Blue-winged Teal comings and goings. Recently, while enduring another quiet morning at a favorite birding "Hot Spot" about the only entertainment ...
Beauty in an Angry Sea
The ocean is never still. When we are at the beach we expect to see waves to the horizon. Large waves or mere ripples. Here in Southwest Florida, ...
Sanibel Island Light and Boca Grande Lighthouse stand as sentinels for Pine Island Sound
Two historic lighthouses keep watch over the entrances to Pine Island Sound in Southwest Florida. The Sanibel Island Light or Point Ybel Light was ...
Cortez Fishing Village, a Bit of Old Florida
We were in the neighborhood and decided to stop at the Star Fish Company for a blackened grouper sandwich. It was early afternoon and the place was ...
A Little Rodeo Action in the Sunshine State
I see your look. Rodeos in Florida? The land of orange groves, beaches, and Disney World. Yup! Florida has been raising cattle since 1521 when Ponce ...
Sunday Stills: Great Egret
A Great Egret glides silently over a Florida marsh, as they have for eons. And hopefully, for eons more if we can stop Florida's politicians from ...
Everglades Landscapes
Florida's Everglades is vast, is flat. And as Marjory Stoneman Douglas said, "A River of Grass." The views panoramic. The landscapes are as much ...
“High Life” ~ not so much
Shrimpers and most watermen, for that matter, are a tenacious, hardy bunch. For many, it has been a family way of life for generations. Salt ...
Indian Rocks Beach Redux
We last spoke of the lovely Morning at Indian Rocks Beach. Well, it's late now, and the sun is slowly finishing its trek across the summer sky. I ...
Morning at Indian Rocks Beach
This is it! The day I've been waiting for - that perfect day at the beach. The morning is bright and clear and I'm out the door, my towel and ...
