Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Florida

I went to st. augustine Florida for a week in early November. Had great weather and did lots of beach walks. When I woke up the first morning and had coffee on the rooftop deck this was the sunrise that greeted me.... nice!
Man o War jellyfish on the beach - this one was about a foot across.

Some BIIIIG scary spiders on the trails.


Another good sunrise.



This is a reddish heron fishing. I didnt get him with a fish in his mouth, but got him in his dance trying to scare one up. When he got one he looked pretty happy.




I didnt know that insects knew anything about piggy-back rides!





Some wind patterns in the beach sand.






Sea oats at sunrise with an impending storm







Pelicans diving for fish in the ocean.








A cool old door in st. augustine.









Sunrise on the st. augustine pier (i didnt do such a good photoshop job on this one, but is still pretty)










Sunrise on the newly refurbished drawbridge in st. augustine - Flagler college in the background (originally a very high end hotel in the 1800's)











Castillo de San Marcos - the citys fort in the middle of St. Augustine - it is made from a rock called coquina which is just ocean shells cemented together - it was the best rock against cannon balls in its day.