Laine's Blog, Thinking Out Loud

Secret Agents, Tiggers, and Super Heroes!!

 

So wonderful to see St. George Street full of activity...

 

 

and a dragon, and and and...

 

Happy Halloween!

 

 

One of my favorites...

 

 

Black skimmers, passing through Vilano Beach.

 

 

 

 

Wild Ocean...

 

 

St. Augustine inlet, Saturday morning...

waves going in all directions!

 

 

 

 

 

Oh, by the way, Laine's blog turns 5 this month!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Someone Asked...

 

How are we doing in St. Augustine?

 

We are strong, but fatigued.

Grateful - "It could have been much worse", yet heartbroken,

if not for ourselves,

then for the other.

 

There are still piles and piles of debris in most neighborhoods.

Debris that is mostly tree limbs and branches and spanish moss,

and some consist of peoples beds, sofas, cabinets, rugs..

There are homes that are no longer standing,

and motels and thrift stores that have all of their contents outside.

Some shops downtown lost everything.

 

There are stories, lots of stories.

Young people who stayed in St. Augustine after finishing school, always intending to leave,

who lost everything in their rented apartments in the flood zone, and are now leaving to continue their dreams.

People without jobs or homes who live here and want to stay.

 

We are still in a daze,

but working hard to get it back together

and feel "normal" again.

 

We are strong, grateful, moving forward...

 

 

 

 

 

I don't have the heart to take photos of the devastation, so will be posting beautiful photographs next week to inspire and comfort.

The Thing About Being Four...

 

Boundless Energy!

 

 

The urge to make art, anytime, anywhere...

 

 

And making easy friends with driftwood creatures...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

St. Augustine Beach, nearly a week after the Hurricane, with Aden, October, 2016.

The Beach...

 

There is a ton of debris and the St. Augustine Beach Pier

is still closed,

but we are survivors,

we, who love the beach...

 

The Atlantic's back porch...

Yoga? Anyone?

 

It's still dangerous to swim, but people were swimming

and surfing and kite surfing.

 

Bless us all.

 

To My Peeps

 

St. Augustine is a mess,

but all the people and pets that I love

are doing fine.

 

Me too.

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox

Gratitude is the word of these days...

 

 

 

Back Tire in the Pacific...

 

Front Tire in the Atlantic...

 

 

Me thinks that I may have stumbled upon the very festive,

celebratory final leg of a coast to coast

bicycle run.

 

Happy guys putting their bikes in the salty Atlantic!!!

 

And a bottle of Champagne!

 

WOW!

 

 

 

 

St, Augustine Beach, yesterday!