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Watching a lizard that appeared to be frozen in time and space, I realized it was shedding its skin and was unable to move one way or the other. Sometimes we are caught in time and space like that, wrestling with big changes and challenges. It might seem that it would be easier…
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Such a mild winter, still walking with toes in the water. Are we on borrowed time? Such a superstitious species! If we're having a warm winter, then what's the summer going to be like? Being human and being in the moment, enjoying what shows up, is the challenge we mortals have faced…
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Sleeping good. A warm ginger leaf and a frog. Who needs football?
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Can turtles be gregarious? (See "Nature's Diversity" for the definition of gregarious.)
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The diversity found in nature is sometimes mind boggling. Pictured here are two black skimmers and a laughing gull. Skimmers are apparently the only species of bird with the lower mandible longer than the upper. Watching them as they fly so close to the water to capture small fish and insects near…
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Let's never forget that we are a nation that can dream BIG, and make those dreams come true. What are your dreams for our America? The last launch of the Space Shuttle, Discovery, seen from St. Augustine Beach on February 24th, 2011.
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Does a pelican in the water ever doubt that he can raise his sails and take to the air? In three powerful strokes, this huge bird is airborne and glides away.
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Matanzas inlet… a gull with a broken wing walks confidently to the edge of the spit, hitches a ride on the incoming tide and joins a gang of gulls on the other sandbar. Fish are jumping out of the returning river like skipping stones. The heron on the distant shore is quiet. With a…
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Even here at sea level, we have Big Sky! (There's a crescent moon hiding in these clouds somewhere, but I can't find it!)
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