The view from the pinnacle at Craggy Gardens, NC is spectacular. It’s an easy climb up a well worn path reinforced with stones and timbers. It takes about 30 minutes to drive to the trailhead from the Blue Ridge Parkway just east of Asheville and then about 30 minutes to reach the summit. That’s ifContinue reading “Craggy Gardens”
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Springtime in North Carolina
James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art
On Saturday April 10, 2021, we visited the James Museum to view a traveling exhibit “Go Artfully Wild.” The exhibit showcases Artist for Conservation (AFC)’s International “Nature in Art” exhibit. The exhibit features “60 paintings and sculptures that awaken our responsibility to conserve the diversity and wonder of our natural world.” The exhibit is onContinue reading “James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art”
Morning coffee
Hebrews 13.2: Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
Unsettled Spirits Stir Amidst Florida’s Balmy Spring Night Air
The light of the silver moon and the fiery orange sunset silhouette the winged ones spooked by the Spirits of the Tocobaga Indians. First one, then two, then many explode from the trees covering the sacred mounds. Are the spirits restless questioning why “white men” are a warring people full of thirst of others possessions?Continue reading “Unsettled Spirits Stir Amidst Florida’s Balmy Spring Night Air”
Saturday morning farmers market
St. Petersburg FL has, in addition to its natural beauty and tourist attractions, one of the best farmer’s markets in the southeast. The array of fresh organic vegetables and fruits are a feast for the eyes. Worden Farms from Punta Gorda had the most gorgeous red kale and fat bunches of red and green leafContinue reading “Saturday morning farmers market”
Sunrise in St. Petersburg
The view from the tower
If you walk the trails at Weedon Island in St. Petersburg FL, be sure to climb the lookout tower. You’ll see islands of mangrove on oyster shell foundations in Riviera Bay with the St. Pete skyline in the background. St. Pete natives can hear the plaintive call of the osprey from the beaches to theContinue reading “The view from the tower”
Sine
I watched the cut above teal table-top blue grow more sore beckoned by darkness and tidal roar and sat small and lone below the firmament. Immaterial to passers-by skirting the water line wondering how easily swept away from time under surf flesh and regret might slip interred or as easily by the wave that bothContinue reading “Sine”
Sunday pleasures and treasures
Fortified with Dave’s raisin bread French toast, vegan sausage, fresh Florida strawberries and an orange juice banana protein shake, we headed south to Sarasota for a lazy afternoon at Cafe in the Park. We made the same trek this time last year to listen to one of our favorite local bands, Passerine. It’s the firstContinue reading “Sunday pleasures and treasures”
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