When photographing sunsets, I always make sure to turn around. The sky is usually just as interesting behind you. This is the sky over Long Boat Key, Fl. If anyone knows who lives in that house, please introduce us… would love to borrow it for a week or more! 🙂
Decided to walk the trails of South Lido Key Beach while in Long Boat Key, Fl. The trails were great, well marked and the surrounding area was beautiful. Mangroves galore! What got our attention and respect were all of the very LARGE spiders that we encountered. Their webs were all over. We had to duck here and there, lean to one side or another just to avoid the webs. I was very nervous that I would accidentally destroy a web and have a spider crawling all over my head! Luckily I did not! After some research, found out that these are Golden Orb-web spiders. They actually are really neat looking spiders, just at a distance!
I was inspired this morning by Humbled Pie (www.humbledpie.wordpress.com). He posted some photos from Homosassa, Fl. I’ve been there many times to visit the manatees (wild and captive). This is not the best manatee photo, but it is one of my favorites from when we visited Homosassa Springs park. They have quite a few manatees who are there year round. This manatee arrived because one of the volunteers was about to do an educational presentation that involved feeding them carrots. They were crazy for those carrots!
The Tree of Life in Disney’s Animal Kingdom is a beautiful piece of artwork! Now it has some artistic competition in the form of Mt Everest. They are both pretty amazing. Put them together and you have one of my favorite views in the park! (Taken from one of many bridges in AK)
I love the beaches in Florida, but I also love some of the inland sections too! This hanging moss can be found all over in the woods down there, very different than what you find up here in NJ. I think it looks very interesting when the light shines through it! (I took this while hiking the trails at Myakka State Park, outside of Sarasota, Fl)
When you go to Disney World, there are so many things to see. The rides, shows, characters, and of course the excellent people watching opportunities.. but if you look closely you will find scenic views and beautiful landscapes! Always something new!
So this photo is a bit dark. I brightened it up in Lightroom, but by doing that I think you lose some of the atmosphere and movement.. so enjoy it just like this! 🙂
Unfortunately this is not what I saw this morning, but I did see it one morning two summers ago! It was such a beautiful sunrise in Wild Wood, NJ. My husband and I lost our flip-flops that morning to the “vacuums” on the beach, but it was worth it! (Next time, I won’t take my flip-flops off!)
One of the Morey’s Piers in Wild Wood, NJ. All the piers are fun, but that ferris wheel is the tallest one I’ve ever been on! Looking forward to the rides, the boardwalk, and of course the fried oreos! 🙂
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