creamiscle sky

from an interview with writer lindsay hunter. love this description of florida:

I’m from the tank top’s paradise, Central Florida. I spent part of my childhood in a little town called Ocoee and part of it in Orlando. You just pictured Mickey Mouse, right? It’s cool, most everyone does. But as a native I always picture the creamsicle sky in the evening, the palm trees even in the junkiest parking lots, a 7-11 on every corner, all the lakes and moss and the heat so close it’s like a layer of your skin. Even now from where I sit in Chicago, I can smell the orange blossoms and the B.O. and the furred shock of air conditioning.

I love Florida, in case you can’t tell. It’s home, and it’s one of a kind, and it’s so ugly and so pretty all at once.

(via the short form) (a new site discovery)