Ku-'The Road 'eya Ekhaya eNyakatho Central Florida

Kwakufanele ngibhekane nakho. Kulobu busika obudlule izinzwane zami bezingasakulungele ukubhekana namakhaza aseNew Jersey. Kusukela kuchuma , Hhayi ukusinda nje igama lomdlalo wami engilibeke ohambweni lomgwaqo ngaseFlorida ngifuna ama-oases afudumele, i-adventure futhi mhlawumbe. . . ikhaya lasebusika elisha, laminyaka yonke.

Ngishayela ezansi lapho ngakhumbula ifulethi likaGogo wami omkhulu waseMiami Beach engadini. Umsindo wezinyoni ucula lapho ngiphaphama. Ojantshi abamhlophe nezihlahla ezine-hibiscus ebomvu kwaphawula insimu yeveranda lakudala labantu lapho amakhulukhulu ayedlala khona iCanasta ndawonye emoyeni ovulekile. Ukuhamba ekhoneni, ngahlala ngadoba noMkhulu wami ngebhuloho lendawo elincane.

Lapho ngifika eduze naleyo ndawo yaseNingizimu Florida, bekufanele ngibe nobuchule lapho ngihamba ngemizila eyisishiyagalombili yomgwaqo. Amathiphu okusinda: Hlela umzila wakho wokushayela ukuze uhlale wenza 'ilungelo elibomvu' kungenjalo uzofa ulinde ekukhanyeni ngakunye kwe-lo-o-o-o-o-n-g.Ungathembeli kuzimpawu zomhlaba - zonke izitolo ezinkulu zifana ngokufanayo. Ama-restaurants “I-Special Birds Specials” ayilona igama njengoba lingabandakanyi izinyoni ezikhethekile, ezibukhoma, zakuqala ezikususa ekuseni Gwema izixuku: Iya eNyakatho Florida. Nangempela ngenza njalo.

Ngiqhubekile ngaya endaweni eyingqophamlando iNew Urbanist (1) iGulf Coast edolobheni laseSeaside. Bekuhlelelwe ukuthi ngenze 'i-Home Design Psychology Workshop' bese ngibuyele khona amasonto amabili ukubhala nge-psychology yasekhaya. Lunjani ‘ikhaya’ eNyakatho Florida? ” Ngangizibuza njengoba ngangihamba ngamabomu ukushayela umgwaqo ohamba kancane, obuyela emuva ngasolwandle ngePanhandle, ngidlula emahlathini kaphayini acwebile, ngidlula ubumpofu bezindlu zama-trailer nemijondolo emnyama, elahliwe (noma mhlawumbe ehlala abantu).

Ngijikele kwesobunxele. Ukuqhathanisa. Uzwile nge-Emerald City? Ulwandle ngasolwandle kuyinto nesimaragidu. Idolobha ngokwalo limhlophe. Amakhaya amhlophe. Imipheme emhlophe. Izicingo ezimhlophe. Izitolo zabamhlophe. Isihlabathi esimhlophe. Ungangizwa kabi: Indawo ngayinye evulekile nekhaya lapho kunjengeparele elimhlophe lokuhlela nobuchule bokwakha. Kodwa-ke, lapho ehlanganiswa ndawonye, ​​ingabe amaparele akha umphakathi okhanyayo?

Ngihamba ngomzila ongemuva kulelo sonto lokuqala ngihlangane nomunye wabaculi abahlanu ohlelweni lwe-Seaside oluthi “Escape to Create”. (2) Ngokushesha ngashayelwa phakathi kwabo okumibalabala futhi ngakhukhulwa izingoma zabo zezwe ezinomphefumulo nezindaba zezipoki zaseNewfoundland nezika-Audubon Impilo ngaphansi kwesibhakabhaka sasendle. (3) Abantu abathatha indawo yokusebenzela yami ngesonto elilandelayo baphinde baba njengabangani njengoba sasimba eceleni komunye nomunye ukuvundulula umqondo wengqondo wezindaba zabo zasekhaya ezedlule. Lezo zikhathi zokwabelana ngendawo esezingeni eliphakeme nobuciko nezindaba zinginikeze i-oasis yomphefumulo wami.

