Blog – Page 151 – E. Zambello Writing and Art

I have always been fascinated by human structures overtaken by nature; collapsed barns now covered in grasses, old homes shrouded in thick vines, rusted cars with trees growing through the center. Here in Florida, what I see most often are sunken boats. One evening my husband and I decided to explore Easy Bay near Pensacola….

Last week I witnessed something truly amazing: the release of a rehabilitated sea turtle. The Gulfarium, a local aquarium, has a special turtle care program. The turtle I saw had recovered from pneumonia (I didn’t know turtles could get pneumonia!), and was now healthy enough to return to life on the ocean’s currents, maybe even…

Now that I live on the Emerald Coast, I sometimes feel like my daily life is a vacation. Sure, I work eight hours a day in an office setting, but I also take my lunch breaks on the beach, and spend my off-time exploring new ecosystems that also happen to be spectacularly beautiful. Along the…