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  • Treasure Found…

      Many years ago I began a novel by Zora Neale Hurston and couldn't find the rhythm of her words and abandoned the effort. About a month ago I picked up her autobiography, "Dust Tracks on a Road" at our local Library and was blown away.   Here is a writer with an understanding of…

  • All Is Well…

        All is right with the world on an evening like this, after a cloudy day, all is well.         St. Augustine harbor, leading out to the inlet, almost sunset. © Laine Quinn 2019

  • St. Augustine Weather…

        Hot and humid one day, foggy the next, rain and then cold after that… That's our winter, here in St. Augustine, warm again now, in the 70's all week!   Not too shabby!       Porpoise Point, Vilano Beach, December 30th, 2018. ©Laine Quinn    

  • Progression of the Full Moon Rising…

          This is nothing like watching the Moon rising over the ocean in person, but it's all I got! It was truly breathtaking!    

  • Full Moon Rising…

        A perfect full moon, coming up over the horizon.   Nothing marks the daily passage of time so acutely as the phases of the moon. Four clear beautiful nights (and sunny days) at the beach, and she's practically at half mast when it is time to go home. On cloudy days, we are…

  • Thirty Days…

        Thirty days has September, April, June and November, and you know the rest! The last day of November, December coming on- take it gently, lovingly, wisely! Let the others get crazy and drive crazy and etc. Let's be wise! And Enjoy!     Bales in Virginia, some years ago, forgotten by now by…

  • It’s a Love Story…

      An affair of the heart and soul…     Where waves crash hearts are mended.               St. Augustine Beach, June 2018. © Laine Quinn 2018

  • The Stuff Of Life…

      Frog eggs! Day 2, the little dots will soon be tiny tadpoles!       How life begins, began, begun! © Laine Quinn 2018

  • The Hollow Log

        The sun is shining in a break in this long hollow log, giving life to any number of creatures and green living things.               Fallen Oak, Wolfe Laurel, North Carolina. © Laine Quinn 2018  

  • Determination…

        This little seedling rooted itself in the crack of my deck table. That's how all of the forests began… one seedling at a time.         "Life's longing for itself." © Laine Quinn, 2018