Kodwa-ke nganginovalo lokweqa lapho ngishiya uLwandle olwandle ngidlula ogwini lwaseGulf ngivezwa ngentuthuko entsha. Abaculi abaningi (kungasaphathwa izinyoni), nabo, bahlala bengobuthakathaka, nezinhlobo ezisengozini yokuqothulwa. Abaculi- - baqale bamukelwa njengezimbangi zemiphakathi emisha enjalo "- bathengiswa ngentengo lapho impahla yayo ishisa. (4)" Ukusinda kwabanamandla, "omunye angase athi. . .

Inhlanzi evutha emgqeni kulelo bhuloho nomkhulu wami. Ngisho nangaleso sikhathi ngiyakhumbula ngidideka ngomehluko phakathi kokhonkolo nezintende futhi ngizibuza ukuthi yini ngempela eyayiyikhaya mbumbulu. Mhlawumbe yingakho kunokuthile okuchofoziwe lapho ngibona isikhangiso seRoad Scholar sohlelo lwezinsuku ezi-5 eGainesville ku “Conservation Wildlife, Lands and Springs in North Central Florida.”

Ngenkathi ngibhekisa amabombo eGainesville, izinhlanzi namahlathi, i-hibiscus nolwandle, amaveranda nezindlela, izipoki, izingoma zezwe kanye ne-Audubon konke kwakundiza ekhanda lami - izingcezu zepuzzle ngangizama ukuhlangana ndawonye ukwakha isithombe esigcwele salokho Ikhaya laseFlorida lingahle lifane nami (futhi mhlawumbe ngawe?)

ISweetwater Branch Inn B & B esemlandweni wedolobha iGainesville ebamba uhlelo lweRoad Scholar kwaba isiqalo esihle sokucabanga nge-oasis. Ukuhlala esakhiweni sabo sezithandani ezibuyiselwe ngokucophelela, zamaVictoria, ngathola ukunambitheka komusa waseNingizimu. Ngizizwe ngisekhaya lapho ngiphuza iwayini kwelinye lamagumbi abo amahle futhi ngidla utamatisi oluhlaza othosiwe nabanye abahlanganyeli- izazi zezinto eziphilayo, izazi zezitshalo, izazi zemvelo kanye nothisha.

UKudos futhi sibonga uCornelia Holbrook owabuyisa ngothando izindlu zomlando ze-B & B ngaleyo ndlela waba nesandla ekulondolozweni nasekuvuseleleni umlando waseGainesville.

Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezalandela uKimberly Tillman, isazi sezinto eziphilayo esasinolwazi / esigcwele inkanuko esangenisa sajula kule nhliziyo yaseNyakatho Central Florida, sangisiza ukususa izingcezu zikakhonkolo waseFlorida kude neso lengqondo yami. Nakhu nje kushaqeka izinto eziningi ezimnandi asikhombise zona ohlelweni lomgwaqo. Yikuphi kulokhu ongakufaka embonweni wakho wendawo ekahle yokuhlala?

• Amakhaya omlando anezindawo ezinkulu ezingaphambili lapho ungahlala khona ubone omakhelwane bakho
• Isinki esinjengehlathi elinemvula lapho ungagibela khona nsuku zonke
• Ama-savanna aseduze ahambahamba anama-hawk, amahhashi nezinyathi (!) Buqamama
• Iminyuziyamu enama-maston (abantu bakudala) nobuciko besimanje base-Asia obukwenza uphefumule
• IPark State yasendaweni eneziphethu ezifudumele (amahemuhemu anayo) iyimithombo yobusha

Intandokazi yami? IDeLeon Springs lapho kuphuma khona amalitha ayi-19 wamanzi nsuku zonke. Lapho, ungakwazi ukubhukuda noma ukubhukuda unyaka wonke emanzini acwebile, angama-71-degree azungezwe ama-oki aphilayo agqoke ubulembu baseSpain.

