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March winds,
and look at the trees.
What are they whispering to each other
and now they are laughing!
How many years have they stood
side by side
chattering in the wind
and silent in the calm air?
How many years?
How many stories in all that time?
Old souls,
Good neighbors.
Spanish Moss dancing in the wind on Hontoon Island, ©2007.
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How many years did this tree stand taller and taller
before a mighty wind took her down?
My 4 year old friend is dwarfed in the cave of her roots,
with his bag of treasures -berries, leaves and feathers.
Aden and Oak, Guana Tolomato Matanzas Estuarine Research Reserve trail. That's a mouthful! Wonderful park with a full size Right Whale in the nature center.
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Ducks still swim in ponds and the sky still reflects beautifully on the water.
The sun rises and sets and the moon too.
And so we must also,
rise and set with the rhythms of life.
Ducks at Treaty Park where a historic treaty was signed with the Natives and subsequently broken.
St. Augustine, Florida.
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Yesterday was the first day of summer,
and here in St. Augustine it was a perfect summer day-
clear skies with occasional clouds,
temps in the mid 80's,
and a soft breeze.
Later the Full Moon rose large and bright over the river or ocean or road,
depending on where you were.
A perfect day.
Appreciated, enjoyed and needed...
Guana Talamato Matanzas Research Reserve.
A Walk in the Woods.
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After a day of storms,
the beach beckons
and there's a wedding against the backdrop of the green water
under a canopy of clouds.
Meanwhile...
Life goes on-
surfers surf,
and birds scamper for their food,
while folks walk or ride their bikes or swim,
oblivious to the special moment that is paramount to the people attending,
especially, one could hope, to the hapless couple!
All best to one and all!
St. Augustine Beach, Anastasia State Park, September 12th, 2015.
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Is this oak tree burdened by the spanish moss?
If you really pay attention to your life,
then you recognize that your burdens are connected to your joys.
All you have to do is remember where the love is.
And that gets easier and easier,
when you realize that your love
is everywhere!
Blue Spring State Park, Florida
Reprinted (and rewritten!) from Laine's Blog, August 2012, with permission.
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Where's Laine?
I don't know.
Maybe she's hungry.
Did you say Hungary?
No, I said hungry.
Oh. Why?
I don't know!
Laine's Blog will be shaken and stirred for the next couple of weeks, with some help from guest blogger, Sue Harrison and some repeats from the archives. Have a great few weeks and be back before you know it!
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There comes some mud in everyone's life that you have to go through,
whether it's an awkward situation that you wish hadn't happened,
or something that you must do,
that you'd rather not.
It helps to take yourself lightly,
not so seriously,
get through it as gracefully as possible,
dust yourself off,
and carry on.
Or in this case,
rinse yourself off
and carry on!
(Wings help too!)
Egret and Heron walking in the shallows at Wakulla Springs State Park, ©2007.
Borrowed and added onto from LainesBlog, August 2013. Used with permission!
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Blue sky.
Sunshine.
Spanish moss.
A swim in the cool, refreshing springs.
Summertime!
DeLeon Springs, pancakes, canoeing and swimming!
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