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Tag: Florida
At a Florida Farmstand
On my recent trip to Florida-
offerings at a farmstand you don’t see in Pittsburgh
We ate a boiled peanut. Soft and spicy. I can’t say I’d try another.
So many people have a peanut allergy but, I found a recipe for how to boil peanuts
if you’re interested.
Earth, Air, Water and Fire
Erica V. at WordPress writes about the photo challenge she created- elemental
“For this week’s challenge, explore the classical elements of earth, air, water, and fire. How do you capture something invisible like air, or the movement of water?”
Denali from the train
Rainy windshield
The wind captured by the flag in Florida
Snow and ice Highland Park Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Falls in Washington with my sister-in-law
Homer Alaska
St. George Island Sunrise
Rushing water in Alaska
Train ride to Denali
Burning Basket in Homer Alaska
Maura running across a field at the farm in Crestline, Ohio
Hard to feel the heat of the desert in a photograph- Arizona
and one of my favorite songs Fantasy by Earth Wind and Fire
Palm Trees Bark
Dense: Weekly Photo Challenge
Dense is the weekly Photo Challenge at WordPress
From Florida trip in February – this photo came to mind when I saw the word of the week dense
Lighthouse on Anastasia Island- St. Augustine, FL
The Lighthouse Keepers House
“At the top, the original, first order Fresnel lens still serves the beacon, but today is lit by a 1000 watt bulb, and maintained by the museum and volunteers. The St. Augustine lens consists of 370 hand-cut glass prisms arranged in a beehive shape towering twelve feet tall and six feet in diameter.”
Our selfie in the mirror with the lighthouse.
219 stairs to the top on your own power. We walked up one flight and went back down.
We could barely lift up this oil bucket and it was empty. I can’t imagine carrying it filled up all 219 stairs every night.
Florida Morning Light
Flying north this morning. Last Florida sunrise. 
Flying Shadow
Weekly Photo Challenge Shadow over Jacksonville Florida
Sea Glass -Guest Blog
Remember Joanne sent the beach glass yarn the other day? She contributed the Nova Scotia posts this past week, the Loonies and Toonies Store in Lunenburg.
She wrote and mailed some photos below after I asked her about the glass she finds on the beach in Florida.
Joanne says –
1. I walk the beach almost every day, and I’m always on the lookout for sea glass – this was a lucky day because often there is none to be found. Most common colors are clear, green, and brown. Least common colors are cobalt blue, red and purple.
2. Here’s my collection of shells and sea glass. The tiny colorful glass in the lower right hand shell on the table comes from a beach in Spain (collected by my sister). And the tiny glass in the upper right hand shell on the table comes from a beach in Nova Scotia. All the rest from the beach here on the Atlantic Ocean side of Florida.
3. My friend Celia separates her sea glass treasures by color and displays them on her kitchen counter.
4. Since Hurricane Matthew, Celia and I find lots of large shards of glass, bottles, and lightbulbs among the debris on the beach. Celia collects this for a future art project she calls “Hurricane Glass”. 
Link below to Jessica Blaney’s ETSY Shop below if you need handcrafted sea glass jewelry
A Schoolhouse in Scottsbluff Nebraska
Thanks for the beautiful photo, Shuey. (The guest blogger today).
Shuey is headed to Prudhoe Bay Alaska.
On his motorcycle.
Did I mention he started out in Nicevlle Florida?
That’s 4,862.7 miles, I just looked it up.
A schoolhouse near Scottsbluff, NE
