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Category: St. Augustine Beach

  • Stay or Go?

        Lately I've been dreaming about sailing, about taking a small boat out for the day and sharing time with herons and egrets and dolphins.   The large boat in the photograph was spotted off St. Augustine Beach, and she seemed to be making up her mind about whether to stay or go, sailing…

  • One Crazy Species or You Are Not Alone!

        What do you do when you're feeling off balance? Do you wriggle one way and then another? Do you blame some one or some thing? Was it perhaps something that you ate or drank – last night? Or something that someone said that threw you off?   Do you ever wonder if there is…

  • There’s Always Something To Worry About

        Such a mild winter, still walking with toes in the water. Are we on borrowed time? Such a superstitious species! If we're having a warm winter, then what's the summer going to be like?   Being human and being in the moment, enjoying what shows up, is the challenge we mortals have faced…

  • Nature’s Diversity

      The diversity found in nature is sometimes mind boggling.     Pictured here are two black skimmers and a laughing gull. Skimmers are apparently the only species of bird with the lower mandible longer than the upper.  Watching them as they fly so close to the water to capture small fish and insects near…

  • Dream BIG!

      Let's never forget that we are a nation that can dream BIG, and make those dreams come true.   What are your dreams for our America?     The last launch of the Space Shuttle, Discovery, seen from St. Augustine Beach on February 24th, 2011. 

  • Big Sky

        Even here at sea level, we have Big Sky!   (There's a crescent moon hiding in these clouds somewhere,  but I can't find it!)      

  • Did I Smell Like Fish?

        The funniest gull sauntered up to me yesterday as I was sitting quietly alone on the beach. It was as if he wanted to tell me something. I am still trying to figure out what that was! He stayed for a good while, even tried to nibble my toes. Then he flew gracefully…

  • A Warm End to December

      A beautiful sunset. A man walks barefoot at the edge of the tide with the help of two canes. A warm end to December in St. Augustine.    

  • Here Comes the Sun

        Although the WInter Solstice marks the longest night of the year, it is a celebration of light.   It's the birthday of the sun.   Our red star turns his warm face back to earth once again and like the ancients, we are assured that there will be another spring and another harvest and…

  • Taking to the Skies!

      Lawn ornaments take to the sky! (Seen here flying over the Bridge of Lions in St. Augustine, Florida.) They seem to be headed North, bad idea! It's cold up there you guys, it's a big mistake!