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  • Something Grand

        The Grand Canyon, one of our National Treasures. It takes your breath away when you stand on the rim, and literally when you hike into it!   You feel at once grand and so small, a wonderful justaposition of feelings.       Photo by Paula Post. (Thanks Paula!)

  • Your Next President

        "On further reflection, and after careful consideration, I believe it would be in your very best interest, for so many reasons that I can't go into here, to make me your *nest president.   You won't be sorry.       *Some typos are irresistible! The Great Blue Heron, for president!  

  • Dancing Molecules

        Dancing molecules around the harbor, water everywhere.   Light gray, dark gray and my favorite, payne's gray, and silvery fish slicing the surface in a frenzy as sailboats swing on their moorings.   A calm and lovely evening.     St. Augustine Harbor, and the Bridge of LIons.

  • If Life Is A Dream…

        If life is "but a dream," then the paradox is that the only way to realize this is to wake up!       Spanish moss hanging from the trees in Blue Spring State Park, Florida.  

  • Unexpected

        Sometimes, when your plans don't work out the way that you had hoped, if you follow your nose to the beach, you might be treated to some fabulous rides on your boogie board, and an unexpected sunset.   Not too shabby for another day on earth.   Just sayin'.     St. Augustine…

  • The Gods Smiled

        Have you ever had a day where one moment was so very important that your entire future rested upon it?   A day outside of space and time, when you must keep your appointment with the gods who decide your fate?   Mythical moments, like the shard of a rainbow, and all is…

  • Emerald Eyes

        I once saw a cormorant catch a fish that was so large it almost sank her.   Somehow she managed to swallow it, and was very still and low in the water for a long long time.   She didn't have to eat another thing for a week!     Double Crested Cormorant,…

  •     Lately, the waves have been rolling in perfect tubes at St. Augustine Beach. It's a surfer's dream.  

  • The Run Away Shadow

        My shadow tried to get away yesterday, but I put my hands on my head and saved the day.   I mean what would I do without my shadow?       St. Augustine Beach's new beach looking back toward the Pavilion.  

  • Nostalgia

        The look, smell, and sound of this beach brings back memories of my childhood. It is a mere inlet away from St. Augustine Beach, yet the sand and the shape and the voice – so different- are worlds away.   A lifetime away…       Vilano Beach, St. Augustine, just the other…