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Category: St. Augustine
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Kite surfers at the end of a cloudy windy day in St. Augustine. From a distance, the kite looks like a giant butterfly. Now that would be interesting… giant gentle things flying among us! St. Augustine Beach, almost Autumn!
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Purple is good too! It took me three days to retreive the botanical name of this wonderful shrub from the archives of my mind. It is a kind of a dancing word, Callicarpa. It is not only beautiful, but an effective mosquito repellant!! Now that is useful beyond measure. …
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A pale pink feather, found on the beach is surely from a Roseate Spoonbill. These strange and beautiful birds are often mistaken for flamingos until you get a clear view of the spoon shaped bill. In sunset light their color is exquisite, as it is against a clear blue sky when…
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Saturday evening as I was driving along US 1, there was a beautiful sunset over the marsh, next to the railroad tracks. A storm was moving away that created a low ceiling or shelf that by and by was gray and then golden and then a wonderful sunset glow of oranges and…
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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.
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Mom, is that a real lizard?
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Sometimes a little silliness at the end of the week is all that is needed… "Flamingo" tile was created on a silly day by Jennifer Roche, of Jennifer Roche Custom Tile in St. Augustine, Florida.
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The look, smell, and sound of this beach brings back memories of my childhood. It is a mere inlet away from St. Augustine Beach, yet the sand and the shape and the voice – so different- are worlds away. A lifetime away… Vilano Beach, St. Augustine, just the other…
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Blue skies and gentle breezes. It's still summer here, but not quite as hot, and there's a scent in the air of cooler nights to come. Roof top and shadows in St. Augustine, Florida
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Just a short bridge across the river. Easy going from shore to shore. Without it, how to cross? Swim? Boat? Pelican? Are you a bridge? Have you helped a friend get from here to there across troubled waters? Has someone been there for you? Perhaps everyone is a bridge, at one…