February 5th, 2010 - Winters in Central Florida
Winters in Central Florida
I count the days until winter announces its arrival each year. Why? Open the front door during the summer and it feels like stepping into a sauna. It’s so common to hear, “Just a few more months of this oppressive heat and humidity and winter returns.”
The winters in Central Florida are near perfection. The season brings abundant sunshine, low humidity, average highs in the 70’s, yard sales, arts and craft shows and lots of opportunities for outdoor dining and people watching. Ah, the reason I love central Florida winters. Did I mention green? Usually everywhere I turn, I see green-giant philodendrons, palms, ficus trees and an occasional splash of color contrasts with the green. Not this year. You may have heard about Florida’s weather on the news. This winter has been far from our much anticipated perfection. Just look at these photos! There’s no green. There’s no color.
I’m never without my camera. Never know when I’ll spot the perfect tree or colorful bougainvillea. Over the years, I’ve taken hundreds of photos for reference. You may not realize it, but when you visit www.genesisstudios.com and search our Style Categories, you’ll see some of our Florida landscape reproduced in our watercolor and digital renderings. Whether painted with a brush or incorporated digitally, the photos are the perfect reference. I expect to photograph landscape all year long, but this winter has presented us with something we don’t see very often, a landscape of frozen, brown, droopy and dead plants. It may take some time (if ever) for this Bougainvillea to return to its glory.
Fortunately we already have a huge library, so our developers, homebuilders, architects and advertising clients can be assured that the perfect trees, grasses and shrubs will be in their renderings, even if it isn’t tropical.
We all know the saying, “There’s never a better time.” Get those cameras out. Don’t let opportunities slip away. That Bougainvillea might be gone tomorrow.
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Genesis Studios Newsletter
Guest Blogger-Betty Elliott
