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Category: Environmental

  • How We Learn

      "Mom, that is so cool! How do you do that?"       Free range chicks in Key West.

  • Do You See What I See?

      Back to basics. A walk on the beach with my favorite 8 month old friend, who now looks when I point to the pelicans flying so close by above the waves.     St. Augustine Beach, Anastasia Island State Park, Florida

  • Here And Now…

        It still snows up north, even though it is 75 degrees here in St. Augustine. It's less real than a dream, and impossible to conjure up the actuality of snow!   In this photo it's snowing one of those magical snowfalls, where the flakes quietly stick to the branches, transforming the forest.  …

  • A Delight

        Stuck inside all day, I had to come home to this, sailor's delight!       Off the deck again, a perfect day turns to perfect night in St. Augustine, Florida.

  • Quiet

        Quiet today. A little bit of a sore throat.   I hope that Egrets don't ever get sore throats.       Egret shot at Blue Springs State Park, Florida.

  • The Same River

        There is a saying that you can't put your foot in the same river twice, because the river is constantly moving, constantly changing.   Our days are like that too, if we let them be.        

  • Runaway Buoy

        When we realize that we are the ones writing our own stories, it comes with a certain acceptance that some of the "well intentioned" institutions of our childhoods (church, school, family) might have led us astray – for a decade or two or three, like this runaway buoy that, were it still functioning…

  • What’s Your Story?

        Everyone has a story.   This guy was picking up dead fish just outside the perimeter set by the beach re-nourishment team, back in September. Someone asked him if the fish had died because of the pumping of the sand onto the beach, and he said, no, that he didn't know what had…

  • Focused

        Will it be easier to stay focused in 2013? It kind of feels like it will be!   Probably too early to tell!       Spanish moss hanging on a Live Oak tree at Washington Oaks State Park, Florida.

  • First Day of the Year

        A beautiful day to start the year. Lucky me, I got to spend most of it walking barefoot on this beach, and resting my perfectly weathered head on a perfectly placed log.   How was your first day, of this odd year?       St. Augustine Beach, Anastasia Island State Park.