Happy Thankful Thursday!

 Hello, Happy Thankful Thursday!


Dec 23rd it was our 2nd day in Florida. Yay for the sunshine! We headed to Anastasia State Park in St. Augustine Florida and stopped at various beach parks on the way back down the coast.  

We spent some time walking on the beach at the Anastasia State Park, had a view of the Saint Augustine Lighthouse, me and my shadow, flowers, Gopher Tortoise, Brown Pelicans, Osprey and the Great Egret.

The Gopher Tortoise likes sandy soil, dunes and coastal grasslands. They dig a burrow and spend most of their lives in the burrow. This Tortoise shares it burrow home with possibly as many as 360 other species including snakes, mice, fox, skunk, frogs, rabbits, armadillo, lizards and burrowing owls. Can you imagine  co-existing with so many different species? The burrow can be 52 feet long and 23 feet deep.

Me and my shadow on Anastasia State Park beach.  LOL, I look headless, my camera up to my face.

The Brown Pelican is one of my favorite birds, I love watching them in flight.

Heading back down the coast we stopped at the River to Sea beach.  I heard and saw a group of these birds before I found one of them sitting on a wire near the River to Sea Preserve. The Nanday Parakeet or also known as the Black-hooded Parakeet.

I am always thankful to be able to go on a road trip or any kind of trip.
I am always thankful for the sunshine!
I am always thankful for your visit and comments.
Live simple and be happy!  😊




Thank you Michelle for hosting Thankful Thursday. 
Thank you to Yogi the host of   Skywatch Friday




Thanks so much for visiting and for your nice comments on my previous post. Have a happy day!

Saint Augustine, Florida

Linking up with Skywatch Friday  and Good Fences  

Happy Easter & Happy Passover to all that celebrate!

Hello,  it's time for sharing some Skywatch photos for Skywatch Friday and some fence scenes for Tex's Good Fences memes. These images are from our Florida trip and visit to Saint Augustine. We climbed the 219 steps to the top of the Saint Augustine Lighthouse. The views from the top were beautiful and I could look down at the Wood Stork rookery at the nearby Alligator Farm..

The Saint Augustine lighthouse, 219 steps to the top, a view out one of the lighthouse windows.

A pretty lighthouse and a beautiful sky...

A view of the city of Saint Augustine, hubby took their pretty fence as we drove across the bridge..

I found this neat fence  and pretty blooms  walking around the grounds of the lighthouse..

A view of the Wood Stork rookery from the top of the lighthouse..

A look at the pretty sky from the top of the lighthouse..it was a beautiful day in sunny warm Florida....

From the top of the lighthouse I zoomed into see this pier upclose and the birds. A few perched Brown Pelicans, an egret and a couple of Cormorants..

I hope you enjoyed our lighthouse visit and the birds. Thanks for stopping by and for the nice comments..

To see more pretty skies from around the world please visit  Skywatch Friday
and check for more fence shots at Tex's Good Fences

Thanks to Theresa @ The Run*A*Round Ranch for hosting Good Fences and thanks to Sylvia, Yogi  and Sandy for hosting Skywatch Friday.    I wish everyone a happy day and weekend ahead..

Florida trip, Part I

I am linking up with   Mosaic Monday and Our World Tuesday   They are both fun memes to participate in...I hope you can join in with the fun  and check out some of the participating posts.

On March 13th, hubby and I went on a two week road trip to Florida. I did the driving and I drove straight to our first night at Jacksonville Florida without stopping except for short breaks. Surprisingly the drive went fast, maybe because I was happy to leave the cold and snow behind me..LOL!

Our second night we moved down the Atlantic coast to our hotel near Saint Augustine Florida.  We spent the next day and half checking out various beaches and parks.. Besides the cool little coquina rock tidal pools, a pretty beach we saw a few shore birds like the cute Sanderlings..

Scenes from our walk along the beach at the Washington Oaks State Park. This park has two parts, one is the beach and across the street are the formal gardens.

Some of the Coquina Colums seen on the beach at Washington Oaks State Park. This is the largest cropping of the Coquina rock on the Atlantic Coast.

The pond, moss covered trees and plants are all looking lovely in Florida..  In the formal gardens are some beautiful oaks, hickory and magnolia trees. And beyond the hammock are the marshes of the Matanzas River.

Some scenes from walking the trail at the park.

Above are a few of the birds we saw at the Washington Oaks State Park. I hope you enjoyed my post. Thank you so much for stopping by for a visit. I appreciate the nice comments..

I use Pic Monkey to create my mosaics, you can use Pic Monkey free or pay for an upgraded version.

I hope you can join in on our fun at  Mosaic Monday and   Our World Tuesday

 Thanks to Judith our  host of Mosaic Monday and to the hosting group of Our World Tuesday: Arija, Gattina, Lady Fi, Sylvia, Sandy and Jennifer.  I wish everyone a happy week ahead!

Back Home

Hello everyone

Just a short post I am home now from our road trip to Florida.. Almost two weeks away.. Sorry I missed all your blog posts while I was away I have some catching up to do..Happy Friday!

The beach at Washington Oaks State Park in Florida..20 miles south of Saint Augustine.

The Coquina Columns made of sculptured sand..sedimentary circular rocks or bowls that create tidal pools.

Also seen at the Washington Oaks State Park..a Great Blue Heron waiting for some leftovers from the fisherman..

Washington Oaks State Park also had these great big beautiful trees with the spanish moss.

This is just a tease with some of my Florida photos.. I took over 1700 shots..

Have a happy day and weekend ahead..