Our
lives are waves that come up out of the ocean of eternity, break upon
the beach of earth, and lapse back to the ocean of eternity. Some are
sunlit, some run in storm and rain; one is a quiet ripple, another is
a thunderous breaker; and once in many centuries comes a great tidal
wave that sweeps over a continent; but all go back to the sea and lie
equally level there. ~AUSTIN
O'MALLEY~
I have not to much to say today on this wonderful Sunday, it's still warm here in Florida and I think a lot of the "Snowbirds" are already arrived. It's crowded more and more everywhere: people all over town and at the beaches and way more (crazy) traffic then other months before! Well, that's Florida in winter time...... :-)) Thanks for stopping by - Enjoy your weekend! Wishing you all a very HAPPY SUNDAY, my friends!
But, I haven't seen one of them, they must have been hiding out in the shade somewhere....
A pretty park with a nice and long path around the lake,
a good way to do our daily walk as a little workout.
In the lake were not only alligators, there were hundreds of small and big fishes....
...and we saw a lot of "snake head" turtles in all sizes.....
...and hundred's (!) of Ibises were walking all over the place and they were even sitting up in the trees. I'll show you a picture of that another day - it looks really funny.... they are very busy birds, always picking in the ground for food and walking fast.... here I caught them picking those little fishes out of the water.
Hi my friends,
we took a ride to the beach and to that nice park area where I shot all those pictures - and many more :-))
It was a beautiful, hot Florida afternoon, for once without that every day afternoon rain showers.
I hope you'll enjoy the pictures too - I had big fun to make them.
What a wonderful day at the beach, isn't it? You're invited all to come, there are still enough open spaces. And bring your umbrella, enough water and the sun protection creme with you .... it's hot today! :))
I wish you a happy Wednesday. For some personal reasons I will not be online and there will be NO "Wordless Sunday" post this time, sorry. Will be back some when next week.
Have a good time!
Susanne
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The safety and enjoyment of Florida’s public beaches
are affected by changes in tide and surf conditions. To minimize the risks of drowning or serious injury, the Florida Coastal Management Program worked with the Florida Beach Patrol Chiefs Association, the United States Lifesaving Association (USLA), and the International Life Saving Federation to develop a uniform warning flag program for use by Florida’s beachfront communities.
Florida’s uniform Beach Warning Flags come in four colors,
red, yellow, green and purple, plus a second red
imprinted with a Do-Not Swim Logo. The flags are accompanied by interpretive signs that explain the meaning of each color. While beach warning flags provide general warnings of overall surf conditions, they do not specifically advise the public of the presence of rip currents.
Why does Florida need a uniform warning flag system?
Many residents and visitors travel to different parts of the state to enjoy Florida's wonderful public beaches, and many beach communitiespost warning flags. Differences in flag colors, sizes and symbols from location-to location can confuse beach visitors and decrease the effectiveness of community efforts to improve public safety.
Beach Warning Flags are 29.25" high x 39" wide.
The Beach Warning Flag Interpretive Signs explain the meaning of each flag
used in the warning program:
* Red Flags with a “Do Not Swim” Logo: Water Closed to Public
* Solid Red Flags: High Hazard- High Surf and/or Strong Currents
* Yellow Flags: Medium Hazard - Moderate Surf and/or Currents
* Green Flags: Low Hazard - Calm Conditions, Exercise Caution
To spend some quality time together at the beach - or somewhere else - is necessary for a healthy relationship!
Hi my friends,
thank you for the kind comments from yesterday to my "Spider Lilly" flower. I got a lot of nice comments, a lot of visitors and one person also sent to me the following message on facebook:
Vickie wrote:
"Care of Wikipedia: Hymenocallis (pronounced /ˌhaɪmɨnəˈkælɪs/)[1] is a genus of plants in the family Amaryllidaceae. It contains 63 species native to tropical and subtropical America. Hymenocallis are bulbous perennial herbs. The flowers have their stamens united to a characteristic corona. Hymenocallis means "beautiful membrane" in Greek, which refers to the staminal corona that connects the stalks of the stamens for a portion of their length. The plants have large spectacular flowers. Some of the species are known as varieties of "spider lilies"."
Thank you so much, dear Vickie for telling me this, now I know the exact name of my Spider Lilly flower!
I'm learning everyday something new from my dear friends :)
It's great to have such nice friends - like YOU ALL!
Have a wonderful day - and don't forget to have some quality time today with your "better half"!
A peek at the shore on a pretty sunny day - Space Coast beaches in Florida.
Hi my friends,
Thank you all for your visits yesterday to my blog and for all the wonderful comments! You all made my day. So, stay tuned and see you tomorrow again here, at the same spot, and the same time? :))
Susanne
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Lifeguard is always on duty on a crowded beach - captured in Jetty Park, Cape Canaveral
Everyone of us is some when a beginner with something. Learning to surf is hard. I watched this guy very long, he was never giving up to give it another try over and over again. I'm sure, one day he will master riding his board perfectly.
Kids always have fun - also in small waves :)
Hi my friends,
Sitting at the beach is fun, that's what I like to do: watching all the life going on around me, listen to the waves, to the screaming sea gulls, watching the pelicans flying over my head and to realize how fast time is going by. To feel the warm breeze on my skin is paradise for me - not just for me, I know, all of us love that!
Thank you so much for all the kind comments here and over there on facebook.
It makes me happy when I see that you like my photography :)
Stay tuned with me....don't go away - I'll be back.
