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.
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Once upon a time there was a lovely aster.
This aster was enjoying the last light of an autumn evening in Baltimore,
when suddenly it was surrounded by butterflies.
They were the most unusual butterflies that this aster had ever seen,
and quite frankly they took her breath away!
The End
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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 side of the inlet, across the other bridge, yesterday.
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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 time or another,
sometimes without even realizing it.
Bridges are engineering marvels.
Some are plain, some ornate and others simply elegant.
We depend on them more than we realize.
The renovated Bridge of Lions in St. Augustine, Florida.
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Ever have trouble focusing on the most important thing?
So many distractions and excuses.
Sooner or later you'll put everything else aside and get to it.
Tomorrow!
No really, tomorrow!
Marsh abstract from the bridge.
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In the hammock, St. Augustine Beach's version of sand dunes,
these flowers were a lavender surprise.
There they were, along with the yellow daisies and the blanket flowers.
By evening they were gone.
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As above,
so below.
or,
you could say…
Heaven on Earth!
Moors Reflection, west end of Provincetown, Massachusetts.
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Another birthday come and gone.
No big resolutions,
just keep the spirit high
as best as I can
and be true.
Thanks to all dear friends and family,
I love you!
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Safe enough to sleep wherever exhaustion steals you away
and to know that you are surrounded by family and friends.
Faith that you are loved and accepted for who you are
and that you can love like that too, without expectations.
And a heart big enough to see the blessings wrapped in each day.
Thanks to Carol for sharing her bracelet that reminded me that I am SAFE AND LOVED.
Thanks especially to Andrew who is sleeping in this photo taken a hundred years ago.
Manatee art by Grover, a.k.a. T.G. Rice, available at Grover's Gallery on St. George St., in St. Augustine, Florida.
And, Happy Birthday, Libby!!!!
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