Laine's Blog, Thinking Out Loud

So...?(continued...)

 

 

So, what do you want to do today?

 

Walk?

You know I can fly, right?

Of course you do!

 

Oh, you can too?

 

What's metforkly?

 

 

 

 

So...?

 

 

So, what do you want to do today?

 

Walk?

You know I can fly, right?

Of course you do!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pink

 

 

It's the season for huge blossoms on our azaleas.

 

Some years are better than others,

but this year is up there with the best.

 

 

 

St. Augustine's Azaleas, 2014.

 

 

 

Surf's Up...

 

 

 

If you came to St. Augustine Beach to surf on your Spring break,

today was a very good day!

 

I knew when I got out of the car to walk on the beach in my sweater and jeans, 

that I would have to face the Spring Breakers in their bikinis.

 

Well, the wet suits were out too!

 

Beautiful waves and sunshine too!

 

 

(I was still glad that I had my sweater on,

even though the water was delightful on my feet!)

 

 

 

St. Augustine Beach, the warm day!

 

 

 

Cedar Waxwings

 

 

The Cedar Waxwings are coming through St. Augustine again.

I tried to warn them about the weather up North,

but they probably already know!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You Decide

 

 

Sunset behind them,

daybreak ahead...

 

What will tomorrow bring?

 

More kindness, less worry,

sunshine or rain?

 

You decide.

 

Ok, you don't command the weather yet,

but kindness?

Worry?

Yes.

 

Yes, we do!

 

 

This post is borrowed from LainesBlog, 2012, with some minor alterations, and with permission. ;>)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Exchange

 

 

Two Cardinals calling back and forth to one another in the woods today.

 

It's Springtime again.

 

A friend's Mom goes into Hospice.

 

A nephew's brand new baby girl arrives safely -

plump and happy!

 

As you get older, you see it more clearly.

 

(Breathe out.

Breathe in.)

 

The exchange of life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paths Taken

 

 

 

There are paths taken,

and paths not taken.

 

It doesn't pay to have regrets.

 

Each life is so unique, yours, mine,

that it can only be lived by a you or a me.

 

There is no other way.

 

No one will ever get the whole story of your life except you.

It's how it is.

 

So, relax,

trust, and

 enjoy.

 

  

 

From the archives of LainesBlog, March 2013.

 

Green

 

 

What's your favorite green?

 

 

Happy Saint Patty's Day!

 

 

 

Yellow

 

 

Yellow,

fellow,

cello,

mellow.

 

Hello!

 

 

 

Reflection, May Street Landing, St. Augustine.

 

The Basics, Plus Two!

 

 

The basics:

a book,

a banana,

and

a bottle!

 

Plus,

a friendly dragon,

and a cool lunch bag,

and one more -

a walk in the park with a wee one!

 

Life is still good!

 

 

 

 

 

Water Sculptures, Sort of...

 

Water is the architect of much of our world.

Beaches are rearranged daily by oceans and tides.

 

 

Snow is rained upon, melts, and refreezes in amazingly similar ways.

 

 

 

 

And this wonderful creature spends all of her time in water

and the lines along her body are

a lot like the sandy beach above.

 

 

 

 

1. St. Augustine Beach

2. Baltimore backyard, with snow.

3. Humpback Whale, rolling in the Atlantic Ocean.

 

Stardust

 

 

In the past I was in the habit of visiting the Astronomy Picture of the Day

each night before I shut off my computer for some wonderfulness to end the day.

This was posted on March 6th, 2014 and I find it astonishing!

 

APOD -

Thank you!

 

 

 

 

Elegant Memorial

 

 

The style?

Second Renaissance Revival.

 

A memorial to Henry Flagler's Daughter,

Jennie Louise Benedict.

 

Built in 1889.

 

I suppose all fathers love their daughters (and sons) just as much,

and would show them in beautiful ways if they could.

 

I suppose, in truth, we all love each other just as much, some days!

 

It's a beautiful, elegant memorial of a father's love and loss.

 

 

 

Memorial Presbyterian Church, St. Augustine, Florida

 

That Magnificent Amaryllis

 

 

Showing signs of life after being transpotted,

here it comes again,

that magnificent Amaryllis!

 

There's a lot of information packed into those bulbs -

information and beauty and wonder.

 

 

 

 

The Silver Lining

 

 

With all the snow up north,

the daffodills will be smiling so brightly when they bloom!

 

It's the Nitrogen in the snow that nourishes their roots and the earth.

 

Spring will be spectacular.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Watch This!

 

 

Watch out!

 

 

 

Aden, over a year ago, during one of our warm winters!

 

 

Fence Sitting?

 

 

Are you having trouble making a decision,

feeling like there might be something more on the other side of the fence?

Talking it over with friends?

 

 

Ready for a different perspective?

 

 

Sitting on a fence has its merits.

You get to see at least two versions of your story,

but sooner or later you must come down on one side or the other,

if only for your supper!

 

 

 

A cat named Kitty.