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  • Your Next President

        "On further reflection, and after careful consideration, I believe it would be in your very best interest, for so many reasons that I can't go into here, to make me your *nest president.   You won't be sorry.       *Some typos are irresistible! The Great Blue Heron, for president!  

  • Dancing Molecules

        Dancing molecules around the harbor, water everywhere.   Light gray, dark gray and my favorite, payne's gray, and silvery fish slicing the surface in a frenzy as sailboats swing on their moorings.   A calm and lovely evening.     St. Augustine Harbor, and the Bridge of LIons.

  • Cause A Riot

        What can you say about things that change colors and cause riots?   Wish I could do that!       Boston Ivy, one of my favorite vines.

  • If Life Is A Dream…

        If life is "but a dream," then the paradox is that the only way to realize this is to wake up!       Spanish moss hanging from the trees in Blue Spring State Park, Florida.  

  • Unexpected

        Sometimes, when your plans don't work out the way that you had hoped, if you follow your nose to the beach, you might be treated to some fabulous rides on your boogie board, and an unexpected sunset.   Not too shabby for another day on earth.   Just sayin'.     St. Augustine…

  • Are You Real?

      Mom, is that a real lizard?        

  • The Gods Smiled

        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…

  • Emerald Eyes

        I once saw a cormorant catch a fish that was so large it almost sank her.   Somehow she managed to swallow it, and was very still and low in the water for a long long time.   She didn't have to eat another thing for a week!     Double Crested Cormorant,…

  •     Lately, the waves have been rolling in perfect tubes at St. Augustine Beach. It's a surfer's dream.  

  • The Run Away Shadow

        My shadow tried to get away yesterday, but I put my hands on my head and saved the day.   I mean what would I do without my shadow?       St. Augustine Beach's new beach looking back toward the Pavilion.