Waiting for the Freight Train
by terranovabay
Railroad crossing scenic — east coast Florida.
Categories: Scenery • Tags: Florida, Indian River County, railroad, Train
Tag: Indian River County
Vero Old Downtown #3
by terranovabay
A view of the old downtown area of Vero Beach, Florida.
Categories: Eccentricities • Tags: Florida, Indian River County, Vero Beach
Vero Old Downtown #2
by terranovabay
A view of the old downtown area of Vero Beach, Florida.
Categories: Eccentricities • Tags: Florida, Indian River County, Vero Beach
Vero Old Downtown #1
by terranovabay
A view of the old downtown area of Vero Beach, Florida.
Categories: Eccentricities • Tags: Florida, Indian River County, Vero Beach
Power Gentrification
by terranovabay
The old electrical power plant in downtown Vero Beach, formally the Vero Beach Diesel Power Plant, seen here gutted during an environmental cleanup, is now a popular micro-brewery. The building was constructed in 1926. For a time it looked like an ancient temple to the power gods, now it is just a fancy place to tie one on.
Categories: Scenery • Tags: American Icon Brewery, Indian River County, Vero Beach, Vero Beach Diesel Power Plant
Downtown Monday
by terranovabay
Historic downtown Vero as seen through a very dirty Jeep windshield.
Categories: Night Gallery • Tags: Downtown, Florida, Indian River County, Vero Beach
Wastewater Birds – Part Two
by terranovabay
More bird photos selected from four days helping the Audubon Advocate students on their first birding experience held at the West Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant. Red-winged Blackbird [female] (Agelaius phoeniceus) Red-winged Blackbird [male] (Agelaius phoeniceus) River Otter (Lontra canadensis) mom trying to move her pups. She would carry one a distance, leave it, than return for the other, while the pup she had moved previously would follow her back. It must have been very frustrating for her while showing how […]
Categories: Nature • Tags: Anhinga, Boat-tailed Grackle, Florida, Glossy Ibis, Indian River County, Limpkin, Red-winged Blackbird, Ring-necked Duck, River Otter, West Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility
Wastewater Birds – Part One
by terranovabay
Four days at the West Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant helping to guide the Audubon Advocate students on their first birding experience resulted in a bonanza of bird photos. A selection of which can be seen here. The complex is a wastewater treatment plant coupled with manmade wetlands that naturally filter the water before it is released. The wetlands attract wildlife, especially birds of all kinds. Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis pratensis) Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis pratensis) Sandhill Crane […]
Categories: Nature • Tags: Blue-winged Teal, Double-crested Cormorant, Florida, Glossy Ibis, Great Blue Heron, Indian River County, Little Blue Heron, Osprey, Sandhill Crane, West Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility, White Ibis
City Hall
by terranovabay
The entrance to the Fellsmere City Hall at night.
Categories: Night Gallery • Tags: City Hall, Fellsmere, Florida, Indian River County
One Definition In Wabasso
by terranovabay
The cracker style house built in 1910 that Laura (Riding) Jackson and Schuyler B. Jackson bought in 1940 in Wabasso, Florida, where the pair worked on their new dictionary in which words would have only one meaning. Their work supported by selling citrus from their 11-acres of groves surrounding the house to northern markets. Schuyler died in 1968 and Laura took until her death in 1991 to complete their shared literary effort, which was published in 1997 under the title, […]
Categories: Scenery • Tags: ELC, Environmental Learning Center, Florida, Indian River County, Laura Riding Jackson, Rational Meaning: A New Foundation for the Definition of Words and Supplementary Essays, Schuyler B. Jackson, Wabasso
