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  • How’s It Growing?

        Remember our little leaf from a week ago?     Yes, one week later!     And another one on the way!   Ain't life great?          

  • What if…?

        What if you really really loved yourself and you stopped beating yourself up?   Think how (and don't take this the wrong way), everyone around you would be much happier?!   What if lollygagging at least half of the time is what it's all about?   Could you love yourself better?   The…

  • Hide Away…

        After watching a young girl staring up into this tree the night before this shot was taken, and then hearing all kinds of wonderful owl sounds coming and going, I spied this pair of owl "babies" in the hollow of a tall tree. One of them trying to sleep, and the other trying…

  • This and This and That

        This bit of springtime magic is…       at the end of this, and in a few weeks…       it will unfold into that!     We do that too, but it takes a lot longer to come into our magnificence.   At least for me it did, does…  …

  • So…?(continued…)

        So, what do you want to do today?   Walk? You know I can fly, right? Of course you do!   Oh, you can too?   What's metforkly?        

  • Pink

        It's the season for huge blossoms on our azaleas.   Some years are better than others, but this year is up there with the best.       St. Augustine's Azaleas, 2014.      

  • Surf’s Up…

          If you came to St. Augustine Beach to surf on your Spring break, today was a very good day!   I knew when I got out of the car to walk on the beach in my sweater and jeans,  that I would have to face the Spring Breakers in their bikinis.  …

  • You Decide

        Sunset behind them, daybreak ahead…   What will tomorrow bring?   More kindness, less worry, sunshine or rain?   You decide.   Ok, you don't command the weather yet, but kindness? Worry? Yes.   Yes, we do!     This post is borrowed from LainesBlog, 2012, with some minor alterations, and with permission.…

  • Paths Taken

          There are paths taken, and paths not taken.   It doesn't pay to have regrets.   Each life is so unique, yours, mine, that it can only be lived by a you or a me.   There is no other way.   No one will ever get the whole story of your life except…

  • The Basics, Plus Two!

        The basics: a book, a banana, and a bottle!   Plus, a friendly dragon, and a cool lunch bag, and one more – a walk in the park with a wee one!   Life is still good!