Shirley Lasseter

Item Data

  • Collection Title: Shirley Lasseter Collection
  • Item Title: Payne's Prairie Paddle, 2005
  • ID Number: SL-064
  • Date Range: 2005
  • Description: Elegiac paddle on the flooded Payne's Prairie in 2005
  • Biographical/Historical Note: Payne's Prairie is an over 20,000 acre state park in Alachua County, Florida. In 2004 a hurricane resulted in the flooding of of the entire prairie basin. The basin drains via the Alachua Sink, which has recurrently become so blocked or full it has taken a very long time to drain. It's home to an abundance of wildlife.
  • Genres: Amateur Films
  • Places: Payne's Prairie, Gainesville, Florida
  • Access & Use: Contact Lesbian Home Movie Project (LHMP) info@lesbianhomemovieproject.org. No re-use without permission. LHMP must contact film donor & participants with regard to any re-use.
  • Color or B&W: Color
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  • Running Time: 49:31
  • Rights: Lesbian Home Movie Project (LHMP) shares rights with Shirley Lasseter during her lifetime when all rights revert to LHMP. Participants also have the right to approve uses of material they appear in during their lifetimes.
  • Sound: Sound
  • Subjects: Environment, Lesbians
  • Creators: Shirley Lasseter
  • Collaborators & Participants: Lars Anderson, tour leader Lori Lazarus Nancy Lasseter Ewen Thompson For further information or to share related memories, email us at info@lesbianhomemovieproject.org. We'll share your input if that's okay, or just preserve it.
  • Source Format: Hi 8
  • Format: Hi 8
  • Viewing Log: Shirley Lasseter, by email, 11-19-18: 2005 paddle on Paynes Prairie during 2005 .... Lars Anderson as tour leader... [Participants] Lori Lazarus, Nancy Lasseter, Ewen Thompson and others. This area of Paynes Prairie normally has some water along side the path. Normally, this is a walking trail but due to an over abundance of rain, the prairie flooded. We paddled out to the observation deck which is normally about the 15 above ground level. Along the way we saw a lot of lotus flowers. They are the large yellow flowers that you see. The tour was Prairie do to it was closed to the public. Our tour guide got special permission to take us on this trip. At 2 minutes and 38 seconds you can see a partially submerged footbridge with a great blue heron. Great Blue Herons flying over at 4 minutes 12 minutes and 34 seconds. . . . . He is wearing a floppy brown hat. Prior to seeing him, you could hear him talking about a bladderwort plant, the hydrilla, and the lotus. Water Hyacinth at 13 minutes 19 seconds My sister Nancy Lasseter and her husband 17 minutes 5 seconds in a Red Canoe The observation platform comes into view 27 minutes 53 seconds. It is generally about 15 feet above the ground