Have you found your own "Cross Creek"? Or have lived your whole life, somehow, without gettin' any sand in your shoes? Here is adventure and heartbreak ... roseate spoonbill and the sigh of a canoe slipping through water. Soft kisses on moonlit beach.

Here is Florida art, music, poetry - the history of an ancient land and its people. Collect a library of books about its flora & fauna, find your next investment opportunity. Plan a trip or a move. Explore the Land of Flowers.

The pages you see below reflect only the first layer of content. Each has launching points to different areas or aspects. Feel free to explore and to ask questions or make suggestions. There's a place to do that on nearly every page.

Not only is it "the state with the prettiest name," as Elizabeth Bishop wrote. It's also the state with the prettiest towns (see St. Augustine, Mount Dora, DeFuniak Springs, just for starters). Even our cities are pretty (try South Beach, Sarasota, Winter Park, Key West), not to mention our islands (Useppa, Sanibel, Captiva, Amelia, St. George, Merritt,Anna Maria) and our beaches (Grayton, Passagrille, Vero, Siesta, and many more).

You'll appreciate these special places more as you discover the authors, poets, painters, composers, and explorers whose footpaths you will follow. Even our hurricanes will mean more to you as you learn stories of struggle and survival.