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Category: Nature
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Madrid or St. Augustine? Lightner Museum, St. Augustine, setting sun, January 2015.
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Primitive anxieties in a "modern" world. Simpler when you can see the predator, and not some elusive shadow from the past. How to cope? Trust what you have learned, what you know is true. Wait it out. Look around you and believe what you see, not what you feel. …
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The sun setting and the moon rising… Everything back in place for now! St. Augustine Beach, March 4th, 2015.
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The other day at the beach, there was a pelican sitting in the water minding her own business, who would stretch her long neck and reach into the water. Then she would point her beak up to the sky revealing a full gullet, swallow and go on minding her own business. …
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What a difference a day makes. 24 little hours! This is true for many things, but in this case it was the weather in Florida! 77 degrees, and surf's up! Flagler beach from the Flagler Fishing pier, Sunday, February 22nd, 2015.
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Beautiful! Fifteen minutes later, and you can see Mars… Another fifteen minutes and it's nighttime… Venus is the brightest star. Mars is just above. Tonight Mars will move closer to Venus, but the moon will be farther away. Crescent Moon, with Venus and Mars,…
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It isn't really how BIG your friends are, it's how big they are in your heart. And they don't have to be going in the same direction as you either. And they might have a goofy grin, but love works, it just does. …
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Big sky, big beach, big wind, big day, big life… St. Augustine Beach, 10 days ago, before the sun came back.
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High Surf Advisory: Coastal Hazard Statement These words are music to a surfer's ears. And wonderful to watch from the safety of the shore, the wind blowing back the spray of the elegant swells. Wild horses, indeed. St. Augustine Beach, just one of those days!
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Check. Landing gear up… Check. These Brown Pelicans, up close enough to see the accordion wings against the sky, are proof positive that we live in a very beautiful, complex, and fascinating world. You are clear for takeoff! Saint Augustine Beach Pier, once again hosting the…
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