LIFE'S A BEACH!

It is a beautiful beach day here..but I am getting over a cold/flu

but it is beautiful outdoors..

I am going to be away again for a few weeks.Will be back with photos of birds and beaches.

Here is one of tinyfishy's latest. Screech owl

Mum - enjoy your trip and we look forward to all the amazing pictures you post.  Have lots of fun on the beaches.

The photographer said probably a juvenile eagle.

Bald Eagles are big.

So the Bald Eagle loses hair as it grows older....hmmm. Do they try comb-overs like Donald Trump for a couple of years first?

They live in "aeries". I get that word a lot in Crossword Puzzle books.

Clam digging

Oh my! These pictures make my soul ache....

Wren, I'm sorry but I don't know.  The pictures are from our local paper.  They had a just for fun contest for clam digging pictures and these are some of the "best" that were published on their website.  That is where I find almost all of the pictures I post.  I don't have a camera.

What a wack-doodle chapter people.

From Vegas I flew into FL... then next day flew to OH to be with daughter and her surgery -- that ended up being more involved than hoped. I stayed over a week and flew back to FL so that I could fly on to IL. Anyhow, I was hardly in FL for 12 hours and the squad took DD back to hospital.

Long story short -- they are still sorting out what's wrong. Catscan in emergency room indicated nothing horrific wrong. She had an MRI just this afternoon and we await that news.

OK. The rest of the story? DH decided to DRIVE from FL to OH to pick up the twinzee-kids to spend somewhere between 3 + 4 weeks here with us -- to allow her to recover. Today marks week #1 completion. He managed the both of them on his own the 18 hours and 3 days before I got back!!!

This man needs some sort of medal-of-honor.

We spent the day at the gulf yesterday -- got there only to find the actual public beach 'closed' due to their adding truck loads of sand. GEEEEEESH...... we went there because our pool's pump went out and they're awaiting a part. This little romp of water was just sufficient for fun and exploration. The best part of all is that we had a private 'dolphin' show and that was seriously THRILLING for all of us!!!!!

Miss you guys like crazy.

Even more amazing???? Beyond have twin 3 year olds, short one month from their 4th birthday?

I am in the running for a contract from a 'big' educational publishing company for the Early Childhood community -- they want me to write them a book by July!!!!!!!!!! They want it ready for their 2013 catalogue. I am submitting an outline tonight.

If we move forward with this project, I probably will splash here even 'less' frequently. Bizarro!

It's a HUGE opportunity if I can pull it together on this time-table.

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Strength and courage.

Strength and courage.

Strength and courage.

Faith you are way too busy...glad you seem to be doing so well...hugs for your daughter..