Category: Nature

  •     What I have been trying not to say out loud, is that there are blessings or gifts hidden in tragedies, and these gifts may not be obvious for some time to come, but they are there.   If we can make a commitment not to let the anger and helplessness allow us to…

  •     "Hey, you forgot to put the seed out. I can see you in there. You forgot to put the seed out. Can I come in? I bet I could find it and save you the trouble of carrying it outside. I can see you – is that a cat in there? Is that…

  •   The whole fam-damily…     Daddy too!            

  •     Roseate Spoonbills. Oh, and a white one. And a duck.   Pals on the edge of the turtle pond.   (There's nothing more uncynical than being good to one another.)             Related articles Face it! Birds Have Expressive Faces Too. The Great Egret In A Hurry?

  •     Life keeps coming!   Birds making nests, leaves coming on the trees, flowers everywhere, and best of all, babies being born!   Looks like a lot of optimism to me!           Angel's Trumpet in the neighbors yard!     Related articles Angel's Trumpets…

  •   After so many days of a wild wind…       No surfing today.         St. Augustine Inlet, April 17, 2016.    

  •       These I miss, and the daffodils and the crocus and snowdrops.                   Tulips at Mount Vernon Place, May 2013.    

  •     This tiny squirrel accosted my young friend and his dad on their way back to their car in a parking lot in St. Augustine.   No sign of a mommy or daddy squirrel, so they brought her home with them. She is doing well with regular feeding and warmth and love.   There…

  •   It's "King of the Hill"   King from the hill… I'm King from the hill!!   Ok… King!             Aden on the dune, St. Augustine Beach, yesterday! (Laine and Pat's show went really really well, and will be hanging until the 26th of April.) (Thanks to family and friends for…

  •     A vigilant rest, living so close to those unpredictable humans – with cameras!           Brown Pelicans, sunning themselves at the Conch House in their mating plumage. Was it just last week? No, the week before(!) 2016.