Moving is a lot of work to do and I'll have no time anymore to sit in front of the computer. I know you'll understand. See you again in some days - we will have the Internet connection back again soon.
Thank you for all your kind comments and compliments from yesterday.
is a species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae, that is native to coastalbeaches throughout tropical America and the Caribbean, including southern Florida, the Bahamas, Barbados and Bermuda. Common names include Seagrape and Baygrape. It is a sprawling evergreenshrub or small tree that reaches a maximum height of 8 m (26 ft), but most specimens are little more than 2 m (6.6 ft) tall. It has large, round, leathery leaves (up to 25 cm/9.8 in in diameter) with a primary vein that has a red color extending from the base, and the entire leaf turns red as it ages. The bark is smooth and yellowish. In late summer it bears green fruit that gradually turns orange, to red, until there is a purplish fruit, about 2 cm (0.79 in) diameter, in large grape-like clusters. The fruit also contains a large pit that takes up most of the fruit.
Abstract leaf of a sea grape
Hi my friends,
Thank you all for visiting my blog. Yesterday was no post there, I know.
I just don't felt like posting anything and that happen sometimes to me too :))
I wish you a nice weekend full with sunshine and fun for you!
Tomorrow, there will be my "Wordless Sunday" again - come back and see it and comment. Every single comment makes my day.
Yep, you can make me happy with little things in life...*smile*...
Yesterday, it was just to nice weather for sitting in the house in front of the computer all day long!
We went out to the beach, took a walk and I took some photos, of course....what else...LOL...
The Atlantic Ocean had such pretty blue-turquoise colors, almost like down in the Keys. There were not many people at the beach anymore, some families, one dog and some who tried to fish. It was really peaceful to watch the rolling waves coming to the shores and to listen to the screaming shore birds and to see all the sailing Pelicans over our heads.
I'll show you some photos in the next days about and I hope not to bore you with :)
“I have always loved the beach. The smell of the salty water, the wind in my face, the gentle roar of the waves all combine to create a sense of peace and calm.”
Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come. ~ Robert H. Schuller ~
Hi my friends, thanks for all your nice comments,
with your words you make my day - every day!
We went yesterday down to the beach and this is what we get to see: a storm approaching with dark hanging clouds over the beach. The last people there finally packed down their tent, getting ready to leave. Some minutes later big rain drops were falling on our heads. I love scenes like that! Have a wonderful day! Susanne
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The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach. Henry Beston
Hi my friends,
Thank you so much for ALL the wonderful comments and compliments to my post from yesterday! This photos above was made on the same spot at Cocoa Beach - but with a sight to the right side, where it was not that crowded at all. People here enjoyed more the silence, they preferred not to sit in a crowd of tourists.
I have something great to share with you and something what I'm very proud of it:
I got an announcement this morning that my blog was chosen to be on the list of
the 47 best photo blogs on the web.
How exciting is that? I love messages like this - It makes my and my THANK YOU goes out to those people who have chosen me. :)
The area was settled in 1768, when Scottish physician Dr. Andrew Turnbull established the colony of "New Smyrna." The colony occupies a notable place in history by being the single largest attempt by a member of the British Crown at colonization in the New World. Turnbull transplanted around 1500 settlers, from Minorca, Majorca, Ibiza, Smyrna, Crete, Mani Peninsula, and Sicily, to grow hemp, sugarcane, indigo, and to produce rum.
The colony suffered major losses due to insect-borne diseases and Native American raids; and tensions grew due to mistreatment by Turnbull. Due to these complications, the remaining colonists marched north to St. Augustine along the Old King's Highway, to claim mistreatment by Turnbull to the Governor of Florida in St. Augustine in 1777; then a British protectorate..
Soon after, St. Augustine was returned to the Spanish, and Turnbull abandoned his colony for life in Charleston, South Carolina.
The St. Photios National Shrine on St. John's Street in St. Augustine, Florida, honors the settlers of New Smyrna, who were the first Greek Orthodox followers in North America. The historical exhibit adjoining the Chapel tells the moving story of their plight in great detail, with accompanying exhibits.
The area was then only sparsely populated due to the frequent raids by Seminole Indians. During the American Civil War in the 1860s the still-standing "Stone Wharf" was shelled by Union gunboats. In 1887, the Town of New Smyrna was incorporated with a population of 150. In 1892, the arrival of Henry Flagler's Florida East Coast Railway lead to an increase in the area's population and a boom in its economy, which was based on tourism, citrus, and commercial fishing industries.
During prohibition in the 1920s the city and its river islands were popular sites for moonshine stills and hideouts for rumrunners coming in from the Bahamas through Mosquito Inlet, now Ponce de León Inlet. "New Smyrna" became "New Smyrna Beach" in 1947, when the city annexed the seaside community of Coronado Beach. Today, it is a bustling resort town of over 20,000 permanent residents, with over 1,000,000 visitors annually.
Like its Spanish partner to the north, St. Augustine, New Smyrna has stood under four flags: first the British, then the Spanish, then the American flag in 1845, followed by the Confederate Jack, and finally replaced the Stars and Stripes again.
Hi my friends,
we took a ride to New Smyrna Beach, located close to Daytona Beach - just for fun and to get out of the house for a little bit. It's wonderful warm now, it's really springtime also here. We have visited the beach with all that activities going on. A lot of younger people were there, it must be springbreak-time too.
I hope you'll enjoy the pictures and have a wonderful Friday. Weekend....yeah!
Susanne
