Category: Encouragement

  •     Three Egrets, again… no regrets.           Vail Point, Moultrie Creek, St. Augustine, Florida.  

  •     It's a balmy day here in St. Augustine, and they tell me it's Christmas Eve!   A light rain created the scent of spring through the window and yet… there are lights everywhere and places to go and presents to wrap and friends to cheer… so it must be Christmas!   Have a…

  •     Peace Rose.          

  •     Making friends at any age is a gift and a blessing.       Sharing your toys and time is a bonus.   The connection, the friendliness, the love, is all.         St. Augustine Beach, a close encounter with a generous Oriole's fan at the beach on a beautiful warm…

  •     Although the Winter Solstice marks the longest night of the year, it is a celebration of light.   It's the birthday of the sun.   Our red star turns his warm face back to earth once again and like the ancients, we are assured that there will be another spring and another harvest and…

  •     A pink flamingo on top of a makeshift Christmas tree, wearing a set of miniature pearls.       Christmas is such a mixed bag of tricks, and then it's over!   Doing something fun with the people you love seems to be the very best thing to do.   May you find…

  •     It's difficult to capture the atmosphere of a misty morning, but the shore birds set the stage, for peace and tranquility, amid a crazy season.           Vail Point, Great Blue Heron over Moultrie Creek.   Related articles Let the Light Find You…

  •     What are you baking for the Holidays?         At the pool in Cocoa Beach, after a week of rain in St. Augustine! (Summer,2008) My perennial favorite, from December 2011, Laine's Blog.    

  •     What to do with the unlovable parts of ourselves? Try as we might, we can't run away or separate ourselves from our shadows.   What happens if we sit and stay, like a good dog that wants to jumpandrunaround so badly, but we sit and we stay, and we don't look away?  …

  •     Who doesn't like staring into a warm fire on a cold night?   Drawn into the magic of dancing light and heat and the crackling sounds, it is difficult to concentrate on the conversations around you, and the one in your head is more like a dream –  a dream that humans have…