Category: Florida

  •   Many years ago I began a novel by Zora Neale Hurston and couldn't find the rhythm of her words and abandoned the effort. About a month ago I picked up her autobiography, "Dust Tracks on a Road" at our local Library and was blown away.   Here is a writer with an understanding of…

  •     While our Castillo de San Marcos was closed during the government shutdown, these wonderful re-enactors, (volunteers all,) took to the streets.   Here they are in our temporary gallery on Aviles Street.       We thank them for helping to authenticate the experience of 17th and 18th centuries Spanish Soldier's life in…

  •     All is right with the world on an evening like this, after a cloudy day, all is well.         St. Augustine harbor, leading out to the inlet, almost sunset. © Laine Quinn 2019

  •     The brightest moon went dark last night…       © Laine Quinn, Eclipse, January 20th, 2019. St. Augustine Florida

  •     The crowds are gone, town is quiet, for awhile!       Old Town, © Laine Quinn, 2019, Gaufre's Restaurant.

  •     Hot and humid one day, foggy the next, rain and then cold after that… That's our winter, here in St. Augustine, warm again now, in the 70's all week!   Not too shabby!       Porpoise Point, Vilano Beach, December 30th, 2018. ©Laine Quinn    

  •       This is nothing like watching the Moon rising over the ocean in person, but it's all I got! It was truly breathtaking!    

  •     A perfect full moon, coming up over the horizon.   Nothing marks the daily passage of time so acutely as the phases of the moon. Four clear beautiful nights (and sunny days) at the beach, and she's practically at half mast when it is time to go home. On cloudy days, we are…

  •       That's not Mom.                                                (Why are they staring at me?)          Are you sure?               It's not Mom.                                     (Hey, guys, I didn't do it, whatever it is,         No, too tall, I guess.                                   …

  •   It sometimes pours!           St. George Street, Grover's Gallery, and Victoria's Vintage photos, St. Augustine, last Friday! © Laine Quinn 2018