"A few springs may feed them, but no melting snow water, no mountain freshets, no upgushing from caverns in ancient rock. Here the rain is everything." (Douglas 112)
I found it interesting the way Marjory describes how in the everglades, the rain is everything. It made me look at the area as a unique place since it is only the way it is because of rain.
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"Sometimes far up, far away, between all that panoply, there will be a glimpse of outer space as green as ice." (Douglas 115)
I didn't understand the description here by Douglas. However, it made me feel a sense of wonder at nature, as if I was there looking at what Douglas was talking about.
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"It has that quality of dreaming still, neglected and changed as it is, to this very day." (Douglas 118)
Here Douglas is describing the Caloosahatchee river. Talking about how it is like a dream wandering aimlessly. I like the description. It made me feel a sense of peace. I could hear the water silently and calmly flowing.
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"[Hurricanes] attack the Glades from [the Gulf of Mexico]. Later still, they become more freakish and unpredictable, like maelstroms of wind gone wild." (Douglas 119)
Here Douglas talks about the devastating nature of hurricanes which from time to time invade the everglades. The description by Douglas gives me imagery of destruction. It also reminded me that as beautiful as the everglades can be, it is vulnerable to the wrath of nature itself.
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