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SeasonsWhen you move to Florida, friends in the North invariably say, “I could never move toFlorida—I would miss the seasons too much.” No matter how often we point out that we do, in fact,have seasons in northeast Florida, people remain convinced that Florida, top to bottom, is hot and sunnyall year round, and they’re surprised when they come to visit in February and have to borrow a fleece, acouple of which I keep on hand for this very reason. Florida is a big place! From Georgia to Key West,it’s around 450 miles, more than the distance between Boston and D.C., and the climate at the southernend is distinctly different from that at the northern. Last Christmas, it got down into the low twentieshere in St. Augustine.
Roseate spoonbills and friends at the end of my block
But it’s true that the seasons don’t change so distinctly here as they do in the North. I grew up in New Jersey and went to...