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Category: Magic
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It's the sun that's on fire, not the bushes! Our brightly burning star is a mere 93 million miles away, yet it only takes 8 minutes for its light to reach us – 8 minutes, traveling 186,000 miles per second. It's a mind boggling universe. Late afternoon…
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When warm(ish) salty water meets the cold night air, there is a mist that calls to the soul like the sirens of myths and fantasy. No danger to the land lubber, just a reminder that this is heaven now. Yesterday's sunrise, caught lovingly by David Gardner © 2014. Thanks…
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Now here's a gruesome thought… (bear with me) Since we – each and every one of us – (except those magicians among us) are going to die one day, then we really are the living dead. Rather than being a depressing thought, this idea has the potential to liberate us from the…
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Ok, there is a name for this phenomenon. The sun is setting behind you, and looking east, there are rays of sun and shadow – created by what? St. Augustine Beach, this was opposite the previous photo. Rays in the west and east.
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Drum Roll Please… The next post will be my 500th!!!! It might show up on Friday morning or Saturday or Sunday or Monday…but it will show up with some favorite quotes from my 500 posts! WooooHoooooo!
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Music, that strange juxtaposition of sounds – melodies and harmonies and syncopations - is as ephemeral as the wind. Bette Davis once said that music was the one thing that she could not live without. It's a kind of magic soup that is cooked up by wizards of many stripes - from…
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Look at all of those teeth! A little over three months ago this was his wonderful smile… He's been working hard on those teeth! One of my very best pal's baby, possibly my grandchild…
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It still snows up north, even though it is 75 degrees here in St. Augustine. It's less real than a dream, and impossible to conjure up the actuality of snow! In this photo it's snowing one of those magical snowfalls, where the flakes quietly stick to the branches, transforming the forest. …
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Have you ever had a day where one moment was so very important that your entire future rested upon it? A day outside of space and time, when you must keep your appointment with the gods who decide your fate? Mythical moments, like the shard of a rainbow, and all is…
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How many masks do we shed in a lifetime? Each one seems to be the "real" one, the "last" one. until it is peeled away to reveal another, and another, and another. Who are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going? How many more to come?
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