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A visit to Lantana, Florida and the Atlantic Ocean!

After we spent some time in the Tampa area, and at the Homosassa Springs area,

we went to the east coast to visit a dear friend in Lantana, Florida

and an Aunt in West Palm Beach.

As much as I love the Gulf waters, the Atlantic ocean was wonderful, too...

and the water was warmer.

So today, I am posting some random pictures of Lantana and the ocean there.

There is a lovely pier there and the pelicans like to land on the pier awnings:

I spied this little one playing on the beach..so focused! His mom was sitting up to the left keeping her eye on him, but he looked so cute, I had to use my long lens to capture him:

People and birds walking by the pier:

Chairs waiting for you and me!:

A hungry bird eating on the pier!:

We went here for breakfast..a wonderful place!:

Sun, sand, birds, ocean and people walking the beach...a lovely day!:

His big sister joined him in playing in the sand...

All kinds of these black capped seagulls on the shore:

Ocean waves!:

The Pier!:

If we would have had more time, I would have wanted to have a go

at that fishing pole!:

Can you hear the waves and the seagulls?:

We took a lovely stroll all the way down the pier, talked to some fisherman and visited the pelicans on the arched covers!:

I ADORE this picture of my friend Maureen picking seashells along the shore...

her hat was so cute:

Hello, Cutie Pie!:

What a wonderful face!:

Wonder what kind of sea vessels hooked up to this old chain pole. If only it could talk:

Under the pier:

(Look again at the top right of the picture, right under the pier floor..is that a man's ghost?)

This sunset picture is a trick picture.

Do you know why?:

Because the sun does not set on the ocean in Lantana..it is on the EAST coast of Florida...it gets sunRISES on the ocean...
this photo is actually a sunset on the GULF.

(Just wanted to mess with your head to see if you were paying attention!)

Have a great day everyone!!



Here they Are! April 2011's FREE PHOTO CONTEST: Theme: Reflections

Once again I am overwhelmed with the creativity and beauty

of the 23 photos that were submitted for this month's 

FREE PHOTO CONTEST.

This month's theme was:

REFLECTIONS

I love that some took the theme literally and that some took the theme to mean

to reflect on something else....

Once again, if I accidentally forgot someone's entry, please notify me IMMEDIATELY.

I will not contact my judges for a few days in case I need to revise the post to include

someone I may have forgotten.

That being said, let's look at the marvelous entries for this month, shall we?:

This one is by Josh H. He doesn't have a blog,but he does have a photography website.

This one is from Sharon. Her blog is called: "Sharon's Paws Create" 

 This one is from Nat. Her blog is called: "Just Nat".

This one is from Lisa C. She does not have a blog.

This one is from Val B. Her blog is called: "My Girlz Got Paws".

This one is from Bilsot. His blog is called: "Amateur Photographer".

This one is from J.J.  Her blog is called: "Just a Chick in a Chair".

 This one is from Chris G.  He does not have a blog.

This one is from D-Jan. She has two blogs: "D-Janity" and "Eye on the Edge".

This one is from Connie. Her blog is called: "Far Side of Fifty Photos".

This one is by JDS. He has two blogs. One is called: "The Continuous Tourist" and the other is called: "Stanton's Space".

This one is from Patrick T. His blog is called: "Extremely Overdue".

 This one is from Arti. Her blog is called: "My Yatra Diary".

This is from Pat H. Her blog is called: "A View from the Edge".

This is from Teresa. Her blog is called: "Gardening with Soule".

This one is from Judy. She has two blogs. One is called: "The Road to Here" and the other one is called: "Through Squirrel Eyes".

This one is from Grandmother. Her blog is called: "Journey Into Elderhood".

This is from Mistaya. Her blog is called: "The Life of Rescue Puppies in their own Words".

This is from Cher. Her blog is called: "Sweet Memoirs".

This one is from CrazyCris.  She has two blogs. One is called: "Here, and There and Everywhere" and the other one is called: "Cris Crossing the Globe".

This one is from A. Snickity. Her blog is called: "Something to Crow About".

This one is from RNSane. Her blog is called: "Carmen's Chronicles".

This one is from Diane B. Her blog is called: "Adventures Before Dementia".





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WOW, wow and WOW!! (Didn't I tell you they were marvelous?)

I sure wouldn't want to be one of my own judges. haha

And NOW?

The announcement of MAY's FREE PHOTO CONTEST theme!!

It is:


"Something that starts with a A"

Yes, it is that simple. I don't care if  you send in a photo of an ant or aardvark or Alaska..
your choice!!

Send me your photo no later than midnight, May 31st, 2011
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THESE RULES!!!