Hurricane Party~Shore Bird Style!

During Issac Walk-well, sort of...

Issac was kind of a bust-which is fine by me!  

I have lived through several major storms and I really don't care if I never see another one!

Anywhoooo... I am now attending Celebration Church, which meets outside at Cambier Park. 

 It is AMAZING to attend services under a big old banyan tree and just be...

So of course I had to go down to the beach after church and see what was what...

The tide as still very far out and there was just a little kick to the waves.  

The storm was still hours and hours away.

There were many other people with cameras doing what I was doing 

and one of them placed the piece of sea plant there-

of course I took advantage :)

I found some other interesting stuff too

It was awesome...

Until the wind started blowing like bee stings onto my legs and I had to go home...

Pre-Issac Photo Walk

We are firmly in the Hurricane Zone here in Naples.  I went for a walk just to see what I could see.  The sea was flat, but the tide was VERY far out.  I walked as far south as a person can walk (OK, I was trespassing...just a little...)

This thing was about 14 inches across.  I have had one run-in with one before-

I do NOT care to repeat that experience!

This is where I trespassed-after i climbed down this...

I walked all the way to the end of the beach and sat and watched the boats go by...

  

These guys were NOT amused by me :)

 I ran into a "real" photographer doing the same thing I was doing along the beach.  I consider myself a picture taker, not a photographer.  I had SERIOUS camera envy...someday, maybe someday...

Hopefully Issac will not hit too hard.  Keep safe Naples, Keep Safe!

The Other Coast

 Boca Inlet, Boca Raton, FL

I dropped my youngest child off at college yesterday-

I don't care what anyone tells you, dropping them off at college is harder than birthing them!

So I went to the beach to keep myself from crying...

I am not a fan of the Atlantic Beaches in Florida am spoiled by Naples.

They are not only covered with natural "litter", there is a lot of the man made stuff too.

But this man made inlet was beautiful!

This one is just for fun!

A little graffiti and a part of the inlet

The Color

If I could only find this color for my walls...

Taking a Quick Walk...

I talked my girl into walking with me tonight.

I love talking with this child.  Since the moment of her birth, I have maintained she is an "old soul"-this is not her first trip on this rock.  It makes for really great conversation :)

Speaking of old souls-

 

Longing

This from my writing blog...but it fits here.

Longing

Eavesdropper
Under a Full Miami moon
I sit eyes closed
Listening to the waves make love to the sand
Thrusting and crashing and then
sweet whispered sigh of release
as the waves climax and
the sand welcomes the surrender of her spent lover

Voyeur
I move belly down
over the dune
transfixed on the secret ritual of the ocean and shore
I inch closer
hoping to be welcomed in
They tease me
touching gently in invitation
then pulling back laughing
knowing this eternal dance
is meant
just for two...