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Florida's Living Beaches
Florida's Living Beaches: A Guide for the Curious Beachcomber | Blair E. Witherington, Dawn Witherington
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Florida has 1200 miles of coastline, almost 700 miles of which are sancy beaches. Exploring along those beaches offers encounters with myriads of plants, animals, minerals, and manmade objects--all are covered in this comprehensive guide with descriptive accounts of 822 items, 983 color images, and 431 maps. Beginning with the premise that beaches are themselves alive, this guide to the natural history of Florida beaches heralds the living things and metaphorical life near, on, and within the state's sandy margins. It is organized into Beach Features, Beach Animals, Beach Plants, Beach Minerals, and Hand of Man. In addition to being an identification guide, the book reveals much of the wonder and mystery between dune and sea along Florida's long coastline.
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Lynnsoprano
Florida's Living Beaches: A Guide for the Curious Beachcomber | Blair E. Witherington, Dawn Witherington
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My reading buddy at the beach (other than hubby)😂

LauraBeth He needs some snacks 😂 7y
Lynnsoprano @LauraBeth 😂 I think he was there because there were a lot of surf fishermen out today. 7y
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Lynnsoprano
Florida's Living Beaches: A Guide for the Curious Beachcomber | Blair E. Witherington, Dawn Witherington
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#jubilantJuly #wegotogether. My focus today is on "go," since we head out tomorrow morning for a week on Sanibel Island. It's just a drive across the state, but it always feels a world away. A week to swim, walk the beach and collect seashells, and of course, to read???

Mommamanzi We will be headed that way Tuesday! 7y
Lynnsoprano @Mommamanzi I know you'll enjoy it! Would you be interested in meeting up at the bookstore on Sanibel? They have a great history section among of things, so we always try to get there when we're on the island. (edited) 7y
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TrishTheBibliophile
Florida's Living Beaches: A Guide for the Curious Beachcomber | Blair E. Witherington, Dawn Witherington
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Can't say I'm upset about my reading environment...

Myhusbandhatesreading Wow, very nice!!! ❤❤ 8y
Librarianaut Lovely!!! Wish I was on the beach... 8y
TheWordJar All the ❤️💛💚💙💜!! Lucky you!! 8y
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Suzze Is it warm? That's all that matters right now. #freezingtodeath 8y
saresmoore Ooh, which beach? The book you tagged is a great one! 8y
TrishTheBibliophile @Suzze it was 78 today! The kids had fun playing in the water. @saresmoore we are in St. Augustine! 8y
saresmoore Very fun! My guess was New Smyrna. Enjoy that gorgeous weather! 8y
Suzze @TrishTheBibliophile Jealous. I'm glad my sister isn't on Litsy. She bugs me Weekly about coming down to Florida - she lives by the gulf. 8y
CouronneDhiver Pretty! 8y
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Lynnsoprano
Florida's Living Beaches: A Guide for the Curious Beachcomber | Blair E. Witherington, Dawn Witherington
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The best guide for not only identifying shells, but plants, birds, animals, and other beach features. Even living in Florida as long as we have, I've learned a lot from this book. DH kept this in his backpack when he was a volunteer at the local beach state park, where I should have taken this picture😄