tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118269232024-03-07T01:32:47.298-06:00Barrier Island GirlLife on Pensacola BeachBarrier Island Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03831596639306877967noreply@blogger.comBlogger2154125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826923.post-69941783888523764222018-06-17T10:36:00.000-05:002018-06-17T10:36:12.432-05:00Lighthouses<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_g-uiS8NufcXlonF0YLBvFXCx0cg9pjzJrNXhIAhCBDaVNc6967QFKBHZAe25MbuiWryCuJT6cI4i3YhPiw0TDkUTg_3viytNGSRcCJJMfb4_Ydn5WYA2XGUBTki86CfgVoIkCg/s1600/P1240771.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_g-uiS8NufcXlonF0YLBvFXCx0cg9pjzJrNXhIAhCBDaVNc6967QFKBHZAe25MbuiWryCuJT6cI4i3YhPiw0TDkUTg_3viytNGSRcCJJMfb4_Ydn5WYA2XGUBTki86CfgVoIkCg/s400/P1240771.jpg" width="218" height="400" data-original-width="850" data-original-height="1560" /></a><br />
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<i>"Lighthouses don't run around all over the island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining." ~~ Annie Lamott</i>Barrier Island Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03831596639306877967noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826923.post-14763375927766992522018-05-22T08:32:00.003-05:002018-05-22T08:32:57.687-05:00Calm and Still<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTmiFW7vwaN4Bpau6eRq2zLcRvKP4ZZFR6QkbfN4hd4ul8ho6y6TD0yINbJ1xQubcGjMrRhmmZLey-xq-hRTXF_fcnIAqbpts0CCdQ5TkFcDsIoJzpOSXFQNikGLbKuHiZfbG8DQ/s1600/P1240757.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTmiFW7vwaN4Bpau6eRq2zLcRvKP4ZZFR6QkbfN4hd4ul8ho6y6TD0yINbJ1xQubcGjMrRhmmZLey-xq-hRTXF_fcnIAqbpts0CCdQ5TkFcDsIoJzpOSXFQNikGLbKuHiZfbG8DQ/s400/P1240757.jpg" width="400" height="215" data-original-width="1563" data-original-height="841" /></a><br />
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"Life is like the ocean. It can be calm and still or rough and rigid, but in the end it is always beautiful."Barrier Island Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03831596639306877967noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826923.post-19270676438880063262018-05-16T12:20:00.001-05:002018-05-16T12:20:29.646-05:00Unique<br />
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<i>"Like seashells, we are beautiful and unique, each with a story to tell." ~~ Soma</i>Barrier Island Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03831596639306877967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826923.post-59513651588647282462018-05-15T10:36:00.000-05:002018-05-15T10:36:00.943-05:00A Serious FishermanA SERIOUS fisherman! <br />
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<i>"Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life." ~ Douglas Pagels</i>Barrier Island Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03831596639306877967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826923.post-64209074878759828662018-01-14T12:19:00.001-06:002018-01-14T12:22:37.985-06:00Finding the calmOne of the loveliest things I've discovered about living on the beach is that one side of the island remains calm. I just have to decide which direction to go.<br />
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"There are some things you learn best in calm and other in storm." ~ Willa Cather<br />
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<i>"Light, God's eldest daughter."<br />
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~ Thomas Fuller (1608 - 1661)</i>Barrier Island Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03831596639306877967noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826923.post-77523510033269264282017-06-25T15:00:00.000-05:002017-06-25T15:00:38.841-05:00Sea Dreams<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9QJKLLK_ssWn9bX2aV3WOiC0nvzqkcbt67PprhFneP17vyq4O-NMjCpKybWoMH3cTKsp8c-H_-itivpQQbuczLY5qpJHgrtonKirOEUUM3WPBLLgYfF5apUZcrqIbzti-kZj9Q/s1600/P1230827.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9QJKLLK_ssWn9bX2aV3WOiC0nvzqkcbt67PprhFneP17vyq4O-NMjCpKybWoMH3cTKsp8c-H_-itivpQQbuczLY5qpJHgrtonKirOEUUM3WPBLLgYfF5apUZcrqIbzti-kZj9Q/s400/P1230827.jpg" width="400" height="225" data-original-width="1400" data-original-height="787" /></a><br />
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<i>“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” ~Harriet Tubman</i>Barrier Island Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03831596639306877967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826923.post-2905935369982979962017-06-18T13:54:00.001-05:002017-06-18T13:54:24.478-05:00<br />
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<i>"To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude."<br />
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~ Jeanne Moreau<br />
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"The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep."<br />
