Category: Florida

  •     There's and eagle in this photo, taken last October against an autumn sky.   Recently, from the vantage point of a rented canoe, I watched an eagle slowly soar over the water and with an elegant confidence snatch its prey from the willing river and coast away as easily as I breathe.  …

  •     Do we share an ancient memory of a time when life was truly simpler and our days were spent in the open air, close to the changing seasons and nature's ways?   Our true heritage as children of this earth, punctuated by the sounds of drums and exotic horns, and the call of…

  •     99.9% BLUE! What's your favorite color?         St. Augustine Beach, on a blue day.

  •     Flags in the sunshine are irresistibly bright.       The Prince of Whales Restaurant, Cuna Street, St. Augustine, Florida, flying her flags!

  •     If someone asked you what the dominant emotion of your childhood was, what would your answer be?   This happened to me and it wasn't a trusted friend or a therapist who posed the question, but someone I cleaned for who could engage me in interesting conversations.   My uninhibited response was, "shame." As…

  •             Metal Art made in Mexico with reclaimed materials.

  •   Primitive anxieties in a "modern" world. Simpler when you can see the predator, and not some elusive shadow from the past.   How to cope?   Trust what you have learned, what you know is true.   Wait it out.   Look around you and believe what you see, not what you feel.  …

  •     The weather has been dramatic the last couple of days. Fierce lightening and dark skies, wind and torrential rain.   Storms in March are intense, and then they are over.   The temperature rises and falls, and rises and falls again.   Like any good drama.     Cloudy sky from March, 2012…

  •   Of course, the sky is everywhere-   but it's bigger at the beach.         St. Augustine Beach, almost sunset.   To my e-mail subscribers, there is a problem with feedburner, and I am not sure that it can be resolved. I will keep you posted. In the meantime, Laine's Blog will…

  •     The long winters are not missed, but the spring bulbs surely are.   Happy Springtime!       St. Augustine Garden, Spring, 2013.