Yet more pics (Florida)...

[Haole Girl]

These were taken with my older camera...

on a 3-day trip to Florida (Melbourne area) last month:





Notice the beach erosion from a storm the week before:





Sunrise, from my father's backyard:




Leaving Melbourne:



I took this on the decent into the Melbourne area...
it was such a peaceful sunset above the clouds:

[SeattleGirl]

1. Love your dad's back yard!

It's like my in-laws. They live on a canal.

[Haole Girl]

3. Yep

He lives on the end of a canal. It's very beautiful there. :hi:

[SeattleGirl]

7. Here's a picture of my in-law's back yard.

[Haole Girl]

8. Oh, very nice!

They have much more of a yard than my father's.... every time they re-build his seawall, after a storm, they have to take more away from it, too (eeek!).

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear KC2!

Ooooh, sweetie! Nice!

I especially love the sunrise, and that bird!

But all of them are wonderful...

You're developing into quite a talent here!

Keep 'em coming, OK?

:hug:

[Haole Girl]

4. Aww thanks!

I was pretty disappointed in these. Wish I'd had my new camera last month.
Oh well, it gives me a good excuse to go back! :hug:

[crim son]

5. I see you are a photographer.

Very nice.

[Haole Girl]

6. Thank you

[Inchworm]

9. KC2- Guess what!

I love youuuuu! :D

Nice pics!

G'night!

:hug:

[Haole Girl]

10. OMG!

You're so good to me! Love youuuuu 2!! :D

Thank you, and good night!

:hug:

[BreweryYardRat]

11. This is such a pretty state -- I just wish the climate wasn't intolerable half the year.

[Haole Girl]

17. I know what you mean

The humidity gets to me, there, sometimes. :hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

12. Those pictures are beautiful

I love beaches, I think it is one of the most peaceful places on earth.

[Haole Girl]

19. Agreed!

:hi:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

13. Florida is actually an extremely beautiful place...

Once you get away from all the sprawl and development, which has unfortunately been allowed to florish for too many years now.

But the diversity of plant and wildlife here is virtually unchallenged amongst all the states. If you get out of the cities and into the country side and rural areas, you'll get this sense of this wonderful lushfulness.

My favorite Florida place:

[FloridaJudy]

14. Ichetucknee, right?

(and no, that is not a venereal disease). One of my favorites as well.

Here's a seriously cool photo by a local artist of it at night:


John Moran captures North Florida beautifully: http://www.johnmoranphoto.com/

[Tommy_Carcetti]

18. Awesome!

I've always fantasized about swimming in the springs at night.

Thankfully, Itchetucknee still looks crystal clear. That despite the huge cement plant built downriver courtesy of our infamous former governor/First Brother, who allowed it to be built after accepting $190,000 in political donations/bribes from the plant's owner. :mad:

[Haole Girl]

20. Wow... spectacular!

Thanks for sharing it!! :-)

[NewJeffCT]

15. You should start your own line of postcards

Florida, Hawaii before that...

[Haole Girl]

21. hehe!

People do sometimes say my pics look like postcards. I'm not sure they always mean that as a compliment, though! lol Thanks. :hi:

[BarenakedLady]

16. Wow, beautiful pictures!

I would love to sit out at your dad's house and watch that sunset while drinking some wine.:D
:hi:

[Haole Girl]

23. It is very relaxing there!

I'm really happy for him, that he's settled down in such a nice place. I do worry about the hurricane threat, sometimes, though. Especially, since he lives on one of the barrier islands (seen in the aerial shot).

[zanne]

22. I LOVE, LOVE LOVE Florida's flowering shrubs and trees....

And the Bougainvillea is so amazing. Also, I could spend days in the Everglades, just taking in the sights and sounds. You can have the beaches and Miami, though.

[Haole Girl]

24. Yeah, I really don't care for Miami much

I lived in florida 30 years ago, when I was a kid, so I've seen a lot of changes... too many, I'm afraid.