While our Castillo de San Marcos was closed
during the government shutdown,
these wonderful re-enactors,
(volunteers all,)
took to the streets.
Here they are in our temporary gallery on Aviles Street.
We thank them for helping to authenticate the experience of 17th and 18th centuries Spanish Soldier's life in the fort.
© Laine Quinn 2019
The Gallery Group will stage a "POP UP" show every first Friday weekend.
March to be announced!
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.
When the sun rises over the Everglades it seems to explode out of the blackness of night. As it lifts above the soft sawgrass horizon birds burst out of rest and into the sky. Every winged creature seems to have someplace to go and they head off toward it.
In the water, turtles look for logs to crawl up onto to take in some of the sun’s heat. Gators do the same thing a little later on. First they float like nearly submerged logs and then they raise themselves up on their short legs and find a nice muddy bank to stretch out on.
Fish start working the surface of the water and snakes can be found on low hanging branches or undulating their way across the canals.
There is something about the coming of the light and the dying of the light that each of us responds to in an almost primal fashion. When the sun goes down we know it will come back but that makes it no less delightful when it does.
Every day is like the first day and when the sun comes up, life is waiting to begin anew.
Photo by guest blogger Sue Harrison, location Everglades, Florida
If you ever get the chance to visit Bryce Canyon in Utah, do it!
Magnificent views from top to bottom dance with the sun all day long.
And hiking among the Hoodoos is a strange and wonderful experience,
as is the switchback that gets you back to the top!
Thanks to Patti Chappell for sharing this beautiful photograph.