Laine's Blog, Thinking Out Loud

Birds of a Feather...

 

Fish together!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vilano Beach, this morning!

Human, Stork, Egrets.

 

 

Sunset

 

 

Anchored driftwood-

the top completes the bottom

on reflection.

 

 

Yesterday's sunset, yesteryear's tree...St. Augustine Inlet, Vilano Beach.

 

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!!!!!!!!!!!

 

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.

 

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!

Illusions

 

 

Mountains and valleys in microcosm...

the eroding beach has its own beauty.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

St. Augustine Beach; an astronomical high tide and a stiff North East wind. 9.16.16.

Tidal Pool

 

 

St. Augustine's tiny skyline in the distance

on a warm summer morning

promising

rain.

 

 

 

Vilano Beach at the inlet.

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Paradise?

The Perfect Wave

Some People...

 

Just have to make art...

 

 

 

Most people, actually,

whether or not they call themselves artists,

do indeed make art,

one way or the other.

 

 

 

Beach art, St. Augustine Beach, August, 2016.

The Perfect Wave

 

 

On a day like this,

you can see the wave of energy

underneath the water

rippling toward the beach

like a friendly giant

flexing its mussels.

 

 

 

 

 

St. Augustine Beach, August 2016.

(Just a reminder, HUGE Garage sale at Butterfield Garage, lots of great art at great prices! 137 King Street.

Paradise?

 

 

The Bahamas?

Maybe.

But here in St. Augustine we have the best beaches!

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Bahamas, and St. Augustine Beach, July 2016.

 

 

 

Good Use Of A Drone...

 

 

I want one!!!

 

 

 

 

 

St. Augustine Beach.

Gone Swimming!

 

 

 

 

 

 

St. Augustine Beach!

What the World Needs Now...

 

 

Connection...

with our natural world,

with the beauty that is all around us,

and with each other.

 

Love

and

Kindness

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guana Tolomato Matanzas Research Reserve. Ponte Vedre, Florida.

No Words...

 

 

 

 

 

Hidden Gifts

 

 

What I have been trying not to say out loud,

is that there are blessings or gifts hidden in tragedies,

and these gifts may not be obvious for some time to come,

but they are there.

 

If we can make a commitment not to let the anger and helplessness

allow us to disconnect,

and instead turn to our friends and families,

and really see them in that deep way that keeps love alive,

then that compassion spreads to our neighbors, and the person behind the counter,

and we become part of the force that moves us away from the madness,

and towards creating a loving and compassionate world.

 

Be gentle with each other and kind and open.

 

 

 

 

Reprinted from Laine's Blog, April 18th, 2013.

 

 

Good News

 

Even though our art show is closed,

the good news is that

I have been accepted into the Butterfield Garage Art Gallery!

So...

You can see a smaller selection of my photographs anytime!

 

Pat Arenas is already a member and her work is always on display.

 

That being said, here are the promised photos of the show.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks to all for your love and support,

friends and family,

far and near.

We love you!

 

 

 

 

 

The Call Of The Sea...

 

 

Pat and Laine's Art Show at

Butterfield Garage Art Gallery

has been extended one week,

through May 3rd.

 

(So all of the procrastinators in the building still have a chance to see it!)

 

Butterfield Garage is located on King Street in St. Augustine,

137 King Street.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Front window display, Butterfield Garage Art Gallery.

Thanks!

 

Wild Wind

 

After so many days of a wild wind...

 

 

 

No surfing today.

 

 

 

 

St. Augustine Inlet, April 17, 2016.

 

 

King From The Hill...

 

It's "King of the Hill"

 

King from the hill...

I'm King from the hill!!

 

Ok...

King!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aden on the dune, St. Augustine Beach, yesterday!

(Laine and Pat's show went really really well, and will be hanging until the 26th of April.)

(Thanks to family and friends for being there. We love you!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

HELLO!

 

It's been awhile since I have posted a page here and my only excuse is that I have been really really busy.

The truth is I have missed it, and my life is taking a turn for the "normal"-

normal for me that is,

and there will be more time

to post whatever comes into my beautiful mind!

 

For now, an invitation to come and see what I have been up to most recently:

 

 

YES! AN ART SHOW!

 Featuring Pat's paintings inspired by my photography,

and an entire wall of my photographs,

mostly of seascapes in keeping with the theme of the show.

 

For those of you far away, I will take photos of my wall and Pat's wonderful paintings and eventually post them here.

For those nearby, I hope you will find your way to the gallery before the show closes at the end of April.

 

I am very excited about the show and nervous and excited!

 

That being said,

It's good to be back!

 

 

 

 

Show runs through April 26th, 2016.

 

 

 

It's Happening

 

Again!

 

 

Sea smoke.

 

 

 

 

 

Cold air meets warmish water and voila, sea smoke!

Thanks to David for sharing this beautiful phenomena in the cold hours after sunrise, Sunday morning, January 24th, 2016.

St. Augustine Beach.

 

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Sea Smoke

Foggy Days

 

 

Warm weather passing through.

Cooler air on the way.

Raining now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Silhouettes at the beach, St. Augustine Beach, Florida.

Like a Summer Day...

 

The day after Christmas at the beach...

 

 

So sunny, so hot,

summer in December.

 

The locals are ready for some cooler weather,

while the Northerners bask in the warmth

before heading back to the tundra.

 

 

 

 

 

Vilano Beach, December 26, 2015, St. Augustine.

Circles...

 

 

...around the moon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

St. Augustine Beach, December moon 2015, Anastasia State Park, sea oats.

 

It's The Winter Solstice

 

 

The longest night

moves into the day

that is the start of longer days

and shorter

nights.

 

Imperceptible,

yet,

very welcome.

 

 

 

 

Take the Time...

 

 

 

Pelicans coasting up and down on the air currents,

as graceful as anything that flies.

 

Watching them reminds me to relax and lighten up.

They seem to know that life is meant to be enjoyed

and that there's time enough for the important things,

and that play is one of those important things.

 

 

 

 

From the Archives, November 29, 2012.

St. Augustine Beach.

Blue Evening

 

 

Another day comes to an end,

or rather

daylight ends!

 

The night is young!

 

 

 

 

St. Augustine Beach Pier from Anastasia State Park, yesterday!

 

Gratitude...

 

 

Ever grateful for the beautiful ocean,

the wind and pelicans,

for night blooming jasmine off my deck,

for the moon and stars,

for family and friends I adore,

for my health and happiness.

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

 

 

 

 

 

St. Augustine Beach.