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~~ Rumi (1207 - 1273)Barrier Island Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03831596639306877967noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826923.post-49743658786222712042017-06-06T07:30:00.001-05:002017-06-06T07:30:41.879-05:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgssqpQZevWLACLz4hoLi9-y0bzAX-3BngqtRLYZ62elIoM9XAuL9N0QAWIjuFGyTpQQZdGTqDhyphenhyphenQXVexDj96Gv-PQSVJridHkNqtjvQBVZHXLciKavUW9jXWXu9aWbw9T38KdikQ/s1600/P1230474.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgssqpQZevWLACLz4hoLi9-y0bzAX-3BngqtRLYZ62elIoM9XAuL9N0QAWIjuFGyTpQQZdGTqDhyphenhyphenQXVexDj96Gv-PQSVJridHkNqtjvQBVZHXLciKavUW9jXWXu9aWbw9T38KdikQ/s400/P1230474.jpg" width="400" height="225" data-original-width="1400" data-original-height="787" /></a><br />
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A friend shared the following quote with me...<br />
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<i>"Be like the ocean. Breathtaking to look at, strong enough not to be destroyed, and gentle enough so others find comfort in your presence."</i><br />
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Barrier Island Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03831596639306877967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826923.post-28359353441272559142017-05-25T09:08:00.000-05:002017-05-25T09:08:14.909-05:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ7j0QyXKybOHyR5hm5AOmD08kQMdVDrAKBeNimcMSkk33_ukrHBpX6nAOxOPOKTvn3SqQf2gNPS7a7zlb4bTM7MzAyVEvrFsWH7mMNZBi3zW-a7rcTqrQZtnVi5FFISGWqVXQRg/s1600/5-24-17-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ7j0QyXKybOHyR5hm5AOmD08kQMdVDrAKBeNimcMSkk33_ukrHBpX6nAOxOPOKTvn3SqQf2gNPS7a7zlb4bTM7MzAyVEvrFsWH7mMNZBi3zW-a7rcTqrQZtnVi5FFISGWqVXQRg/s400/5-24-17-2.jpg" width="400" height="225" data-original-width="1400" data-original-height="787" /></a><br />
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This is how it looks when the clouds hug the island.Barrier Island Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03831596639306877967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826923.post-25213597617418014412017-05-23T12:14:00.001-05:002017-05-23T12:14:44.638-05:00Sandcastles<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigM12xtmIiSTNIeJotFVYIEwEpFg75W_EfdSU5IeFlZS5j7ze9FjPT4i3u5V2n26RLS64xfH7sy3OH0Axs8N3FiMAXtk1AM2enWCAbjfM9DZXe4ECIxc4QlJW1aNGOaqnQJyl12A/s1600/P1230355.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigM12xtmIiSTNIeJotFVYIEwEpFg75W_EfdSU5IeFlZS5j7ze9FjPT4i3u5V2n26RLS64xfH7sy3OH0Axs8N3FiMAXtk1AM2enWCAbjfM9DZXe4ECIxc4QlJW1aNGOaqnQJyl12A/s400/P1230355.jpg" width="400" height="225" /></a><br />
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"Like a sandcastle, all is temporary. Build it, tend it, enjoy it. And when the time comes, let it go."<br />
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~~ Jack KornfieldBarrier Island Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03831596639306877967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826923.post-70041217250752072692017-05-19T13:57:00.001-05:002017-05-19T13:57:46.206-05:00A Day in May<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CtZ5whP-yXw" width="480"></iframe><br />
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I thought everyone might like to see a little wave action from this morning!Barrier Island Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03831596639306877967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826923.post-37490087384022153952017-05-17T08:13:00.000-05:002017-05-19T13:55:52.253-05:00Sitting by the Sea<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGEC6ysMGpmVhHzvE23Q36YKKmnBWKMOdejJVuFLSNpk64VzzYZsfl6Uu3USwztFLAHiFSmnKw1XCLIVyuKrA3_06NjHBkxlxuGKP3G0zrKMkAOS0LdVG2tUv-KS5SsKsn5eOGjg/s1600/P1230301.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGEC6ysMGpmVhHzvE23Q36YKKmnBWKMOdejJVuFLSNpk64VzzYZsfl6Uu3USwztFLAHiFSmnKw1XCLIVyuKrA3_06NjHBkxlxuGKP3G0zrKMkAOS0LdVG2tUv-KS5SsKsn5eOGjg/s400/P1230301.jpg" width="400" height="225" /></a><br />
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<i>"When I sit here by the sea and listen to the sound of the waves, I feel free from all obligations and people of the world."<br />
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~~ Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)</i>Barrier Island Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03831596639306877967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826923.post-39570069871235352402017-05-16T07:44:00.002-05:002017-05-16T07:44:15.394-05:00Feel the sky<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh2KV3OXNL_kNm9uYcLOYbPRUyNcEnzlNGSgeI5jKVpNADeBWhIFq3983Ke9lUw5Ma3iudInj6q1BRwvWJJ6yGi10OU-1v2BnFbB369Q7MXHkUs3doAENyyeNTtUUTmu0wv0AdXQ/s1600/P1190084.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh2KV3OXNL_kNm9uYcLOYbPRUyNcEnzlNGSgeI5jKVpNADeBWhIFq3983Ke9lUw5Ma3iudInj6q1BRwvWJJ6yGi10OU-1v2BnFbB369Q7MXHkUs3doAENyyeNTtUUTmu0wv0AdXQ/s400/P1190084.jpg" width="400" height="225" /></a><br />
<i>"smell the sea, and feel the sky <br />
let your soul & spirit fly..."<br />
