Scott’s Corner

The bright yellow bloom of the Tabebuia is a sure sign that Easter is upon us and everywhere around Naples this beautiful tree is in full bloom (including our campus right here at St. John the Evangelist).  Be sure to enjoy the bloom while you can.  The Tabebuia only blooms…

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March 25, 2012

I find it very hard to believe that next weekend is Palm Sunday.  Easter is slightly early this year falling on April 8th.  Next year, Easter is even earlier, falling on March 31st.  We have had a great “season” thus far, and I look forward to the next two weeks,…

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March 18, 2012

Have you visited the Paniccia Prayer Garden recently?  If not, I suggest you take a few minutes and spend some time in this very spiritual space.  The beautiful yellow Tabebuia trees that were incorporated in the garden are in full bloom and the Pink Tabebuia is also beginning to bloom. …

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March 11, 2012

If your eyes are watering, your throat is itching and your nose is running uncontrollably, then you can thank Mother Nature.  Due to the lack of cold weather this winter, many of the trees and shrubs that bloom later in the spring are confused and now in full bloom.  I…

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March 4, 2012

By normal climatological standards, we are “smack dab” right in the middle of the dry season in Southwest Florida.  Oddly enough, this past week we experienced true summertime convective thunderstorms caused mainly due to daytime heating of the earth’s surface.  This has been one very weird winter (or lack thereof)…

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