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Palm trees, so evocative of sunny days and warm nights, and easy times. Is life ever that simple? Some days – Yes! Reprinted from LainesBlog, February 2012, with permission!
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Once in a while, we need the help of a friend, to see the other side of a conundrum. A friend who leads us to safety – away from wrong turns, and renegade emotions, that could potentially muck up everything! A friend who helps, not in a heavy handed – hit…
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There's something about a sandbar that beckons you to come out past your comfort zone, to tempt the tide and time, just a little farther, a little longer… all will be well. Promise! Matanzas River, between the inlet and the fort, reprinted from LainesBlog, June 2013.
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The colors of summer! Under the umbrella, St. Augustine Beach.
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So, you want my recipe on how to relax? Find a shady, sunny spot. Spread out on a comfortable leaf, that sways gently in the breeze, and is close to something wonderful. Like this. Voilá! Perfection! (This recipe can be customized to meet you specific specifications, such as,…
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Friends, paddling along together through life's currents. It's a calm evening and mild in between the storms and troubles. There's peace and quiet and a kind of welcome ordinariness, a rightness about things that begins to include the storms and troubles and the peace and quiet. All's well. …
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A young hawk sitting on a car roof in the parking lot. Patient and fearless, it watches me as I watch it. If the hawk could ask me one question, what would it be? "Where are your feathers?" "Can you fly?" or "Is this your car?" …
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If I were to climb aboard this hard working boat, I wouldn't have the foggiest, or the sunny-est, idea of what to do. But someone does and they are probably very good at it too. Do you give yourself credit for the things you've learned, the things you know for sure, and…
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You never know what you'll find at your local boatyard, until you get there. Boats? Yes! All kinds of boats! And an homage to world peace… And what's this, a yellow submarine? No silly, it's a Bug. A yellow bug! Marine life…
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Although the camera stopped the action, these sandpipers are running to beat the band! Up and down the wave as it ebbs and flows, faster than anything, and then flying to the next wave, and running again, and again and again. They tickle the funny bone, these masters of slapstick, making…
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