Ohlelweni lukaRoad ngifunde ukuthi iDeLeon Springs yayijwayele ukuba ngenye yezindawo ezihehayo eziningi “eziba seNdleleni,” uchungechunge lwama-oases amahle, ahlobo oluthile abavakashi abangawavakashela. Ukuheha izinkanyezi eDeLeon Springs kwakungu- “Sunshine Sally,” indlovu eqeqeshelwe ukunisela ukushushuluza eqhweni! (5). “Izikhangibavakashi zomgwaqo” zaseFlorida zavalwa lapho kwakhiwa i-Interstate 4 neDisneyworld futhi abantu badonswa kude neFlorida yangempela baya kuleyo plastiki, enhle kakhulu. Ngubani odinga ama-Sally noma ama-savanna noma ama-Scrub-jays (6) uma une-Dumbo? Ngicabanga ukuthi wonke umuntu kufanele ahambe kulokhu kunikelwa kweRoad Scholar ukuze afunde ngakho eyiqiniso indawo. Kungenze ngacabanga ngezinto ezisengozini uma ukuhaha kuthinta ukusinda kwezipho eziyigugu kakhulu emhlabeni. (7)

Nokho angikwazanga phila entwasahlobo, ngakho indawo yami yokugcina ngaya eDeLand, eFlorida, imizuzu nje eyishumi nanhlanu eningizimu yeDeLeon Springs eduze kwalapho umkhulu ayethenge khona umhlaba eminyakeni eyedlule. Ngangivakashele lelo dolobha elalilele eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili ngaphambili. Ngalesi sikhathi indawo ibiphapheme! - - Siguqulwe saba idolobha elincane, eliphilayo eligcwele isimilo, izindawo zokudlela, izitolo, inyuvesi, iminyuziyamu nabantu abahamba ngezinyawo. Abaholi bendawo bezinhlobo ezahlukahlukene babehlanganyele ndawonye eDeLand ukuze balondoloze kodwa bavuselele lo mphakathi. Ngabona ukuthi ekugcineni sengiyitholile indawo enjengekhaya (8) lapho ngivakashela isiFunda sabo se-Historic Garden esinemigwaqo nezindonga ezibanzi, ama-hibiscus nezinyoni ezihlale ziculela abaculi abanemizi efinyelelekayo. (9)

Emuva eNJ kwakunzima ukubuyela engxoxweni yokhetho lweTV ngoba ezombusazwe zazibonakala zingasekho. Esikhundleni salokho ngabuka okhethekile ngonyaka we-astronaut Scott Kelly esikhaleni lapho ayethwebula khona amazwe ehlangana ndawonye njengezindawo zomhlaba zombala ongavamile. Impilo iza: Bewazi yini ukuthi eminyakeni eyizi-300,000,000 eyedlule iFlorida yayiyingxenye ye-Afrika neNingizimu Melika njengoba yayiyisihlabathi esikhulu esisodwa nje? Lesi ngesinye sezimangaliso zomhlaba esifunde ngazo ohambweni lweRoad Scholar. (10)

Mhlawumbe sonke kufanele sikhuphukele emkhathini, hhayi eNorth Central Florida kuphela. Ngemuva kwalokho, kusuka emibonweni emisha enjalo, sonke singahlangabezana ne-epiphany ngokubaluleka kwendawo esengozini, engadluli nobuciko nezindaba. Okwamanje:

Ngenkathi silapha emhlabeni, sinethuba elimangalisayo – lokubona nokuthokozela Ubunye Bakho Konke, ukuma ngokwesaba futhi sizibuze ngenkazimulo yakho konke lokho, nokuletha phambili ukwazi, uthando, ubumbano, ubuhlakani, ukuzwela, nobuhle ngendlela esingabonakalisa ngayo. 11)_____________________________________________________

1. Ulwandle ngumphakathi ohlelwe kahle, elinye lamadolobha okuqala eMelika aklanywe ngemigomo yeNew Urbanism, okuyinhlangano yokwakhiwa kwamadolobha ekhuthaza imikhuba enobungani bemvelo ngokwakha izindawo ezihambekayo eziqukethe izindlu nezinhlobo zemisebenzi.

