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  • Tulips Going By

        Tulips going by, as all things must, beautifully.         Photo by Gilda Strutz ©2013. Thanks Gilda!   (It's National Poetry Month, so dust off those gems that you've jotted down and submit them to laine@lainesblog.com. Poems will be published the last week of April, so submit by the 19th. Add…

  • Sturdy Mountains

        These solid, sturdy, dependable mountains, remind me of the wild, rolling ocean, wave after wave after wave.       The view from Brasstown Bald Mountain in Georgia.

  • Misty Sunset

        Light and shadow and everything in between.             Anastasia Island State Park, St. Augustine, Florida.

  • Flight or Fight?

      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.  …

  • Storms in March

        The weather has been dramatic the last couple of days. Fierce lightening and dark skies, wind and torrential rain.   Storms in March are intense, and then they are over.   The temperature rises and falls, and rises and falls again.   Like any good drama.     Cloudy sky from March, 2012…

  • Back To The Beach

      Of course, the sky is everywhere-   but it's bigger at the beach.         St. Augustine Beach, almost sunset.   To my e-mail subscribers, there is a problem with feedburner, and I am not sure that it can be resolved. I will keep you posted. In the meantime, Laine's Blog will…

  • Happy Spring

        The long winters are not missed, but the spring bulbs surely are.   Happy Springtime!       St. Augustine Garden, Spring, 2013.

  • First Thing This Morning

        What a great way to start the day.         March 19th rainbow, 2013, St. Augustine, Florida.

  • Prehistoric Bird

        Glistening in the sun's rays, this branch flew out like some prehistoric bird, threatening the serenity of an easy afternoon on the clear water of an ageless spring.       Alexander Springs, Ocala National Forest, Florida.

  • Sailing Again

        Dreaming about sailing again…           Alexander Springs, with metal boat from Barberville Roadside Yard Art and Produce.