Category: Photography

  •       There's something about a sandbar that beckons you to come out past your comfort zone, to tempt the tide and time, just a little farther, a little longer… all will be well. Promise!         Matanzas River, between the inlet and the fort, reprinted from LainesBlog, June 2013.  

  •     A year ago, a wedding. Lots of flowers and friends and fun.   So much has happened since those flowers. So much in one year.   Did you have a year like that?         (Happy Anniversary!)  

  •     The colors of summer!             Under the umbrella, St. Augustine Beach.

  •   So, you want my recipe on how to relax?     Find a shady, sunny spot. Spread out on a comfortable leaf, that sways gently in the breeze, and is close to something wonderful. Like this.     Voilá!   Perfection!   (This recipe can be customized to meet you specific specifications, such as,…

  •     Friends, paddling along together through life's currents. It's a calm evening and mild in between the storms and troubles. There's peace and quiet and a kind of welcome ordinariness, a rightness about things that begins to include the storms and troubles and the peace and quiet.   All's well.        …

  •   A mile or even a half mile in shoes that don't, won't, can't possibly fit you, would cause a lot of pain.   It's a nice thought, to put yourself in someone else's shoes, but it is an impossible task that requires many assumptions.   Better to honor another person's path, knowing that you…

  •     Words escape me…         Bearded Iris from last May!  

  •       A young hawk sitting on a car roof in the parking lot. Patient and fearless, it watches me as I watch it.   If the hawk could ask me one question, what would it be?   "Where are your feathers?"   "Can you fly?"   or   "Is this your car?"    …

  •     If I were to climb aboard this hard working boat, I wouldn't have the foggiest, or the sunny-est, idea of what to do. But someone does and they are probably very good at it too.   Do you give yourself credit for the things you've learned, the things you know for sure, and…

  •   You never know what you'll find at your local boatyard, until you get there.   Boats? Yes!     All kinds of boats!     And an homage to world peace…     And what's this, a yellow submarine?     No silly, it's a Bug. A yellow bug!       Marine life…