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There was a very short story,
written years ago by Susan Sontag with a title similar to the title of this post.
Once you have finished that story
you discover that the author had never been to China after all!
Same thing here,
neither have I!
The China Pavillion at Epcot Center, Disney.
Susan Sontag's short story appeared in "I etcetera", from what I can glean doing a google search! If anyone knows otherwise, please let me know!
Who are those nervous birds in the tree on the parking lot of the pet store?
Ah ha!
They're the wonderful Cedar Waxwings, coming through again!
Moments later...
In the top photo, you can see air plants as well as mistletoe and little flowers on this deciduous tree that is just leafing out.
Worrying...
It's quite a distraction...
and then,
well...
Wonder on the other hand,
it will lift you up and up and up!
(I wonder what I will worry about today?)
(I worry what I will wonder about tomorrow!)
Just wonderin'.
"Captain" is buried at Disney World and now rests in brine.
Sunset, just off my deck one surprising evening.
By the time this squirrel was finished with the hammock pillow,
there was nothing left.
There was, however a very comfy nest in one of the oak trees.
In a big wind, small pieces of fuzz would rain down on our heads.
Watching nature's critters prepare their nests for the little ones to come is a joy.
Humans too!
What do we look like to the butterfly -
clumsy, mobile trees with no nectar to recommend us?
If butterflies only live two weeks or so, and some trees live 300+ years,
then the span of one human life must look to the tree the way that the butterfly's life looks to us - brief!
So,
What if the Hokey Pokey really is what it's all about?
Reprinted from Laine's Blog, November 2011.
How tightly wrapped are you?
Will you unfold into something big and beautiful
when your time comes?
Springtime in St. Augustine.
Ok, I never quite understood how pilots got onto the big ships.
Now, I do!
These are the men and women
who board a ship outside local harbors to guide them safely through unfamiliar waters.
Where that man is stepping off the pilot boat, there is a door that he slips into.
I thought they had to climb long rope ladders to the upper decks!
It's still dangerous work, but not as dangerous as I once thought!
Pilot boat and pilot in Freeport, The Bahamas, looking down from the 6th deck. There were 4 more above me.
This photograph was an Astronomy Picture of the Day, on March 14, 2015.
It shows a Russian Spacecraft carrying three astronauts,
one American and two Russians,
returning from the International Space Station
over a sea of golden clouds.
You don't hear much about cooperation between these two nations,
but it takes a lot of time and effort to plan a trip like this -
with scientists and cosmonauts and dreams that come true
about people living in space for months at a time and thriving.
This happens all day, everyday in the world,
people getting along
and living side by side with their unique neighbors.
Just look around you!
Are there two sides to the Irish mythology -
leprechauns playing jokes on folks while faeries dance in circles
beneath enchanted trees,
and
the deep sadness that you hear in her ballads and songs?
Here's hoping for a balance between the joys and sorrows
on this St. Patty's Day
and the rest of your tomorrows.
Irish angel in a garden in St. Augustine, Florida.
Reprinted from Laine's Blog, March, 2013.
They say, if you're lucky enough to live near the beach,
you're lucky enough.
I concur.
It's just a hop, skip and a jump away,
lucky me!
St. Augustine Beach, February 26, 2015.
Saint Augustine, Florida
or
Szentendre (Saint Andrews), Hungary?
Yesterday's answer...can you say "Lit'l Itly?"
Baltimore!
Baltimore
or
Budapest?
Yesterday's answer......
Orlando, Disney Hollywood Studios, Faux Street!
San Francisco,
or
Orlando?
Madrid or St. Augustine?
Lightner Museum, St. Augustine, setting sun, January 2015.
Primitive anxieties in a "modern" world.
Simpler when you can see the predator,
and not some elusive shadow from the past.
How to cope?
Trust what you have learned,
what you know is true.
Wait it out.
Look around you and believe what you see,
not what you feel.
And when you are ready,
lean on a friend.
Alligator and Great Blue Heron, surviving side by side in the Everglades, March 2008.
The sun setting and the moon rising...
Everything back in place for now!
St. Augustine Beach, March 4th, 2015.
The other day at the beach,
there was a pelican sitting in the water minding her own business,
who would stretch her long neck and reach into the water.
Then she would point her beak up to the sky revealing a full gullet,
swallow and go on minding her own business.
When a wave threatened her, would she rise into the air,
only to return again on top of the sea and wait,
and not long,
as there must have been a lot of fish in those waves.
Sometimes life's blessings just come to us,
with little or no effort,
all we have to do is show up!
Pelicans, St. Augustine Beach, February 2015.
It's Bike Week in Daytona
so be extra careful of motorcycles on the road,
and ever vigilant of the humorous t-shirts that come your way...
Like this one...
Famous last words...
WATCH THIS!
Or this one...
Ride it like you stole it!
Part of this post reprinted from Laine's Blog, April 2013.