Back Country by Robert Adams – Summer 2023

This Green Heron [Butorides virescens] stands frozen while hunting little minnows in the crystal clear water. A beautiful stocky bird with its blue, green, yellow, gray and brown colors, it is seen mostly at dusk or dawn. Good hunters, unlike other wading birds, they are intolerant of other birds. These birds, which eat a wide variety of aquatic animals, use bait to attract fish by dropping food, insects or other small objects on the water’s surface.

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Don't miss the many local fireworks displays and events on Independence Day, Tuesday, July 4. There is Stars over St. Lucie in Fort Pierce, over the Indian River Lagoon at Marina Square; Freedom Fest in Port St. Lucie at the MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Event Center; Boom On The Lagoon in Vero Beach at Riverside Park; Fireworks On The 4th in Stuart at Flagler Park; Freedom Festival & Parade in Sebastian at Riverview Park; and Freedom And Fireworks at Tradition Square in Port St. Lucie.

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The Schooner Lily, a restored cargo ship that is a tour boat out of Stuart, is a beautiful sight against the setting sun. It was originally called the Lily of Tisbury and carried lumber, vehicles and other boats between Maine and Martha’s Vineyard. SCHOONER LILY

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For anyone wanting to get out on the water, a tour is ideal. The Treasure Coast has far more tours, both public and private, than most realize.

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Kevin Hutchinson is a renowned Stuart artist who was born into the first family of Treasure Coast artists. RICK CRARY

Living by design

Kevin Hutchinson, a renowned Stuart artist, was born into the first family of Treasure Coast artists. Hutchinson’s parents, Jim and Joan, were artists who immersed him early on into the art world.

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A car, flipped and turned sideways by the water’s force, was pushed behind a column in an impossible parking job.

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Valerie Slack is an architect and president of the Treasure Coast Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Slack volunteered to help inspect and certify damaged buildings on the Gulf Coast as part of AIA’s Disaster Assistance Program.

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