Category: Beaches

  •     Another day comes to an end, or rather daylight ends!   The night is young!         St. Augustine Beach Pier from Anastasia State Park, yesterday!  

  •     Ever grateful for the beautiful ocean, the wind and pelicans, for night blooming jasmine off my deck, for the moon and stars, for family and friends I adore, for my health and happiness.   Happy Thanksgiving!             St. Augustine Beach.

  •   As Mary Chapin Carpenter sings, Why walk when you can fly?     (It's not just for the birds.)           Sanderlings, St. Augustine Beach.

  •   The perfect afternoon at the beach.     The perfect thing to do…     Get sandy and wet!   And later?     Have a drink with friends!             St. Augustine Beach pier, and Aden playing in the tidal pool and later at the Conch House with friends.…

  •       Getting a closer look at a large piece of driftwood on the beach, reveals some of its secrets.     Can you see the river and the mountains?   And a Ram?     The interior life of a tree…           Anastasia Island State Park, St. Augustine, Florida.…

  •   On a cloudy afternoon, sometimes, all you have to do is turn a corner for something wonderful and cheering to come your way.     The sun pops out and illuminates the clouds over the harbor.   A little bit of a rainbow on the way to the beach and then this sunset –…

  •     It was the blue that saved my soul when I lived in this small seaside town.   Perhaps there is someone there now soaking up the shimmering light and colors, healing from a loneliness she doesn't even know is hers.           Provincetown Blues.  

  •     Green on the right going out to sea. Moon in the sky. Restless ocean claiming the land.   Godspeed to all travelers returning home.           Vilano Beach, St. Augustine, nearly full moon.  

  •     After a day of storms, the beach beckons and there's a wedding against the backdrop of the green water under a canopy of clouds.   Meanwhile…     Life goes on- surfers surf, and birds scamper for their food, while folks walk or ride their bikes or swim, oblivious to the special moment…

  •     When our lives become more outward, for whatever reason, we get really busy or find a new friend or become a grandparent or a parent, then there is less time to ponder our inner world.   This is  not bad or good, it just is!   So long as we enjoy the cacophony…