Category: Florida

  •     Breathe in. Hold. …two, three, four. Breathe out.   Stretch…        

  •     The English Language, being ambiguous, has a great many words that have more than one meaning.   Bark is one of them.   And don't get me started on homophonic words. Ok, I can't resist.   Here's a riddle, whose answer contains two pairs of homophonic words: (Answer in Friday's blog post!)  …

  •     "Look at me, I'm tall as a tree!"   In a novel/detective story that I have recently finished reading, the main character defends his choice not to have children by explaining that they start out so well, being loved and cherished and protected  and then they turn into us – adults with tons…

  •     "I know I'm forgetting something, what is it?"      

  •     Figures of dogs have been found in caves thousands of years old, almost always protecting.   Dogs are top of the list of animal partners in our modern age, yet the more we make friends with the multitude of other critters on our planet, (and not just cats, my sweet companion), the more…

  •     Kite surfers at the end of a cloudy windy day in St. Augustine.   From a distance, the kite looks like a giant butterfly. Now that would be interesting… giant gentle things flying among us!     St. Augustine Beach, almost Autumn!

  •     Purple is good too!   It took me three days to retreive the botanical name of this wonderful shrub from the archives of my mind. It is a kind of a dancing word, Callicarpa.   It is not only beautiful, but an effective mosquito repellant!!   Now that is useful beyond measure.  …

  •   A late walk on the beach. Surfers crisscrossing the sand like businessmen with their briefcases on a busy city street. More sea beans reaching out for life than ever before. A sweet sunset that stretches out over the ocean. On the way back, a lovely labyrinth, gladly walked, and a young boy with his…

  •     A pale pink feather, found on the beach is surely from a Roseate Spoonbill.   These strange and beautiful birds are often mistaken for flamingos until you get a clear view of the spoon shaped bill.   In sunset light their color is exquisite, as it is against a clear blue sky when…

  •   Don't be late!