Island Images

A fellow photographer loaned me a 12 x 24 Nikon lens. I loved it!  What a great lens. I enjoyed taking many photos( Over 200). The south end of Cayo never looked so good through a lens.  I  need to put that lens on my Christmas/ birthday/ groundhog day/ list.

Capt. Brian's Day Off

I traveled to  a remote region of Florida not on many maps called Devils Garden. The landscape was  full of solitude, wildlife and cattle. I enjoyed watching the landscapes and the sun rise through the lens of the camera. I also missed Cayo Costa.

Seashells Galore

The day before the September full moon, I went where few people have ever been before, my garage.  Yes, a few of you have been there before talking, sitting, observing, or just passing through with a shellful mind. But on Saturday I cleaned (and went through 17 years worth of," shall I say treasures?'') and found many new treasures in my quest to see the other end of the garage. I found a bowl full of sharks eyes from 1994. A beautiful white fighting conch and king's crown's from 1998 not far from Watson's place in the Ten Thousand Islands. The other gem found was boxes of beautiful shells and pieces of shell, bone and fossils for shell jewelry. I have not made any shell jewelry for a long time. The garage is clean now, my little writing table that was off to the side is vacant of words. The new/ old treasures have been relocated to the back porch. The back porch that I promise to organize on the first snow day I get.

Brian's Beach Finds

The south southwest winds and heavy surf brought up worms shells, a  moon snail, banded tulip, a florida cone ,a top shell, lettered olives, sun ray venus,a spiny jewel box, and a piece of junonia. 

Toes in The Sand and Heavy Surf

The tropical system that passed by out in the gulf is bringing heavy surf  to Cayo Costa. Yesterday the wind was blowing 25 with gusts up to 30. The wind was out of the south. The water went  high up on the beach into the dune area by the sea oats. The shelling should be good by the end of the week at Cayo once these waves settle down. I am curious to see how everything looks on Cayo Costa after all this high wind and heavy surf.