Everglades National Park is an amazing place. I'm glad we went there this February. Also, I don't think we'll ever go back. Besides its manifold attractions (which I will eventually get to), the Everglades is known for heat, humidity, and bugs. Lots of bugs. Mosquitoes especially. And they don't come out just at dawn and dusk; they rule the place all day long....
Or, more accurately, in a necklace. I (Jane) have found a creative outlet by making necklaces that represent in some way the various places we've been. (Previous projects include Door County shipwrecks, Acadia National Park, and Plimouth Plantation—the revisionist version and the Doctrine of Discovery version. Plus a few I haven't written about yet.) Here's my Cedar Key history necklace. If you've read...
