13th Anniversary (IV)

Day 3:

You can barely see (and boy are they hard to shoot!) the dolphins here. It took a couple days to get any pics of them since they don't pop up out of the water too much. They were active like the pelicans every morning in bad light.

This closer-up is the best I got:

Great Blue Heron:

And again with the GBH:

And the pre-dinner view, once again:

We had salmon with leeks. No pictures. I'll be sure to fix that next time we do anything like this. I did post some pics of salmon with leeks in the past if you're interested.

13th Anniversary (III)

Day 2.

Pelicans seem to really love being active in the morning when the light's not too great:

The Wife and I have been paying attention to the sky here in Florida, and we just have to say that I don't think we've seen anything like it anywhere else:

Why, yes, this is a self-portrait. It was not taken by myself, however, but by the lovely Wife:

The not-as-stellar-as last-night's sunset, but still nice:

I think that last one was taken by the Wife. She was trying for that "lava" effect where the sun seems to melt into the sky before it quite reaches the horizon.

We retired to a grilled meal of Nathan's hot dogs, Johnsonville Brats, and pork tenderloin. Unfortunately, I failed to photograph dinner. Again.

13th Anniversary (II)

Day 1.

At the seawall, almost immediately upon arrival:

I know it looks rickety, but I was quite surprised at it's stability.

Not the best light, but I like shooting pelicans:

The requisite self-portrait:

Nearing dinner time, day 1:

We had ribeyes, asparagus, and potato leek soup:) I failed to photograph the meal :(

Happy Independence Day!

So... the wife worked this weekend. Since we couldn't BBQ at the park and enjoy the show, we thought we'd take the party to her. There was a good chance there'd be fireworks nearby, anyway.

So we went to the top of the parking garage at the hospital.
We got there about 6:30 so that I could start the grill and we could hopefully eat before dark.
She insists that we weren't allowd to have the grill there, but we didn't get in trouble. We did have a visit from a couple cops and security guards. Apparently someone complained that we were lighting fireworks. The kids were just throwing "pop-its" at each other.

I don't think I've ever gotten a top-view of a palm tree before, so here's a picture taken over the wall.

This is our view as the sun went down.

And our view once the show started.

Any Given Saturday the 13th of October 2007 (part2)

It is the Sunshine State, after all.

The Sun Also Sets...

Yeah, I thought it might be bad for my camera, but I couldn't resist.

I had no idea there were clouds on the horizon. Look at the first picture, they're not there, yet look at the second and there they are. Mother Nature's tricky!

Amazing to me how when the sun begins to set, the sky becomes so much more interesting than the beach everyone is there to visit.

Siesta Beach (yes, again). 2 April 2006

I have a few pics of the drumming circle that night.

They'll be here before too long...

Another try...

...out the window.

first attempt

I think it will take many tries, but I want to try to share with y'all the view out the window in my office. That sunset is a definite perk!

Happy Halloween

or Samhain, whatever your preference...

"Beach of the Living Dead"

an introduction to where I live and how I see it:

Siesta Key Beach, 7-10-2005