2. I-'Escape to Create 'iyindlela yokubuyela emuva enezinhlobonhlobo ezihlelwe idolobha laseSeaside, eFL kusukela ngo-1993 ekugubheni ubuciko, impilo kanye nomphakathi. Abaculi abahlala lapho ngihlala khona bahlanganisa uCharis Cotter, uJeff Black, uMichele Caniato, uKatrina Schwartz noWilliam Souder.

3. Ngaphansi Kwezulu Lasendle: UJohn James Audubon kanye nokwenziwa KWEZINYONI ZASE-AMERICA yigama lencwadi ekhethwe uMklomelo kaPulitzer kaWilliam Souder.

4. Ngesikhathi ngihlala lapho, u-Andres Duany, isithandwa somhlaba wonke wokuhlela umhlaba we-New Urbanist, wahola uhambo lokuvakasha eRosemary Beach, umphakathi waseNew Urbanist nawo ayewuhlelile ngaseSeaside. Kulolu hambo uDuany ubalule ukuthi abaculi, izakhamizi zokuqala, kamuva bakhishwa ngentengo baphuma eRosemary Beach.

5. Yize noma ngabe ngincoma ikhwalithi eyingqayizivele nobuqiniso be- "Roadside Attractions" lapha, angishayele ihlombe noma yimiphi imibukiso engafaka noma yini efana nokuhlukunyezwa kwezilwane.

6. Ohlelweni lwethu lweRoad Scholar sivakashele i-Ocala National Forest, ihlathi likazwelonke eliseningizimu kakhulu ezwekazini lase-U.S. Livikela iFlorida Scub-jays esongelwa, okuwukuphela kohlobo lwezinyoni oludlalela eFlorida.

7. Kungekudala ngemuva kohlelo lwethu lweRoad Scholar, ngemuva kwezinyanga zenkulumo-mpikiswano evuthayo, abaphathi bendawo bavotela uhlelo lokwakha amakhaya acishe abe ngu-10 500 emhlabeni ohamba ephaseji elibalulekile lezilwane zasendle. Lolu hlelo lwaphakanyiswa ngabakwaPlum Creek (manje osekuyiWyerhaeuser), umnikazi ozimele omkhulu kunabo bonke we-timberland e-U.S.

8. IToby Israyeli, Enye Indawo Njengekhaya: Kusetshenziswa i-Design Psychology Ukwakha Izindawo Ezifanelekile (I-Chichester: Ama-Academy Editions / iWiley, 2003).

9. UKudos waya kuMichael E. Arth, owakha izindlu namabhizinisi angama-32 kulesi sigaba saseDeLand, okuyindawo eyimijondolo yakudala, wayiguqula yaba yi-Historic Garden District. U-Arth uzichaza ngokuthi "ungumdwebi, umdwebi wezakhiwo nomhleli wasezindaweni zasemadolobheni, umakhi wezinto eziluhlaza, isishoshovu sezenhlalo kanye nomhlaziyi wezinqubomgomo zomphakathi, ummeli wabangenamakhaya, abenzi bamabhayisikobho, ikusasa, isikhulumi somphakathi nombhali."

10. Hamba uye phambili uye ePalm Beach naseMiami ezikhathini zanamuhla futhi uzobona ukuthi amakhaya kwesinye isikhathi ayengamabhishi amancane asolwandle. Manje amanani empahla ephelele ala ma-oase aseNingizimu adlula ama-1.3 trillion amadola! Elinye lamaphuzu amaningi athakazelisayo ashiwo yisazi sokuma komhlaba uDkt Matthew Smith wase-University of Florida, eGainesville.

11. UMichael Lerner, "Ingokomoya Elikhululekile", Tikkun , Umq. 15, No. 3, k. 34.

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