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Category: Holidays

  • Stepping Outside of Time

        How did you feel the day after Christmas? Maybe a little like this guy? He's in the middle of a mock battle and seems to be taking a breather.   It's a good week to do that. Step outside of time, and breathe. Sure there's still plenty that has to be done –…

  • Welcome Home!

      Flamingos Seen Over Marsh in St. Augustine South on Christmas Morning!   Welcome home!  

  • ‘Til We Meet Again

        Merry Christmas Everyone!   Stay safe until we meet again!   Love,   Laine  

  • May Your Day Be Warm and Filled With Kindness

      Flamingos Glide Into Times Square in New York City!   They seem to have regained their color. It appears that the hot chocolate the was so kindly shared with them in Baltimore has revived them.   It's Christmas Eve, how are you doing? Are you getting your color back and warming up to the…

  • Here Comes the Sun

        Although the WInter Solstice marks the longest night of the year, it is a celebration of light.   It's the birthday of the sun.   Our red star turns his warm face back to earth once again and like the ancients, we are assured that there will be another spring and another harvest and…

  • Taking to the Skies!

      Lawn ornaments take to the sky! (Seen here flying over the Bridge of Lions in St. Augustine, Florida.) They seem to be headed North, bad idea! It's cold up there you guys, it's a big mistake!    

  • The Moments Will Find You!

        Are humbuggers as much a part of Christmas as sleigh bells and carols? Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is as perennial as Christmas itself. So too Dr. Seus' How The Grinch Stole Christmas, and John Grisham's Skipping Christmas. All of these vehicles attempt to circumvent Christmas and all of them fail.   Is…

  • Just Another Holiday Tradition

        BAH HUMBUG!   (More on this tomorrow.)     (Although the gargoyle is not a typical Christmas icon, this one seemed menacing enough to stand in for Ebenezer Scrooge.)

  • Your Invitation to the Feast

        An open gate, an open door – it's inviting. Will you come to the feast? Or will you say, "Oh, I wasn't invited." or "I don't have anyone to go with."   You're invited. Everyone comes alone. The feast begins when you wake up and it never ends.   Coming?    

  • Get There Safely

        This is the time of year to be gentle with everyone you meet. The guy who just cut you off in traffic might have gotten some really bad news, and be so distracted that he forgot his manners. Or the young woman on her cell phone who doesn't seem to realize that she…