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Category: Boats
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So alert and ready for life, hanging around marinas and boats. Were we ever birds or dolphins or whales? It seems like it would be so much fun.
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Another full moon come and gone. Slipping to half, quarter, a sliver and gone. Juliet tells Romeo, "Swear not by the inconstant moon." But the lunar phases have a predictable inconstancy. If you had phases like the moon, what would be your full moon phase? Half moon? New…
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On a balmy evening, the sky is refelected on the water in a hundred shades of blue and green and colors that don't have names. It's difficult to capture the beauty and serenity of it.
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The earth has its own intelligence. In Iceland there are hot springs, in Florida - cold! The entire state of Florida sits on an aquifer that not only provides all of the water needs for millions of people but is also a ridiculously wonderful way to cool off in the heat of summer.…
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Red sky at night, sailor's delight… and whale watch Captains too! The tidal flats in Provincetown with the Pilgrim Monument and sunset!
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If the obstacle in our path is a drawbridge, a radio transmission is all that is needed to clear the way. Other barriers demand more of us. Sometimes it is merely a sitting still long enough for a genuine faith in our own talents and goodness to arise. Then doors open,…
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The patience of wood – standing long and tall as a tree, then never letting go of wondering how the river will feel and sound and taste, once the loving hands that bend the planks finish their work. Wooden boat workshop in Welaka Florida.
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When I first observed a Great Blue Heron land in a tree, I was, to be honest, shocked! You'd think that it would have been a no brainer, it is a bird and birds do have a tendency to sit in trees… but such BIG birds? One time while crossing the Chesapeake Bay…
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The H. M. S. Bounty glides into St. Augustine harbor and dwarfs the bayfront. In order for her to get through the Bridge of Lions, her spars were set near vertical as she waited for high water. A beautiful sight she is!
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Cloudy days have their beauty, especially when the sun finds a way to shine through. Here's to all the "clouds" in our lives being holy! St. Augustine bay front, shot from the Bridge of Lions.
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