~~ Van Morrison</i>Barrier Island Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03831596639306877967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826923.post-48593869371002657132017-05-14T07:26:00.001-05:002017-05-14T07:26:00.580-05:00Black-necked stilts<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BVla2re-Gaw" width="480"></iframe><br />
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I was so excited to see these beauties at Ft. Pickens yesterday. I've never seen here before, nor had my friends, and later discovered that they are rare in this area.Barrier Island Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03831596639306877967noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826923.post-59272119834558888882016-09-11T17:22:00.001-05:002016-09-11T17:22:23.236-05:00Scarlet skiesFor several days we've had amazing, brilliant sunrises. Here are photos from this morning, from pink to gold and back again.<br />
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Barrier Island Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03831596639306877967noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826923.post-2466427076741198402016-07-30T14:44:00.000-05:002016-07-30T14:44:05.213-05:00Ft. Pickens PatrolIt was such a beautiful day for patrol at Ft. Pickens. The birds were lined up at the shoreline buffet!<br />
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<i>“This grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never all dried at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor is ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal sunset, eternal dawn and gloaming, on sea and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls.”<br />
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—John Muir, John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir</i>Barrier Island Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03831596639306877967noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826923.post-81308210093646088512016-06-30T10:03:00.000-05:002016-06-30T10:03:31.321-05:00Space in Your Heart<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqDanloh-FjRDmmdKfupaXYsLTWNo4buOWCRbybYfdVnlDOi7j6i-lYrTH_BxJshTqT8b80DPEOp0P3wV_2GUCET7wnVHo7tWOQzARVUzwcmJfp3ptPWDqaOss1hRR8EXcgpZLyQ/s1600/P1180933.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqDanloh-FjRDmmdKfupaXYsLTWNo4buOWCRbybYfdVnlDOi7j6i-lYrTH_BxJshTqT8b80DPEOp0P3wV_2GUCET7wnVHo7tWOQzARVUzwcmJfp3ptPWDqaOss1hRR8EXcgpZLyQ/s400/P1180933.jpg" /></a><br />
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<i>"Create space in your heart. When the pain of life fills you completely, open your heart a little more. Pain tries to close the heart, and fear locks it closed. When you open up, fear can't fill you, for there are no walls to hold it."<br />
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<i></i>~~ Daniel Levin, The Zen Book</i>Barrier Island Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03831596639306877967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826923.post-69357629141040407312016-05-29T10:49:00.001-05:002016-05-29T10:50:47.860-05:00May rays in Santa Rosa Sound<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZLaz0RZ2vE8" width="480"></iframe><br />
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Now that I live in a condominium, I have many opportunities to observe sunsets, sunrises and storms, as well as all type of birds and marine life on Santa Rosa Sound. This was an amazing moment when I saw two schools of May rays (cownose rays) noticing each other and staging their own version of the Sharks and the Jets (in West Side Story)! Barrier Island Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03831596639306877967noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826923.post-13632563435562244662016-05-27T14:17:00.000-05:002016-05-27T14:17:07.959-05:00Holding communion<br />
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<i>"There is indeed, perhaps, no better way to hold communion with the sea than sitting in the sun on the veranda..." ~Joseph W. Beach</i>Barrier Island Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03831596639306877967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11826923.post-64057729647746232852016-05-25T15:17:00.001-05:002016-05-25T15:17:49.522-05:00Kissing the Shoreline<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-vXCP1L0ha5vDE50hXtf58zVqqwlHGCAtsddwrnIkpwhIljEMjgQSmq2OCcg5LyYfa9pWyHdZR2h_ylyPnPKrV_012ZOz_Iv0jk9bqFKaBou6pf-g5I7pNwwz8bkwNRvcZKN5Eg/s1600/P1180692.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-vXCP1L0ha5vDE50hXtf58zVqqwlHGCAtsddwrnIkpwhIljEMjgQSmq2OCcg5LyYfa9pWyHdZR2h_ylyPnPKrV_012ZOz_Iv0jk9bqFKaBou6pf-g5I7pNwwz8bkwNRvcZKN5Eg/s400/P1180692.jpg" /></a><br />
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<i>"There's nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it's sent away." ~~ Sarah Kay</i>Barrier Island Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03831596639306877967noreply@blogger.com2