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  • Pink

        It's the season for huge blossoms on our azaleas.   Some years are better than others, but this year is up there with the best.       St. Augustine's Azaleas, 2014.      

  • Surf’s Up…

          If you came to St. Augustine Beach to surf on your Spring break, today was a very good day!   I knew when I got out of the car to walk on the beach in my sweater and jeans,  that I would have to face the Spring Breakers in their bikinis.  …

  • Cedar Waxwings

        The Cedar Waxwings are coming through St. Augustine again. I tried to warn them about the weather up North, but they probably already know!              

  • You Decide

        Sunset behind them, daybreak ahead…   What will tomorrow bring?   More kindness, less worry, sunshine or rain?   You decide.   Ok, you don't command the weather yet, but kindness? Worry? Yes.   Yes, we do!     This post is borrowed from LainesBlog, 2012, with some minor alterations, and with permission.…

  • The Exchange

        Two Cardinals calling back and forth to one another in the woods today.   It's Springtime again.   A friend's Mom goes into Hospice.   A nephew's brand new baby girl arrives safely – plump and happy!   As you get older, you see it more clearly.   (Breathe out. Breathe in.)  …

  • The Basics, Plus Two!

        The basics: a book, a banana, and a bottle!   Plus, a friendly dragon, and a cool lunch bag, and one more – a walk in the park with a wee one!   Life is still good!          

  • Water Sculptures, Sort of…

      Water is the architect of much of our world. Beaches are rearranged daily by oceans and tides.     Snow is rained upon, melts, and refreezes in amazingly similar ways.         And this wonderful creature spends all of her time in water and the lines along her body are a lot…

  • Stardust

        In the past I was in the habit of visiting the Astronomy Picture of the Day each night before I shut off my computer for some wonderfulness to end the day. This was posted on March 6th, 2014 and I find it astonishing!   APOD – Thank you!        

  • The Promise

        Although Spring might be delayed this year, it will come.   Don't lose heart.        

  • Are You Having Fun?

        Up and down, up and down. These steps take you down to the river or up into town..   (The red pill or the blue pill?)   Life or just getting by?   It's not that simple, is it – up or down? Life is everywhere! In the murmuring river below, or the…