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Here today… gone tomorrow. Deck flowers, April colors, 2017.
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Good Morning! Actually, this was a good night! Sunset at The St. Augustine inlet.
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Worrying… It's quite a distraction… and then, well… Wonder on the other hand, it will lift you up and up and up! (I wonder what I will worry about today?) (I worry what I will wonder about tomorrow!) Just wonderin'. Here's a line from one of…
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You learn something everyday, even at my advanced age! lichen (li ken), n. an organism composed of a fungus in union with an alga, commonly forming patches on rocks and trees. What I didn't know was that "alga" is the singular of algae! algae (al je), n.pl., sing. -ga (ge),…
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A possum at the door last night reminded me of this one… No worries! Reprinted from Laine's Blog October, 2011.
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Nestlings are so very vulnerable. This little one endured severe thunderstorms, only to be stalked by a crowd of noisy crows and survived that too. Nature provides lots of drama for her creatures. Perhaps we all have a nestling within us…our inner hatchling. It's the part of us that has come through…
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A sunny day with my young friend, and a walk in the park. Sometimes the trees just take my breath away! Yes, there are grander trees in St. Augustine, but with the sun shining through this relatively young Oak, it was a delight. Lighthouse park, with Aden.…
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Stay safe, my Northern friends, it will soon be over. Valentine's snowstorm, Baltimore 2014.
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Be kind To your web-footed friends, for a duck may be somebody's Mother. Be kind to your friends in the swamp, where the weather is very very damp…. The End! Muscovy Ducks at Treaty Park being very friendly.
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The thing is that Venus has been so bright in the Western sky lately that she takes my breath away. It is difficult to take an interesting photograph of a little white dot of light, so I borrowed this moon shot with Venus, taken in 2013. But seeing it is the…
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