The '05

           The neighborhood I live in and refer to as "The '05" is the 32205 zip code in Jacksonville, Florida.  It is part of a larger designated historic district known as Riverside-Avondale.  This area is roughly bounded by the Saint Johns River* to the south and east, the Interstate 10 / Interstate 95 merger to the northeast, the CSX Railroad to the north and northwest, and Fishweir Creek to the southwest.


          The picture below is of Riverside Park, taken about 10 am on Saturday, January 29, 2011.  Originally this duck pond was sping fed.  Unfortunately, "improvements" blocked the spring flow and today's pond is, to put it politely, over-nutrified.  In other words, full of duck sh*t.   Note the Canada goose in the foreground.   We first started noticing these guys down here in Florida several years ago in the winter.  Now they stay year-round, no doubt because of the lack of state income tax and good golfing weather.
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This mural is by local artist Shaun Thurston (http://www.shaunthurston.com/).  I watched him put the finishing touches on this piece, done with spray paint.

In a nice touch of local flavor, the artist has chosen to make the subject animals Florida natives.  The lizard definitely is - a very good likeness of a Florida Anole, Anolis carolinensis.  It's harder to tell with the butterfly, but it could be the Florida native Spring Azure, Celastrina ladon.

www.facebook.com/.../Fans-Stoves-Antique-Mall/100000419472545

http://www.losscat.com/   "Speckles, does not call when come, limps, dirty, not tag, reward, needs medicines, foam."

Edge City Clothing, Five Points, Jacksonville, FL 32205 (http://www.gunnel.com/)

www.themidnightsun.net

www.5pointstheatre.com








* http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Johns_River