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Sunset sentry, overlooking the St. John's River. All's well with the world. Great Egret, Welaka, Florida
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There is a saying that - "Life is what happens to us while we are busy making other plans." Life in all of its messy perfection, like wildflowers by the side of the road that escaped the boundaries of the perfect garden years ago to create another version of Eden. Here it's wild…
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May we all be as lucky as the sailors who took to the sea on the ship protected by this strong and gentle woman. May the storms that surprise us, swiftly run their course and fair winds bring us safely home.
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Everything has a beginning a middle and an end. Sometimes the beginning is obscured by secrets or lies, but it is still there, somewhere. The middle is the fine tuning of intention. If you are a grapevine, it's simple. For humans it's fraught with trial and error. The middle contains the maturing as…
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Not bad!
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A black beach. Beautiful cliffs. In Iceland, the air is so clear that you really can see forever. Forever – Now that's an interesting word. According to Webster, forever: adv. 1. without ever ending: eternally. 2. without stopping: continually. Can you see forever? Love forever? Some say that we live forever,…
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Sometimes a shift in perspective can transform a situation… or help you make sense of a photograph! Photo taken at Blue Springs, State Park, Florida
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In marble halls as white as milk, lined with skin as soft as silk in a fountain crystal clear a golden apple doth appear. There are no doors to this stronghold, yet thieves break in and steal the gold. What is it? (don't peek!) Thanks Billy, for sharing…
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The rays of the sun make their way through the woods like a painter's dappled stroke. You might expect a faery sprite to pop out from behind one of the trees. Of course you might faint if one actually did, but it'd be worth it! Trees found in the mountains of Georgia.
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Standing on a Cape Cod beach one day, I watched as a wave climbed a short ridge to settle on the sand and then disappear. It lasted only a moment and then another wave would come along and do the same thing. Sitting in a noisy restaurant with some friends the other…