Category: Travel
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“A Future King” – We Have A New Penguin Picture
O.K! Nancy actually took this photograph around the 9th of January, 2004 while on the Cheesemans’ Ecology Safaris‘ four-week “Falklands, South Georgia & Antarctic Peninsula” tour. We may have mentioned it before, but the Cheesemans are our favorite tour group and Antarctica is Nancy’s favorite continent. For this image, Nancy used her Nikon F3 35mm…
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Nancy Comes In Second For Helen Aufford Memorial Award
At last weekend’s art festival in Lake Walesschedule, the Lake Wales Arts Council selected this painting of a hummingbird at a purple flower by Beatrice Athanas as the Helen Aufford Memorial Award winner. The painting itself is about 11″ by 14″ with a thick gold frame (not completely shown). It will be displayed at the…
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Introducing “Cape Florida Lighthouse”
Here’s another lighthouse picture that I forgot to mention. Nancy was born and raised in Miami, and the Cape Florida Light, on the south tip of Key Biscayne, has a special place in her heart. Back in the day, it was red because decades of neglect had allowed Atlantic storms to sandblast all the white…
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Island Joe’s
While at John’s Pass Seafood Festival last weekend, I discovered Island Joe’s Beach Cafe and Creperie. The festival in Madeira Beach was on the east side of Gulf Boulevard at John’s Pass Village, just past the bridge over John’s Pass as you are heading north. We were at the north end of the festival, and…