."
Banyan trees are incredible.
Estero River Banyan Tree in Estero River
Page 128-129 of colloquium reader
"The life and death of the saw grass is only a moment of that flow in which time, the vastest river, carries us and all life forward. The water is timeless, forever new and eternal. Only the rock, which time shaped will outlast, records unimaginable ages."
This is a nice line that stuck out. It really shows how time is free from all burdens. Everything is always occurring in the now. Energy flows forward like life and the river. Life is short when you compare it to the history of the rock we stand on. On page 134, Doulas wrote "time never stops". It is mind-boggling to think about the millions of years that have gone by, and I've only seen 20 of them. I want to seize every moment.
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