“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”
― John F. Kennedy
The swamp Hibiscus were in bloom everywhere this past weekend. Quite beautiful.
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Gotta love the “Rocket Garden’ an area where they have “planted” several rockets.
Destiny is not a matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It’s not a thing to be waited for – it is a thing to be achieved. – William Jennings Bryan
Sharing lovely Merritt Island with my birds is the Kennedy Space center. They have some really great exhibits chronicling our journey into space. And it’s always exciting visiting a place where so much history has been made. One odd thing, no flash photography at the Atlantis exhibit – I understand in museums with delicate paintings – but a space shuttle? Maybe someone can enlighten me.
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I often overlook sea gulls – before I started birding I saw them simply as a nuisance, now I see them as keepers of the beach – cleaning the sands of debris – both natural and man made.
“It’s a very funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.” – William Somerset Maugham
Early morning at the beach, finds the gulls eating breakfast.
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Watching the birds at the beach is magnificent. Sometimes the pelicans get so close they appear to skim the surface.
“It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
I find that seascapes lend themselves to black and white conversions. Back from a week at the beach – not too many pictures, but a couple of days worth – lots of dawn shots.
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From the zoo.
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
This guy looks sad.
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After many years they named the berms to make it easier for newcomers like me to find our way around. We also have Otter Blvd, Night Heron Lane, Bobcat Tr. and on.
Picture This by Frank 